Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-19

coid-watsr tsetotalers would petition To
have the sign removed to q more sppro-
PIRATE place.
The ytaseope il coming to Ellsworth
again, with new views. II will be shown
here two evenings, Friday and saturday.
Nov. y and X. Fifteen views will be
shown each evening. 1t will he under the
local management of ). ID. wiggin
horse owned by q. W. Tripp, which
was being driven by Hon. W. T. Haines,
OF WateryiIle, and Hutson b. Saunders
this city. on trip through Washington
county, was taken sick on the road. The
animal was left at whitneyvilIe, where
IL died.
Hon. W. I. Halnes, of Wateryllle, was
in town Saturday. In company with
Hon.H. b. Saunders, he drove to Machias,
returning here Tuesday Mr.. Haines
Is candidate for attorney general. and
Is doing some tall hustling in this sectio
OF the State.
At the Unitarian parish meeting last
Wednesday, 1t was unanimously voted to
extend a call to Rev. w. X. Hunt The
call has been formally extended, and Mr..
Hunts decision will probably be made
known at the parish meeting tonight
wednesday,.
John A. Hale, stationer, Is to move to
the b. F, Joy building on Main street, a
few doors above his present location.
Work of alteration in the Joy building,
which was temporarily suspended, has
been resumed, and Mr.. Hale hopes to be
in his new quarters by the middle of next
month.
Among visitors to Ellsworth h during the
past week were: John Phillips, Il. +.
Hinckley, c. e. Leach, G.. w. Butler,
Biuehill; NJ. Franklin, f. A. Hartman
and wife, F. l.. Carter, J. L. Clark, B. 5,
Higgins, NJ. w. Paine, Thomas Gleas on
Bar larbor; w. l.. Haskell, E. G. Abb oft
f. B. Patten, Sullivan; A. b. Fernald,
Franklin; George A. Martin, West
franklin; James S. Fernald, Southwest
Harbor; S. II. Dority, Sedgwick
The chances of establishing a third shoe
factory here seem to be growing smaller
The money desired to be raised locally
was $4,000 This, it seems, cannot be
done. The best offer whch the business
men Of Ellsworth have made to the pro-
motors of the shoe factory is to furnish
the factory with suitable building, and
use their efforts to secure abatement OF
taxes. Here the matter rests and but lit
tie effort is being made to secure outside
capital.
Few would belleve-except those who
do he work-that the Ellsworth post
office handles over half a ton of mail
daily, yet such is fact. For the thirty
days ending Nov. 10, all mail passing
through the office has been weighed. The
total for the thirty days was 81 ,290
pounds, an average of 1,043 pounds daily
The highest single days record was ,5o7
pounds, on Thursday, Oct. 15 This rec
ord OF weight is taken once every four
years, when the contract with the Maine
Central railroad for carrying the mails is
renewed.
William j. Ryan, the blind man, was in
Ellsworth last Saturday on his annual
visit with the Robert b. Thomas and
Maine Farmers amanacs. Mr.. Ryan has
visited Ellsworth each year since 1878,
and is always welcomed. His memory
for places and names, and his faculty for
finding his way around in spite OF his
atfiiction, are remarkable. He will walk
down Main street in this city, stopping
at the different stores and climbing
stairways to the different offices he has
visited year after year, without the
slightest hesitation.
The second lecture of the peoples course
at the Congregational church last Thurs
day evening was on the "Lakes of Switzer-
land, and the Bernese Oberland." The
opportunity to visit the far-famed
scenery of that country drew a large
number of tourists. The lecture was
read by A. w. King. The stereopticon
prelude consisted of views of the Hudson
river. A few views of the floral parade
at the county fair, taken by |. L. Halman,
were also shown. The subject of the next
lecture, on Thanksgiving night, will be
"Southern Switzerland. The stereopt icon
prelude will be on yellowstone National
Park"
The lecture at the Congregational
church last Monday evening on he China
Japan war, by Rev. Tomoyoshi Mural,
the japanese minister, was treat
to the large audience present. Before
the lecture, japanese social scene
was represented. An artistic arrange
ment of Japanese screens, bamboo
chairs, tea-table, with japanese decora-
tions gave an admirable representation
of a japanese home, in which Mr.. Mural
in the costume of his country, appeared
as host. He received and entertained an
American caller, showing the japanese
method of preparing and serving tea. They
were joined by japanese lady and a
Corean lady in costume. The American
lady was represented by Miss Isabel Hall.