Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-04

city have received letters from him, in
which he makes not the slightest refer
ence to lis disappearance, and writes as il
! nothing had happened.
Evangelist r. II. Jones is expected to
arrive to-day to open a series of revival
services at the Methodist church. Mr.
Jones was in Ellsworth three years age
with Evangelist Allen, and labored here
with good success.
The Bucksport Rebekahs who expected
to visit Ellsworth Tuesday evening were
prevented from so doing by the storm.
The Ellsworth Rebekahs had social
dance, to which they extended a late in
vitation to the public.
Workmen are now putting in an elevator
in the soap factory building. Much of the
machinery is in place, but it will robably
be over a month before the factory is
running. w. f. Aiken, who is treasurer
OF the Glenrose soap company, will be
book-keeper at the factory.
&. II. Crummett, of Skowhegan, who
was recently appointed station agent at
Ellsworth, found the duties too arduous,
and resigned f. K. Vandiue, whom he
succeeded, is back again. Mr.. Vandine,
during his previous short stay here, made
many friends who trust his present stay
will be longer.
Game Warden Neal, OF Bangor, says
Ellsworth men have been hunting deer
with dogs at Green Lake. He was unsuc-
cessful In his efforts to catch the poach-
ers, because the people living in the vi
cinity stood in with them, and warned
them when a warden was around.
Only two cities in Maine-Hallowell
and Belfast-show a lower birth
rate In 1895 than Ellsworth, according to
the report Of the state registrar of vital
statistics just issued. The rate per 900
in Ellsworth is 1911, which is way below
the average for the State, which is 1894.
The ladies OF Park street who are inter-
ested in the Village improvement society,
are to give an exhibition of the Copley
prints, so-cslled, for the benefit of the
society, in Manning hall on Tuesday and
Wednesday, Nov. Is and II. These prints
are views OF the new Boston and Wash
ington libraries, and are choice works OF
the kind. They will be referred to more
III detail next week.
Sheriff Hooper followed Edwin Rice
and the eloping wife Of Herbert w.
W hite, OF Orland as far as Portland last
week. He located them in Boston, and
notified W White that he could capture them
through the Boston police. 1t is under
stood that White has abandoned his idea
OF pros cutting his recreant wife, and says
chat 81 1aA come home TO s.er aeel pa
rents in Orland without fear of molesta-
tion from him.
Partitions have been built across the
head OF both flights of stairs leading to
Hancock hall, with noiseless swinging
doors. The doors at the entrance to the
hall have been rigged so hat they can all
be opened almost instantly, and have been
repaired so that the noise they make in
opening and shutting has been reduced to
a minimum. The ticket office has been
moved down stairs. The partition doors
are designed to prevent draughts from
entering the hall whenever the door Is
opened. With the ticket office down
stairs it will be easier to prevent losting
at the hall entrance.
H. B. Phillips has finished work at his
brick kiln. The last burning was fin
ished last week. MIR. Phillips has made
400, 900 bricks this season. This is a
smaller number than usual, owing to the
\
Phillips says, however, that the pros
poets in the brick business are much
brighter. On Il trip to Bar Harbor and
Northeast IIarhor Monday he sold 10o,-
900 bricks. He says the soap factory
building is proving Il good advertisement
for Ellsw orth as showing what can be
done here in the way Of building. Peo-
pie are surprised when told the cost Of
he building.
At W. H. Dresser'- market one day last
week centipede six inches long, of the
most poisonous species, dropped from a
bunch of bananas. There was scurry-
ing to places of safety by those in the
store but the visitor from warmer clImes
was numb with cold, and therefore not
dangerous. When W warmed up, however,
he WAS lively enough but then he found
himself imprisoned in bottle. lie has
received many visitors. He still lives,
but takes little interest i'll his surround
ings. Doubtless he wishes he was back
among the banana palms OF Brazil "away
from the madding crowd" that pokes
him wit sticks to see II he is alive.
THE AMERICAN has receiVed from Com
modore Charles O'Neil, chief OF bureau
of ordnance, L. ). navy, the following
history of the two guns given to w. ii.
II. Rice post, q. A. r., and soon to be
mounted near the soldiers monument:
The guns are 81 FOUNDERS, OF 1900
pounds each, known to the navy depart
ment as Nos 50 and IS. They were man
ufactured at Fort Pit foundry in 1864.