Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-21

A. II. Lyman, OF Bar Harbor, was in
Ellsworth yesterday.
e. 4. Foster left last Saturday on a
business trip to Bss.on.
The Ellsworth literature club will meet
with Miss M. A. Clark next Monday even
ing.
Miss Helen Hale has returned from q
Charles in Boston.
The ladies OF the Congregational societ y
| will give a supper in the vestry, to-mor-
row evening at O'Clock.
Oliver l., Anderson, OF Bar Harbor, one
Of THE AMERICANS graduate printers,
| was in Elisw orth to- day for short visit.
b. F. Joy returned last night from a
visit OF several weeks in Westb
Mrs. Joy and little daughter remain in
West brook for a longer visit.
The first extra OF the season will be held
after the dancing school at Odd Fellows
hall next Friday evening. Monag hams
orchestra will furnish the music.
Next Sunday is the Worlds Temperance
Sunday in the churches. At the Metho-
dist church Sunday morning Rev. j. P.
Simonton will preach a temperance SER
mon.
Henry Whiting, OF Whiting Bros, left
to-day ON business trip to Boston. Mr..
Whiting expects to take in the great Hsr-
vard- Yale foot ball game at New Haven
| next Saturday.
A daughter was born last Saturday,
Eaton. This couple are the proud pos
| SCISSORS OF ten chiidren--five boys and five
girls, and all in good health.
Work at the Brooklin factory OF the
Seacoast Packing Co. Is being closed up.
The superintendent, E. K. Hopkins, ex-
poets to close up this week, and return
for the winter to his home in Ellsworth.
+. w. Stanton, of Boston, arrived Mon
day to spend the early winter with his
wite's parents, Capt. Il. J. Joy and wife.
Mrs. Stanton has been here several weeks.
Mrs. Joy is now visiting relatives in New
York.
Curtis r. Foster and Irving Osgood were
to-day drawn as grand jurors at the De-
cember term Of U. 5. district court in
Portland in December, and Henry l..
Moor and T. f. Mahoney as traverse
jurors.
| The masquerade ball of Dirigo athletic
i club will be held at Hancock hail Wednes-
day evening OF next week. A costumer
| from Boston will be at the American
house next Tuesday and Wednesday with
| costumes.
Frank Witham, who has a smelt wei-
near the mouth Of the river, during the
past week has captured two raccoons
| which he caught In the act OF robbing
the weir. One of the raccoons, captured
yesterday, was a large one.
| The sociable OF Donaqua lodge, K. OF
| p, last Thursday evening, the first OF a
| series to be given by this lodge this
winter, was a very pleasant affair. About
forty couples were present. The Drigo
orchestra furnished music.
The gross receipts at Ellsworth post
office for the year ending June 30, 1900
were q, ,254 81, an increase OF $111.W over
the previous year-another pretty good
indication that Ellsworth is not losing
much in business or in population.
1t is now learned that Charles Hartman,
| of this city, who is i'll in Fredericton,
N. B., as reported in THE AMERICAN last
week, has typhoid fever, but q letter from
the hospital says he is not dangerously ill.
His mother left last week for Frederic
ton.
Mrs. H. w. Haynes had a birthday
last Wednesday. Her friends found it
out somehow, and toward evening sur
reptitiously gained entrance to her home
on Oak street, and gave her genuine
surprise. The evening was most pleas
antly spent.
The Epworth league will give sociable
in the vestry of the Methodist church,
Thursday evening, at Z 80 O'Clock, to the
young peoples societies OF all the
churches. All are invited. This is the
first step toward union services of the
societies.
Charles I. Staples, the Ellsworth agent
OF Staples, Smith & Moody, the Augusta
piano and organ dealers who are soon to
open branch store here, left yesterday
for Augusta on business with the firm.
Mrs. Staples accompanied him. They
will return home Saturday.
The building on Beal avenue formerly
used as slaughter house, and owned by
the Beal heirs, was burned at II O'Clock
Wednesday night. The building was
leased by John Maloney, the carriage
builder, and used as storehouse. 1t was
filled with carriages and sleighs. Mr..
Maloney estimates his loss at 81 600; in
surance, $500. The building was insured
for 600.
Miss Mabel Monaghan, who is the
guest of Mrs. j. T. Maxwell, of Saugerties,
N. Y, sang at the Methodist church in
that place last Sunday evening. The