Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-21

Frank Moulton, son OF Mrs. Isaac
Avery, OF West Ellsworth, who enlisted
! in the First Maine regiment, has been
| seriously i'll at the hospital in Portland.
| His mother has been with him. Moulton
! is now reported as improving, and is ex
peeted home this week.
Prof w. /. Chapman will conduct the
rehearsal OF the festival chorus at Man
ming hall tits evening. Visitors will be
| charged Pa admission fee of 10 cents.
! There wil lie a special rehearsal of the
| chorus on Friday evening, at which Mr..
Hyde is expected to be present.
Miss Nellie Mallan, assistant teacher at
| the Wet side gra nnar school, has been
seriously i'll for the past week. Her
| friends will be pleased to learn that she
now seems TO be improving. During her
illness, Mrs E. .. Walsh is supplying
her place in the school.
George Sinclair, OF Ellsworth, who has
been worEing ut Bluefelds, Nicaragua,
for several months, arrived home Tues
day. He enjoyed his trip which gave him
an opportunity to see little bit of this
big wGfId, but he found it lonesome in
Nicaragua. He is glad to be home.
heavier charge than usual used in
blasting rock in the excavation for the
bank building last Friday afternoon sent
II rock weighing two hundred pounds or
more over the extension of the building
occupied by B. c. Hodgkins. The rock
fell back of Parcher's drug store. Aside
from the breaking OF one or two windows,
| no damage was done.
The Washington County railroad may
now be said to be nearing completion.
| Rails are now nearly three-quarters of the
entire distance from Ellsworth to Calais.
| The grading is completed When the
construction train reached East Machias
Monday business was practically sus-
pended, and the people turned out to
welcome the iron horse.
The Onasouson club, the organization
composed of young ladies Of the high
school, and the purpose OF which is to
raise money for piano, has elected Miss
| Leah Friend, president, and Miss Louise
| Allen, vice president. The club is pre-
pairing for an entertainment to be given
in few weeks. The piano fund has al
ready reached encouraging proportions.
| George E. Pulsifer, representing the
| Maine music festival, will be at the
American house this evening with dia-
| & .t..na and tickets Tor Friday, Get. 6, the
| special day of the festival. He will be ac-
cessib uutiI 10 O'Clock this evening, and
until II so tomorrow morning. y epec.a.
train viii run from Bangot to Ellsworth
after the concert on Friday evening, Oc
tober g.
Duplicate whist will be the rage in
| Ellsworth during the coming winter,
according to present Indications. 1t is
| probable that one or more clubs will be
formed. Bar Harbor and Bucksport also
have many devotees OF duplicate whist,
and If clubs are formed in those places,
doubtless arrangements will be made
for a series of matches between teams
representing the different towns or clubs.
Road Commissioner Maddocks is build
ing wall near the eastern abutment of
the Main street bridge, and will fill in
beneath h the road where some of the cob
work Of the old bridge remains. This is
Il much-needed work. The rock being
taken from the excavation for the new
bank building was given to the city for
the hauling, and offered all opportunity
for doing the work at the bridge which
the aldermen were not SLOW TO accept.
+. ii. Greedy met with an accident Tues
day morning which will lay him up for a
while. He was driving his two-year- old
Bingen tily to bike on the Bucksport
road when the bit broke. Mr.. Greedy
jumped from the sulky and was running
beside it when he fell. His head struck a
rock, and his face was cut and bruised,
but there are no serious injuries. he
was unconscious when picked up. The
colt iogged'home. She was not hurt, and
he bike WAS not damaged.
An important addition to the stock in
the vicinity of Ellsworth was the carload
OF fifteen thoroughbred Jerseys received
last week for Gordon & Greely's dairy
farm at Trenton. They now have a fine
herd of fortytwo head at the farm. A
new tie-up has been built to accommo-
date the large herd. The milk from the
herd is sold by Mr.. Gordon in his milk
and cream business, and only the surplus
is turned into butter at his creamery.
Foot ball will be the game in Ellsworth
this year. In the high school there is
some good material for a light team, and
there is healthy rivalry among the boys
| for places on the eleven. The services Of
a good coach will be secured. The Dirigo
athletic club i'll put team on the grid
| iron his year for he first time. There is
msterial enough in the club to make a
strong eleven, with weight and speed and
| ginger. Ellsworth h should see some good
| games of foot ball this year.
The Narraguagts Times has this to say
| about the concert in Cherryfield ON Tues
| day evening of last week: "Our people
were treated to splendid entertainment
| Tuesday evening, and it was enjoyed by a
very good-sized audience, considering the
| b ief time it was advertised. The concert
! was complimentary benefit to Miss
| label Monagha Ellsworth's sweet
| singer, and Cherrytield people were
i "a "A 4.