Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-11-21

Sheriff Fennelly was in the city Mon
day.
w. A. Alexander is slowly recovering
from severe illness.
Deputy Sheriff d. j. Allen, of Bluehill,
was in the city yesterday.
W. +. Aiken is again in the employ of
the Burrill lumber company.
+. II. Gould lost his bay horse .Smug-
gIer" Monday night of pneumonia.
DR.. r. 2. Grindle and Mrs. Grindle, of
Bluehill, We're in this city last Wednes-
day.
There will be no session in the city
schools on the Friday following Thanks
giving.
Eagle hook and ladder company is ar
ranging for masquerade ball for New
Years eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Mason are receiving
congratulaton on the advent of son,
born Nov. 13.
Hoyt A. Moore is home from West
brook, where he has been teaching, for
short vacation.
Heavy blasting is being done in build
ing a trench for the water connections
with j. T. Giles house on South street.
The ladies of the Unitarian society are
buslly preparing for their annual sale,
which is to take place about December /.
Garnet has beeen chosen as the color of
the Ellsworth high school. The color
was decided by vote of the school lyceum.
Alonzo Cushing, of Bar Harbor, after
serving sixty days for intoxication was
discharged from the county Jail Monday
Here's another quick trip The schoon-
er "Nellie Grant" Capt. Dodge, made the
run from Sand Island light to New York
in forty-eight hours.
The many friends of Mrs Harriet
Franks, who suffered a paralytic shock
two weeks ago, regret to learn that she is
now reported as rapidly failing.
William McHenan and family, who
have for some time resided on Grant
street, moved to Sullivan Tuesday, where
Mr.. McHenan is employed in a quarry.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
Pedagogical society, to be held in Bangor
Dec. 1928, w. II. Dresser, principal of the
Ellsworth high school, will present a
paper.
w. F. Aiken shot flying squirrel one
day recently. These interesting little
animals are seldom seen about here. The
specimen has been sent to Bangor for
mounting.
w. r. Parker and family moved last
Thursday from the house on Pleasant
street, owned by Calvin p. JOY, and are
boarding with Mrs. Lizzie S. Sails bury
on Hancock street.
The friends of Mrs. |. l.. Halman will
be pleased to learn that she is rapidly re-
covering from her recent severe illness
and is now regarded by her physician as
entirely out Of danger.
The topic at the Epworth league
prayer-meeting next Tuesday evening
with be: "The First Foreign Mission
ary" Acts 13: 1-3 Mrs. Mary A. Bonsey,
leader. The public invited.
At the regular meeting of the Odd Fell
lows next Friday evening the proposition
to allow the Knights Of Pythias the use
of the hall will come up for consideration.
A full attendance is desirable
The club house at Nicolin is closed,
and will remain so during the bad travel
ing. The steward, however, is available
to accompany special parties. He is at
his home near Netherlands hill.
A. II. Norris is visiting in Boston. The
report that he had accepted a position
with life insurance firm is premature.
Mr.. Norris has under consideration an
offer OF such position, but has not ac-
cepted
Ellsworth used to be contented old
town, moving along in the even
tenor of her way; but now. no city in
Maine wants more improvements or is
hustling harder to get them.sLewiston
Journal.
NJ. Gallert is in Boston on business.
The date of his return is uncertain, but
his friends will be pleased to welcome
him back, and only regret that they do
not know the exact hour of his home
iINSidi u -iOOiei Sun Vi 4hOOIe, VI
this city, accompanied by his broth her
Ernest, left Monday for Colorado, in the
hope of benefiting his health. His friends |
here trust that the change may prove BEN
eficial.
Capt. John o. kief returned Friday
from New York, where he went to obtain |
the depositions of several witnesses of
he accident by which his schooner, the
Frank A. Magee," was sunk. He OBJ
-ained several dispositions. 1t is believed |