Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-04-18
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


ANNse AAA%'s ~@tN
,nss was the firss time Sir. Chapman has
ever played thss composition except to
few personsl friends.
Mrs. J. A. Gaming ban i the latest
"xicIim" OF the surprise psrty epidemic.
The ladies hsd been bsving such fne
times recently that thsy anaiiy concluded
to let their husbands into she racket. 50
at evening scout thirty ladies snd their
husbands :nvsde3 the hospitsble home Of
My. and Mrs Cunning hsm on Chureh
street. The evening As a1Csi su!ayssly
spent.
capt. O. A. Crockett, Of the Eocklsnd.
BlasaiH * Esasworta siesmDast COM
psay, ssys the prospect = favorable Tor
putting boSE 60 talon rsTer tbs yesar 10
coanect With tae regular boats a Es>s
Surry- ire pflncigai object e the east
s. - fstulsa btG}e, freight iacusgie> lsr
T. sEo.tu merchants. BAL i te uacsz-
sias5a the 5oss = $50 si>5 carry passenger
a4en taa t5a serves rzat. The boat
watch the company ceatempisGe~ par
eas-5as ass - sxea-S - permit - carry
"a persons Capt Crockett l. expected
in EllsNo-th suou to cuu>s.t wiz E.is-
NartA merchants.
A ss'se sisrm Of IRE called the flrenen
cat l,itie after 3 O'Clock yesterday nom
Tag. Toe alarm was caused byz hras ire
near the house OF Capt. Joseph NJ. Htg-
gins. on Wafer street. II MAS q strange
3ooklng croSa thst turned out TO see the
49, ya4sav. rF1urs f~As.s-re. ana
princes. u Id an al2Is ard dudes. gyp- ie-
and fairies It Is said that $ welt known
Ellsworth msn " no mad been oct With
tie boys The night before, and on bis way
home alone met the crowd. signed the
pssdge early in the morning. before he
was reminded ,hs; City hoee company
had had masquerade ball. There have
been ioar false sisrms o; fire in the past
two weeks.
The Gsynor house CA Gran; street,
occupied By NJ l. Lsig hion. was burned
Friday mig hi, al midnight Mrs. Leigh
ton and her ihree chtidrsa bad q narrow
escape. Mr. Leighton wss away from
home, being Al work In Bar HArbor. Mrs.
Leighton VS.. awakened by the smoke.
The whois lower par; Of the house vas
flied with flames and susscsiiag smoke,
and escspe that way was impossible.
With rare presence o. mind Mrs.. Lsig hton
made a rope OF sheets, lowered the chill
dren TO the ground. sad then followed
her~eii. TIE wsoEe house was soon in
flames, and nothing could be saved. The
d-e evidently started from the cook store.
Mrs Leiz asoa bad been ironing IN The
eseaiug. and had hot fire The house
Wss owned . : NJ. Gsyno-- The los. l.
estimated al 500; insurance sS1e. The
DsiE aton family lost everythlng; they
bad s1al Insurance GA tselr furniture
\ no:seie addition xs- made 70 Ellis
xortb'- eo~ssiug feet last Fri1sy. y ben
WaiIeoub. Haynes & Co. purchased
the three insisted center board Schooner
.jaiis Frsne--", OF New Haven. Trey
have been nego;istins for the vessel for
soDe time. Last Friday at New Haven,
Cot. Whitcouab and Charles Haynes, OF
the firm. closed tue deaf fer the vessel,
and Capt. George Alley, the lucky Ens-
worth cspssin VITO will com r1sn6 Der
stepped aboard at once. and sailed Tor
Se~ York Tor load. TIE -Joiiz
France y a. Trim a looking crRsf one
CFtt8 f-D- .EGp--. an q kAA- re sGLstt lon a.
szlisr- Ste = Zig htIy smaller than he
Henrietta A " eiiney". bat uesr enough
10 be called sister She baiEl al
ksnaebGa K part, ir Iss2 and examination
Of hsr Eecsti1g showed .ssi she = &.
sound a. = nuF"- she "a. az IL rating
Ter SIX years. she - IL : feet tong .
feet abce and feet ceep. Her gross
;onnsgs i is ioos; ne1, - tons.
George P. wcotward. son Of Capt
Wisi,su P. Wood ward. o! this city, hzs
received valuable gol6 medal from the
American humEae association for saving
the lives Of seven men from g wrecked
schooner. at rSsS OF his own. Mr.. Wool
wsrc Is frs; oHesc o. The Mallory line
steamer Alamo. The steamer was com-
ing op / De coast IN fierce gale on Msrch
l. " nen she sig tte4 lie Schooner "Annle
L. hetchsw@, cQsi-lscen. ci-rnssted and
sinking. TIE captain OF the Alamo
tboagni II Useless to attempt to send q
boat IN tbe high -s2 IS htch wss RAINING
and said ne wo2ic stand by L alii the gale
sosie1- II MAS sy1ceat. howevsy. that ne
>choouer e-aaid Hot -ssy s7ost much
ioager. and First Oftieer W ooc gard called
tor volunteer. to man boat xith him
Five men were ss4-cted. and after two
hoGrs battle with the wsEes, a boat vas
rescue Effected /. wss for this rescue
hat Mr.. " ood ward received the medal
ne I've men 10 we're wIih MIN received