Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-06-25

Shore Acres will open this week.
John A. Scott is home from Bowdoin
for the summer.
Miss Sprague, of Boston, Is the guest of
Miss Eva Aiken.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Hopkins were in
the city from Brooklin Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l. Wooster, of South
Hancock, were in the city Saturday.
The Unitarian church society is plan
ming for a picnic to take place some time
next month.
Miss Mae Friend, who has been
in Boston studying music, is home for
the summer.
George II. Slower, of New York and
Bluehill, with his son, George H., jr., was
in the city Tuesday.
William W. Morrison is building a
summer cottage at Chatto's shore, on the
west side of the bay.
stand-pipe has been erected on State
street, short distance above Sterling, to
be used in sprinkling the street.
The steamboat mail service between
Ellsworth and Rocl1land will be resumed
July ! and continue until Sept. Is.
William Peters, of New buryport, Mass,
Is spending the summer with his brot her,
John a. Peters, jr., at his Lamoine farm.I
There will be horse racing at Wyman
park on the Fourth. There are three
classes 81; 2:33 and 300-with 500
purse FOR each.
NJ ISIS Florence G.. SWEET, who graduated
from the Ellsw orth high school last year
and entered Bates college, is home for the
summer vacation.
Messrs. Greene and McAuliffe of the
Thomas f. Shea company, well supported,
will appear at Hancock hail the week
commencing June %.
Miss Blanche Marston OF Lisbon, y. H.,
who has been visiting Mrs. Charles w.
Mason and other relatives in this city,
returned home Saturday.
William Deiany, OF Bar Harbor, was
brought to the county Jail last week for
intoNlcation. Delany was attacked with
dellrium tremens soon after he arrived.
The general topic for the Epworth
league prayer meeting for June is Christ
and the Church" The subject for Tues
day evening is Founded New Church.
Led by the pastor.
Superintendent of Schools Hoyt A.
Moore leaves to-day "wednesday for
Brunswick, to be present at Bowdoin
college commencement. He expects to
return Saturday evening.
There will be q meeting of the Baptist
church and society "Wednesday evening,
June 2i, to see about engaging a pastor
and to transact any other business that
may come before the meeting
Street Commissioner Eppes is relaying
the sewer across State street At Main.
The wooden sewer, when has rotted and
c'ysd in, niiI lie replaced by Il strong y
built stone sewer, or large pipe.
There viii be a flower service at he
Unitarl,H. 1..urch next Sunday afternoon
at 80. The children of the Suuduy
school Will be assisted by the church -o-
ciety. Fue pupic is cordially invited.
The Buckslort correspondent of tie
Bangor Ne,rs says: "Misses Maud Co.
cord snd Minnie Thompson claim tie
ladies' bicycle record from Ellswort IL,
three hours tWo and one-half minutes" "
Senator Hale hose team will go to BIZ
Harbor July 3 TO participate in tire
hose races. The boys are doing good
work III their trial runs, and if they are
beaten, some one will have to move Lively.
State superintendent of Schools W. W,
Stetson has appointed Supt. Moore, of
this city, a member of the State commit
tee on geography and general work. The
other members are Miss Mary S. Snow, of
Bangor, and NJ. NJ. Curtis, of Brewer.
Mrs. 0. j. Atwood, who has been spend
ing several months at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. L. I. Sowle, in this city,
returned to her home in South Orringtou,
Monday. Mrs. Sowle accompanied her
for short visit, returning Wednesday.
The salmon are biting we'll at Green
Lake, and the two steamers are kept
pretty busy by Bangor and Ellsworth
parties. One day last week twenty~one
salmon We're taken in the lower pond.
Indications point to good fishing all sum
mer.
Fred w. Rollins, who is home from
Maine State college for the summer va
cation, while fishing at Green Lake one
day recently, hooked large salmon
which ran off with two hundred feet of
line. Rollins mourns the loss of the
fish more than the tackle.
Misses Villa Frost and Ida Baker grad
uated last week from the Gorham normal
school. Miss Frost returned home Sat
urday, accompanied by her mother who
attended the commencement exercises.
Miss Baker went on to Lynn to visit her
sister Annie who is teacher in that city.