Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-10

Jesse Dutton. She has not visited her
old home for thirteen years. Her many
friends and old acquaintance are very
glad to greet her again.
| Arthur A. and John R. Buck, of Wash
ington, Mrs. John Buck and Nine. Cole,
of Bucksport, and Miss Annie Coombs
OF ViDalhaven, were the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Coombs Monday and
Tuesday.
Several Ellsworth Unitarians will
| attend the county conference at Prospect
Harbor. The conference opens this even
ing and continues through tomorrow.
Rev. w. K. Hunt, pastor Of the Unitarian
| church in this city, will be among the
speakers. The programme appeared in
HE AMERICAN last week.
Mrs. II. c. Hathaway, who is now in
lleidelharg, Germany, writes that she
will return SO as to be in Ellsworth the
first week in October. She will sail from
Bremen Sept. "a Oh the North German
Llyod snip "Bar barossa". The report
that Mrs. Hatheway will leave Ellsworth
on her return and locate in Bangor is in
correct.
A very pleasant buck board party went
to Lsmoine Point last Thursday The
party consisted of E. w. Lord, Mrs. j. p.
Simonton, Frank and Miss Catherine
Simonton, Mrs. Weeks and daughter
Gussie, of Yonkers, n. Y. Mrs. Weeks
and daughter will leave Thursday for
Ocean Grove, n. j., for the month of
August.
1t is expected that ground will be
broken for the new bank building next
Monday. The contract has not yet been
signed, but doubtless will be before the
end of the present week. Only a few
minor changes have been made in the
plans. The report that the corner lot was
to be sold to the city to allow a broader
turn into State street is unfounded.
E. J. Walsh is exhibiting in the win
dow OF his shoe store two gold nuggets
| from the klondyke. They were brought
back from the gold fields by Mr.. Walshs
brot her-in-law, d. H. Ford, of Brockton,
Mass. Another curiosity which Mr..
Walsh exhibited one day this week was
the band from The hat of one Of the Span
ish sailors on board the "Christobal
Colon".
Arthur E. Cook, an Ellsworth boy, was
in the city last Friday wearing the uni
| form OF a T. s. artillery private, and a
| rich tan. Arthur is in battery A, Of the
First Maine heavy artillery, which has
| been stationed at Fort Popham, at the
mouth = the kennebec, for two months.
g, His patriatisn is as strong now as when
j he eniis' > but be says the boys at Fort
+ pophan AaEa lost hope OF getting to the
! front.
Mrs. :. = liam Jones died Sunday morn
ing al ne. home at BRyside, after an i'll
ness of two weeks. Mrs. Jones WAS
about sixty years of age. She was very
highly esteemed in the community, and
viii be greatly missed. She leaves a
| hus band, four sons and three daughters.
| The children are Augustus, William,
Arthur and Erastus Jones, and Mrs.
AdeIia Clods ii, of Ellsworth Falls; Mrs.
Eta lIodgkins, of Bar Harbor, and Mrs.
William B. Smith, Of Bayside.
This is picnic week. About 200 people
left early this morning on the excursion
/ Of the Congregational Sunday school to
/ Ca-tiue by steamer "Catherine". To-
morrow, weather permitting, the Metho-
dist and Baptist Sunday schools will go
| by schooner or schooners to Curtis Cove,
New bury Neck. The yacht race which
ha- been arranged fer this day will be an
added attraction for this picnic. On Fri
| day MouRg hans band excursion viii go
to East Biuehlil by schooner. Mona
Ghan's picnic always draws big crowd
There viii be lots of music, and ball
game at East Bluehil.
\ new species of door-yard thief has
been making his presence known in Ellis
worth recently. He is the hammock
thief, and his moral depravity is exceeded
only by his unbounded cheek. Among
the sufferers at the hands of the hammock
t thjet are z. H. Stratton, |. l.. Halman and
f.. +. Robinson. All the thefts were COM
mitted early in the evening, the thief
walking boldly upon the piazza and TAX
ing tine hammock from under the very
noses Of the owners, but as yet he has
escaped detection. But there is day of
reckoning coming unless he stops his
visits. The clothesline thief, near rel
ative OF the hammock thief, has also been
operating in Ellsworth recently. One
woman reports the loss of an entire wash
ing.
Democratic Caucus.
| The democrats of Ellsworth met in
| cancu- Inst Friday to nnminate q candi-