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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
MOTTO r.

LIVERY fall for the past several years have
l. notified :he public gener rally, partridge
ana deer hunters, tcith or teifhatH dogs, par
ttctddriy, THAI ! viii literally reward any per
son who will give Information that will lead
to the conviction Of any person persons
violating The law of trespass or any other
code thar II may be my privilege to enjoy as a
property holder in this state. Three hundred
dollars reward " i'll be paid for the conviction
Of any one engaged in wood stealing. OF wood
smuggling, a. II is called, and any person or
persons purchasing wood stolen or smuERlcd
from these several properties viii be prose
cuted for violation Of statutes bearing upon
receiving Of stolen goods. a be ing accessory
to the theft. Five hundred dollars Will be
paid as reward for the conviction OF any
person or persons that mallt luusly set Hfr to
any property owned BY me. | emphstiCally
give This warning that will carry oat the
laws OF the state of Maine aud Of he United
states, SO far As have any right or premises
IN the case Properties protected By THIS no.
tiee are: Old Peter Butler estate. lands for
merly owned by the Merri X Thread Co.. East.
man Hutchins. Mary karn. DANES Latin and
the Wentworth Point estate. all situated
in Hancock and franklin townships: lands in
Lamoine formerly owned by r. n. GreeIy. l..
Friend. A. 7. Miswet and l.. /. Emery in
common, also homestead lot Of Gideon l.
JOY NJ {. AUSTIN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
OBITUARY.
JOHN COOK.


John Cook, one OF Ellsworths oldest
citizens, died Thursday, in the eighty
eighth year of his age. Mr.. Cook was
native OF Deer Island, y. b.. but came to
Ellsworth when eighteen years of age,
and had lived here ever since.
He WAS ship carpenter, and was inter-
ested in several vessels. lie built
in Ellsworth the schooner Julia Edna,
and went in her himself for several OF
years. The old schooner is still afioat on
the Penobscot.
Mr.. Cook was a member OF the board OF
aldermen in 1881. He was one OF the old
est Masons in Ellsworth, having been
made Mason in Lygonia lodge on March
%, 1861
Mr.. Cooks wife, who was about the
same age her husb band, died only three
months ago Her death severed nar-
risge tie which had existed sixty-seven
years. After the loss OF the companion
OF so many years, Mr.. Cook gradually
failed
TIE deceased leaves six ehlldren-John
Cook, OF Chicago; Mrs. d. l. Clark. Of
Bangor; James l.. Cook. OF Ellsworth;
Mrs. Charles ". Mason, OF Ellsworth;
Henry Cock. OF Boston, and Mrs Charles
Stevens, Il Belfast.
Funeral services were Saturday, Rev.
{. :. McLesrn officiating. The pail bear
ers We're 4. W Greedy, A. X. Woodward,
A. X. Devereux and John II. Brimmer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Senator Foraker said of the result
of the election in Ohio, which he
played so important part in bring
ing about, and of the general result:
sit was victory for the administra-
ton, and will greatly strengthen
President Mckinley, and in that way
have decided effect upon Congress
ana the whole country Prosperity
viii continue and nobody will think
of any other republican than Mckinley
as our candidate for the presidency
in 1900 Changes in the political stu
alton will come, no doubt, within the
next twelve months, but the prob
abilities are that they will strengthen
the republican party. The most likely
changes will be the suppression of the
instruction in the Philippines, the
enactment of the necessary legislation
TO reform and improve our monetary
system, to restore our merchant ma
rine, build an oceanic canal across the
Isthmus, etc. These are all great
measures, to which the American
people are already committed, and the
democratic party cannot well afford
to oppose them. Yet, except in the
opposition to such measures, the dem
ocrats will be without any important
;eo,,a
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

The Boston Sunday Herald has just in
troduced a section which must appeal to
the younger portion OF the household. II
Is devoted to r collection of original pict
ures by the Heydid's own staff artists.
These pictures are not uproariously fun
ny. but are intended to interest children,
cause smile among the middle-aged,
and provea mine of suggestive good hui
NOR to those who have seen funny pictures
all their lives. Even those who enjoy the
golden fancies OF that age WI hen we know
Il all will find a smile. You don't have TO
read or use magnifyiug glass to find the
point, for the pictures tell the stories.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

hearty appetite does not always indicate a
healthy condition IT l. not the quantity OF 1nod
" htcii i eaten but the quantity which j. a--mi-
lated. " hich determines the actual value Of the
food cons umed. II the stomach and organs OF
digestion and nutrition cannot convert the food
into hor ri-hmept, and Into blood, then the food
l. an luJury instead OF benefit FOR all dis
order. Ut the ,lomacb ant it, allied organs OF
digestion and nutrition. there l. certain rem
cdy in pr. fierce'- nuiten Medical Discovery
II removes clog King distinctions. Ii strength.
eur the -tumach. nouri-hes the neryt-, ruriy hes
TIE blood and builds up the body Ii l. n he-h
forming, muscle making preparation. making
hrm nc-h instead of fiahby fat "Golden Med
leaf lii-coYery" contains no alcohol. whI-kcy or
intoNirant Of any Kind, and j. equally free iron
oP uU, cocaine ana al narcotics.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,

