Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-03-30

| man. A new hard pine floor has been
laid throughout, and hard pine ceiling
put up. The entire room has been newly
shelved, the compartments made of diff
ferent sizes to suit the large and varied
stock of goods kept on this floor Mr.
Gailert is naturally and justifiably proud
OF the changes. a. NJ. Foster did the
work.
State Superintendent of Schools w. w.
Stetson will address a union meeting in
Hancock hall next Sunday evening at
7,30. His subject will be the public
! schools Of Maine. The Methodist church
does not unite in this service, as the date
conflicts with The last official visit of
Presiding Elder II. w. Norton, the date
OF which was appointed in January, and
could not well be changed. The hour of
service at the Methodist church has been
made earlier than usual in order that
those of its members who wish may hear
part, at least, of Supt. Stetson's address
after he close of the service in their own
church.
Road Commissioner Alvin E. Maddocks
has divided the roads of the city into
small districts, and appointed the follow
ing surveyors: Charles p. Smith, James
A. Staples, Hamilton Maddocks, Emery
Maddocks, Charles Sweeney, William
McGown, Parker Saunders, Isaac Avery,
William Higgins, Sharrington p. Stack
pole, William Mitchell, Edgar Jordan,
Oscar Remick. Others are to be ap-
pointed. Road Commissioner Maddocks
says the Five-saw dam bridge will be re-
built. Brimmer's bridge will be repaired.
A new stringer will be put in. He says
the rock-crusher probably will not be
started this year.
distinctly warlike air pervaded the
post office corridor Saturday morning
when poster calling for recruits for the
army was hung on the wall. At the top
of the poster were handsomely engraved
pictures of cavalry and infantry officers
in natty uniforms, and the poster gave all
necessary information as to the require
ments and pay OF recruits. The wages did
not prove as attractive as the pretty pie
lures. One young man called on Post
master Harden Monday and said he
wanted to enlist. He WAS very much in
earnest, but when told he would have to
pay his way to Portland to be examined, ,
his ardor cooled somewhat.
Moses c. Smith met with an accident
which narrowly escaped more serious
consequences one evening last week. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith were entertaining a
whist party. A lamp, placed on a small
table, was overturned and exploded be-
! fore it could be smothered. Mr.. Smith
picked up tne blazing lamp, and while he
| WAS carrying it out there Was another eX-
plOsion anC the blaze burned off his mus
| tache and eyebrows. The burning kero-
sene was scattered about the room, but
the gentlemen present soon smothered
done, however. Mr.. Smith, without his
eye brows and mustache, is scarce recog
nizable by his friends, but he is congrat
ulating himself on escaping easily.
Duplicate whist is ''the rage" in Els
worth just nov. It's great game. It's
funny game! One pecuiarlty of it is
that just when player begins to think
hat the is iuvincibe the genius Of whist
pulls the chair out from under him and
gives him bump that takes all the con
ceit out of him. Fhis happened last
evening to two players who have been the
victors in many a hard-fought contest,
who carried off the highest honors in the
recent contest between Ellsworth and
Bar Harbor, and pulled out a victory for