Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-08-02

| proved herself very competent and
| faithful teacher, and her place will not be
an easy one to fill Miss Chilcott has just
! returned from visit to Boston.
William l.. EIdridge, of Bangor, who
has been employed in the Whig and
| Courier Office for the past thirty years,
| was in Ellsworth last week renewing old
| acquaintances. Mr.. Eldridge is an Els
| worth boy, and learned his trade in The
AMERICAN office before the war.
The committee of five appointed at a
recent parish meeting OF the Congrega-
tional society to select committee OF
fhree to build parsonage, has selected
| Mrs. l.. A. Emery, Capt Fl. j. Joy and
| +. W. Rollins. This committee has full
| power to purchase a lot and build
| parsonage.
John and William Freeman Hale, sons
! Of Rev. Henry w. Hale, of Burmah, India,
and students at Colby college, are visiting
/ their aunt Mrs. George A. Parcher. Miss
! Margaret Hunter, of Cherryfield, is the
guest of Mrs. Parcher at Shady Nook.
, Miss Hunter is superintendent of schools
! in Cherrytield.
The two-year street-lighting contract
went into effect yesterday. The new
system ui enclosed arc lighting has been
| installed. The improvement over the old
| system Is marked. The lights are not
only more powerful, but give a steadier
| light and what is more important, they
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tweEtyone lights in the city, two more
than formerly.
Mrs. s. j. Mason, of Helena, Montana,
| is the guest of Mrs. A. w. Curtis, of this
/ city. Mrs. Mason formerly lived in ELS
worth, moving West about twenty years
ago. Her husband was member of the
! First Maine heavy artillery, and fell be-
| fore Petersburg during the Civil war. One
| Of her brothers was the late James W.
! Biaisdell, OF Dedham, for many years a
county commissioner. Another brother
| is a resident of Bangor. This is Mrs.
| Nason's second visit East since she moved
away.
The Morrison Comedy Co. is playing
every night this week at Hancock hall.
| The play Monday evening was "Fogg' 8
Ferry, and last night it was Changers of
Great City,. Eugene Powers is an un-
usually clever comedian, and Allie Gerald
| is all that she is advertised to be, while
the other members ofthe company, Misses
Gerald and Holcombe, and Messrs. Bushee,
Walter, Denvir and Foster, are above the
average. The specialties are excellent; in
short, the repertoire presented thus far
has been admirable, and equally good
performances may be expected during the
rest OF the week. Tonight play is The
| Girl from Mexico"
Ralph, the eight year old son of Oscar D.
Perry, OF Brewer, formerly Of Ellsworth,
who had his foot taken off on the rail-
road is recovering. The Brewer CORE
spondent of the Bangor Neps says:
| "Although no blame for the accident is
attached to the railroad or its employees,
| it is understood that the company,
| through its claim agent, has notified the
parents of the boy that it will do all
| possible for him. The employees of the
railroad have started subscription paper
which is being circulated from one end
of the road to the other. The money
raised by this paper will be placed in a
bank in the boys name, as the nucleus
| of fund to purchase an artificial limb
when he shall have become able to wear
| it,"
People in this vicinity who contem-
| plate attending the music festival at
| Bangor next month will be interested to
learn of the ticket scheme. By commu
nicating with NJ. II. Andrews, in Bangor,
! or with j. A. Cunningham, in Ellsworth,
| patron Cor season. tickets may be pro-
cured for the five entertainments for 50,
IS or 81, according to location. This will
| entitle holders to hear all the concerts,
| including Sembrich, at a cost only little
above that which will be asked for single
| tickets alone on Sembrich night. As
patron tickets are transferable, there
| will be no chance of loss if holders are
unable, at the last moment, to attend
anyone OF the concerts. 1t is probab BILE
that special train will return after the
last concert on Saturday night.
1
turned Monday from successful salmon
fishing trip to the Jaquet river, in
northern New Brunswick. At Newcastle
N. B., they were joined by Hon. w. E
Skillings, whose guests they were, he
being one of the ten gentlemen owning
the fishing privilege OF the Jaquet, con-
sidered the second best salmon river in
the world. Friday was put in on the
river. Until $3.50 O'Clock in t he afternoon
they found no more worthy game than
three and four pound trout, which the
guides considered worthless and bother.
some, much as the fisherman of these
parts regard the hungry club. But al
$3.50 O'Clock they struck salmon pool
and from that time until dark there were
not ten minutes when there was not G
salmon hooked and fighting. DR.. Phillips
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