HANCOCK SIS:
ME, the undersigned. having been duly
w appointed by the Hon. .. p. Cunning
ham, Judge of probate, within and for said
county, commissioners to receive and decide
upon the claims OF the creditors of f. W. De
Beck, late of Waltham, in said county
deceased. whose estate has been represented
insolvent, hereby give public notice agree
able 10 the order of the said Judge Of
probate, that six months from and after
November 7, a. d. 1899, have been allowed
TO said creditors TO present and prove
their claims, and that we will attend to
the duty assigned us at the post-office. at
West franklin, in said county, on Dec. 49,
a. d. 1899. and April s. a. d. 1900. at ten O'Clock
In the forenoon of each OF said days.
EMERY w. SMITH,
FRASoIs w. WEST.
Commissioners.
Franklin, Nov a. 1899.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Bucksport is on the qti rire at the re-
port that the widow John &. Moore is to
present the East Maine conference semi
nary with substantial memorial to her
husband, who WAS a student at the semi
nary in 1888. 1t is reported that New
York architect will be in Bucksport this
week TO make preliminary drawings for
plans for a memorial building.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

divine Giver, it be made an occasion
when special pains are taken to rec
ognize properly all benefactions that
have been received from human
sources, that, as our eyes look CRATE
fully up, they may not neglect to look
around, and that our gratitude may
have added to it's height the dimen-
sions of length and breadth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

The report OF the postotfice department
for the year ending June 80, 1899 shows
the receipts and expenditures. of the four
presidential postottices in Hancock coun-
" as follows: Bar Harhor Receipts, $40
2l2.13; expenses. - ,366 Of; net revenue, So
S4602. Ellsworth Receipts. S6,li3 50;
expenses, =, SO 50; net revenue, IS, 62i.
Bucksport - Receipts, s3,47137; expenses,
Re ,eipte, :. 523 s., expenses, $50 IS; net
revenue, $685. l9
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
Order of Notice III. ron. 81

DIsTRICI op MNfNE -.
On this nth day OF Mover ber, a. d 1899, on
reading the foregoing petition. "a is
ordered by the court, tatt hearing be had
upon the same on the --th day Of Decembe r.
a. Il. 1899 before said court at Portland, in said
district, at 10 o'clock IN the forenoon; and that
American newspaper printed in said dis
trlct. ana that all known creditors, and other
persons In interest may appear at the said
Time ana place ana snow cause, II any they
have, why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
And 1t is further ordered by the court that
the clerk shal! send by mail TO all known cred p
itors copies of said petition and this order.
addressed to them at their places Of residence
stated.
Witness the Honorable Nathan Webb, Judge
OF the said court, and the seal thereof at
Portland, in said district, on the 27th day OF
November, a. d. 1899.
l.. s. A II. DAVIS, Clerk.
true copy of petition and order thereon.
Attest:-A. H. DAVIS, Clerk.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Bar Harbor, at a special town meeting
Friday, voted to construct more sewers
and also empowered the selectme to sell
and convey tax deeds. These are good
moves.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
Go le..

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- TORE on Franklin street recently occu-
y pied as an office by Ellsworth Water Go.
Inquire At A. W. CCSHMAS 4 SoN's.
ATORE-Rooms FIRST floor and basement
y in Masonic block on stale street, until
recently occupied by the Hancock County
Publishing Co Inquire OF joins r. REpMAS,
axe nt in same building
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
Eastport Woman Killed by Fall.

Mrs. Annie McAtee, of Eastport, aged
eighty years, fell out OF two-story
window yesterday afternoon, striking on
the plank walk below. She died soon
afterwards
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
COUNTY GOSSIP.
issue.

Bueksport is amusing itself sailing toy
boats
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
SpfliaI y otitts.
~
CARD OF THANKS.

WE wish to express our sincere grAtitud,
w and thanks for the cordial assistance and
The generous spirit of -ympathy that have beer
Kindly rendered to Us bt friends Of NORTH
Ellsworth, aud also 10 thaHk the people Of ILL.,
worth Falls who 80 kindly pfrerrd their zery iCea
OF singing Ia our recent bcrcaN emcut, by this
death Of husband and father.
MRS JANIS NJ MOORE and family
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Bucksport is justly proud OF its new
Spofford school building.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Here a tip for the fJresighted house
wives OF tia"cuck county. Brooms are
going up. \ -pecuator, who SAW q
chance to corner the broom market. has
bought up all the broom corn stock III
sight, ana can charge about as he p. ease
for brooms. As result brooms which a
month ago were bought by Ellsworth
dealers for = 30 a dozen, nov cost - so
THIS means that broom- which have teen
selling for 20 and 25 cents, will sell now
at from 81 to 80 cents. And they are
going higher, 90 they say
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

A new method of logging has been de-
vised by F. c. and II. c. Shoppe, who are
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
for salt.

