Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-05-24

sai'ea from Ellsworth for Salem, Mass
1tfnr ay win laths and shinge- f5om
" eomh, Haynes q Co., arrived at
Salem Monday with loss Of part OF Gee.
load. The '.Stuart" had very high deck
load.
Fha committee on entertainment Of
teachers III attendance at the summer
school II receiving names OF those people
in Ellsworth " ho wish to take teachers
to board during the two weeks OF the
school. Mayor Greely is chairman Of the
committee.
Mrs. 5. b. Wood ward is at her home on
Bridge Hill, for Il week or SO, preparatory
to breaking up housekeeping. She will
probably spend the summer with her sons
in Bangor, and in the fall go to Texas,
where two other SONS, Frank and Ed
ward, are living.
Hancock county insurance men. in COM
mon with insurance men all over the
State, have been invited to a meeting at
toe Falmouth hotel, in Portland, to-mor-
row, for the purpose OF forming g State
organization. George H. Grant, of Els
worth, will attend.
Mrs. John Lymburner, of Eilswo orth
Falls, died last night, after long illness.
All OF Mrs. Lymburners married life had
been spent at Ellsworth Falls, and she
was an esteemed member of the commu-
nifty. She leaves husband and two sons,
Millard and James Lymburner.
Charles II. Emery, Of Ellsworth, says he
is receiving more inquiries regarding Mt.
Desert real estate. and also timber lands,
than for years. Though sales have been
few, he believes the fact that people are
inquirng for property is i'll itself an indi-
cation OF business improvement.
A petition to the fish commissioners,
asking for u close time of four years on all
streams flowing into Branch pond, is be-
ing circulated in Ellsworth. Hundreds
of small salmon are being caught from
8 me df these streams this year, and it is
noped the petition will have its desired
effect.
The Goiumb bian orchestra, of Lawrence
Mass, which played 50 accepta bly, at the
commencement exercises and class recep
tion OF the Ellsworth high school last
year, has been engaged by the class of 49,
The commencement and reception will
take place at Hancock hall Tuesday,
June %.
Members OF Nokomis Rebekah lodge
are urged to accept the invitation to visit
Excelsior Rebekah lodge, of Bangor, on
Friday eveDinu Nav o6 partiruIor ma y
be learned from the following mem bers
of the committee: Helen E. Bonsey,
Margaret P. Logan, Nellie Dodge,
Amanda Leland, Annie Springer, Ophelia
Gould.
Lewis Souci, former citizen and WE'LL
known character of Ellsworth, aled
| .ulGeny III Holden Friday, aged sixty
tive Yeats He died Of heart disease while
at dinner. He WAS a veteran of the civil
war, having been member of the Fig ht h
Maine regiment Mr.. Souci was in
AndersonviIle prison six months and tw o
days, being taken prisoner at Green s
Station.
The county commissioners were in Els
worth yesterday at work on the specitica-
tions for the extension to the county
court house. The plans and specification
are now ready for builders, and bids are
advertised for. Bids will be received up
to Wednesday, June IA. The plans and
specifications are at County Clerk knowl-
toms office.
Capt. A. J. Higgins arrived home from
New York Saturday evening. At his
hearing before the U. S. district court in
New York on the charge of attempting to
murder one of his seamen at Antigua,
the evidence was not deemed sufficient,
and The case was mol pressed. Capt. Hig-
gins is looking well in spite of the trying
ordeal he has been through.
The Norton Tinker house on Maple
street, owned by DR.. A. e. Hagerthy, was
burned at O'Clock this morning. The
house was being repaired. Mrs. George
Thompson, who was soon to occupy the
house, lost her furniture, which had been
moved in. The loss on the building is
about $50; insurance, $500. There was
no insurance on the furniture.
Rev. A. II. Coar, of the Unitarian
church, is arranging to have some noted
Unitarian clergymen preach here during
the summer. Rev. Samuel A. Eliot mas
already promised to give Ellsworth one
Sunday, and Rev. c. f. Dole is expected
to be here one Sunday. Rev. W. r. Hunt,
OF East Orange, n. j., late pastor of the
Ellsworth church, will be heard here at
least once during the summer.
A hotel sale in which Ellsworth is
doubly interested is that OF the Smell
house, at Houlton, which has been sold
by Fred Coburn to William Weeks, of
Rockland. Both Mr.. Coburn and Mr..
Weeks were formerly Ellsworth hotel
men, and still have many warm friends
here. The sale was made last Friday, and
Mr.. Weeks will take possession at once.
1t is stated that Mr.. Coburn will leave for
the West soon.