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

DIR. j. II. Patten, of Amherst, was in
the city Monday.
DIR. h. L. Grinde, of Mt. Desert, was in
Ellsworth Tuesday.
X. b. Stevens and bride, of Broolllin,
were in the city Monday.
Judge q. p. Cunningham was in this
city Monday on business.
Congressman Boutelle, OF Bangor, was
in Ellsworth one day last week.
Station Agent e. F. Greene has rented
the Drinkwater house on Pleasant street.
John Paul Gordon, of Franklin, was in
Ellsworth on business one day this week.
Frank c. Stetson and wife have moved
into w. +. Aiken's new cottage on Oak
street.
E. Il. Greedy acted as starter at the
races in Eastport last Wednesday and
Thursday.
John +. Bunker, jr., Of Bar Harbor, the
republican candidate for county attorney,
was in Ellsworth Tuesday.
Mrs. A. p Wiswel is spending few
days this week visiting her father, Ben
jamin Green, in Brunswick.
Mrs. Mortimer Whitaker and daughter
Alice are spending a few weeks at Old
Orchard and in Massach husetts.
The Ellsworth hose teams are practicing
frequently for the races at the county
fair, and are making good time.
The Ellsworth merry -go-round will go
n Atl a nf he Nnr rt
Hancock agricultural society, Sept. 20
and 80.
Monday was circus day in Bangor, and
nearly $50 people from Ellsworth We're
| drawn there by the magnetic name of
Barnum.
". J. Drummey's tame fox got loose
Monday night, and satisfied his appetite
for spring chickens. His supper cost Mr..
Drummey 50.
Mrs. Henry Whiting, DIR. O. NJ. Drake
and wife, Howard f. Butler and wife, and
7. j. Whiting, of Boston, are visiting
relatives in this city.
\ very important special meeting OF
the Kings Daughters viii be held next
Monday night, August 10, at 7.30. a
large attendance IS desired.
New steel rails are being laid on the
Mt. Desert brano of the Maine Central
railroad. Ninety pound rails are being
laid i'll place OF seventy pound.
There viii he a regular meeting of the
VIM. II. ii. Rice Relief Corp next Friday
Afternoon. \ full attendance is requested
l.t lir.
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. d. J. Chamberlain, of
Elsin, H., are expected in Ellsworth
to- day. Mr.. and Mrs. Chamberlain
formerly resided in this city, and have
many friends here.
Police officer II. f. Cook, of Brookline,
Mass, with his wife and child, is spend
ing his vacation with relatives and friends
in this city. They are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. Davis
+. L. Smith and family, H. f. Davis and
family, G. F. Newman and family, Mrs.
f. y. Bracket, and SON Carl, of Brookline,
Mass, have been stopping for the past
week at Pleasant Beach.
Lawyers A. w. King, John Peters, jr.,
and II. L. Hamlin, of Ellsworth, L. B.
Deasy and L. ). Clark, OF Bar Harbor,
and Z. L. Chase, of Bluehill, are attend
ing law court in Bangor.
Miss Grace Holmes and her brother,
Richard Holmes, of South Windham,
Conn, are guests of Miss Sadie Burrill
Miss Manter, of Pennington, is the
guest of Mrs. c. c. Burrill.
The general topic for the Epworth
league prayer meeting for August is "The
Reproofs of Christ" The subject for
next Tuesday evening is ITO Martha the
Troubled. Mrs. f. f. Douglass, leader.
The excursion to Bluehill under the
management of the members of Mona
ghan's band takes place to-day (Thurs-
day.. The excursionists will go to
Bluehill by schooner in tow of the
advertisements.