Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-11-01
For other local ne t0s see pages 4, . and


Miss Bertha l.. Giles leaves this week
for Oberlin, Ohio.
Miss Catherine Simonton is home from
Wesleyan university.
Col. e. c. Burrill and wife have been in
Boston the past week.
The initiatory degree will be worked by
Lejok lodge, l. 0. o. F., Friday night.
Mrs. +. w. Stanton, OF Boston, is visit
ing her parents, Capt. II. J. Joy and wife.
DIR. and Mrs. +. S. Herrick and son, Of
Brooklin, have been the guests of Sheriff
Hooper for few days.
{. X. Foster and Mrs. Foster are in
Auburn attending the State conference
OF Congregational churches.
p. S. Dorsey, formerly of Ellsw worth h. has
gone into the hotel business at Eastport,
having leased the Riverside house.
John Webster, jr., of Stonington, was
brought to the county jail Thursday to
spend ninety days for assault and battery.
Briggs Davis, of Surry, while cutting
wood this forenoon, cut his left hand, in
hicting a bad flesh wound, and severing
an artery.
Howard II. Hooper and A. L. Hale leave
tomorrow to spend few weeks hunting
for big game in the region around katab-
din Iron Works.
There will be meeting of the First
Woman's club at the home of Mrs. A. F.
Greedy on Saturday at 2 p. m. a full at
tendance is requested
| Mrs. p. B. Day and son leave Friday for
Bar Hsrbor to spend the winter. MIR.
Day cannot get to Ellsworth Sundays as
formerly; hence the change.
The old schooner "Loduskia", W hich
went ashore near Stonington, and was
sold, has been hoated, and this week was
towed to Belfast for repairs.
Beginning next Monday, a car will run
| to Mt. Desert Ferry from the early morn
ing Washington County tram, and Bar
HHrbor will have an early mail.
Mrs. Mabel b. Davis, assistant ct thU
School street grammar school, has re-
signed owing to i'll health. Miss Minnie
II. Moore will complete the term.
Three new slate backboards have been
set in place in the Pine street schoolhouse
| by p. II. Stratton. One is 19x3ls feet,
another 13x3 and the other 9Ax3.
The Sunday school class of Mrs. Charles
|. Welch, of the Unitarian church, will
hold sale OF homemade candies at the
home OF their teacher Saturday afternoon.
| The Ellsworth literature club held its
first meeting for the season with Miss
| Annie X. Stockbridge last evening. The
club will study Italian art and literature
this season.
Rev. j. NJ. Adams, of the Congrega-
| tonal church, is attending the State
| Congregational conference at Auburn
which is in session this week from Mon
day to Thursday.
Mrs. Frank w. Ellington suffered
severe paralytic shock Monday, the whole
left side OF her body being affected. Up
to the present her condition has but
slightly improved.
George A. Pal cher and DR.. A. {. Hager-
thy have purchased OF Mrs. Monroe
| Young the store building on Main street
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\ pairs and improvements on the building.
The city government has arranged with
the water company to have an additional
hydrant put in on Bridge hill, for which
purpose the main Will be extended 600 feet.
The new hydraDt will he near the Walker
house. Work on the extension began
| Monday.
Madame Emery, the venerable mother
of Judge L. \. Emery, is very feeble. So
anxious is the family about her condition
that the Judge, who was holding court at
Augusta, was sent for a few days ago, and
is still here, Judge WisweIl taking his
place at Augusta.
Capt. Chatto has resigned command OF
the schooner "Myronus", owing to ill
health. Parties are negotiating for the
purchase OF the schooner. If not sold,
Capt Wellington Bellatty will probably be
put in command of her, while his brother,
Capt. Adelbert Bellatty, will take the
"Leonora".
There was a union praise service at the
Baptist church Sunday evening. Owing
to a misunderstanding in the appoint
ment, l. n Halliday, the State Sunday
school worker, who was expected, was
unable to be present. Rev. II. A. Luck
ell bach, of the Free Baptist church, led
the service.
Judge John B. Redman's new sloop
yacht, 'Wave Crest" arrived in the bay
Thursday from Boston. description Of
the yacht was printed in THE AMERICAN
three weeks ago. The yacht will go into
winter quarters at once. Before going
into commission in the spring she will be
thoroughly overhauled.
The OnRsouson club, composed of the
girls of the high school, is planning to