Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-02-02

! nhuks H-t uue the elUer.
At a special meeting of the board of al
dermen Monday the management of The
new library building was formally placed
in the hands Of the present library trus-
tees, pending the adoption OF city Or
dinance to provide for the management OF
the library.
The Office OF the superintendent of
schools Will be moved to the room in
Hancock hall recently vacated by the
library. The room will be redecorated
and some slight changes will be made in
it. Supt Wharf, expects to be in his new
quarters next week.
The entertainment which the Junior
Epworth laague OF the Methodist church
was to have given this evening, has been
postponed TO tomorrow evening at I
O'Clock, at the Methodist vestry. Coffee
and cake will be served at the close of
the entertainment.
The first of the series of meetings
known as the "Parliament Of Religions"
will take place at the Unitarian vestry
this afternoon. Rev. c. s. McLearn will
answer the question: "What do Baptists
Believer" This evening at o'clock a
circle supper will be served.
Lejok lodge entertained in its usual
royal manner last Friday evening. The
fact that the mercury in the thermometer
was nearing twenty below zero outside,
seemed but to add to the warmth and
good cheer within the hall. Quite dele
CATION Of Odd Fellows was present from
Bluehill.
The blizzard will interfere greatly with
the ice men, who were preparing to cut.
Several times the fields have been cleared
and everything was in readiness to begin
cutting but each time snow has stopped
work. Arthur Shute will cut about 800
tons. Lord & Newman will cut about
1000 tons.
George Denham, the man who was
hit on the head by an axe in
the hands of L. ). Dorr, is still in the
lumber camp ut No. Is plantation. Moth
ing has been heard from him for several
days, but ut last accounts his condition
had sonew hat improved, though still
considered serious.
The trustees of the public library ex-
pcct to meet with a committee from
the King Daus uters society tomorrow
for II conference with regard to the man
aSement Of the reading room in the new
library. The offer of the Kings Daugh-
ters to furnish reading matter and supply
maslo s-li doubtless be accepted, and
the ratron will be installed immedi lately
W. X. Chapman, director of the Maine
music festival and the Maine symphony
orchestra, made Ellsworth visit last Fri
day evening, and conducted the special
rehearsal. His coming created no little
interest. Nearly every member of the
chorus was present, aud all We're greatly
benefited by his suggestions aud advice.
He expects to be here again in about six
weeks.
w. NJ. Haines division, uniform rank
X. of P, meets for drills every Wednesday
evening after the meeting of the lower
lodge, which holds its regular meetings
on that evening. This organiZat ion
belongs to the Bangor regiment, which
consists of four companies, and plans are
being made to 90 into camp some time
next summer for week. A special meet
ing for the election of officers is to be
held this evening.
Capt. f. O'Meagher Condor, inspector
of government buildings, was in ELS
worth last week inspecting the custom
house and post office. All the boxes in
the post Office are now rented and there
is need for more. Capt. Condor will
recommend the addition OF boxes. The
boxes will be of the smaller size, and will
be put in where the door now opens from
the mail room to the delivery room near
the money-order room. There will be
room here for over 100 new boxes.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday morn
ings may be plucked from the winter of
1897 s, as fair cluster of frost flowers as
is often seen. Saturday morning in Els
worth the temperature ranged from % to
80 below, according to the location and
accuracy of thermometers. Sunday morn
ing it was milder, % below zero being the
lowest reported. Monday morning old
January gave final shiver and the mer-
curry touched IS below in some places,
though 80 below is probably the correct
average temperature.
Curtis K. Foster started from his house
with his team in the blizzard yesterday
morning. The snow hid all signs OF the
driveway from his house, and he found
himself going over the stone wall. The
horse went down in snow drift, and Mr..
Foster pitched out of the sleigh and right
under the heels of the horse. Fortunate
ly the horse was smothered by the snow,
and did not thrash around much, giving
Mr.. Foster time to extricate himself from
his uncomfortable and dangerous posi-
ton. a broken dssher was the only dam
age.
"Owney", the famous postal clerks dog,
who has several times in his wide wan
derings visited Ellsworth, has reached the
end of his travels and he height OF an