Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-30
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| Mrs. l.. NJ. n. Stevens, recently elected
national president OF the w. c. T. T., is
not expected to reach Portland before he
arrange her WORK sons to make her head
quarters in Portland part OF the year.
The Ca tine normal alumni association,
of Boston, held its annual dinner Friday
evening at he United States hotel. The
president, q. II. Knowiton, was in the
chair There were tifty-five present. The
| prime pal Of the school, a. +. Richardson,
| made remarks after dinner.
Capt. Charles Deering, of he steamer
Bay State, of the Boston and Portland
| steamship Co., died at his home in East
Boston last Thursday OF pneumonia He
was about eighty years of age, and was
one OF the best-known steamship men in
New England, having been commander
of the steamer bay State" for many
years.
| f. II. Smith, wool buyer, OF Machias,
has shipped sixteen and one half tons of
| that product this season, all raised on
sheep kept within the limits Of Washing
pounds which went from Jonesport last
/ Thursday on steamer Frank jones'.
This OF course doesn't represent all the
wool grown in that county, for the Ma
| chias card1ng mill has been kept very
busy OF late.
Another representative contest is to go
up from Washington county to be heard
ut bnr
Lubec class. 1t seems, according to the
returns, that George s. Thayer, demo-
| cratic candidate, is elected by twenty-five
majority over John Saunders, republican.
The question to be decided will be the
same as in the Pembroke class-the use
OF "stickers'. This is the first time in
forty years that Lubec has gone demo-
cratic and many prominent repu blicans
propose to have the matter decided ac-
cording to the law and facts.
There will shortly be announced
through the proper channels an import
ant series of educational meetings, to be
held in he principal towns of Washing
ton county, in which State Superintend-
ent Stetson, w. j. Corthell, principal of
the Gorham normal school, and other
prominent educators of Maine and
Massachusetts will take part. IL
satisfactory arrangements can be made
with the Washington county railroad at
t he time, these meetings will take place
in he second week in Deem Der; other
wise date will be fixed in January
Thursday night, Nov. "A, during the
severe storm, two fishermen named
Mcdonald and Gray and stone cutter
named james Doyle, from White island,
put in at Hurricane Isle where they
landed Mcdonald. The other men sailed
away again, and nothing has been heard
from them since. Their boat was an old
affair, and was leaking badly. The
general opinion is that it sank in
he channel between Hurricane Isle
and Green's island, where there are two
lodges barely covered at high tide.
Searching parties have made inquiry in
all directions.
For long time an attempt has been
made to call together the butter makers
of Maine, and organize a State associa
ton. 1t has failed through indifference.
This year the matter has been taken up in
more energetic way, and the result is
that call has been issued for meeting
to be held at Winthrop next Tuesday, I'M
der the auspices Of the grange of that
place. Addresses will be made by the Hon.
Z. A. Gilbert, Hon. B. Walker Mckeen,
secretary OF the Maine board of agricul-
ture, w. c. w hitman, Prof. G. w. Gowell,
the Hon. X. w. Ellis DR.. q. NJ. Twitchel
and others. There are other organiza-
tions OF this kind, and the farmers arc
taking much interest in the proposed as
ISOLATION.
What is probably the largest moose ever
transferred at Foxcroft station was
brought down on the b. 4 A. railroad and
went out last Thursday morning on the
NJ. c. 1t was shot by G.. A. Marston, of
Fall River, Mass, who, with Benjamin
Woodward, of Dover, as guide, has been
in Roach river region since Nov. 3. The
moose WAS shot Nov. -, and they have
been getting him out ever since. They
had to clear out about seventeen
miles Of old and swamp one mile of en-
tirely new road in order to get him with
horse and sled. He was brought to Lily
Bay by team and thence by steamer to
tireenville. Although billed at 600
pounds, good judges place his weight at
500 His antlers spread forty nine inches.