Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-26

as its regular night of meeting. The ad-
visibility of holding weekly meetings was
| discussed. The club will meet Friday
evening of this week with Mrs. C. /.
Welch, when officers will be elected.
DR.. A. C. Hagertby has sold to John
Merrill, OF Green Lake, the Samuel Har-
den house on Washington street, which
he obtained recently in exchange for the
Rachael Leland house on the same street.
Mr. Harden has moved into the Leland
| house.
The third OF the peoples lectures at the
| Congregational church will be given this
| Thursday evening. The subject will be
"Southern Switzerland. The stereop-
ticon prelude will be on the yellowstone
National Park'', but will also include six
| teen views of Bar Harbor and French
mans bay, from photographs taken by
1. l.. Halman.
Esoteric lodge, F. and A. NJ, will work
| the third degree on three candidates this
| (Thursday) evening. Special efforts are
being made to make this occasion an in
| teresting one. Invitations to be present
have been sent to Grand Master A. B.
| Farnham, of Bangor, and other promi-
nent Masons. All Masons are invited. A
banquet will be served.
| At the annual meeting of the Unitarian
society last Wednesday evening, officers
were elected for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: John D. Hopkins, president; Mrs.
A. F. Greedy, vice-president; Frank S.
Call, clerk; w. w. Morrison, collector and
was Mrs. Greely, chairman; Mrs. John A.
Peters, jr., and Irving Osgood.
Among visitors to the city during the
past week were: DR.. W. l.. Haskell, E. G.
| Abbott, F. B. Patten, c. p. Simpson, Sui
Ivan; H. s. Weston, Hal Carter, II. A.
Hatch. L. B. Deasy, Miss Sarah Dodge,
Miss Annie Bracy, w. NJ. Dunham, Bar
Harbor; H. S. Elwell, North Sedgwick;
George Marks, East Bluehill; E. l.. Mar
shall, fremont; f. L. Atwood, Mort heast
Harbor; Judge E. E. Chase, II. w.
Cousins, Dunbar Marshal and wife, Blue
hill; Deputy Sheriff William c. Moore,
Manset; +. 1. Campbell, Cherrytield.
pany which is building the Main street
bridge that, owing to the recent fire at its
factory, the bridge might not be COM
| pleted until a week or ten days after the
time specified in the contract, which was
Dec. %. The abutments will be COM
pleted well within the specified time,
Dec. 10. The western abutment is already
| tad ha pnp n IA
! been moved to the east side of the river,
and work is progressing rapidly on the
eastern abutment. Passage for teams will
be interrupted but a few days, if at all,
end foot passage will not be interrupted
I at all.
The Congregational, Unitarian and
Baptist churches united in Thanksgiving
services at the Congregational church
Sunday evening, The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. d. l.. Yale. The sermon
was by Rev. c. S. McLearn, and the
scripture reading, prayer and benedic-
tion by Rev. w. X. Hunt. Music was by
a double quartette of mixed voices, with
chorus of about forty girl voices. The
special features of the musical programme
were the Te Deum in minor, by Dudley
Buck, and the anthems "Sing, Allelula
Forth" (Buck),' and "Give Ear, o Lord"
| o.. w. Ballard). The regular choir was
assisted by Mr.. and Mrs. E. f. Redman,
Mrs. Frank f. Smith and A. w. King.
Miss Minnie +. Coehrane, formerly of
this city, died of consumption at the
home of sister in Hinesburgh, VT, re-
| g
Miss Cochrane lived in Ellsworth about
three years, and won a large number of
| friends. She was member of the Meth
odist church. and an active member OF
the EpWorth league, in which society
she held the office of secretary for some
| time. She left here about two months
before her DEATH to go to the home of her
sister The remains were inferred at
Monmouth, where the family for
merly resided, and was highly respected.
The funeral WAS largely attended, and
the floral offerings were beautiful. The
parents of the deceased live in California,
and she had several brothers and sisters
residing in Maine. One brother Is
minister at Hallowell, and another is
a physician at Monmouth.
"For ways that are dark and tricks that
are vain the heat hen Chinee is peculiar"
Deputy Sheriff Moore, of fremont, real
lied the truth of that saying in his eX-
perience with Arno w. Cough, the son of
Tremont's long resident Chinee. Cough
was arrested for malicious mischief on
complaint of his father, taken to Bar
Harbor for trial. and sentenced to the
county Jail for thirty days. On the way
to Ellsworth by team, Cough managed to