Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-01-31

! King Members will please note the
change from the office of Grant & Cush-
man, where they have recently been held.
Lewis Friend and l. L. Halman, of Lew
| is Friend & Co.. are in New York on busi-
ness. MIR. Ialman expects to be back
next Monday. Mr.. Friend will, before
returning, go to Fort Wayne, Ind, to
visit his brother; he will return about
Feb. 16.
| The first of the course of Friday after
noon lectures at the Commercial school
was given last week, when Rev. |. II. W..
Wharf delivered an excellent lecture on
| the subject, character Building" Next
Friday afternoon, Feb. l, Judge George
P. Dutton will lecture on "Contracts."
A turkey supper will be served at Nico-
lin this (Thursday) evening at $50. There
will be dancing in the evening. The first
of the series Of sociables on the evening
of ladies' day took place last Thursday,
and was decided success. Fifty-six sat
down to supper.
A large party of friends OF Mr.. and Mrs.
| l.. F. Hooper gave them a pleasant sur
prise party at their new house on State
street Monday evening. The unexpected
guests were Hospitality received by Mr..
and Mrs. Hooper, and very enjoyable
evening was passed.
Albion B. Moore, son of the late
| Samuel B. Moore of this city, is in town
visiting friends. Mr.. Moore is an old
| Ellsworth boy, and has not been here for
| ten years. He is now located at West
| boro, Mass, being employed in one of
the large shoe factories of that town.
| Capt. Samuel l.. Lord, after week
spent at his home here left last Thursday
! for Boston, where his vessel, the "Vilora
| ii. Hopkins" has been dry docked for
repairs. 1t was found that the damage to
the bark was not as great was feared
and she is now about ready to come off
| the dry dock.
There will be an important parish
meeting next Saturday evening, Feb. 2,
at 80, in the vestry of the Baptist
church. The committee appointed a
month ago to prepare a code OF bylaws
will report. 1t would be an advantage if
every member of the church, every pew
holder and every contributor for the eX
| penses of the church be present.
\ "lbrary party" is to be given to-
morrow tFriday) evening at the Unitarian
vestry under the auspices of the Title
club. Familiar books VIII be represented
in various original ways, and opportunity Y
will be given to guess the title of all the
books in this animated circulating
library. y short programme of music
! and recitations Will be given.
Senator Hale has given notice of pro-
/ posed amendment to the diplomatic and
consular appropriation bill approprlatlng
! 500. 900 toward the construction of q
telegraph cable between the United
/ States and the Hawaiian Islands; and
said that recent event showed that the
! ime had come when the United States
ought to have closer communication Wit h
those islands. senator Hale is, in this as
he is apt to be in all matters, distinctly
right Portland Erening Erpress
Visitors to the city the past week were
| X. l.. Grindle, Mt Desert; Edward Mayo,
A. II. Mayo, c. d. Blake, Brooklin; NJ.
Franklin, r. V. Smith, +. |. Lord, Bar
Harbor; II. L. Arey, Bucksport; b. f.
Tracy, Winter Harbor; Miss Fowler,
Surry; S. Watson Cousins, East Bluehill; ;
Charles Blance, S. o. Moore, Prospect
Harbor George A. Dodge, f. E. Chase,
Bluehill; c. A. Moore, A. f. Farnsworth,
A. j. Lawler, Southwest Harbor B..
Smith, DIR. J. F. Stevens, f. B. Cocord
and wife, Sullivan; G. r. Campbell, W. NJ.
Nash, Cherryfield.
r. b. Holmes, who is rapidly becoming
famous as breeder of fine CATTLE has
! just received from the Hancock county
fair association diploma, special
award for his thorough hbred Guernsey
] bull robin hurst No 3,4SS, American
| Guernsey cattle club. The award was
made at last falls fair The diploma is in
pen and ink, and is an excellent sample
OF NJ S. Smiths skill. Mr.. Holmes
Guernsey COW Lady Sylvia, 3D. recently
dropped heifer calf. The sire of the
newcomer is "Robinhurst"; she has been
registered as Lady Hazel, No. 40, in
the cattle club just referred to.
Some alarm has been caused among
parents Of children attending school by
the report that there was case of scarlet
fever in the city. Drs. w. M. Haines and
Lewis Hodgkins Of the board Of health,
after a careful diagnosis of the case, pro-
nounced it a very mild case OF scarlet
fever, or scarlet rash. Still every precau-
tion was taken, the case being isolated
and the other children in the family be-
ing removed from school. DR.. Haines
who is now in attendance says the child
is recovering rapidly. No symptoms
have developed among other members OF
the family, and there is no cause for
alarm.
John II. Brimmer, clerk Of the Congre-
gational church, has submitted his
annual report OF the church for 1894 for