Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-06-15

And, getting his hat and his cane,
His wife sweetly murmured: "Now, don't stay
out late,
Dear Charlie, Remember the Mainep"
With that somewhat startling injunction in view,
He was back home at ten with his pet,
For should he stay later he very well knew
What great blowing up he would get.
Lower Water street is enlivened by the
merry -go-round.
Harry l.. Crabtree is home from Lime
stone, where he has been teaching school.
Harry c. Mason is home from the Bos-
ton dental college for the summer vaca-
tion.
Senator Hale arrived home from Wash
ington Saturday for brief visit. He left
Tuesday.
The custom house and post office build
ing is being painted. c. L. Stevens is
doing the work.
Miss Mollie Higgins, OF Bar Harbor,
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. c. l.
Welch, in this city.
Monaghan's orchestra will furnish the
music at the graduating exercises of the
Cherryfield high school.
The Emerys have gone to their summer
cottage at Hancock Point, and Chandler
Hale is occupying "Firlands".
s. G. Stevens left Tuesday morning for
Machias on business connected with the
| newly organized sardine syndicate.
The annual session of the Ellsw ort h
quarterly meeting will be held with the
| Free Baptist church in Clifton June 1919.
The members of the Dirigo club are
| urgently requested to be present at the
meeting called for next Monday evening,
June 20.
| Edward H. Emerson and wife, of Bucks
port spent Sunday with Mr.. Emerson S
parents, Homer H. Emerson and wife, in
| this city.
Mrs. John w. Tripp, of Bar Harbor,
spent Sunday with friends in Ellsworth.
| She was warmly welcomed by former
neighbors.
| The annual meeting of the Abenaqus
club, postponed from last Thursday, will
| be held at the club-ho tomorrow
evening at 7.30.
w. Ii. Dresser has moved his market
| from Water street to the new building on
Main street newly fitted up for him by
| DR.. J. f. Manning.
| Arthur +. Cook, the Ellsworth boy, is a
member of the First Maine heavy artil-
lery now stationed at Fort Popham, at
the mouth of the kennebec.
Charles Sinclair will build on the site
of his house recently burned. The new
house will be 23x2S with ell 16x1S, all two
stories. Austin NJ. Foster has the con-
| tract.
| At the annual conference of the Unita-
rian churches OF Maine, held in Saco last
| week, Hon. John d. Hopkins Of this city
was elected a member of the executive
committee.
All Masons are requested to meet at the
masonic rooms in Manning block on
Sunday, June 26, at p. m, to go to the
Baptist church for the observance of ST.
Johns day.
| Henry w. Cushman, the genial cashier
| of the First national bank, and Mrs
Cushman are receiving the congratula-
ter born Tuesday.
| There will be an important meeting Of
the Kings Daughters at their room, No. s
Main street, next Monday evening, June
| 20, at 730 o'clock. 1t is earnestly hoped
that as many as possible will be present.
| o. r. Burnham has moved to his new
store at the corner of State and Sterling
streets. He has added to his former line
OF boots and shoes stock of groceries
Mr.. Burnham has very convenient
store.
The county commissioners started this
morning for their usual early summer tour
over the county roads for the purpose ol
seeing il the highways have been properly
cared for and the money judiciously ex-
pended. They will be gone several days.
The business barometer of the Els
worth post office has gone up several de-
| grees, and as a consequence Postmaster
Harden received from headquarters no.
tice conveying the agreeable intelligence
that his salary has been increased from
81, 200 to 1850.
Mrs. S. G. Stevens, who has been an in
valid for many years, went to Bangor on
the noon train to-day for treatment al
the hospital. She was accompanied by
Mrs. E. X. Hopkins. In spite of her suf-
fering, Mrs. Stevens, whether at hel
hospitable home in Brooklin or at the
| American house. where the family has
spent the winter season, has always