Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-06-16


house, The Old iannery, into kimbalrs store,
On the opposite side Of the road. and the
blacksmith shop, al OF which were burned
with nearly all their contents. We DO not
learn the amount OF the los. but We hesr that
with the exception OF hlmbali's store, which
was partially Insured, there was little or no
Insurance on the destroyed property.
-MonaShan'> orchestra Of I'VE pieces la.
been engaged 10 plsy FOR grand ball 4, the
Waukeax House. sullivan, Thursday night aud
viii 70 70 Bar Iiarbor Friday night.
The manager, Of the Milton Hail. West
sIllH an, have engaged Monaghan'- orchestra
Of four pieces 10 furnish music Tor the grand
bal on Fourih OF july night.
Among the passenger. on the Inflated IT.
lie steamer Annie" which was csp.zed u,
Bangor, TUESDAY evening, were Mrs. Dr. Nor
RI, and her laughter, Miss Norris OF am pdeu.
who were their way 10 this city to visit
their relative. Mr.. l.. A. Emery. They had Il
narrow escape, but were rescued without Sc
rIous injury.
The Republican. OF Eden held . caucu. At
Bar HarboF the third inst. +. ;. Clark was
chosen chairman and Fred q. Lyman clerk.
The follow lus were chosen delegate, and al
tcruate- 10 the State Convention. delegates
II. L. Emery. Bryant Bradley. B. 5 Higgins,
t.. Il. kpii-A. Dr.. II. ID. Averill, 4. l.. Hlg-
gins. Altrrnate- has. :. Green. VIM. r..
Blossom. II. A. Bunker. Geo. l.. Wescol,, Dr.
Z. &. Morrison. Il. l.. Hadley. The following
was passed I.sspired that Il i the unani-
NOUS sense OF this meeting that We heartily
endorse the gubernatoria candidacy OF Gener-
al Henry h. tleAVe-. and We hereby instruct
our delegates for him. The following town
committee was chosen for the two ensuing
years: :. II Rodick, II. {. Emery, T.. :. II n
NOR Calvert e. Hamor, Cha. f. Paine, +. ;.
Clark. John sumlnsby. r.. Is. Richards.
The graduation class OF the (astine Nor
MAJ School was composed OF the following
members:
Lucy A. Craw ford. Alton, Kate A. Gard
ner. ta-tiue, Fannie NJ. Gushee, Appleton
Evelyn Hamblen, Upper saltwater, F: Ernest
Harvey kenduskeag. Eloise vi. Harvey,
srar-mont, Dora 5. Henning, Waldoboro,
Granville +. Hoffses, Damariscotta. Lulu
Hu4t, Milford, Minnie ". Jones, Fort Fair
field, Alonzo }. huowton. Belfast. Amy f.
Lane. Prospect. Frank h. Lane, Prospect
Grace ID. Leach. Cs,tine, Carrie +. Leadberter.
North Haven, Hattie X. Marden. Prospect,
Victory Miiken. Hancock, Prudence Perkins
Castine. Carrie 7. Perkins. Castine, Percy b.
Redman, Belfast. Loren .. Teel, ST. George,
Hattie A. NJ. Turner, Isle au Haul, Amy {.
Witherle. Castine.
= The cottage which Mr.. f. P. Wood Is
building at Castine is said to eclipse anything
outside OF Bar Harbor the coast Of Maine.
Mr.. Wood'- plans were made in Boston and
are different from the regular run OF summer
cottages. His new cottage is about ready for
occupancy. Everything about the cottage |.
very odd. For instance the sashes and caps
OF a window will be finished in fine man
ner and the rest Will be in the rough wood.
He has used many natural woods aud the fire
places are made of all kinds Of stone. The
mAntei-pie of one Of them is made of big
fiat rock. The stairway that leads to the
pisZZa is also very attractive, the rail being
whales rib
Capt. Alfred Emery, eldest son OF Joel and
Hannah Thomas Emery, born at Eden, Maine,
October 6, 1907. died at Eden, May $, 1892.
He commenced to follow the sea when quite
young. and soon rose to the position of chief
officer or mate of large vessels. and being a
thorough seaman his services were always
sought for in large vessels in the foreign trade.
Among the many vessels he was in were the
brig- Exertion. Mary Jane and ship Cornea
and brig Margaret Ann OF Eden, Me-, and
brig Rodney of Ellsworth which vessel was
lost on voyage from Mobile TO Hayre. He
was afterwards master of the brig Frances
Sophia OF New York. and was taken sick on
passage from Jamaica to New York and the
vessel was put into Norfolk to land him. He
! WAS afterw ards master OF the Schr. ArmadilO
of Franklin Me. He married first Miss Eliza
\ Hopkins, August 81, 1899. of Eden, Maine, by
/ whom he had ght children; she died In 1919.
1 and he married December 1. 1880, Miss Jane
Richardson, by whom he had two children.
The Bar Harbor season is to be the gay est
| for years. The diplomats, with one or two
/ exceptions, have all elected to go there and
will reach the place by july 2. Mr.. George
W. Vanderbilt. who Is at present In London,
will occupy his Bar Harbor cottage, with his
! mother In July. and Mrs. Elliot +. Shepard
and her family will before then be ensconced
| In the big Howard cottage, which they have
taken. Mrs. Geo. PendetOn Bowler who did
so much entertaining last season, IL abroad and
will not be there this season, which 10 a loss.
| Mr.. James T. Woodward. the gay bachelor.
! may be looked to for some capital dinners
when he is settled down at Devilstone. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter S. Gurnee and their family
are already located at Bar Harb0r, and so are
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Rice and Mrs. Robert
Potter. Mr.. and Mrs. II. Van Rensselaer,
Kennedy will be there for the season and her
mother, Mrs. George Robbins, also. She has
secured the Stanton cottage. Mr. James A.
| Garland has taken a place, and so has Mrs.
Arthur Randolph, the pretty widow. and Mr..
Gardiner Sherman. the widower. Mr.. Walter
ShilIito ha. a cottage. which he will occupy,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William II. L. Lee will be
in theirs; Mrs. Lees mother. Mrs. McLane OF
! Baltimore. will pass the summer with them.
Mrs John Minturn of Washington Square,
has taken the Norris cottage. and Mrs. Robert
Minturn of Gramercy Park. one OF the Rice
places. Among the absentees will be the
LYONS family. DIR. Weir Mitchell Of Phladel-
mia, is to be there all summer. Mrs. Clarence
PeIl, Miss Charlotte Pell and Mrs. John ].
Parish are TO 90 soon to the st. Sauveur Hotel
The first dance at the kebo Valley clubhouse
will be on the evening of July 4. and after that
there will be dances on wednesday and Sstur'
day evenings.