Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-26


arraigned in the Ellsworth municipal
court last Wednesday on charge of ma
licious mischief. 1t was fortunate that no
one was in the barn, or the charge might
have been more serious. They paid a
fine of q each and SIS costs.
One of the most enthusiastic club wom-
en- OF eastern Maine and one who is re-
ceiving special mention as a worker in
he journalistic world, is Mrs. Georgia
Pulsifer Porter, wife Of DIR. Charles B.
Porter, of Oldtown. Mrs. Porter's spec
ial articles are well written and have a
flavor of brilliancy all her own. She is
much interested in the Federation of
Women's Clubs and takes an active part
in the conventions.-Lew Journal.
Among visitors to the city during the
past week were w. l.. Coggins, South
Hancock; II. L. Smith, w. F. Hutchings,
Miss Gertrude Hutchings, Lamoine;
George A. Martin, franklin; c. Randall,
Southwest Harbor; F. p. Merrill, Albert
S. Hinekley, A. C. Hinckley and wife,
Bluehill; George r. Cunningham, f. J.
Morrison, William Fennelly, Bar Har bor;
K. B. Stevens, w. II. Freethy, Brooklin;
S. II. Dority, Sedgwick.
The many friends of William Weeks,
the genial proprietor of the American
house for the past fifteen months, will
regret to learn that he is to leave Ellis
worth on January !, to engage in business
in Rockland. He has leased the re-
staurant on the Boston & Bangor steam
ship company's wharf. Mr.. Weeks was
the pioneer of the restaurant business at
the wharf, conducting the establishment
when the wharf was first built.
With the coming of the merry holi-
day season, our boys and girls come
fiocking home from the colleges. Among
those who have arrived are John A. Scott
and John NJ. Shute, Bowdoin, Miss Rubie
B. McGown, Abbott academy, Andover,
Mass; Misses Ethel M. Giles and Persis
NJ. Hagerthy, Bradford academy, Brad
ford, Mass; Miss Florence G. SWEET, Bates
college; F. Carroll Burrill and Daniel
Hurley, Boston University law school;
Ray p Stevens, Maine State college.
Next Tuesday night the Eagle hook and
ladder company will welcome the new
The spirit of friendly rivalry which has
been produced by the offering of hand
some silk umbrellas as prizes for the
handsomest costume worn by a lady ana
the most grotesque costume worn by
gentleman, will result in better variety
and more fine costumes than are usually
seen at masquerade ball, and the
galleries will undoubtedly be full of
spectators The Eagles deserve success
The second of the peoples course Of
travel lectures at the Congregational
church last Thursday evening, was well
attended. The subject of the lecture,
which WAS read by Miss Eva Aiken, was
NORWAY, the Land of the Midnight sun.
The beauty Of this country, with Its grand
mountain lake and sea coast scenery, and
its picturesqu towns and cities, was a
revelation to most of those who attended
the lecture The views were exception
ally good, and the lecture interesting.
The third lecture in the course, "Plctur-
esoue Holland" :" will be given Thursday,
Jan. >.
At meeting of the governor and
council Wednesday morning, large pc
tition was presented for the pardon of
Calvin p. Graves, the game warden
murderer, now in State prison. The
petitioners say: "His good standing
among our people, circumstances sur
rounding the case, incidents connected
with the trial, and our desire to promote
the best interests Of the commonwealth
impel us to entreat you that his Gaze re-
ceive your earliest attention" The petl-
ton has 1000 signatures, mostly of Han
cock county men. The name of Fountain
Rodick, of Bar Dor, heads the list.
Percy B. Rolfe, travelling man well
known in this city, though his route has
not brought him here i'll recent years, was
injured in a singular manner at a subur-
ban station on the Boston and Albany
railroad Saturday. The accident was due
to the heavy fog. The passengers on the
train thought another train was coming
upon them from the rear, and some one
called "jump." Mr.. Rolfe jumped
through the window, and. in doing so,
cut his left wrist so badly that 1t was
found necessary to amputate the arm be-
tween the wrlsI and elbow. Mr.. Rolfe,
who is forty-one years old, lives in Port
land, and is now in the employ OF
Strawbridge & Clothier, wholesale dry
goods dealers, of Philadelphia.