Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-10-28

present Miss Annie Sullivan WAS brides
maid and Harvard Jordan best man
The bride and groom left Thursda.
morning for trip to Boston.
The petition OF the citizens OF Els
worth and Bar Harbor to have the earlier
| evening mail service during the coming
| winter has had the desired effect. The
ing mail will arrive ats o'clock, or per
| hsps q little later.
The Orioles, OF Bar Harbor, are anxious
for game OF foot ball with the Dirigos,
OF Ellsworth The Dirigos have no foot
ball team, bat they have lots OF good ma
teriaI to make one. With the necessary
practice they could put very strong
team in he field. The Dirigos have re-
sumed practice Of basket ball.
Nokomis Rebekah lodge is preparing to
entertain Riverside lodge, of Bucksport,
next Tuesday evening. When Nokomis
lodge WAS instituted, the Bucksport Re-
bekahs came over and showed the Els
worth lodge how to work the degree.
Now The pupil will show the master how
well the lesson has been learned.
Capt. A. j. Higgins, of this city, has
sold his interest in the bark "Mary c.
Hale", which he has commanded for the
past twenty years and has retired from
the sea. He has arrived at his home in
Ellsworth. The bark "Mary c. Hae',
$50 tons, was built in Ellsworth about
twenty two years ago. Her haiing port
has now been changed to New York.
Henry Stockbridge, who was planning
to present "Too Much Tompkins" with a
local cast, under the auspices Of st.
Joseph's Catholic church, has found it i'm
possible to fill the male parts in the cast
and do the necessary rehearsing in the
short time he will remain here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stock bridge will leave very soon for
their winter engagements on the stage.
The firemen were called out Sunday
afternoon by an alarm of fire from
Charles II. Emery's house. The fire had
started from clothes basket in which
had been thrown towel that had caught
fire from the stove earlier in the day, but
W IiISu ~ was tHoue DSCli SAtib
guished. The fire was put out without
difficulty. Considerable table linen and
clothing were burned.
At recent meeting of he W. {. +. L
in Meirose, Mass, Miss Mabel Monaghan
was engaged rs soprano soloist, and sang
with fattering success. She was enter
taineJ by Mrs. Mary A. Lvermore, who
spoke very highly OF her performance
Since her return to Boston, Miss Mona
CHAN has filled several church engage
ments She is shortly to sing in concerts
in Maiden and Somervllle
Benjamin b. Whitcomb, son OF Col
John f. Whitcomb, of this city, WAS adj
mitted to the Hancock county bar last
week, after passing very creditable eX-
animation. Mr.. Whitcomb graduated
from Bowdoin college in 1894. After one
year at the Boston university law school,
he entered the law office OF John A.
Peters, jr., in this city, where he has read
law for nearly two years. He is young
man of fine attainments and high prin-
ciples. His many friends can wish him
sion han that he wins as he merits
At the annual meeting of the Unitarian
society last Wednesday evening, officers
were elected for the ensuing year rs fol-
lows: President, Hon. John d. Hopkins
vice president, Mrs. A. F. Greedy; clerk,
F. 5. Call; collector and treasurer, w. w.
Morrison; pulpit committee, Mrs. A. f.
Greely, Irving Osgood, Mrs. John A.
Peters, jr.; soliciting committee, Irving
Osgood, w w. Morrison, f. +. Parker,
Mrs. G. /. WeIch, NJ ISIS l.. A. Belcher Miss
Mabel JOY. A unanimous call was ex-
tended to Rev. W X. Hunt to the pas
torate of the church another year. The
call was accepted. There will be anot her
meeting of the society next Wednesday
evening to receive the report of the so-
Letting committee.
All who love literature and all ought
to-will be Interested in the travel lecture
to be given at the Congregational church
Thursday evening. The lecture Will open
with a brief sketch of the life of the Illus
trious poet and dramatist Shakespeare,
after which the audience Will be taken
through the country where he Was born
and married and spent many years Of his
life. Thousands OF tourists yearly seek
at large expense these scenes for the
pleasure and the intellectual profit de-
rived from them. For the many who
cannot afford a tour through the beauti-
ful valley of the Avon, this lecture will
fu ,teb and nrAtita bIp h.
stitute. Questio have been asked rela-
tive to the size OF the illustrations. They
are 1Sx1S feet. The lecture will begin at
40.
The sleeping thief got in his work
one night last week someW here betW cen
Bangor and Boston. The victim was 5.
q. Stevens, the we'll known proprietor of
the Brooklin Packing Co. He discovered
his loss in the morning after he had