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| 0RSE- Black mare; weighs so lbs. Raised
4 IN Amherst; kind; fair roadster. -
down q. X, BUKSHAAt, Ellsworth.
RULL- Registered Jersey. Apply to RALPH
ID Il. CUsuNAS, Ellsworth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Ernest Rice, the four year-o'd son OF
Fred Rice, OF Birch Harbor, has more
Than the usual chIldis share OF living
grandparents. He has four grandparents
and four great grandparents. His mot her
is the daug liter OF MIR. and Mrs. Cory don
Handy, both OF whom < living. The
OF her six are ON his taIner'- side. Joseph
Rice, he smart Old gentleman about whom
so much mas been written. is one of the
great grandft hers. The other is John
Sargent, OF Winter Uarhur. The wives OF
both are living Joseph Rice. jr., and wife
are be other grandparents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

In summer season, rather nice;
In winter, one smooth glare of ice.
In spring and autumn. nothing less
Than concentrated eussedness.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29
bankrupt. rr,itlon for Discharge.
~ NJ sIIltE-T VI
.UIt~TJs G.. Bt4kE, IN 5untFu srt,
z

n tHU ~ ltt-f q
AUIr-rUs G.. BlAkE, In 3dntTuo.rt.
Bankrupt
To the Hon. Nathan %cbb, Judge of the Dis
trigt court Of Jau Ullted states for the Dis
trics Of Maine.
"A county OF Hancock. and state Of Maine.
in said district. respectfully represents
that on the litu day Of bttpucF, lAst past.
he vas duly adiu iked bankrupt under
the Acts Of Congress relating 10 bankruptcy :,
that he has duly surrendered all his property
aud rights " prnFyttk. and has fuIlT complied
with al thr requirement, ~ said acts and Of
the orders OF court toag b ng hi- bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prAFs that hr may be de
creed by the court Ia have a fun discharge
from all debts proyable against his estate
unner said bankrupt acts, except such debts
a. are excepted hH lass from such discharge.
Dated this IitE dag Of November, a. d. lssp
AtGt~gLa O.. BLAKE,
Eank rnni.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

There are few roads in Hancock county
like the one OF which the poet OF the st.
John, y. B., Telegraph wrote:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

How many people in Hancock county
know that the first cake OF art ticial ice
made III this country was made by Han
cock county MANI That man i George
t. Miilikeu. vino went from Surty to
los Angeles, California, ny WAY OF Cape
Horn in 1873, and has made il hIs home
ever since. although he has been back
several times. A friend of his invented
an ice-nac hine, and with it Mr.. Miliiken
turned out the first cake OF artificial ice
ever made in this country. He has lived
TO see enormous strides taken in ice-Insk-
ing, and it is gratifying to learn that he
has shared in the success the business has
achieved. Mr.. Miiiken is now in the
East, and expects to remain here about a
year.
Sea lions in the Bagaduce? Our West
Brooksville correspondent writes: Mrs.
Charles Jones and her son Edgar, while
crossing the river from North Csstine to
Brooksville in row boat, saw what they
supposed to be two boxes or barrels float
ing out with the tide, but as they drew
nearer they saw it was two live animals,
swimming slowly down along the eastern
shore They had long gray boards and
each one had four tusks eight or ten
inches in length, and fiippers two and
one half feet in width. AS they edged
into shoal water, the smaller one of the
two, rose seven feet out of the sea. Were
they sea lions? / have never seen them
north of he Falkland isiandso
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-29

Post Office Discontinued.
The post office at The Reach, Deer Isle,
will be discontinued after Dec. 81.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02
MANY RECRUITS
Have Applied to Lieutenant Curry
to 90 to the PHILIPPINES.

