Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-29

The Northern Hancock agricultural
society is to have a two-dsy fair at
Amherst this year Sept. p and p.
| The drowning Of three persons at
Brooklin last Wednesday is the ssddest
news from the Maine coast resorts this
| season.
Two weeks age Swan : Island was wish
ing for ssrdine factory. Our CORE
spondent announces this week that the
wish has been realized.
The Bluehin Odd Fellows have pur-
chased the old town hail, and will fit it
up fer lodge room. The price paid for
the building was 800.
- It's an III wind that blows nobody
good The almost total failure OF the
French sardine industry the present sea
SON i gratifying news TO the Gamers and
fishermen along the Maine coast.
There : rumor efioat. and apparently
We'll founded, that the syndicate which
bought land a; Mt. Desert OF Judge L. y
Emery, Z. II. Greedy and others. is to
make extensive improvements, laying out
new roads. etc, which vii open up the
territory around Eagle lake and jordans-
pond. heretofore etically Inaccessible.
Ii i pleasing to note that the difference
between the managers and the cutters a.
the Chase granite 4uarries was Of but
short duration. The difficulty was in re-
Iation to scale Of prices. Sixty cutters
were disc hsrged, but the difficulty was
settled satisfactorily to all concerned and
the men resumed work after only two
, days ldIeness.
One OF the finest stone cutters build
ngs in Hancock county is being erected
al the Chase granite compsny's quarry,
Biuehll. 1t i 800 So feet. and VIII ae-
commodate seventy-four workmen. \
railroad will be built through the center
Of the building, and with this and loco
motive engine the stone can be trans
ported with great facility
The officers OF the Washington county
Railroad company continue TO be husilN
engaged in preparing for the building Of
!
tests a desire to furnish money for the
project, but ii Will be placed in the hands
OF the Portland syndicate. Two Of its
members were in Washington county last
week and negotiations are progressing
fast and tavorsbly.
Hancock county Good Templars, who
held their quarterly session with EN-
eelsior lodge at East Surry last week,
adopted a resolution endorsing the at
tempt to enforce the liquor Law at Bar
Harbor, The Templars are also pledged
to exert themselves at political caucuses
to prevent the nomination of any man
who Will not declare himself for prohibit
tion and the enforcement Of the law.
FoMl, of high degree have been i'm
port ed 10 Hancock county by William =.
Stewart, " he at the Eastern State fair at
Bangor last week purchased the first
award trio of buff cochius and the first
award trio Of partridge cochins, and the
first award trio OF dark brahmas IN the
exhibits Of c. II. Ward, OF Lewiston
They were shipped 10 Mr.. stewart hand
some summer res idence, Gable Villa, Al
Newbury Neck.
a new post-ottiee has been established
in Hancock county to be known a.
Nicolin. The post office is located al
/ Boggy Brook, and Fred A. Frye is the
postmaster Mr. Frye is also station
agent at Boggy Brook. BY the way, why
all this confusion OF names? When first
/ established the station now known a
/ Boggy Brook was named Branch Pond.
/ Why was it changed? Now the post
4 office at the same place is named Nicolin.
/ Why not Boggy Brook?
One day last week number Of passen
gers came across country to Franklin
Road to take the 'I'sekee' for Boston.
! The agent WAS busiiy selling tickets and
neglected to pat out the nag TO stop the
train, and as q result 1t went hammiug
I by. greatly to the discontinue Of the pas
sengers The officials Of the road learned
Of il. did quite he proper thing, and or
dered -pecia! traiu TO carry tAe pa,sen-
+ gers to Bangor, where they arrived in
4 time to catch the yankee.
Ilo~ unstable thing l. popular fancy
+ The raiding Of the once celebrated Green
Mountain house recall, the early days of
Bar Harhors boom, when it Mas the
resort Of fashion. The beautiful trip by
buck board to Eagle lake, the sail across
/ the lake to the foot OF Green Mountain
and ride up : he railway to the summit,
were features OF the resort. Now all this
is gone, and there remain but the dilapi-
dated wreck OF pier, few rickety
buildings, rotting ties and rusty rails,
and the surface Of the lake is undisturbed
except by the occasional fisherman. How
frail thing is fame!
Owners of those magnificent hardwood
forests down in Washington county think