Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-02-16

There Will be an installation Of the officers
OF Lygonia Lodge, this "wednesday evening.
at O'Clock. After the installation ceremo-
MES, there will be sociable. Refreshments
will be served during the evening. All Ma
sons and their ladies are cordially invited.
Charles Brown, while driving a young
horse last Sunday on the Hancock road was
thrown from his sleigh and was found uncon-
1 scious. Two cuts were on his head. He was
carried to the Office of DR.. L. W. Hodgkins
where he was duly cared for. The doctor had
TO take more than dozen stitches to close up
the wounds.
Hon. Austin Harris OF East Machias pre-
scented resolution In the House last Tuesday,
which was unanimously passed. relating TO the
last resting place OF James G. Blaine, which
I provides that the Governor aud Council shall
present 10 the family OF the deceased such in
ducements as shall tend to have the remains
of the honored dead removed to Maine.
Companions, assemble at Masonic Hall,
Tuesday evening. Feb u. at o'clock, for the
purpose of installing officers. All Royal Arch
Masons are requested to be present, with
sdies Reception will be from to s O'Clock
Installation ceremonies will be short. The re-
malnder OF the evening will be spent in So
cial manner. A committee appointed BY High |
Priest sewsll T. Royal will be In waiting
Lewis Friend 4 Co. are still at the old
stand getting ready to move into their new
quarters in the Manning block. They make
new announcement In our advertising columns
this week. They deserved success and they
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from honorable dealing, upright life. good |
character and truthful statements. In public |
and in private they have been true blue and |
Ellsworth has no better citizens.
The attention OF our readers is called to /
The advertisement of F. NJ. Rowe in another .
column. MIR. Rowe has leased the blacksmith /
shop OF +. ID. Mayo at BROOKLYN, and is pre-
par 10 do not only all Kind. OF smith work,
but carriage work. including iron work wood |
work and painIins. Mr. Rowe has devoted
nearly his whole He to this Kind OF business
and The people OF BROOKLYN are TO be congratu-
lated that 4 man Of bis experience will make
his anNi> ring for their benefit.
The audience ii the Congregational church |
on sunday morning, pleasantly surprised
by he presence in the pulpit OF Prof. Chas. J /
II. Ropes. Il former pastor. who preached
an able discourse on The Fatherhood OF /
God = Next SUNDAY morning the PASTOR will |
preach on The Modern Motive for Missions"
In the evening = lecture will be delivered in
the yesiry at seven O'Clock. on The Aim and /
Method Of Christian Missions. Illustrated by |
the History of the IuIu.". A cordial welcome
4 extended to all.
The officers Of East Buehi Lodge. No.
-. \. o. L. W. were publicly installed by
u. u. Grand Master Workman e. W Higgin.
Of thi- city. Friday evening, Feb. 3. assisted
by Watson Cousins a. Z. G. Master Work
m4u and Frank Miller OF Peuob,cot As q. g.:
Geo. Marks. r. NJ. W q. q. Candage. NJ. W:
+. l.. Couary F.; o. Il. A-hworth, O.; Geo.
4. snow. Recorder; 7. X. Greene. Finsncier:
f. u. Long. Receiver; A. Webher. g.: W.
+. slower. l. W; II. b. MARKS, O. ". These
officer> Tor the ensuing year seem 10 be the
right men IN the right places ana the Lodge
hid- fair 10 be one Of the most pro>perou. in
thi> jurisdiction.
The Morgan Line steamship Fl Sol. Cap
tain Geo W. Mason Of thi, city. DAYS, 20
hour, and 3, minutes from dock to dock. with
general cargo. consigned to the Southern
Pacific Company, has arrived in Galveston.
Texas. She report. having sailed on Jan. 81.
5 A. y. m. had fine weather and Hight bsfii ny
winds from the Highlands to latitude -. lon
situd- - so, followed by moderate easterly
winds aud smooth ses to Alligator reef.
thence calm weather TO Tortuga-. 10 the gulf
of Mexico bad tine weather with fresh north
east " ind, and Il smooth sea. crossing the bar
Al - 4. N. day.. II hours and &c minutes
out from Sandy Hook bar, and arrived al her
wharf at II - ?. m.
Judge L. A. Emery, professor OF medical
Jurisprudence In the Medical School OF Maine
has been elected the legal member OF the Per
msntnt Commission OF the American Medico-
Legal Society. The commission has only two
members. one legal and one medical. the latter
being Prof, Victor c. Vaughan of Ann Arbor.
Mich. This election is decided compliment
TO Judge Emery's le4 al know ledge in matters
concerning medical Jurisprudence He hiss al
20 been invited to read paper at the Inerna-
Iioual Medico-Legal Congress in Chicago next
August. The Maine Medical School i. surely
fortunate in having the services OF one 50
recognized a. an sutbority throughout the
country.
The Buck-por; bumorist discusses in the
Bangor Ne,r>. Representative Abboit's bill to
increase the fees Of town clerks for publishing
intentions Of marriage remarking that when
town clerk j. out in a back pasture or down
on the clam it-, % cents i, too small pay for
him TO come home and take of his overals for
the sake of saying to an embarrassed. perspir
ing but economical couple. Mary, you have
johns um, John. YOU have Mary, Amen. Pub
lished. % cents The charge for beginning
knot that no seight-of-hand performer can wig
gle out Of. should be more than for circu.
ticket or lG fluid ounces of ordinary rum
When the water supply fume was con-
-tructed for tie Green Lake Matching works,
many persons predicted that the fume would
surely freeze up on the first very cOlu weather.
1t i pleasant to note that no trouble whatever
has occurred on account Of Ice during the Sc
we're cold thu, far thi. winter. and the proba-
bilitie> are that no trouble from that source
" III occur in the future. Not particle OF ice
has formed in the fume and the reservoirs have
not been entirely frozen over at any time.
Many thousand, of salmon are kept in the
above ponds, and they are growing rapidly, |
having now attained length OF from 1--WE to
eight inches.
The Old saving that Yankee ingenuity Is
seldom eqused was forcby illustrated to all |
persons who passed by the place where sec
ton crew the Mount Desert branch near |
Ellsworth was at work several days ago. In |
repairing the road il was necessary to use some
blocks OF wood and these had to be bored with |
augers in places. TO save time and labor the |
hand ear vas taken from the track and the end |
with which the turning gear was connected |
raised, that the wheels cleared the |
ground by several inches. belt was then |
used to connect one OF the wheels with shaft |
that turned the auger, and when this W as done |
the rest easy.
The installation and banquet of the Nara.
guasus Lodge F. & A. NJ and the Drigo 4. A. |
Chapter. Cherryfeld, were given Tuesday
evening. Feb. !. The Installing OF the Blue
Lodge. beginning at O'Clock at the Masonic
Hall. by D. d. q. NJ. F. A. Chandler OF Addi-
son Point, and the Chapter by Past High
Priest, 5. \. Campbell. was perfor med in
credtabe and fitting manner and WAS highly
appreciated BY the company. At o'clock a
grand banquet was given at the Baptist YES
try under the auspices OF the ladies of the