Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-02-15

u o WouHhy the stO' III maze II INT crest
ing for Mr.. and Mrs. Hooper They
drove to Bucksport from Castine, and af-
ter long fight with snowdrifts on the
Bucksport aud Bar Harbor branches
reached home by way of Bangor four
| hours late
owing to the storm the adjourned an
nual meeting OF he NicoIin club, which
was to have been held at the club house
last evening, was postponed until next
F'iday evening, the 17th. Supper will be
served at 8 30 and the meeting will be
called to order at I 80.
One OF the prettiest strings OF fish seen
in Ellsworth this season WAS brought in
from Patterns pond after one days fish
ing by Andrew p. Mcfarland and II. p
| Hopkins. There were twenty-three trout
and one salmon in the string, none very
arge. hut the fi-h would average in
weight one pound each.
The party OF Boston gentlemen who
were at NIeUin for week, left on the
noon tfain tast saturday. They report
having had II most euj yabie time. The
party was chaperoued by james A. Davis,
an old Ellsworth b y, a brother of ex-
! Mayor Davis, Of this city, and Of w. II.
Davis, Of Bar Harbor.
Rev, p. Slmonton, of the Method ist
| churcl, is quite ill with the grip. He was
obliged to cancel his engagement to con
| duet he quarterly meeting at Bar Harbor
saturday evening. There was no preach
ing al he Methodist church here Sunday.
| MIR. Slmonton's son and daughter are ex-
pected home from Wesleyan university
to- day.
| This is a busy week for c. E. Mona
ghan's orchestra. Monday night it was
| engaged to play in Trenton. Last night
was the regular meeting OF Monaghan's
| dancing class in Ellsworth. Tonight
he orchestra goes to Holden, Thursday
night to Hancock, Friday night to Orand,
aud Saturday, night to Bluehil. On
| Feb % the orchestra will play for a ball
at Bass tlar Dor.
! The appearance of smallpox in Water
| willie aud w Winsiow recalls the times when
the disease visited Ellsworth. Several
| times there have been cases OF smallpox
in Ellsworth, and at one time several
! deaths resulted from it. During the
| Civil war it was brought to Ellsworth by
soldier home on Il furlough, and on
su,tber occasion If was hronpht bv
! .pilot in a coastinp scbooner
| John Williams and Edward Emerson OF
! Bar HarHor, were committed to ne county
! j+il Monday for thirty day sentences tor
drunk 4ne=s. JOHN O'Brien, who wa
discharged fro the jul yesterday MORN
! img, Was arrested for drunkenness again
! in the AFTERNOON. TINS time Judge Peters
sentenced him to thirty days IN Bangor
| work IHii. City Marshal Donovan left
! for Btugor with him this noon.
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/ '"''e' ' i'''"' W ''o7e ~ '''' '''''e77
! Was reported IN iHE AMERICAN last
week, oieo ut 81 CLOCK TINS AFTERNOON
@ Nir NJ, lean was one o' '''9""r' pes.
Nm t,t*J, nI riaractee l,jaotn be,,eatr, ;,
rough exterior. He MAS eighty-two years
/ Of age. He leaves widow and two
| daughters, Mrs. Mary }. Aurray, of New
! London, CONF, ana Mrs. Percy Graff4m,
! OF Brewer.
NJ, c.a.,i, l,,..in,,, ~, -. 49,.
N'e'' ~ i''7 Nv ms ''es''
/ IN Boston for several weeks, has had an
operation performed on her throat which
has proved very successful, Miss Hast
I's9 n'HnS 'r1en''S "iu ",u'!eal auhl'FerS
non has not Injured her voice. mt on tbe
! contrary, seem. to have improved it,
though rs yet she has not used it to any
extent for fear of strain. Sue is expected
home in few days.
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VI b "arS"'e' 'ia''' '"oho' Oh E'St ourTy'
died very suddenly this morning, in the
,ighty-sixth year of her age. She had
h a., in .;,h ,tani h,,, .a,.,,, t,.,..
h''i ~ -, '"s -, 80 9et.''e. ~ oe'ts' .',
'er Of the Met odist church of ourry,
ana woman nnucn esteemed III tue
C1ar,.s tl,nmn,,d nf East sur, MD
daughter, Mr. Walter j. Clark, of Eus-
worth Funeral will be at the house FRI