Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-02

Harold II. Clark left Wednesday for the
Maine university at Orono.
Miss Ella Devereux, W no has been i'll the
past week, is able to be out again.
The machinery for Royals grst mill
has arrived, and is being put up.
A new plank walk is being built on
High street from Main to Spruce.
w. J. Clark, jr., has been spending the
past ten days at F. s. Lords cottage.
Mrs. A. S. Treat and family left We'd
nesday morning for her home in Ruther
ford, NJ. j.
The annual meeting of the w. c. T. U.
will be held with Mrs. Miriam Kent to-
day at 2.30 p. m.
A party OF sixteen bicyclists from this
city enjoyed an outing at Blunt's Pond
and vicinity Tuesday.
Charles Beal and Joseph Andrews, OF
Bar Harbor, are in the county Jail in
default OF fine for intoxication.
/. l.. IIalman, of Lewis Friend & Co,
left Wednesday morning for a short busi-
ness trip to New York and Boston.
Mrs. A. NJ. Hopkins and Mrs. Sarah
Partridge are guests of Mrs. John ID.
Hopkins at her Lamoine Point cottage.
Lejok lodge, I. O. o. F., will work the
initiatory degree on Friday evening, and
full attendance is earnestly requested.
A. +. Burnham Is at Etna attending the
annual camp-meetlng of the Maine splr-
itusl association, of y which he is president.
Mrs f. 5. Smith and Mrs. CaIden, of
Gardiner, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Smiths parents, Capt. and Mrs. 5. l..
Lord, in this city.
Owen Byrn aud wife are attending, the
annual ,e.np-InevtIns oi Tue MAINE spir-
tuu!ist association L. Lima. Al1. ~ AZ
health continues to improve.
Frederick \. Eddy, of Bangor, has pur
chased through Charles II. Emery, of this
city, the COOmbs building on Main street,
occupied by IL. II. Harden.
T. F. Monaghan, of Gardiner, with
his family is visiting his fat her, Stephen
Monaghan. Mr.. Monag han is leader OF
hii tActlIeHt DHnQ Ill lIATulHeE.
f. W. Bracket, of Brookline, Mass,
who has been spending a two weeks >
vacation with his wife and son in this
city, returned home sunday night.
There was another meeting OF the
Ellsw worth school board Monday to de-
eide upon United States histories to be
adopted in the schools No decision was
reached.
Mrs. Jennie ID. Lord, Of Harrington,
and her sister, Miss Charlotte Dorman,
teacher Of the Pine street intermediate
school, spent several Gays of last week in
this city.
One of Josiah II. Higgins patent fire
escapes, which was fully described in
TIE AMERICAN several months ago has
been put on the Union shoe factory. y
test Of the escape proved most sati,-
factory.
George Patterson, while on the
eapsized. He could not swim, and hut
for the timely assistance of some boys
near at hand he might have been
drowned.
II. w. Cushman, II. NJ. Hall, jr., and
George W. Whiting are up river camping.
Frederick Hale and Eugene Hale, j., are
with them part of the time. They are
located at Reeds point. They expect to
be gone the rest Of this week.
II. NJ. Burr, of Newton, who owns a
summer cottage at Castine, stopped at
the American house to dinner last Mon
day. He was accompanied by John b.
Keys, of Cincinnati, OHIO. They came on
bicycles, and after dinner proceeded to
Bar Harbor.
Col. II. f. Hamlin returned Saturday
from Cleveland where he had been as a
delegate to the annual session of the
American bar association. Other dele
gates from Maine were Frank NJ. Hig
gins of Limerick, and Charles F. Libbey,
OF Portland.
At a special meeting Of the trustees OF
the Hancock county savings bank, f.
Carroll Burrill was elected trustee to
succeed the late James f. Davis. \. b.
Coolidge, of Lamoine, was elected presi-
dent ia place Uf Mr.. Davis, and John T.
Whitcomb was elected vice president.
Ellsworth will be favored again this
year by stereopticon lectures, which are
being arranged for by Rev. D. L. Yale, of
the Congregational church. Two courses
OF lectures will be given during the win
ter. In September there will be two lee
lures, illustrated by stereopticon. One of
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