Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-07-30

M Improvement IN the bdF liAfhOT post
Office -crsi lee which will be appreciated BY the
public has been brought about. Assistant
postmaster Emery now comes to Ell-w otth in
the morning aud TO Mount Desert Ferry in the
afternoon 10 meet the incoming mails and sort
snd distribute them preparatory to delivery.
4 gain ~ over hAf an hour il thu. saved IN
thc distribution OF he Bar Harbor nsii after
IL arrival At The office Postmaster suminsby
and assistant Emery are t" be congratulated IN
securing TINS change IN the service.
At the recent meeting Of the >toc Ahoder-
o. ne Sullivan Harbor Land Company. held at
sullivan. July nth, these directors were
chosen by vote representing 81 So share.
Amurs u. " ainwri-ht, Frank HUI smith. X.
y Turnbui. Wl.lIam {. >ache and Harry
Highly. Mr.. sarhc /. elected in place OF MIR.
Clyde II. '. Hunt, W hose connection with the
company j. entirely severed. Mr.. harlc- J..
simpson Of sullivan, la. been appointed gen
eral manaser aud will attend to the COMPANY,
Interests on the SPOT.
he meteorological summary for the month
OF June, 1891, ri Bar Harbor Is a. follows:
Highest barometer 9th Observation-Disclosures. 20 -
Lowest barometer, f34th} .............. - 5is
Highest temperature, 3>th) ~ deg
Greatest daily range OF temperature .1Rh) b.,
Least daily range Of temperature t2-th t....l deg.
ITtNAllbE WIND. southwest
i.Aiu 8 4 inches
Total Vreci pitation ..............-..3-t5i inches
Clear iay- .ur3U. The month -....-.....- -.....
<amDcr ~ days On which U.'i more rAIn fell. II
Average precipitation for the month for
siA yeai---........ --.-.----.- 80 Inches
From records Of daily observations By Jos
rph WOOD. Vol. observer. [. ;. signal SER
Vice. Bar Harbor -tallou.- Maine Coast Got
tuy,r.
At the meeting Of the Executive Council
! Thursday. q. +. Fellows, Ed. OF Buck,port.
appeared in behalf Of The petitioners for the
pardon Of Walter Eaton OF Bucksport. who
Wa sentenced for ten years in April. lss,, for
ob~tturliu- the railroad. The committee on
pardon> hsd previously made Il thorough eN-
animation q the case at the state prison. The
Council voted unanimously 10 grant pardon.
The case viii he well remembered here and
The circumstances are -Ad to be yert much ia
the Young fellows favor.
The 81 Bar Harbor continues the war
OF The reporters Some two weeks ago. the
/ Boston IierlM printed an article lauding a
Miss Hamm. 4 Bar Harbor newspaper wo-
man. claiming for her That she had taken the
/ place Of Gail Hamilton in Blaines household
hist she VA, managing Blaine. etc. Thus
matters stood SUNDAY WIEN the Boston HeTHta
arrived in Bar HaFbor. In the Bar HArbor
: CORES puudeIce VS.. another article Oh Miss
llamm. most bitter attack upon the young
( oman professionally, and upon her private
/ character. A. soon Mi, Hamm >aw il she
/ Wa Mild with rage. She laid the Heru{d and
not herself had claimed all these things for her
/ Al once She departed on the evening train for
! Bangor, taking with her a stenographer whom
! she claims took down 10 shorthand her inter-
view With Mr.. Blaine. Tbi. man. " hose name
! j, Johnson. il i said has gone 10 New York
| 10 consult wellknown lawyer there. while
! Miss HAmm sought the services Of Col. Jasper
! Hutchn->. well-knowD Bangor lawyer. the
! intent being to sue the Herdli for $50, 600.
krlatlves Of Miss Hamm at Bar Harbor say
Efforts viii he made 10 secure the services Of
| Gen. Butler also, h. on one occasion. himself
| sued the H'rpfd for SANDER and has an Old
! grud-e 10 settle.
| Monday afternoon Of last week a. Mr.. G..
| 4. Dyer. The representative II the American
Rubber Co.. Of Boston, and Mr.. NJ. II. Cook
I OF Cherryield. were driving to Franklin road
they discovered that the house owned BY MIR.
| stn-on Of Franklin was on fire. on running
to the house they found that the only parties
! there were two old men aud a few little girls
4 who We're unable 10 do any thing toward ex-
| tingui,hng the flames and that they had given
| mp all hopes o! saving the buildings and were
| removing the furniture to d place OF safety
| After setting the little girls Al work carving
water, which had To be brought from well
| some distance away they obtained ladder aud
| some long handled dippers and after n hard
fight succeeded in eXtinguisbing the fire. Mr..
| Dyer said il they had been five minutes later
! in reaching the spot nothing would have say ID
the entire sci OF buildings. As il Was hole
about four feet square was burned through the
| roof.
The writings signed which leases the
land on Indian Point. Bucksport. for steam
saw mill. The gentlemen composing the firm
were In Bucksport last week. The proposed
| mill will be built two hundred feet northeast
| from the tanuery. the western end resting up
on the bank, and the mill running out over
the water on piling one hundred and twenty
feet. and will be forty feet in width with
wings on either side 20X20 In this building
will be the band saws, gang saws. r0taries,
lathe ,shinge and other small machinery There
will also be built large boiler and engine
house, containing five boilers. This boiler
house will be built OF brick with an iron roof
and the whole plant, when in running order
will be lighted by electricity. as also will the
present tannery, from the dynamo. 1t is re-
ported that modern machinery will he used in
the equipment of this enterprise, and that
contracts have already been made with one Of
the leading lumber firms Of eastern Maine to
furnish logs for the mill. The new firm is to
take possession at once.
There are families living in Bar Harbor,
it is said. who spend SIS 900 in season. This
is the sort Of item that makes the average
Maine man smile from ear to ear.