Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-15

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make the bridge straight with the street
line The appearance of the street VIII
be greatly improved thereby. The city
Will build a good sidewalk from the end
OF Ire bridge to the corner of Sou,h
street.
Mi7s Mary A. Clark was a delegate to
the State Sunday school convention, at
Saco, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
OF this week. She will extend her trip to
Massachusetts where she will visit rea-
tives.
Miss Mary Scott, who has been cashier
at Whiting Brothers for a year or more,
has secured similar position with the
| Massachusetts Boot and Shoe Co, of Bos
ton. Her sister, Miss Maude, has taken
| her place at Whiting Bros.
John L. Mitchell, an Indian of the tribe
| OF Passamaquoddy, was brought to the
county Jail by Officer Billings, of Bar Har-
| bor Monday. Mitchell had been selling
baskets for another member OF his tribe,
| and forgot to make returns.
The water company is still at work on
the improvements at the pumping sta
| tion. A new 16-inch iron pipe is being
laid from the filter house on Branch
pond stream across the river to new
brick and cement well north of t he pump
ing station.
ISIS Alnie J. Moran, daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. Owen Moran, formerly OF this
| city, died at Bar Harbor Tuesday morn
ing, aged thirty years. Sympathy for the
parents is expressed by her many friends
in this city. Funeral services will be
held at Bangor Thursday.
Mrs. Seth T. Campbell, of Island Falls,
is visiting ner parents, Mr.. and Mrs. h.
| X. Hopkins, in this city Mr.. and Mrs.
| Hopkins came from Brooklin Tuesday
and opened their house here. Mr..
| Hopkins will return to Brooklin to
main until the end of the packing season.
Miss Addie Austin, who has had the
management of the Western Union tele-
graph office in this city during the sum-
mer returned this forenoon to her home
| in Ellsworth. Miss Austin has proved a
faithful and obliging public servant, and
the patrons of the office will regret her
| departure. Miss Austin was accompa-
MED by Miss Ma abel Monag han, who has
| been her guest for the past fortnight, and
| who delighted he music-lovlng people by
| her solos at the concert in the Congrega-
tionsl church last Tuesday evening"
| Waterriie Mail.
;. The injury sustained by DIR. w. NJ.
| Haines seems no less serious than reported
| in THE AMERICAN last week. There is
still danger hat his eyesight may be per
manently impaired DR.. flames arrived
home Saturday evening from Boston,
| where he had gone to have his eyes eX-
amined by a specialist. He was sent
= Eame with instructions to remain in a
darkened room for six weeks. Dr..
| Haines many friends hope his eyesight
will be saved unimpaired.
Rev. William Forsyth, of Bucksport,
delivered mastery sermon at the Con-
gregational church, Sunday evening, on
The Relation of the Church to the
Present Revival of the Civic Spirit" "
The sermon WAS one delivered at the
/ State conference, and repeated here by
request. 1t has been widely and favor
ably commented on by the press of the
State. 1t was sermon which every
business man, every citizen of ElIsw wort n
should have heard. The sermon Will be
printed in THE AMERICAN next week.
Deputy Sheriff James T. Gu u,hman, of
this city, is earning more than local
reputation as detective and q terror to
evil -doers. On Monday Mr.. Cushman
received a call from Deputy Sheriff Joseph
| Stevens, OF Lincoln, who was looking for
Edward Leighton, wanted for stealing a
rifle, watch, and clothing from a camp in
which he had been working, and for
forging an order for S1926 and passing it
at w inn. The Penobscot county deputy
had secured clue which led him to be-
| lieve Leighton was in Franklin. Depu-
ties Cu-hman and Stevens started for
Franklin. In Egypt they passed a man
whom Mr.. Cushman sized up as having
| Just come out of the woods. Mr.. Stev-
ems had never seen the man he was after,
and was inclined at first to take Mr..
Cushman's bet hat he was the man. Mr.,
| Cushman would have won the bet; the
man was Leighton, and within half an
hour he was off for Mattawamkeag in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Stevens, they
having boarded the train at franklin
Road 1t was quick and good work.
Miss Monaghan at Waterviilc.