Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-06-25

launch in Eagle lake for the use of pleasure
parties.
All ex-members of Union engine an,
hose companies are requested to meet at the
room Friday evening next.
The carved work on the new sshoope,
John Paul", of Franklin. was done by Cant
| A. h. Woodward OF this city. and is reported
to be very fine, as good can he done any.
1 where in the country.
DIR. II. L. Holt returned home from Exeter
| Monday. where he had been to attend the
! funeral of his father no was crushed to death
| under the roots of large tree which fell on
him. as stated in our last issue
| The cottage now being built at Hancock
Point by Mr.. Ezra l.. Storms, OF Bangor, il
! nearly finished. \ large number OF Bangor.
cans will summer at Hancock Point this sum.
| mer.
J The sad intelligence comes TO us OF the
Death OF DIR. and Mrs. j. 5. Moore's little
daughter. Lena, Of diphtheris in Portland,
/ Oregon, where Mrs. Moore aud the children
\ have recently joined the doctor.
! See in another column the announcement
/ of fair and picnic At West sullivan. July
] Fourth, under The auspices of the members OF
! the Baptist sewing circle. 1t will lie sure to
be an interesting occasion and every way
/ worthy of public patronage.
/ The Chicothian.. Of Bangor, have lust
been presented with handsome six banner
BY the members Of Company H.. Boston high
school Battalion Capt. Towuley +. French
The banner is OF blue silk with monog ram in
the center and has heavy gilt fringe. Capt
French formerly resided in Bangor.
The ladie. of Ellsworth Falls will give an
entertainment THURSDAY evening. June -.
al Union Hall, for the benefit of the brass band
Of that place. After singing. dialogues and
recitation>. iutcr>per,cd with music hy the
band a supper will be served. Admission aud
supper tickets, y cents. supper. : standard,
The County Commissioners have appoint
ed fire wartleu> in the several plantations in
Hancock county a. follows Joseph Clark
No. :; John Il. shuman. No. 81: Nahum Jor-
dan. No. u: Alfred Archer. No. -: True
Leighton. Nos. % AMI IL; Fri c. Farnsworth
No ~
DR.. Geo. W. Bragdon having decided to
remiin in seattle. Wash. his brother Charles
;. Bragdon. II. u. :. has taken permanently
the dental rooms al No. L.. Main street. for
merry occupied by pr. g. ". Brag,ion. Dr.
Char"> BraIdon ha- been doing business there
since hi> brother left, early last April, and has
made gooi record for himself
The festive clam j. one OF the pay ing pro
Of >arctutyie. have thus far This season ship
ped upwards Of 1900 barrel, Of CLANS, Dur
i'm the spring. digging clans for bait makes
employ meut for many not only in that town
but in neighborng tow H. and islands The
price paid for most OF them ha- been 81. 20 per
barrel
Nearly all the cottages down east AT
schoodic Pond. since they were closed last
season. have been entered and their content.
either destroyed or carried away A man W no
i mean enough 10 commit depredations like
that ought 10 he hanshcd from civilized com
muuit,. The ordinary cottage or camp in the
woods ha> absolutely no protection from the
invaders and il i dastArtily act 10 take al
vantage Of thi> unprotected condition.
According 10 the NfhpDl census OF ~,
there were. April it. 1896 children in Eli
worth. between The ayes u I and 81 vears
According - the report 81 th,, school CON-
mittee, 96l pupii, were registered in the spring
and summer terms OF last wear, and the aver
axe attondanc. Was -. lol4 pupils We're reg
i-iered IN The fall and winter terms. and the
average attendance Wa. ~. or about 30 per
cent. Of the Whole number of scholars.
Bro. Joseph Wood hiss severed his con.
nectian with the Mount Desert Her1lf which
ha, Not been published since Nav 10 Bro
Wood ts about Ia start new paper TO be pub
li>hci at Bur llArbor. 10 be called the Nltne
todsf T"ttdger We wish our good brother
success in hi> undertaking. He ha-
marked ability for newspaper work and
stands high with the people and the editorial
fraternity.
Many years practice has given C. A.
Snow & CO., solicitor, OF patent, at Washing
ton. II. G., unsurpassed success in obtaining "a
TENT for ali classes Of invention. They make
n specially OF rejected eases. and have secured
allowance OF many patents that had been pre-
viou>ly rejected. Their advertisement in an
pateutee> manufacturers, and all vi no have TO
do with patents.
The train that arrived AZ Bangor Friday
morning from Boston one OF the most re-
In4rkahle ever run between the two cities II
had two locomotives al the way and still wa-
an hour late There were eight Pullman cars
YET MARY Passengers could not secure sleeping
Il ;,l,.
all well filled. One Pullman had load OF
pulp mill men. while many Bar Harbor and
MDo>ehead passengers were on board 40
such east-bound passenger train VA. ever be-
fore known in June. II resembles July bu,i-
ness.
Three schools IN Ellsworth uni-r the in
s,ruciions of Mis-, Isabel Moor. Miss Emma
Bow den and Mi, Mile Moore. accompanied
by many Of the friend, and parent, OF the
scholars. had picnic AT Reeds Pond last
Saturday. After a tountful picnic dinner the
time spent in playing croquet ball. row.
ng. swinging and singing. after which many
listened to songs and reciation> bv the schol-
ar and many Others. There were about one
hundred present. MI returned home feeling
it was day well spent
With the al pearance of Gorman's Min
sirel- next saturday evening, June 18th, at
Hancock Hail. we are promised many thing.
new in min>trelsy. The first part has been i'm
proved in every way and all the acts of the
Germans ; smoothly As clock work. Among
the new people are Billy Van. without doubt
the funniest comedian in minstrelsy to-day and
Edward E-tus. wonderful equilibrist. The
company on the whole is said to be fifty per
cent. stronger than when they last appeared
here.
A few DAYS since as Mr.. Shepherd Rideout
of Bucksport. went to his pasture to drive his
| cattle home. be found one of his cows and a
neghbor', Mr. Andrew Harriman) cow with
horns so closely locked that it was with diff.
Guilty they We're separated. The horns Of both
| cows grew up over the head, the ends coming
within two inches OF each other, and the cows
| BY fighting had locked horns and when found
were both covered with foam and nearly eX-
| hausted. II is the opinion of Mr.. Hartman
| that if either of the cows had fallen, the neck
| Of one must have been broken. but they will
| not do it again for the ends Of their horns have
| been taken off.
Our thanks are due Mrs. Newell B. Cool
| idge, Lamoine, for an unusually beautiful
| bouquet from her cactus which has thirty
blossoms on it at the present time. and is q