Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-03-16

| hdTCn WISH Ut DdS fDHu6 10 II ~ customer
in this section. Mr.. Sargent was in busi
ness in Ellsworth forty-thee years ago
keeping store in the building now occu
pied by d. H. Eppes q Son.
E. c. Trip, of steuben, for many year.
| foreman in THE AMERICAN office " ner
| DR.. II. c. Vaughan WAS editor, is now en-
ployed in the Narraguagus Times office
| at Cherry field
There will be a meeting OF the Kings
Daug at their room on Main street
Monday evening. There is important
business for the meeting, and large at
tendance is desired.
THE AMERICAN is in receipt of copy
OF list of books in the government print
ing office library, of which institution
Miss Geneveve West. daughter of j. II.
West, OF Franklin, is librarian.
Friends are extending congratulations
on tie announcement of the engagement
of Miss Edith {. Cheney, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Cheney, of this city, to
William I. Bradley, OF Milwaukee, Wis.
Fred Brown, who has been running a
barber shop in Bangor for the past year,
has rented the barber shop of Daniel f.
Donovan in this city. Mr.. Donovan is
employed by the Metropolitan insurance
company.
L. Waterman, superintendent Of the b.
E. Cole & Co. shoe factory, was suddenly
called to Massachusetts last Wednesday
nv he dpatb nf hia ber uhich
Cured at her home in Kingston. Her age
was eighty years.
Mark Hertz, of Lewis Friend & Co.'s
store, has returned from New York, where
he has taken a thorough course in cut
ting. He will now be able to give
more assistance to |. l.. Haiman, on
whom all that work before rested.
Fl. w. Dunn met with a painful acci-
dent Saturday. While chiseling stone a
small piece of steel from the chisel flew
into his eye, embedding itself in the eye
ball. The piece of steel was extracted by
a phys cian but Mr.. Dunn was advised not
to use his eyes for several days.
The AMERICAN is in receipt of cards
announcing the opening of the st.
Botolph hospital, AT Garrison and ST.
Botolpa streets, Boston. DR.. f. 4. Davis,
an Ellsworth boy, is one of the principal
owners. The doctor 5 old friends here are
always glad to learn OF his successes.
LygoHa lodge, 7. and A. NJ, will give
an entertainment and sociable in Odd
Fellow, nalI Thursday evening. The en-
terteinment Will consist of n stereopticon
exhibitor of views from the Ellsworth
camera tiub, most OF which Will be of
local Sc mes.
The -ond division of the senior class
Of the b1@h -ahoof appeared iu eompeti-
tive essays last Friday afternoon. The
judges in these competitions are Hiss NJ.
a. Greedy, Rev. ". X. Hunt and b. b.
Whitcomb. The competition has spurred
the members OF tue class on to their best
effort.
The chimney i'll Churchill stevens house
burned out this morning. The fire COM
municated with II lounge winch was
placed against an enclosed tiue in one of
the upper rooms. The house WAS soon
filled with smoke and an alarm of fire
was sent out. In remarkably quick time
the tremen were on hand, but the fire
WAS eXtinguished without turning on
water.
There Was a gorgeous display of aurora
horeaiis last evening. Not only the north
hut the whole heavens was illuminated d
in fact, the most brilliant part of the dis
=
Irregular band Arched across he heavens.
From all points on the horizen bands of
light shot to the zenith, where the con-
Verging lines glowed brilliantly, with
fascinating changes in form and color.
Officers of W. NJ. Halnes company,
uniform rank, X. of p, We're installed
last Wednesday evening by Cot. Harry
u. Stewart, of Bangor. The officers are
j. w. Nealiey, captain; w. f. Aiken.
first lieutenant; Harry {. Stratton, sec
ond lieutenant; Able l.. Friend, first
sergeant Mark Hertz; second sergeant;
p. II. Stratton, treasurer; q. l.. Wi3well
recorder. After the installation, supper
WA, served at the Hancock house.
City Marshal Timothy Donovan took
the oath OF office Monday, and appeared
on the street with his official badge Tues
day. John Silvy has made faithful ano
efficient city marshal, and many are sorry
that, owing to the vicisstudes of munich
pal politics, he is now off duty. But there
is no reason to suppose that Marsha
Donovan will not prove worthy sue
cessor, and the city will be efficiently po-
i liced. There will be no change in the
| night officer, Hiram c. Lord having beer
reappointed by Marshal Donovan.
Sheriff Hooper and wife were the vic
Tins of a surprise" one evening last
week. The sheriff was busy with affairs
OF the county, and his better half hao
been carried out for the evening by &
designing neighbor, when crowd ol
twenty or more swooped down upon the
10 hnuse The shpriff's first thong hi