Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-04-08

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Mrs. L. f. Hooper is ill with the grip.
A regular meeting of the board of trade
will be held Monday evening.
There were several days of good ice
boating at Branch pond last week.
The summer timetable on the Maine
Central will go into effect June 81.
Otis l.. Collins and his wife are recover
ing from severe attacks of the grip.
Mrs. A. w. Clark is in stborough,
Mass, visiting her son, DIR. Edwin Clark.
Mrs. Alexander B. Black is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Charles r. Cole, in Rock
land.
Friends Of John NJ. Hale are pleased to
see him out again after a severe attack of
the grip.
The Unity club will give a circle sup
per-the last for the seasonal the Uni
tartan vestry this Wednesday, evening.
Improvements are being made on the
interior of Capt. Henry j. joys house on
Church street. A bathroom is being put
in.
The annual meeting of the Union River
Boom company, which was to have been
held last Saturday, was postponed until
next Saturday.
Mrs. Flora Lewis will entertain the
Kings Daughters at a dime sociable
Thursday evening. A picnic supper will
be served at 6 30
A small party of friends were enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Rowe last
Friday evening, the twentieth anniver-
sary OF heir marriage.
John NJ. Shute, who did such good work
coaching the Ellsworth high school foot
ball team last fall, is home from Bowdoin
for the Easter vacation.
Mrs. John A. Peters, jr., is in Boston,
to attend the opera. She is accompanied
by Miss Annie Peters, Of Bangor, daugh-
ter OF Chief Justice Peters.
The bark "Mary c. Hale'', Capt. A. j.
Higgins, of this city, for the safety of
which some anxiety had been felt, arrived
safely in Philadelphia on Monday.
Mrs. Flora Lewis entertained party Of
ladies at whist Monday evening. The first
prize was won by Miss Mary F. Hopkins,
the BOBBY prize by Mrs. c. l. Welch.
The "Otronto" arrived last week with
the first freight of the season. The
''Storm Petrol" sailed Saturday with the
first shipment Of slaves for Rondout
The bridge was lowered into place last
Tuesday morning. 1t is expected to have
it open for teams before Sunday, unless
the weather interferes with work.
The ladies Of the Epworth league will
have supper and apron sale at the
Methodist vestry Wednesday evening,
April IA. Supper served from 6 to 7
O'Clock.
Sheriff Hooper was in Green's Landing
on business several days last week. Dur
ing his absence, Deputy Sheriff Allard
Staples looked after the sheriff's duties in
Ellsworth.
Walter r. Parker has rented F. H.
Osgood's house on Hancock street, which
Mr.. Osgood will soon vacate to move to
the house recently purchased by him on
High street.
City Marshal Silvy and Night Officer
Lord appeared this week with brand new
police helmets, of blue felt, with silver
ornaments. In the wreath on the fr ont
are the initials "E. P" for Ellsworth po-
lice.
The Great Pond Dam company, at its
annual meeting on Tuesday, elected
Frank A. Stockbridge president, S. P.
Stockbridge, clerk and treasurer, l.. d.
Foster, John F. Whtcomb and E. II.
Greely, directors.
Joseph Mank, driver of the Bluehill
stage, was arrested Sunday on charge
of cruelty to animals. He was arraigned
before Judge Chase in Bluehill Monday
and sentenced to thirty days in the
county jail, and costs.
The supreme judicial court in and for the
county of Hancock will convene for the
April term, 1897, at the court house in
Ellsworth, on Tuesday, April 13, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon. Chief Justice
John A. Peters will preside.
Milford Leland, OF Bar Harbor, is again
an inmate of the county jail, having been
bound over to the April term on a charge
of larceny. Leland is charged with steal
ing fur coat belonging to Charles Clos
son. He WAS arrested in Bangor.
Miss Mary Chase, of Winterport, is the
guest of Mrs. 1. Fl. w. Wharf, Miss
Chase, who has sweet soprano voice,
sang in the choir at the Methodist church
last Sunday morning and evening. In
the evening she sang a solo, "The Holy
City"
An effort is being made to arrange a
trotting circuit in Hancock and Penob-
scot counties for the coming season. Ban
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