Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-04-27

aud grabbed the brides Of thetwo horses.
He was struck by the pole aud sooeEcd
from bis feet nut "1uug TO the h~ll..- .l.r
succeeded En stopping t4a taam rae
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John b. sylvester. OF south BLusl-E
WAS tried in the Ellsworth municipal
court Saturday afternoon for draw lue
ana exhibiting obscene pictures. T. T.
Che sc appeared for the State and 0. f.
Fellows for defendant Defendant
pleaded NOT guilty. Judge Peters found
probable cause, and Sylvester was bound
over to the October term of the supreme
court under 900 bail In default of bail
ne was committed to the county Jail.
The anniversary service of the Odd
| Fellows, announced for Sunday evening.
was postponed until Monday evening,
owing to the storm. Rev. Joseph r. Nor
wood, OF Northeast Harbor, delivered an
able address, interesting not only to the
| Odd Fellows and Rebekahs present, bat
| to those present from outside these orders.
Tuesday evening, as a further observa-
| tion of the seventy-ninth anniversary of
the order, there was a sociabe under the
| auspices of the Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs.
Preparations for t he Bazaar of Nations"
| to be given by the Kings Daughters next
| Tuesday and Wednesday, May and 4,
are going rapidly forward. The United
| States, France, Germany, Italy and Japan
| are the nations to be represented, and
| fancy work OF all kinds, aprons, hand
kerchiefs, choice pictures, candy, ice
! cream and cake will be among the articles
offered for sale. Cooked food will be
| speciality. instrumental music will be in
| terspersed through the first evening, and
the second evening there will be short
drill by children and patriotic songs sung
| by chorus Of children. Contributions
for the tables will be gratefully received.
United States Marshal FL. b. Saunders
recently said in Portland: "Mr. A. 4.
| Orcutt, who is the member of The Old
Homestead company who sings The
| Palms so magnitcently, is an Ellsworth
man. but ! did not know 1t until the
other night when he was seated at my
table in the hotel. We became interested
| in conversation, and Mr.. Orcutt said hat
| he recognized me as a gentleman whom
he used to know down in Ellsworth. He
has been with Denman Thompson for Il
number Of years, and his home is now in
| Dorchester, Mass. He has a niece who is
also a fine singer, and who is studying for
| the stag
b. F. Thomas, lately in the employ OF
the Union shoe factory, is making an en-
ergetic canvas of the business men of the
! citv.t :, az TO raise money for the eatab-
! Ij4hment here of another shoe factory.
He said this morning that he was meet
ing with encouraging success. The peo-
. pie of Ellsworth already know the bene-
fits to be derived from the establishment
here OF factories, and with persistent
effort it seems as though another factory
can te secured. The matter viii be sub
united to the board of trade at its next
| regular meeting, and doubtless all posi-
/ bite encouragement will be extended to
/ Mr.. Thomas
john English, Harvey Mccall and John
| Harris, three lahorers who had been
!
Shore Line. arrived in Ellsworth last
/ Thursday and proceeded to fill up on fire
water. When City Marshal Donovan
| found them they were in very hilarious
and pugnacious mood They spent the
night in Jail. and i'll the morning were
arralgned before Judge Peters in the mu-
nicipal court. All pleaded guilty to the
4 CuHrgc Of intoNlcati0n. English and
! Mctall We're committed to jail in default
| OF tine of -3 and costs. Harris, who told
/ a more straigh ghttorWard story, and seemed
/ really peniteut, was allowed to 60 under
1 suspended mittimuS.
i There was large audience at the Con-
/ gregational church last Thursday evening
| the University of Maine, on "What GOV
eminent Means. His lecture was an earn
est appeal for good citizenship. He traced
! the groWth OF civil government from the
! early Aryan people, through Greece, the
! Roman empire, the Teutons aud Anglo
| SaNons to the government 'of he people,
for the people aud by he people, which
ne considered the ideal form of govern
ment il supported by individual effort.
! The vital principle of good citizenship
| and good government was respect for the
| law. If laws were vicious ana of i'll effect,
the evil would soon correct itself, Prof.
| Rogers lecture was the second in the
course arranged by Rev. ID. l.. Yale The
| third and last will be given Thursday,
| May II, when Prof. Harry Emery, of Bow
doin, will lecture on "The Laureate of an
| Empre' (Rudyard Kipling).