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

what ne has done. HIS wife returned
from Isles sboro as soon as possible after
hearing of her husbands attempted
suicide, and has visited him in the Jail.
Mrs. l.. D. Cochrane, after few days
with friends in this city, left last week
with her two children for Detroit, Mich,
where she will be met by her husband,
Rev. l.. d. Cochrane, who has been in
Iowa for several months. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cochrane will spend the summer months
in Michigan, and may decide to make it
their permanent residence.
Under the new train schedule Ellis
worth now has three mails from the west
daily, and four to the west. The mails
from he west arrive at go a. m, 4.32 and
5.57 p. M; Sunday at $40 a. m. Mails
are distributed about three fourths of an
hour after arrival OF trains. Mails for
the west close at 7.40 and 1.10 a. M, 500
and 800 p. m.; Sunday at 500 p. m.
The new time table on the Maine
Central railroad went into effect Sunday.
The table elsewhere in this issue has
been corrected. The special Sunday
train, leaving Ellsworth at :35 for Bar
Harbor, will not begin until July s.
This . the special Boston Herald news
paper train. Ellsworth will receive the
Sunday papers about an hour earlier than
last summer.
Luciers minstrels drew good house at
Hancock hall Saturday evening. The per-
formance was up to the high standard es-
tablished by this troupe. S. d. Wiggin
acted as local agent for the company dur
ing its engagement here. Mr.. Wiggin
has acted in this capacity for the Luciers
for several years past, and to this fact, as
well as to the excellence of the troupe, is
due the warm welcome which always
awaits them here.
Among visitors to the city during the
past week We're j. w. Somes, Mt. Desert;
Joseph Wardwell, A. c. Hinckley and
wife, Frank Towne, Bluehill; j. NJ.
Vogell, Castine; f. T.. Roberts, Miss Jessie
Foster, Miss Fannie Foster A. II. Wallace,
Everett c. Harris, NJ. Franklin, f. p.
Moore, Bar IFarhor; A. S. Penney, Maria
vile; John r. Shuman, Great Pond; J.
Parker, fremont; George l.. Sellers, Pc
nobscot; Curtis Durgan and wife, Sedg-
wick.
Dirigo hose racing team, at a recent
meeting, voted to accept the invitation
to Augusta on the Fourth. The race in
which they will participate is new one
for them. 1t is known as a wet race. 1t
consists in a standing start from the car
nick q II cOD
yards to hydrant, making coupling and
showing water. The Dirigos are not do
ing much talking, but they have made a
few practice runs, and it is safe to predic
that they win make good showing.
Miss Gertrude JOY, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Decatur JOY, of North Hancock, died
Monday afternoon, in the twenty-third
year of her age. She had been i'll for some
months with consumption. She Was the
youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs. JOY, and
the only one of five children-three sons
and two daughters who still remained at
home. Her sweet disposition had en-
deared her to many and she is sincerely
mourned. The sympathy of the commu-
nifty goes out to the bereaved parents.
Funeral services will be held at the house
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
# j. r.,ortad that o female nroto ot,,,. of
the late lamented Dan O,Rrien visited
t,li.n-,,tb r.c..,tlv Sh.,.osrot ,,oino
,,,ild q rniIraaa hnt uo.- -e,air,, to n,anoge
. ~, ho,.I at par uorhor Cb. wanted
giri9-girls for the table and girls for the
kitchen, girls for upstairs and girls for
.tn,yn-.tafrs she bad no trouble in find
.,,irl. ia tiu the nositiors She told
HON tn he in readiness TO 90 to work the
.f..t ~ Irr. vt.,, ore sin +, r4aaine..
One uf them got tired Of waiting and
went to Rar unrhor to investigste. She
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