Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16

Mrs. w. X. Blaisdell, OF, Trenton, was in
Ellsworth last week.
Capt. and Mrs. John w. Kane, OF Blue
hill, were in the city Monday.
Miss Frances Crouch, of New York, is
the guest OF Mrs. s. d. Wiggin.
County Attorney E. s. Clark, of Bar
Harbor, was in the city Saturday.
Hamilton Campbell, of Boston, is in
Ellsworth on his annual summer visit.
Rev. and Mrs. McLearn are stopping
with Mrs. Alcie Mcfarland few days.
Benjamin Stone, Harvard '98, OF Wor-
cester, Mass, is the guest of r. E. Mason.
Mrs. A. K. Woodward, who was severe
ly injured by fall two weeks ago, is still
very ill.
Reuben Smith, one of Ashvilles veteran
citizens, was in the city last Thursday on
business.
Miss Abbie Padelford, Of Waltham,
Mass, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. NJ.
Hopkins.
Mrs. Hattie Cousins, of Waltham,
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in this city.
F. E. Hartshorn, of New Haven, who
is summering at Hancock Point, was in
Ellsworth Monday.
The state board OF assessors will be in
session at the court house in Ellsworth
Saturday, August J.
The democratic county convention will
be held at Hancock hall this Thursday
morning at II o'clock.
The county commissioners were in ses
sion at the court house Tuesday, transact
ing routine business.
Mrs. A. r. Phillips and Miss Ella Fer
nald spent Tuesday at North Ellsworth,
the guests of Mrs. L. d, Patten.
DR.. L. S. Chlcott and family, of Ban
gor were in Ellsworth last week on visit
TO his mother, Mrs. j. c. Chilcott.
The Ellsworth Senators" won't be per-
fectly happy till they have another
chance at a hose race.-LeWiston Journal.
DR.. Mary l.. Burnham, of the New
England hospital, Boston, is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Burnham.
The announcement is made OF the en-
gagement of Miss Caroline Madelle Somes,
OF Mt. Desert, ito DIR. j. Albert Lethiecq,
Of Brewer.
Rev. {. 5. McLearn, who has been called
to the pastorate OF the Baptist church,
has rented the Abram Lord homestead on
Water street.
~ r1 has il far u
from Gott's island TO Ellsworth. Mr.
Moore was in the market business here
some years ago.
Mrs. NJ. +. Oakes, from the K. |. In
stitute for the Deaf, Providence, is spend
ing her vacation with her friend Mrs. ~
W. Packard, of this city.
Morris franklin, who has been making
tour OF Germany on bicycle, arrived
home Sunday. He covered $500 miles on
his wheel while in Europe.
Rev. Emerson l.. Hunt, of Ellsworth
Falls, will preach at the Congregations
church Sunday morning, July 10, in ex-
change with the pastor, Rev. ID. L. Yale.
II. +. Whitcomb, of Beddington, form
erly of this city, was one of the secre
taries at the Washington county republi
can convention held in Mschias last
week.
The tennis tournament, for which ar
rangements are being made by the ELS
worth tennis club, will probably be post
poned until the cooler weather of Sep
tember.
Miss Helen Adams left this week for
Calais to be present at the wedding of her
cousin, Miss Carrie Lord, daughter of
George Lord, who has many friends in
this city.
Rev. FIR. Collins, professor in St.
Mary's college, Van Buren,, will have
charge of the Catholic church in this city
in the absence of FIR O'Brien at Bar Har-
Dor during the summer.
Mrs. A. s. Treat, of Rutherford, N. j.,
with her two daughters, Misses Evelyn
and Marion, and son Wesley, is spending
the summer with her father, j. w.
Coombs, at Labrador farm.
Ellsworth's city marshalship question
is on record in the Maine Register, just
issued. In the names of city officers, fol-
lowing that of marshal, appears in paren-
thesis the word (contested).
The Great Eastern circus, whic was in
Ellsworth on he Fourth, is reported to
be stranded at Cast inc. The teamsters
have taken their teams and many Of the
attaches of the show have deserted.
On Sunday, at Green Lake, twenty-siX
| salmon were landed. The fish were
caught at the narrows, in deep water
| with live bait They were of good size
Many fishermen continue to make the