Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-04-15

has been selling off goods at cost.
Next Monday evening is the date OF the
annual concert and ball of City hose com
pany, No. 2, which will take place at
Hancock hall. The concert will consist
of vocal music by the Apollo quartette,
of Bangor, and instrumental music by
Monagh hans orchestra Of six pieces. The
firemeu will serve a regular supper.
The driveway of the bridge is COM
pleted, and is now being used by foot
passengers, the sidewalk Of the old bridge
having been removed. The bridge will
not be open to teams until Thursday
afternoon, before which time Civil Engi-
neer Parker Spofford, of Bucksport, will
inspect it in the interest of the city.
Hancock hall is greatly improved by
the repairs that are being made there,
and which are now nearly completed.
| The painting and decorating have been
done by Tinker Bros. The new floor Of
the stage is completed. The carpenter
work was done by P. H. Strstton and
Frank R. Moore. When the electric
| lights are turned on, the hall will shine.
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy, after q long and
useful life in this city, died last Friday
In the eighty-second year Of her age. She
was the widow Of Charles Mccarthy, who
| died about two years ago. She leaves
four children-Dennis Mccarthy, Mrs.
Julia Burke and Miss Ellen Mccarthy, Of
this city, and Mrs. Mary Campbell, Of
Roslindale, Mass. Funeral services were
held at st. Joseph's Catholic church Sun
day.
Charles Garland, aged thirteen, was ar
rested last Sunday, charged with stealing
g from his brother. When arraigned be-
fore Judge John A. Peters, jr., in the
| municipal court he pleaded not guilty,
but later made a confession. Judge
Peters imposed a sentence OF fourteen
| days imprisonment in the county jail,
but this being the boys first offense, the
| mittimus was suspended on his promise
| to behave himself.
The Kings Daughters fair this year
| will be known as Literary Bazaar.
The booths will be decorated to represent
books. The bazaar will be held two even
ings, April 27 and %, at Hancock hall.
On the second evening the "Chronothan-
atoletron" will be exhibited. This ma
chine with the long name has been ex-
| hibited once before in Ellsworth some
| ten years ago, and there have been many
requests to repeat it.
The lawn at Mrs. Cordelia Lords prop
erty, at the corner of Franklin and Pine
streets, is each year one of the hand
soonest in Ellsworth, and the particular
pride Of its custodian, Fred H. Lord, who
never tires of pushing the lawn mower.
But II the lawn continues to grow this
year as 1t has commenced, he will work
harder than ever. He was displaying at
the post office Monday blade Of grass
from his lawn which measured at least
seven inches.
One OF the duties Of the county treas
urer is to seal the weights and measures
Of town sealers. For this purpose he is
provided with q complete set OF weights
and measures. The law provides that
these shall be approved, or sealed, by the
State Treasurer, at least once in ten years.
County treasurer Tapley found that the
county weights had not been sealed in
twenty years, and 30 sent them to the
State treasurer. They have been returned
properly sealed, and County Treasurer
Tspley is now prepared to seal town
weights.
The Bangor horsemen are still pushing
the proposed Eastern Maine trotting cir
cult, and plans are assuming definite
shape. The tracks to be included, as
mentioned last week, are Ellsworth,
Bluehill, Bangor, Oldtown, Orono and
Monroe. The races to be given will be
from three minute class to the free-for-
all and will be for both trotters and
PAGERS. The same races will not be held
in each town, but the classes most favored
in the sections where the various tracks
are located will be put on in those places.
The plan will doubtless receive every en-
couragement from Ellsworth horsemen,
though as yet the officers OF the Hancock
county fair association have received no
official information of the plan.
In mentioning in the report OF the city
meeting last week the petition from
Principal Moore asking assistance from
The city toward high school library, the
statement appeared that Mr.. Moore had al
ready secured pledges for $500. The board
voted an appropriation of $50, providing
Mr. Moore would secure $3.50. From
this it would appear that Mr.. Moore
needed to secure pledges for only $50
more, which, however, is not fact. The
statement that Mr. Moore had already
raised $500 was an error; what he said in
his petition was that he hoped he would
be able to raise that amount. AS a mat
ter of fact he has so far secured S125.
This explanation is made in order that no
friends of the school, under the i'm
preston that only $50 more is needed,
shall be deferred from giving. Every
cent is needed.
The stock of fine cattle in the vicinity
Of Ellsworth received two notable addi