Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-01-04

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Bonsey, treasurer. Mrs. j. P. Simonton
has been appointed superintendent OF the
junior league.
On Dec. 20, Eva Lucille Giles, daug hter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. l.. f. Giles, celebrated
her fifth birthday by giving party to
her little friends, from to p. III. There
were twenty-five in attendance and each
enjoyed slice of birthday cake.
The Ellsworth loan and building
association has declared its usual semi
sixteenth series is now open, and already
over sixty shares have been taken. The
annual meeting will be he'd January 16.
At the Methodist church last Sunday
evening E. W. Lord delivered an address
on "Christian Work.. He spoke princ
pally OF work being done by theological
students among the poor and ignorant
classes. The address was very interesting.
Senator Ii. E. HsmIin left for Augusta
Monday. Representative Charles Fl.
Drummey left Tuesday. Representative
John W. Somes, Of Somesvile, was in
Ellsworth Monday. He left for Augusta
Monday night. Senator Grindle, OF Blue
hill, went Tuesday.
The stockholders Of the Ellsworth
marine railway held their annual meeting
Monday. Officers were elected as follows: {:
J. M. Higgins, president; John H. Leland,
secretary and treasurer; F. s. Lord, James
Lord, Edgar Jordan, J. M. Higgins and
Charles E. Curtis, directors.
Harry Taylor, evangelist, OF Hallowell,
will be in Ellsworth next week to assist
Rev. c. 8. McLearn in series of evan
gelstic meetings in the Baptist church.
The meetings will begin Sunday evening,
and will continue through the week,
every evening at o'clock.
The afternoon tea given by the girls Of
the Sunday school class of Mrs. John A.
Peters, jr., at the home OF Mrs. A. w.
Cushman last Wednesday, was a very
pleasant affair. The afternoon was en-
livened by musical selections. The in
dustry of the class resulted i'll a neat little
sum for the church work.
The funeral of Miss Grace E. Lancaster
was held last Friday afternoon from the
home of her uncle, Lorenzo T. Lufkin.
Rev. j. P. Simonton, of the Methodist
church, officiated. There were many
floral offerings, including two beautiful
pieces from Auburn-one from her shop
mates, the other from an intimate girl
| friend.
Inc hancock County Fair association
held its annual meeting Monday. Officers
were elected as follows: A. W. Ellis,
president; H. E. Hamin, vice. president; !;
II. j. Joy, treasurer; ii. F. Whitcomb,
secretary and clerk. The directors are
the officers named and E. H. Greedy, H. e.
Davis, F. Fl. Osgood, DR.. George A. Phil
lips and F. H. Gould.
Joseph B. Jordan, one of Ellsworth rs
elderly citizens, died last Thursday, after
long illness. MIR. Jordan was employed
by lum bermen on Union river much OF
his life. He was nearly seventy-four
years of age. He leaves two sons, Willis
and Henry Jordan, both of Ellsworth.
Funeral services were held Saturday, Rev.
j. p. Smonton, officiating. Mr.. Jordan
was one OF the oldest members of the
Met hodist church.
The graded schools Of the city opened
this week for term of eleven weeks.
School No. closed last Friday. Nos.
and 10 will close Friday OF this week ;
Nos. Z, and will close Jan. 20; Nos. 4
and will close Feb. 3; Nos. 13 and IA will
close Feb. II. The teachers are the same
as last term in all schools except No. 13,
where Miss Bertha Cline, OF Hancock
succeeds Miss Annie NJ. Davis, resigned.
The stereopticon lecture "a Day on the
Rhine" given by A. c. Furbush, of An
dover theological seminary, under the
auspices of the Onasouson club,
Monday evening, afforded very
pleasant evenings Journey for those
who attended. The views were ex-
ceilent, and the lecture had none of the
stereotypic sameness OF guide books. 1t
was an instructive and entertaining G
lecture.
Ellsworth, which is the headquarters
for slaves in New England, has shipped
during the past season about 10000,
600 slaves. Whitcomb, Haynes & Co.
have shipped about 100000, and
Charles j. Treworgy about 6,000,000. This
is about an average seasons work. One
of Whitcomb, Haynes & Co. Is vessels, the
schooner "Henrietta A. Whitney,, Capt.
W. P. Woodward, during the past season
made seven round trips to Rondout, N.
Y, carrying out 4,700,000 slaves, and
bringing back to Boston Is, 400 barrels OF
cement. This is the largest seasons busi-
ness ever done in this line by an Ellis
worth vessel, though the aggregate
stocked is not up to the days of better
freights. Col. John F. Whitcomb re-
ports the outlook good for busy win, er
in the woods, with prospects bright for
better prices on slaves next year.
The Rockland Courier Gazette tells this
story of former Ellsworth boy: While
Co. II was at Chickamauga, Walter f..
Weeks astonished the other members one