Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-01
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Since the revival Of Ave years ago the
Swans Island church has been encouraged by
| occasional conversions and additions, says the
| ZiOn's Advocate. But about three weeks ago
special revival interest was noted. Thirty.
| hVc conversions are already reported and
Others are interested. OF the thirty five, twen-
| ty-fve are men and boys. Two are over forty
| years old. eight from TWENTY-FIVE TO forty. and
4 thirteen from twelve TO twenty -one. These
! figures are only for the Baptist church. There
| l. "A Methodist church on the west side OF The
| island and there too the work Is marked.
A fourteen years-old Bar Harbor boy recent
| ly vent with his mother to Portland, Oregon,
and took his fa>orite bean-snapper with him.
On the way he made the acquaintance OF
nlne-years-old Omaha youth bound for the same
place and travelling alone. The Bar Hsrbor
| bow, according to the Mt Desert Herald, tried
| TO surprise the Western youth by showing him
the bean-snapper. The Omaha infant looked
| at 1t and returned It with the question:
..Wouldn't YOU like to see what have in my
pocket:" The young native Of Mt. Desert
| said he would, whereupOn the Western boy
/ calmly laid out a loaded six-shOoter and lot
! Of ammunition belonging to it, The Bar
Hsrbor boy was surprised; also his mother.
Temperance Bound lodge, No. 122. l. o.
of g. T., South Gouldsbore, celebrated its
first anniversary Thursday evening, Dec. Is,
| In a manner which was an honor to the lodge
and its members. About twenty-five brothers
| and sisters Of Iron Bound lodge were present
| bv special invitation. After the exercises OF
the lodge nearly sixty members sat down to
| the ample supper which was provided Tor
| them. The program for the evening was
varied and interesting and at late hour each
went his way, feeling better and happier for
having attended.
The little eleven.ye&rs-o son OF Alexander
and Augusta Stackpole, living one and one-half
miles north Of Surry village. met with a
serious accident a few days ago. In
company with another boy about eight
wears old he WAS out in Mr.. Stack
poles pasture cutting brush. when the
smaller bov came to the house saving Cecil was
hurt and wanted help. His father went at
once and found him with his leg broken. The
boys bad undertaken to cut down lsrge
poplar tree and the tree lodged. The larger
boy undermined the tree at the stump aud 1t
slipped back striking Cecirs leg below the
knee and breaking both bones. One bone was
forced out through the flesh and skin and pro-
truted All inch. The unfortunate lad 10 under
the care OF DR.. Emery. II IL very hsrd case.
but thus far be Is doing well and bears up like
II man.
On or about December 81, 1890. a light OF
the 9TH order showing red flash every 10
seconds, will be exhibited from the structure
recently erected 90 the soulherly extremity Of
Great Duck Island. Me. The light will be
visible from 5. W. I S. through southwark TO
:. by +. 1 +. bearings are magnetic, given ap-
proximstely, and from sea"ardl Through
the remaining arc the light is obscured by
trees on the island. The focal plane Is II feet
al. . .. al
seen. IN clear weather. from the deck OF
vessel 10 feet above the sea, IA nautical miles.
The light will be shown from black lantern
suEmouuting cylindrical brick tower, - feet
hph from base TO focal plane standing near
brick fog-sigual house and rain->bed. and about
231 feet -outherly from n row of three white
buildings. Distances and magnetic bearings
OF prominent objects are approximately as
follows: Bakers Island Lighthouse, \. r.
I y. Gs nautical miles. Winter Harbor Light
house. y. T.. ~, IA nautical mils>. Mount
Desert Lighthouse. ;. f.. ls nautical miics.
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, \. \. w. Ct
nautical miles. During thick or fogGy wealth
Ell l0-nch steam whistle will be sounded,
giving blasts Of 3 seconds duration separated
by silent Intervals OF /. seconds.
In the Senate Wednesday message from
the President was received returning without
hi- npprovaI the bill appropriating So 600 for
apublic building At Bar IIarbo-, on the ground
that the public needs at that place dd not
Justify such an expenditure. Referred TO the
committee on public buildings and grounds.
In Ntloing the bill for public building al BAR
lIaTbor the President SAYS "Only one pub
lie office. the po>l-ofhce. i to be accomm ldsI-
ed. II appears from the report OF the Pos
ma>ter-Generdl that the rent paid by the
United States for room containing $40 square
feet Of floor space WAS IN lSSs $500. and the
expenditure for fuel and lights $50. One
clerk employed in the post-office and no
carrier. The gross postal receipts for that
wear were 5000. Bar llarbor Is almost Wholly
summer resort. The population Of the town
of Eden. of which Bar Harbor forms part. ~
taken by the census enuinerators, Is less than
1000. During one quarter OF the Year thls
population Is largely increased by summer res
dtnts and visitors, but for the other three
quarters there Is not much above the census
enumeration. The postal receipts for 1870. by
quarters, show that for more than half the
Year the gross receipts OF the po>t-oflce are
about - per day. The salary OF jantor for
the new building would be more than ice
jhc present cost 10 the government for rent,
fuel and lights. | cannot believe that upon re-
consideration Congress would approve the con-
templAted expenditure.
-one OF the warns of the season. comes from
Cherrytied. IT. hero i II nce >e Leather
bee described as a farmer and rrapper. He
-4y- he cut, hauled out and -et up the first
telegraph poles between Baltimore and WASH
ington and just missed going into partnership
" ith Professor Morse. He is greatly interest
ed in electricity and has all the latest publica-
tions on the subject. one OF hi hobbies IS
electric lighting and last winter he constructed
several powerful storage batteries, and had them
carefully put away in end of the cellar
under his little cabin OF house When any
stray hunter or berry picker strolled his way
and asked what he doing, he replied: