Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-08-06

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Complaint has been flied with the
county commissioners concerning the
condition Of the Doyle bridge. The COM
missioners will hold hearing at the
bridge Friday afternoon.
Lew, Friend and /. l.. Halman are IN
New York city this week on business.
During their absence the custom depart
ment of Lewis Friend & CO.. store is
closet, ana the employees are enjoying
vacati ion.
q. I. Hamilton has sold his Interest in
he bakery of Hamilton & Bonzey to
P. VI. Bonzey. of the firm and has accept
ed employment with a bakery at Somer-
vile, Mass. Mr.. Bonzey will continue the
business here.
Rey l.. B. Macdonald, a former pastor
OF the Unitarian church in this city,
spent several days here last week visiting
friends. MIR. Macdonald is now located
at Concord, Mass, and is spending his
vaca ion in Castine
Rev. II. w. Norton, presiding elder of
Bucksport district, will preach at the
'l'iSu EplSCOpai tiuTcH next ouHudy
morning. The Holy Communion will be
administered after the sermon. Every
body is invited to be present.
Rev. Charles Collins, of Portland,
former Ellsworth boy, has been visiting
here for few days. Many old friends
had the pleasure of listening to an able
and practical sermon delivered by him
at the Catholic church last Sunday.
Supt. of Schools Hoyt A. Moore has
adopted new plan in purchasing wood
for the different schools. In this paper
this week he advertises for bids for wood
in The different school districts, which
must be received by the superintendent
before Sept. l.
There was no meeting of the board of
aldermen Monday evening, the regular
meeting night. Mayor Gerry, Alderman
Brown and City Clerk Wyman We're on
hand, but none of the other aldermen
put in an appearance. The board will
not meet until the regular meeting night
in September, unless a special meeting is
called
Isaiah Young, of Lamoine, was in the
city Monday. Mr.. Young is eighty-siX
years of age, and perhaps the most active
man of his years in the county, if not in
the State, The grip of his hand is more
firm than that of many men of half his
years, his eye is as bright, and his mind
as active. Mr.. Young has just finished
his haying.
Ra,,tt t,li hon Il rtarc for IL
county will be opened in the rooms re-
entity vacated by the Morrison medical
company. County Committeeman H. b.
Saunders is already busy with campaign
work. Arrangements have been made
for seveal mass meetings in the county.
One of the first will be at Franklin next
week, on Tuesday, when Senator Hale
will speak.
1t is rumored that the old Ellsworth
brass band will arrange for an excursion
on the schooner "Henrietta A. Whitney"
on her next arrival in this port, which
will be probably next week. The exact
date will be announced later. When the
old band boys set out to have a good
time hey usually succeed. There Will be
dancing on board, chowder at one of the
islands or points down the bay, and pos
Sibly boat race.
Among visitors to the city during the
past week were Frank T. Young, Julien
Emery and wife. Charles II. Wood, George
NJ. Tower, J E. Clark, A. l.. Morgan, l..
A. Leach, Fred c. Lyman, Bar Harbor;
w. $. Brown, Mt. Desert; Mrs. A. l..
Saunders, Trenton; j. A. Closson, f. F.
Hinckley, {. +. Leach, Frank II. Binder,
A. 5. HinckIey, Biuehill; A. ). Penney,
Mariavlle; f. b. Gardner, j. II. Bunker,
Bucksport; b. w. Candage and wife, Seal
Harbor.
The board OF educaton has voted that
children shall be allowed to enter the first
grade of the graded schools only on con-
dtion that they are fitted to enter some
existing class The object of this is to
preserve the grading of the schools. The
board hopes that parents will see the
reasonableness of it. 1t frequently hap
pens that children entering the school
are not prepared to take up the work of
the first grade. The result is that the
entire class must be delayed or special
grade formed, which throws the entire
school machinery out of order.
The Kings Daughters circle of Ellsworth
is trying to arrange for visit from Mrs.
Isabella Charles Davis, of the central
council, of New York. Mrs. Davis is
spending the summer at Old Orchard, and
intends to improve the opportunity to
visit circles in Maine, her object being to
perfect the state organization, in which
there is now vacancy in the office of
correspondent secretary, and arrange if
possible for a state convention. 1t is
thought she will visit Ellsworth some
time in August to visit the circle and