Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-11-02
COUNTY NEWS.
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her daug hter, Mrs. Harry Havey.
L. Wilbur has been busy repairing
and improving buildings this fall.
Billings Bros. continue to run their
| meat cart twice week to the satisfaction
of patrons.
John Pickett and son Gilmore make
their anvils musical at all hours. Work
seldom ceases there.
Mrs. Lillian Stinson and Mrs. Leslie
Swan, the dressmakers, find their work
| increasing each season.
Arthur and Jesse Bunker are fortunate
in their recent acquisitions-wells OF
water on their premises.
J. P. Gordon, with his customary push,
is talking vessel-building for another
| year at Milbridge yard.
| Miss Geneva Fernald has gone to Han
cock to stop several weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Coleman Crabtree.
Mrs. Maria J. Elliott, OF Massac husetts,
is with her sister Mrs. Theodore Brsgdon,
| intending to spend the winter.
Rev. j. T. Moore, Of Sullivan, preachad
Sunday afternoon and evening in ex-
change with Rev. j. L. Lombs
Capt. Ephraim Dyer, who has suffered
intensely with a lame hand for some time,
reports the offending member as improv-
ing.
W. B. Blasdell < Co. expect the three
masters jonathan Sawyer and "Hattie
Bar bour" this week to load with Wash
ington stone.
Mrs. Maker, member of the Met hodist
church in Ellsworth, is active in Sunday
school work in the outlying district OF
Trscyville, where she spends her sum-
mers.
Rev. J. E. Lombard is arranging for q
series OF special meetings. Rev. c. T.
Coombs, of Cherryfeld, is expected to
preach Wednesday and Thursday even
ings OF this week.
w. E. Bragdon is contemplating move
from his Beechland home during he win
ter IL he can find rent near his place of
business here. Indications point to
need OF more tenement accommodations.
Harold Sumner, OF Winter Harbor, and
Miss Blanche Murphy, Of West Sullivan,
were married at the Methodist parsonage
Friday evening. AS the pastor left the
house to secure a witness, he found quite
an audience gathered at the front win
dows outside.
The Kim balls, vocalists and comedians,
are billed for Tuesday evening at the
town hall. They are oid-time favorites
about here. Mr.. kimbsll and wife have
been stopping at Mrs. Adde Dunns for
some weeks, while he has been experience
ing he trying ordeal OF a cancer drawn
from his lip 1t is hoped that DR.. Homer
may have his usual success.
LITERARY SOCIETY.
Pastor Lombard has organized literary
society Tor the benefit OF all progressive
people. The school teachers and others
are readily falling into line. Monday
evenings program WAS as follows
sketch Il Longfellow's life.......Miss Springer
Reading. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Miss Gordon
Music. Banjo
Abstract OF Couu-h.i Of Miles standish.
air. DeMeyer
Reading. Miss Butler
Music..... -. Duet
Abstract from Evangeline.........M Miss Bunker
social and couundrums.
Quotations.
singing. America
SPILLED THE ITALIANS.
soon after the w. c. r. K. engine No. 5
left the station Saturday morning with
freight car 1893 loaded with Italians, there
~ afar 4
over AN embsnkment caused all but one
" heel OF the ear to leave the rails, near
~ oyerturning 1t.
About ti'ty Italians. with shovels and
dinner peils, came umbling out, landing
ia various Enthusiastically picking
themselves up. The scribe concluded
that none were hurt; but the jargon of
voices was lndescri bable.
Workmen raised the car so that by
noon ne returning engine took 1t back to
the station. Pulling out again in the
afternoon with freight car 1873 and others
At the same place two cars jumped the
rails. nece--itating some delay and good
deal % labor. At dark the engine came
back from the junction, and by the light
on for h adquarters.
\ force Of men repaired the track Mon
day. The frequent severe storms have
been bad for the finishing work on the
railroad.
oct. 81. b.
tasthruoE-
Miss Rosa Crimmin Is in sullivan visit
ing relatives,
Charles Hardison has been quite i'll. but
Is improving
George NJ. Crimmin, Of sullivan, was in
town last Neel..
MIR. George Butler. who has been very
III for some weeks. is gaining.
Mrs. Resale Billings has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ella Wooster, of North
sullivan.