Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-25

Eastman Bros & Bancroft-Dress goods.
A. $. Treat, OF Rutherford, n. j., was
in town for few days this week.
Percy Bartlett is home from Dartmouth
college for Thanksgiving.
Giuseppe Delssco, he Italian. will open
tobacco and fruit store on Water street.
Charles iiodgkins ia home from Dart
mouth medical school for Thanksgiving.
NJ. Galiert is in New y York on business;
he left Tuesday and will be away about a
week.
Miss NJ. A. Clark is exhibiting hand
painted china at the store of Curtis r.
Foster.
The Unity club will hold its annual sale
and supper at the Unitarian vestry
Thursday, Dec. 8.
Miss Isabel Jordan, OF WaItham, spoke
to crowded church at the Free Baptist
church Sunday evening.
The Kings Daughters will furnish a
dinner at Manning halt next Wednesday,
Dec. l, from II 80 to O'Clock.
The Ellsworth Water Co. is taking up
the abandoned 16-inch pipe across the
river at the pumping station.
Mrs. II. +. Davis and Miss Muriel re-
turned Monday. after visit of several
weeks among relatives in Boston.
The ladies aid society OF the Free Bap-
tist church will serve baked bean sup
per in the yestry this "wednesday even
ing at O'Clock.
The Woman'- relief corps OF VIM. II. II.
Rice post, q. A, Il, VIII elect officers Fri
day, Dee. 3, TIE post election tekts place
Monday, Dec. 6.
Charles II. Drummey returned Tuesday
from weeks visit in Boston. He was
accompanied By Mrs. Drummey, who viii
remain week or TWO longer.
Masons and OId Fellows who hold
orders for phetoxra"us ut Ioy's A. nd are
reminded to present them rs soon rs
possible II they wish them honored.
Mrs. james F. Davis ana Miss Sylvia
Davis leave Friday or saturday of this
week for Chlcopec, Mass, where they
Will spend the winter with relatives.
Union Thanksgiving services will be
held Al The Methodist church at 10 O'Clock
on the morning Of Thanksgiving Day.
Rev. W. X. Hunt VIII deliver the address
W. j. Ryan, the Lilnd man, is in town
this week on hi, annual visit with the
Robert Is. Thomas and Maine Farmers
almanacs. Tus Is his fifteenth annual
tour.
Judge L. A. Emery returned Tuesday
from his trip to the Pacific coast. He
was accompanied from Brunswick by his
son who /. home for Thanksgiving and
who Will remain over sunday.
Wivurna encampment has been invited
to visit katahdin encampment at Bangor
Friday, Zee. 3, when the royal purple
degree will be worked. 1t is expected
that quite delegation Will attend.
John II. Ford died Monday after
long Illness with consumption He was
thirty one years ofage Asayoung man he
learned the printing trade IA The AMER
ICAN office, but left it to engage in bust
ness.
Capt, o. A. Crockett has purchased the
steamer Fremont" which has been
running on the Bangor < Bar Harbor
route. lie made the first trip east in the
"lremont" Saturday. The "Rockland"
has been hauled up.
Rev. ID. l.. Yale mad slight relapse one
day this week, and was confined to the
house. He will not spend Thanksgiving
with his parents at Meriden, Conn, this
year, rs lie had hoped, but expects to get
away for short visit next week.
JUICE and Mrs. Wiswell left Monday
for Boston. They will spend rhanksgiv-
ing with the Drdrys i'll Waltham. Mrs.
Wisweu viii then go to New York for
visit, and the judge will return to Els
worth. His next term of court will be at
Caribou.
NJ ISIS Elizabeth Hooper died Sunday at
the home OF her relative, Mrs. George B.
Young. The deceased WAS in her seventy
first year, and had resided all her life in
Ellsworth. Her life was one OF heroic
self -sacr flee and devotion to others.
Death was due to a paraytic shock.
The ladies' sewing circle of the Congre-
gational church will meet at the vestry at
8 O'Clock next Wednesday afternooH,
Dec. l. supper from to Z; public
cordially invited. the first meeting of
thus newly organized circle was held last
Wednesday evening, and was pro-
nounced success
Nokomis lodge, daughters Of Rebekah,
nominated officers last Thursday evening,
as follows; Mrs. Harriet X. Giles, \. G..
Miss Helen E Bonsey, V. G.; Miss Ella
f. Jordan, secretary; Mrs. Amanda W.
Leland, financial secretary; Mrs. Letitia