Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-20

main in Ellsworth until spring at leas..
Black left on the noon train to-day for
Manchester -by-the-Sea. They have been
here several weeks. Mr.. Black will prob
ably make brief visits to Ellsworth dur
ing the remainder Of the summer.
During their stay in Ellsworth last
week George s. Silsby and Miss Mae
Silsby, of Bangor, were the guests of
Miss Nancy NJ. Dutton. George Z.
Webster and wife and Mr.. Waterhouse,
OF Oldtown, were the guests of Mrs. F. III.
Bailey.
Rev. d. L. Yale, of the Congregational
church, who is now away for short va
cation combined with work and study in
Boston churches, will return to the cooler
airs of Maine to spend his August vaca-
tfon, instead of going to Connecticut as
reported.
In response to petition for repairs on
| State street, Street Commiss ioner Mad
docks has been at work on it, There is
more heavy hauling on State street, be-
tween Ellsworth and the Falls, than on
any other street in the city, and yet it is
and long has been in as poor condition as
any.
Among the out-of-town people who
visited the Nicolin club house last Thurs
| day were ID. j. Guam berlain and wife, of
| Elgin, Ill.,, Mrs. F. II. Bailey, of Bost on,
Miss Mae Sisby, Of Bangor, and Mrs. G.
e. Webster, OF Oldtown. Miss Nancy
M. Dutton and Miss Mabel Monaghan O!
Ellsworth, were of the party.
The rain has interfered with the tennis
| tournament for the Halman cup, and
| only two games Of the preliminaries
have been played. H. w. Haynes &C.
feated c. R. Burrill, 81, go; W. H.
Titus defeated F. K. SWEET, 3-6, 6-2, 60.
The preliminaries will be finished the
| first day the court is in condition.
The Methodist and Baptist Sunday
| schools will follow their time honored
| custom and unite for their annual ex-
cursion, which will take place Aug. II.
The schools and their friends will 60 by
schooner and tug to Curtis Cove, South
Surry, one OF the prettiest picnic spots on
Bluehill bay. Particulars will be given
later.
Pres. William Dewitt Hyde, of Bow
doin college, occupied the pulpit Of the
Congregational church last Sunday morn
ing. large congregation listened to a
mastery sermon. The choir was assisted
by Miss Mabel Monaghan. Next Sun
day morning Rev. Charles A. Dickinson,
of BerkIey Temple, Boston, will occupy
| the Coz qregatonal pulpit.
Sister Mary 8oniface, of the Convent of
the Visitation, Evanston, ILL.,, and her
niece, Miss Elizabeth Fahey, of Des
Moines, Iowa, are in Ellsworth for few
days. They are the guests of Mrs. Mary
Hayes. Sister Boniface during her stay
here has been invited to go over the w.
{. Il. r. line, where she has many friends
| among The contractors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Hale are receiv-
ing congratulations on the advent of a
son, born on Sunday, July II. Mr. Hale
is The oldest son of Senator and Mrs. &.
Eugene Hale. Mrs. Chandler Hale is q
daughter OF ex-senator Cameron, OF
Pennsylvania. The Hales are occupying
"Firlands", Judge L. A. Emery's resi-
dence for the summer.
The dredger which has been at work in
the river for the past two months, left
last week for Portland, this years appro
priation having been exhausted. While
many yards of Stockings and refuse have
been removed, the work done this year
cf lot hat
is the beginning of work which, if carried
| out as planned by engineers, will be of
immense value to the shipping interests
of the city. Recently the dredger has
been working near Indian point. The
channel at that point, which was very
crooked, has been improved somewhat by
making the turns easier, but there is no
more water over the slabs than before.
An interested and interesting visitor o
Ellsworth this week was Royal S. Crane,
of New York. Forty years ago Mr.. Crane
taught in the old academy that stood on
he present site of II. B. Phillips house,
in the tract then known as Peters pas
ture. Mr.. Crane has not been here since
1858. He is lawyer. He found here
many old acqua1ntances, but the town
was altogether strange to him. He mar
ried a daughter OF Richard Tinker, an
uncle Of B. j. Tinker, now of the Hancock
house. Richard Tinker, while warden of
the State prison at ThOmastOn, was killed
by convict. While in Ellsworth Mr..
Crane was guest at the American house.
He left on the 1920 train last evening.
At Hancock hall next Monday and
Tuesday evenings there will be an exhi-
bition OF the "operatoscope'', the new
est machine on the principle OF ne
vitascope, which produces moving pic
lures. Among the views will be scenes
from the present war-a cavalry charge,
the sailing of transport ships for Santa
go, etc. There will also be an exhibition
o. Edison's concert phonograph. This
entertainment is given under the auspices
OF and as benefit for Monaghan's band.
There will be band concert in front of
the hall each evening. The people of