Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-17

Noisomis Rebelsah lodge hes received an
| invitation to visit Excelsior Retrk +.
| lodge, OF Bangor, on Friday evening, My
26 Xears5pa rates have been sec,ts ed
l. is noped ;Het = large delegation wi3tp".
| A special meeting of Noitomis Lodge sill
| be held Thursday evening, May IS. 10
! nuke fanSements for he triptU Btngot.
| The annual reunion of the Alumni asSc-
| ciatiGn OF the Ellsworth high school viii
be held this year on July 5. Any gradu-
| ates Who failed to receive circulars last
year or aly one eligible to mem hership
who cares to join the association, are re-
quest,d to apply to Miss NJ. A. Gree.y,
secretary Of the association, as SOON as
convenient.
Francis !. MacomDer, n well-knoWn
and esteemed citizen of Franklin, died
Thursday, aged forty-three years. He was
| the son OF Hr. and Mrs. Charles Macomber
OF Franktn. Mr.. Macomber was well
known in Ellsworth. His daughter,
Helen Macomber, lives with her grand
! mother in Ghls city. Deceased was
| BROTHER of Mrs. n. II. Higgins, of Ellis
worth.
VIM. II. 1. Rice post, G. A. r., requests
| the chidret of Ellsworth, and the citi-
zeus generally, to contribute flowers for
| the decoration OF soldiers graves. Flow
| ers should be brought to Grand Army
| hall by 2 o'cock in the afternoon OF Mon
day, May p. The people of Ellsworth
| lypjI mo ,,Ia -
privilege, md respond as heartily as
they have inthe past years.
| The organization of the Hathorn Farm
Co. has been completed. L. II. Greedy is
presidents J'hn a. Peters, jr., secretary
and treasure, and John c. Gordon, gen.
eral manager The capital stock is $50, Oo0
The company wilt operate the GreeIy farm
| of 500 acte. at Trenton, the Hathorn
farm Of 150 acres at Pittsfied and the
creameries a EisW orth and Pittsteld.
There are ao0t sixty head of cattle on
the farms, BESIDE other livestock
The class pats have been assigned and
the speakers elected for the Ellsworth
high scuoot cDmmen cement exercises
Miss Della C. Whitney will be valedieto-
ran, ahd NJ iss Leah Is. Friend saluteto-
| rian. The othr speakers, beside the class
prophet aud he historian, Will be A
Louise Alien, larry Il. JOY, Lulu NJ. Rol-
! ms, SOPHIE VI. "alker, Fannie L. Tower
| ard Fraucj~ Cox.
"Nell," nefamily horse OF Hon. John
y. hopkins, tfter more than thirty-one
! nj ri nj TO
put to death Monday and spared the in
| tirmities of od age. "NeH' was good
horse, aud her years have doubtless been
happy ones, As she deserved. For eigh-
teen years Mr.. Hopkins has owned her,
| and she had become the family pet, know
| ing not hing but kindness and living on
the FAT of the land.
The cantata "Daniel" was given in the
Cousregal olal church at Beimont, Mass,
last week, i'll Wnicn Mabel Monag han
took leading part. The Bulletin, of that
town, says: Owing to the length of he
work, few Numbers could he repeated,
notwithstanding the many encorea. EX-
ceptions were unavo ida Bile, however, in
the case of NJ - Mabel Monaghan, as the
queen, who CHARMED her hearers with her
beautiful voiee, brilliant execution aud
winsome presence"
The Dirigo athletic club amused large
West Sullivan audience with its presenta-
tion Of Patrick Mulligan", and the
accompanying specialties and cake walk.
Messrs. Swel and Hsgerthy We're again
awarded the cake. After he entertain
ment there was a dance. The club has
been invited to present its entertainment
at Bar llarbor, but the travelling expenses
of so large company would make too
big hole in the receipts.
Epworth League Day was observed
Sunday in the Methodist church. In the
morning Rev j. p. Simonton preached a
sermon appropriate to the occasion. In
the afternoon there We're exercises by the
Junior league. Mrs. Simonton, superin-
tendent Of the league, gave an interesting
review of the years work. In the even
ing there was concert by the Senior
league. An interesting programme Of
music ana rectations was presented.
The prospects are encouraging for the
eSIaD lnltHl mere OF tHe coat factory, as
mentioned in The AMERICAN last week.
The benefits which would accrue to Els
worth from such a factory are unques-
toned. The factory would furnish en-
ployment at the start to about fifty hands.
The Ellsworth gentlemen who have the
matter in hand are favorably impressed
with Mr.. Goldberg's proposition, and
with the guarantee which will be given,
think there will be no difficulty in raising
by subscription the required $1,000. 1t is
probable that the paper will be circulated
during The coming week.
George Littleteld Went worth, OF Wey-
mouth, Mass, a native of Ellsworth, has !
just been appointed by Gov. WoIcott as
an associate justice of the municipal
court of Boston. Judge Wentworth was |
born in Ellsworth, May "a, 1852, the son |
of Stacy Hall and Rebecca Littlefield |
,Getchell) Wentworth, and is a descend
mt of William Wentworth, who came to |