Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-23


death Feb. 10, a. d. 1898, at the Maine
Central depot in Ellsworth, Maine, by
being caught and crushed between a box
car and the platform Of the freight
house at said depot"
Mrs. L. F. Giles, noble grand OF No.
komis Rebekah lodge, is in Bangor in
| attendance at one Of the Rebekah lodges
there. The grand lodge officers and its
district deputies will be present for the
purpose OF working the Rebekah degree.
The lodge will begin work at 4 p. m. to-
day, after which there will be reception.
Next week, on Friday evening, Ellis
worth will have an opportunity to hear
again the famous and favorite Apollo
quartette, Of Boston. The quartette will
be accompanied by Miss Florence Dyer,
soprano soloist. The Boston Record says
of her: "Miss Dyer was easily the favor
ite OF the audience. She has voice of
great sweetness, round and full, and of
delightful quality. Her modest unas-
suming manner is also very attractive"
There was narrow escape from anothe
serious accident at the depot yesterday
morning. An engine with snow-plow
stopped for water. The engine started
before the arm Of the pipe had swung
clear of the track. The snow pillow struck
it, breaking off the upright pipe near the
ground. The heavy iron just missed hit
ting the fireman. The water from the
broken pipe flowed over an hour before
being shut off from the street main.
Clerk OF Courts John F. knowlton had
narrow escape from very serious injury
yesterday afternoon. He was passing the
shoe store OF E. J. Walsh, when a snow
slide from the roof struck him. There
were heavy pieces OF ice in the slide. He
was rendered unconscious. He was taken
to the dental office of DR.. II. w. Haynes,
where he remained unconscious for an
hour. Mr.. knowltop is now out again,
but feels the effects of his injury That
he escaped more serious injury is due
to the fact that he had an mbrella raised
The umbrella was smashed by the falling
mass of sHoW aad ice.
In recent letter home, Dr. Mary L.
Burnhain gives All idea of the cheapness
writes: Labor Is so cheap here; still the
Women and men do very little in a day
a woman seNed five days on pair of
cheap muslin curtains. She only got 10
cents day, however, The national dis
turbaHeea in the East create some excite
ment in the interior. OF this Miss Burn
| ham writes. "fhe missionaries here con-
| sider he ,trrpaua naudpI rahf,ar-
yet are ffai of the prompt action they
, have as,s. Tho poor Chinese eaanet
| help themselves, so any one can step in
and take a bite. AT the same time it Will
assist i'll the awakening of the Chinese ;
they are a people no will profit by con-
tact with foreign ideas and order"
Mrs, George W. Cole died suddenly OF
heart disease at her home in San Juan,
Cal, Tuesday, Feb. s, aged fitty-eight
years. Mrs. Cote WAS the daughter OF
+. l.. Brown, of this city, and was herself
II native of Ellsworth, living here until
her marriage. Mrs. Cole was much es-
! teemed in her western home. The San
Beuito Adronce says of her: 'In the
death of Mrs. Cole The community loses a
kind and genial woman, one who en-
deared herself to all classes of society by
her magnetism, possessing a kind, gem
erous and charitable disposition. She
was true woman in every sense of the
| word, loving wife, and an affectionate
/ mother, who mad the misfortune to lose
her two children, one son who died in
| his youth, and a married daughter, Mrs
Fred Kemp ir. Those who grieve at her
| death are BY no means confined to her
relatives. There are many who have
cause to gratefully remember the deceased
woman's many acts of Kindness"
| The eentertainment at he Congregat ional
church last Thursday evening was very
enjoyable. The programme was an eX
celient one. The violin solos by Mrs. T..
| p. Morris, and he duet with her apt pupil,
Miss Bessie JOY, were beautifully rem
| dered. The southern yodel song by Mrs.
ii. NJ Hall, jr., WAS sweetly sung, and very
| pleasing. The piano solo by Miss Carrie
| Packard was played with much h expression.
| Other numbers on the programme, all of
which were well received were mandolin
solos by +. Carroll Burril, piano duet by
Mrs. Sarah Hall and Miss Mary F. Robin
! son; piano solo by Miss kingman; read
| ing by Miss Mollie Shute; soprano solo,
Master Walter Besse. The entertainment
closed with a short stereopticon eXhibi-
| tion of scenes in the lumber camps at No.
| IA, and log driving on Union river. After
this Mr.. Yale Interestingly explained the
| principle and working of the oxyhydro-
gen light used in the lantern. This
entertainment was under the auspices of
the young peoples society of the church
and is the first of series to be given by
| the society.