Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-05-18

prised to learn that Mr.. Chapman con-
| Quoted a rehearsal at Manning hall that
evening, as no special rehearsal had been
appointed, and as he left town on the
| noon train that day, and did not return.
Stock In the store of Fl. w. Estey was
| damaged to the extent of S25 by water left
| running over night in the rooms of the
Camera club on the third floor of the
building. The bill was paid, and now the
| Camera club wants a snap shot at the
| man who left the water running.
Work preliminary to the opening Of the
| Brooklin Packing Co.'S factory has begun.
Mr. Stevens, with Mr.. Hamlin, is still in
| New York, attending to the details of
| Mrs. Sterens is at the American house.
| f.. K. Hopkins left for Brookin last
week, and Mrs. Hopkins will go later
Memorial Day will be observed as usual
| by VIM. II. II. Rice post. There will be
| union memorial service at Hancock hall
Sunday evening, May %. Rev. G. e.
| Woodcock, of the Free Baptist church,
Will deliver the memorial sermon. L. c.
| Bateman, of Auburn, will deliver the
address at the Memorial Day exercises.
Tuesday wasn't much of day for
salmon fishing, but the Ellsworth party
that went to Maddocks' landing, and
| thence to Camp Comfort via the ''Sen
| ator", reports fine time. The following
gentlemen made up the party: Judge
Wisweli, A. w. King, E. B. Mears, NJ
| Gallert, II. w. Cushman, Henry Whiting,
| FL. NJ. Hall, jr., and j. A. Peters, jr.
Street Commissioner Maddocks has laid
new sidewalks on Birch avenue, Central
street and the upper end Of School street.
A new walk will be laid on the
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! hay scales to School street. 1t has
not been decided what kind OF walk
will be laid. but Commissioner Maddocks
says it probably will not be concrete.
Extensive improvements are to be
made on the second and third floors of
the building occupied by the Dirigo
athletic club, to better fit it for the uses
OF the club. The second floor will
be divided into reading room and
kitchen, and closets will be put in. The
third floor will be for use as a gym
nasium, or as hall for entertainments
or assemblies.
The George Fl. Grant company has been
organized to carry on general insurance,
real estate and ship brokerage business
in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. Mr..
Grant, the president and treasurer Of the
company, has been engaged in the busi
ization of the company is to facilitate the
handling OF increasing business. The
other officers of the company are John A.
Peters, jr. vice. president, and M. S.
Smith, secretary.
Charles James, prominent farmer of
North Ellsworth, died Wednesday of last
week, of dropsy. Mr.. James was in the
sixty-ninth year OF his age. He was the
proprietor of a fine farm and kept in
touch v - MODERN ideas in farming. He
was ~ ghiy respected member OF the
community. He leaves q widow and four
: chiidren--Mrs. Annie Bonsey, Frank.
Fred ana Charles James. Funeral SER
vices were held Friday, Rev, w. r.
Hunt, of the Unitarian church, officiating.
Commencement parts have been as
signed to the graduating class of the high
school, the selection being determined by
class rank and the compel tive decIama-
tions. The fortunate ones are as follows
Miss Hattie Bowden, valedictorian; Miss
Winnie f. Davis, salutatorian; Misses
Ethel NJ. Knowlton, A. May Bonsey,
Drummey, Bertha l.. Giles Ray n.
Whiting, and Messrs. Martin j. Thorsen,
Harry E. Rowe, Henry H. Higgins.
Among the party that went to Alligator
lake last February was J. B. Brainerd of
Connecticut. who has summer home ut
East Orland. To-day Mr.. Brainerd is
entertaining the members of the Febru-
ary party-Judge Wiswell, j. +. know-
ton. DR.. G. A. Phillips and A. W. King,
OF Ellsworth; o. f. Fellows, of Bucks
port, and l.. B. Deasy, OF Bar Harbor.
| Other guests are J A. Peters jr., of Els
worth, and f. r.. Chase, of Bluehill 1t is
! > safe to say they are being royalty enter
: tanned.
Arthur E. Cook, the Ellsworth boy W no
. is a member of Co. ID. Second Maine regi-
ment, in letter to THE AMERICAN, tells
of his arrival in camp at Augusta. 1t was
O'Clock at night when his company
arrived, hungry and tired, and ready
for nights sleep. But Arthur was de-
tailed a. guard, two hours on and four
off, until O'Clock the next morning. "It
| was quite cold and quite change" he
: or guard Of his regiment, and captains
orderly.
Mrs j. f. Parsons, Mrs. l.. H. Cushman
and Mrs. P. b. Day on returning from
! the Sunday school convention at Surry
last Monday had the misfortune 20 get
, upset The night was dark, and the
carriage was driven into a culvert and
the occupants were thrown out. Happily
nothing more serious than a thorough
} fright and a damaged carriage resulted
+ Rev. d. l.. Yale was a short distance be-
hind; arriving on the scene, he gallantly
offered his team to the ladies'. After
much protesting, the offer was accepted,
and the ladies drove home. Mr.. Yale
walked.
Prof. Henry c. Emery, OF Bowdoin
! college, lectured on Rudyard Kpling,
"The Laureate OF an Empire" at the
Congregational church last Thursday
| evening. He spoke from a political
rather than a literary standpoint, treat
ing Kipling as the voice OF that newly
awakened English patriotism and pride
in breadth of territorial domain, as dis
tinguished from the poets of Little Eng
land". By giving his hearers short
history of this new movement in English
history, Prof. Emery enabled them to
look at Kipling from an Englishman's
standpoint, and thereby gave to many a
new and more appreciative conception of
Kipling's writings. The lecture was the
last in the series arranged by Rev. d. L.
| Yale.