Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-10-04

c. E. Monaghan will open dancing
school in Manning hall for the winter,
commencing next Tuesday. The class
will meet Tuesdays and Fridays.
l.. c. Beckwith has opened meat and
vegetable market in one of the Avery
stores on Water street recently purchased
and remodeed by c. II. Grindal
f. f. Morgan and wife, of Boston, have
purch Mrs. Mary c. Haskells half
interest in the Black estate on Turner's
hill, and now own the whole estate.
Judge Wiswell, who has been holding
court at Houlton, was in town Monday,
but left on the afternoon train for Ban
gor to preside at the session of court
| there.
The supper of the Kings Daughters at
Odd Fellows hall last Saturday evening
was largely attended, and an excellent
supper was served The net proceeds We're
about 81.
Chief Justice Peters accompanied by
Court Stenographer Smith, spent Satur-
| day night in Ellsworth. They left the
following day for Machias, where court
opened Tuesday.
George H. Grant, of Grant & Cushman,
and Special Agent s. G. Parsons went to
North Bluehill last Wednesday to adjust
the fire loss, occasioned by the burning OF
James Saunders barn last Sunday night.
The county conference of Congrega-
tional churches was held yesterday with
the church at Southwest Harbor {. M.
Green and Miss Alice H. Scott were
delegates. Rev. D. L. Yale also attended.
Mrs. George F. Newman left Tuesday
for Boston where she will undergo treat
ment at hospital. She was accompanied
by her sisters, Mrs. F. E. Smith, of Ellis
| wort h, and Mrs Bracket, OF Brookline,
| Mass.
Mrs F. II. Bailey, accompanied by her
niece Miss Burnham, of Detroit, left last
Saturday for Massachusetts. Miss Burn
ham enters upon years course III physl-
cal culture under Dr. Sargent, of Harvard
college.
Peter Kane was before Judge button
for being drunk and disorderly. He was
sentenced to thirty days i'll the Bangor
work jail and costs The mlttimus was
suspended on condition that he leave
town. He left.
Recent visitors to the Abenaquis club
were j. w Porter Bangor; Caspar Nor
ris, Philadelphia; F. T. CHM, San Fran
cisco; A. w Gilman, FoXcroft; c. w
Jones, Augusta; 5. G. Parsons, Boston;
! Charles j. Dunn, OronC.
The school committee are considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of conducting the So
called commercial high school as an even
ing school, thus giving young men and
women who are employed during he day
an opportunity to attend.
Dr. Caspar Morris, of Philadelphia,
and his son were in town few days this
week, and made several hunting eXpe-
ditions from here. On Monday they
were accompanied by Michael Shea on
woodcock hunt. They bagged nine birds.
The supper at the Methodist vestry
| last Thursday evening was a pleasant
and successful affair, and was thoroughly
appreciated by the large number who par
took A goodly sum was realized which
will help to pay for the new church organ
f. 5. Means has bought the store and
stable of the late Mirick Avery on Water
street. near Franklin. The store will be
repaired and painted, and Mr.. Means will
move his grocery business from his pres
ent quarters to the new location, next
| week.
Charles NJ. Green, who has been con-
nected with the electric light company
| here for the past year, has resigned MS
position, and will leave for Norfolk, Va,
| Monday During his stay here MIR.
Green has made many friends who regret
his departure.
c. Il. Foster was accompanied on his
trip to Olamon by his wife and daughter
Lena. The two latter went to Old Town,
where they We're the guests of Mrs. fos-
ter's brot her, Albert Goodwin On Friday
they went to Moosehead Lake, and re
turned home Saturday.
Mrs Carlton McGown, who has been
an invalid for the past TWO years, died at
her home on Washington street, Tuesday
evening, aged forty-four years. y hus-
band and one child, daughter, survive
her The sympathy of the community Is
extended the bereaved husband.
The atmosphere in the vicinity of the
Main street bridge was redolent of
skunk, last sunday evening. Two charges
of shot from IL gun in the hands of Frank
T.. Gould cut short the Sunday evening
ramble of his odoriferous hlghness, the
| skunk He is gone but not forgotten.
The winter schedule on the Maine Cen
tral railroad went into effect sunday
Trains now arrive at Ellsworth from west
at $50 and 1895 a. M, and S.l2 p. m.
Trains leave for west at 11.5o a. m. and
200 and 40 p. m. The l0.35 a. m. and
200 D. m. trains are mixed freight and
passenger
Rev. Edward A. Mason, of the Baptist
church writes: "For the last two or three
months | have been out OF doors almost