Lieutenant George Curry of the
Eleventh cavalry now organizing in
the Philippines and elsewhere for
active service, opened up q recruiting
Office at O'Clock this morning at the
Lindell hotel and Immediately began
enrolling applicants.
DR.. W. N. Villas has been selected
by Lieutenant Curry to examine the
recruits, who will be subjected to a
very rigid test before final admission
to the ranks of the volunteers.
Lieutenant Curry thinks he would
have no trouble in enlisting five hun
dred men if they were needed, but does
not believe that the war department
will require many.
Only 81 enlistment blanks were sent
here to be used aud the officer does not
know whether more will be furnished
him or not.
He has already received kilograms
from Roswell, Alamogordo and Jarilla,
offering to. furnish 20, 20 and men
respectively. These men want trans
portation to this city, but Lieutenant
Curry has not been authorized to fur
nish transportation to volunteers, al
though he is permitted to go from
place to place himself and receive
volunteers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

wife No. l came he retired from bust
ness and kept the two women st work
washing gold in placer, while he
spent tho proceeds in enjoying life, as
became a Chinese philosopher. The
women worked hard all day and washed
the clothes of the miners at night, SO
he made what is technically known as
a good thing cut Of 1t.
1.-THE old fellow had two daughters
Ii and Is years of age, and he soon
began to canvass the country for
buyer for them. He found a miner on
Soda Creek who offered 5000 in cash
for the oldest, which was accepted.
But how to deliver the girl was the
question, as If the sale was discovered
they would all be arrested. The man
began q series of iptimidations that
demoralized the girl, and. one day he
boxed her up in a coffin-like box, pune
tured with holes. Two white zen
called for the box, which was placed
on a sled and hauled away. The
weather was cold aud at night the men
stopped at house for food, leaving
the boxed girl on the sled. There her
means attracted the attention OF the
women of the place, who threatened to
expose the men. The latter merely
laughed and ssid that they were get
ting S135 for It. They went on un-
molested and delivered the girl, half
dead, while the women reported the
case - the police.
The slave-deaiing societies of San
Francisco are, as 1 have said, we'll or
ganized and rich, and when an effort
as made to release q slave they pro-
coed just as you would if some one
made a desperate attempt to make you
give NJ ownership of So, 600 horse and
turn 1t loose. First they fight the case
on bogus charges. The girls life is
threatened and every effort is made to
induce her to return. If Chinaman
has had hand in it he is denounced
and Ratchet men or professional muir
derers are perhaps charged with theft
and dozen witnesses are found to
swear to anything required of them;
the writ of habeas corpus is brought
into play and the girl is taken into
court, an American lawyer being en-
ployed by the slave company to make
the fight, often with the effect that the
girl is returned to her captors or goes
to Jail under some bogus charge.
These crimes are going on constantly,
and the truth often cannot be publish
ed, so offensive is it,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-02

"The thirteenth amendment TO the
constitution bias been dead letter IN
California and the coast states Tor lO
years and is today" said q man who
has made close study of the Chinese,
| to the New York Sun. women ana
children are sold at the block as In
ante-bellum days. They are not sold
publicly. but so far as the Chlnese con-
munitv is concerned the sale Is open
enough, and influential companies are
formed and exist for this purpose. Eff
forts have been made to crush the
traffic, and, strange to say, when we
are defeated, it is by inscriptions
white lawyers.
s.There is a regular business OF i'm
porting women, though 1t Is not carried
OF now with a tenth of the boldness OF
q decade ago, wnen women were put up
in the Queens Room in San Fran
cisco, which was nothing more nor less
than an auction room, and knocked
down to the highest bidder. The bust
ness; as it ia carried on now, requires
some skill and more capital, and oy Inc
time a girl is landed she has value or
from 80, 500 to perhaps S3 800, the latter
sum having been paid In several IN
stances in San Francisco. The scheme
works in the following way: we t VIII
assume. and 1 will give you an actual
case, withholding the name, that IN
little town outside of Canton lived
woman named Kan Koo. She was
Woodworking woman, respected out
very Door. She had daughter who was
noted for her beauty and various do
nestle virtues. One day an old woman
stopped at the house when the mother
was away and had talk with the girl,
praised her beauty and soon made ner-
self 80 interesting to the young girl
that she was asked to come again. The
invitation vas accepted when the
mother was again away and the woman
began to fill the girls mind with
stories of wealth and splendor, compar-
ing her present condition with that OF
others who were not half so richly en-
dowed by nature. Finally the girl
expressed q wish to possess some OF
this riches, and the woman Immediate
ly asked her why che didsnot marry,
adding that she had friend in Amer
lea no was q merchant prince and
who desired to marry and that she could
arrange it: but the girls mother must
know nothing about it. To shorten
the story, the girl was captivated with
the prospect of rich husband, and
agreed to run away and be married in
America; then they could return. So
one day when the mother came home
her daughter was gone. and the only
she could gain concerning
her that an old woman had been seen
the house.
Nov 10 follow the victim. The old
was the Canton agent of San
Francisco women importing company. a
wi eel n thesmachinery. She took the
girl to Canton, gave her rich clothes,
which she said were presents from her
husband to be. and finally handed her
20 another agent, who was to accom-
oany her to San Francisco. Once
aboard the steamer, the girl met q
1un Der of others, some of whom were
here under the same convictions, 9TH
srs thinking that they were merely go
ng to another part of China. The
agent now had about
hree weeks in which to educate his
7arious charges up to a standard
whereby they would be able to pass the