Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-04-26

For other local ne'os see pages 4, 5 and 8.
The sprinkling cart made its welcome
appearance last Friday.
Omar w. Tapley has returned from q
short business trip to Boston.
The w. G. 7. U. will meet with Mrs. l..
j. Call tomorrow evening at O'Clock.
Fred P. Whitaker, OF Portland, Is vis-
ting his mot her, Mrs. j. M. Whitaker.
Mrs. 8. K. Whiting, I'd, has returned
from visit Of several weeks in Boston.
There will be a supper and entertain
ment at the Methodist vestry Saturday
| evening.
Mrs. Bertha Thompson has returned
from a visit of several months in Boston
and New York.
The Clark Show Co. will give another
minstrel show at its Water street theatre
Saturday evening.
Miss Frances Foster returned last week
| to Norton, Mass, to resume her studies at
| the Wheaton seminary.
Mrs. l.. A. Watson, of Brooklin, wit h
| her son Fred, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
| l.. F. Hooper, in this city.
Mrs. Abby NJ. Fulton is home from
Boston. She will spend the summer as
usual at Southwest Harbor.
F. X. Royal, sealer of weights and
measures, will begin his official inspec-
tion of scales next Monday.
Arthur E. Cook, OF Ellsworth, is EN-
p!oyed on the EUening Courier, Lewis
toms new democratic daily.
Lygonia lodge, F. and A. NJ, will work
the second and third degrees at a special
meeting next Friday evening.
The Literature club will meet with Mrs.
| j. a. Peters, ir., at the home Of Mrs. a.
w. Cushman next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Lewis Friend, Mr.. and Mrs. l. l..
Halman and little daughter Doris re-
turned from Boston Saturday evening.
| At the meeting OF Lygonia lodge this
evening, very important business will be
| presented, and large attendance is de-
sired.
Hodgkins' candy factory will be moved
| next Monday to the store in the Manning
building recently vacated by W. ii.
Dresser.
Mrs. Burke Gray, modiste, aud her
| assistant, Mrs. Mary Latin, left Tuesday
on Il business trip of week to Boston
| and vicinity.
The Washington County train west was
delayed three hours last Friday evening
NV of
Whitneyville.
Through sleeping cars from Boston to
Mt. Desert Ferry will be put on Monday,
May 1. Sunday trains will begin running
on the branch May 2s.
Town Clerk Eben Kingman, of Otis,
was in Ellsworth last Friday, on his way
to Marlboro for a short visit with his
daughter, Mrs. s. Fl. Remick.
Ellsworth friends of Frederick A
Coombs will be pleased to learn that he
has secured an excellent position with a
bicycle house in New York city.
l.. M. Moore is home from a weeks
visit to Boston, where he attended,
| among other things, the great horse show.
He spent last Sunday with friends in
Bangor.
The Ellsworth high school alumni
association is already laying plans for its
annual reunion and banquet, which will
take place probably during the summer
vacation.
At the meeting of the Preachers aid
society in connection with the East
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last week, Chaplain d. IL. Tribou was
elected president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wellington Haslem and
daughter Alice are visiting in Lowell,
Mass. MIR. Haslem will be home this
week, but his wife and daughter will re-
main several weeks.
Mrs. Pearl Day recently entertained a
merry party of young ladies in honor of
her guest, Miss Emma Hinckley, of Blue
hill. Miss Hinckley is one of Bluehill's
bright school-teachers.
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
Miss Minnie Mullan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick Mullan, to Francis Martin
Gaynor, at St. Joseph's church, Wednes-
day, May 8, at $50 o'clock.
The Ellsworth schooner eastern
Queen, Capt. Partridge, from Sullivan
for Boston with stone, put in at Boothbay
Tuesday OF last week with loss Of foresail
and jib, and with mainsail split.
Rev. j. P. Simonton, of the Methodist
church, will deliver the memorial sermon
at Hancock hall, Sunday evening, May
% Mr. Sify9nnFnv, al hos ir,o
good to say on such occasions as this.
Clerk Courts j. F. Knowlton and
Lin. Dr. / nrn % C,rn Z, hnr-.. ISIor