Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

Esoteric lodge will give social at the
IodSe-rooms in Manning block next FRI
day evening, Nov. 13. All masons are
twenty-five cents head will be charged
to defray expenses Members of Esoteric
are requested to furnish cake.
Hancock celebrated the sound money
victory Monday evening with a rousing
demonstration. The town was ablaze
with light. One very noteworthy illu-
minaion was that of Mrs. Ellen 3.
Crabtree's house. c. II. Drummey, of this
city, addressed an enthusiastic meeting.
The second in the course OF peoples
travel lectures will be given at the Con-
gregat ionsl church this (Thursday) even
ing. The tourists will be taken to Switz-
erland, and will visit the lakes and the
Bernese Oberland. The lecture will be
preceded by twelve views of Yellow
stone park.
AT meeting of the board Of trade Mon
day evening, the regular meeting night,
there We're few present that adjourn
ment was taken to next Monday evening,
when plans will be made for regular
monthly meetings and active work during
the winter. 1t is hoped there will be a
large attendance.
The populist platform has slight respect
for constituted authority; but when the
Ellsworth street commissioner called
down tie populist mayor the other day,
and ordered him to stop work on a road
that his honor was building without
aut hurity from the city government, the
smayOr concluded that the mayor was boss
and kept right on spending money. The
Jo%" ut It Is tuat this populist mayor is
the most de~potIe mayor i'll Maine.-Letc-
iston Journal.
y. VI. Stuart has appealed to the county
commissioners to repair defective Way
in front of his house on States street.
This j. the defective way complained of
to tha city government at the meeting last
week. The city has neglected to make
the repairs, and the appeal to the county
commissioners followed. The commits
sionrr4 Viii have a hearing IN the matter
SATURDAY, Nov. p,
Ezra Webber, of Ellsworth Falls, has
| instituted suit against the city for injuries
/ It'tIN 81 ny SIT ipiIlB illOuS II IOlt III Ii
| bridge ON the road leading to the old
steam mill at the Falls. This bridge
was repaired some time ago under
Mayor Gerry's supervision. He had not
new Panks enough TO cover the entire
bridge, SO part of it was repaired with Il
double layer of old planks. MIR. Gerry so
notified the city. a loaded wagon broke
though the rotten planks, and Mr.. Web
Der, walking over the bridge at night,
stepped into the hole made by the wagon.
His shoulder WAS dislocated, and he re-
ceived other severe injuries.
One of the largest stables in this section
OF the country is that which Stafford
Bros, of Bar Herbor, are now finishing ia
Surry. The stable is 100x50 feet on the
floor, has stall, for elghty-hVe horses and
an enormous hayloft and granary. 1t is
built about one half mile from the village
p oper on large farm Which Stafford
Bros. bought recently. During he " in
ter the many horses used by them in the
livery stable business at Bar iiarbor viii
be quarttrCd there. The farm raises a
sufficient hay crop to feed the animals
during the winter and the location of the
new winter quarters Is sufficiently near
Bar Eiarb0r to make the trans portat ion of
tiit liilili'N ~ Io'Il at4NtiN ta-N
Formerly the winter qnarters We're near
Phillips iake.-B0n9or Commercial.
The state commission appointed to in
quire as to the advisability of establish
ing another normal school in eastern
Maine, are in session at Augusta thl,
week. Al meeting of the board of
trade of Ellsworth last spring a commit
tee Was appointed to present Ellsworth h 5
claims for the new school, but there Will
be no appearance before the commss ion
this week, Ellsworth, with one normal
school in Hancock county, conceding he
more rightful claims OF other sections of
the State particularly of Aroostoolk coun-
ty, to the new school if recommended.
Nevert theless, Ellsworth would not give
the normal school the cold shoulder if it
should come her way.
Mrs. I.ayinm ". 0sgood, widow of
DR.. j. T. O~good, OF thi- city, died in
PROV idenee, K. l., last Sunday. The de-
ceased was DR.. O-good's second wife she
being widow at the time of her mar
riage to the doctor. She leaves two
children by her first usband Mrs.
W. Il. Whittle, Of Westerly, X. L., with
whom she has made her home for
some years past, and Mrs. DR.. George ",
Bragdon, of Seattle, Washington. Mr.
Whittle was formerly the principal of the
high school here, and Dr. Bragdon moved
to the West from this city some five years
ago. The interment was at Oldtown, the
former home of the deceased.