Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-04-25

ON May q. Application blanks and in
structions may be had at the custom
house in Ellsworth.
The baseball game between the sopho-
mores and freshmen of the high school,
scheduled for last Saturday, was not
played, the sopbs falling to get together
. team.
The concert by the music club at the
high school building has been postponed
until Friday evening, April 27, at 8 Is.
The proceeds are for the benefit OF the
Onasouson club.
The Dirigo orchestra will play this
evening at the social OF the Dirigo club;
for the Foresters at Waltham tomorrow
| evening, and for the lawn tennis club at
Manning hall next Friday evening.
Charles II. Leland has rented OF c. c.
Burrill the store on Main street formerly
occupied by E. F. Robinson, and will
open fruit and confectionery store. He
is now in Boston buying store fixtures
and stock.
Capt. s. l.. Lord has moved into the
Roland Peck house on Bridge hill, which
he purchased last fall. X. b. Holmes Is
moving into the house on Maple street
vacated by Mr.. Lord, which he purchased
| some time ago.
John II. Bresnahan, who is taking the
school census, expects to complete the
| work this week. He thinks the figures
viii. show something like twenty-five
more children OF school age than by the
last census.
Judge and Mrs. L. A. Emery and Miss
Sally Crosby arrived home Saturday night
from their Mediterranean tour. A cor
dial welcome awaited them on their re-
turn home. Judge Emery left Monday
for Auburn where he Is holding court.
Miss Hattie Mason has gone to Law
renee, Mass, where she will be one of the
bridesmaids at the wedding Of her cousin,
Miss Florence Hildreth. Miss Hildreth
IL the daughter OF the late Mrs. Julia
Jordan Hildreth, formerly of Ellsworth.
The ice went out OF Great pond Satur-
day, and all the drives will start this week.
There is plenty OF water, and drives
should come along we'll. Roderick Nc
Donald will leave to- o-morrow morning for
Great Pond, to start his hardwood drive.
William Whitby, while working for
Road Commissioner Hurley on the Han
| cock street drain, was thrown into the
| drain by the breaking of a board on
which he stood. His head struck on the
point of a pickaxe, cutting q bad cash in
| his forehead.
In spite OF the storm last Wednesday
evening .here was a good attendance at
the supper and sale at the Congregati ionai
vestry. SO liberal was the supply OF food,
however, that it WIS decided to give
dinner the next day, and this also was
we'll patroniZed.
Rev. W. X. Hunt, formerly pastor OF he
Unitarian church Of this city, preached at
the South Congregational church in
Boston Sunday in exchange with Rev.
Edward Everett Hale. The church at
East Orange, N. j., OF which Mr.. Hunt
is now pastor, is Mr.. Hale's old churcH
Prot II. c. Emery Of Bowdoin college,
lectured before Ellsworth teachers at the
high school building Saturday forenoon.
His bject was Commercial Geography,
and he made it most interesting as we'll as
instructive. Next Saturday at go p. m.
Prof. Lee will lecture on "Nsture Studies.
Prof. Lees lecture will be the last OF the
course.
The Knights OF King Arthur, the boys
order organized by Rev. A. II. Coar, con-
tinues to flourish 1t now has member
| ship OF twenty. The Knights are arrang-
ing for a supper to be given on the even
ing OF Arbor Day, May IA, at the Uni
tartan vestry. The proceeds from the
supper 1t is proposed to devote toward
furnishing a lodge room.
Director in Chief w. r. Chapman, OF
the Maine music festival, has announced
the soloists for the festival next fall.
Lillian Blauvelt, soprano, Madame Schu-
mann Heink, contralto, d. Ffrangcon
Davies, bass, Sig. Campanari, tenor,
and Richard Burmeister, piano, compose
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