Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-12-19
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Novelty and Nonsense.
| Joseph T. Davis, OF Pittsfeld, went
hunting Friday and lost his way in the
woods. His body was found Sunday. He
had frozen to death
Mrs. A. A. Lane, wife OF the Portland
| shoe mercha"t, was fatally burned last
Tuesday night by the overturuing OF a
lamp She died Wednesday morning.
John Leland, of EIstport, Prominent
sardine Gamer, died Friday Of pneu-
monia. He wss thirty eight years of age
A widow and four children survive him
Patents have been granted to r. W Ba-
nan, Oakland, for tool no der and wrench,
and TO G. F. Brown and j. Calhoun, Rum
ford Falls, for combined napkin ring and
holder.
The store and dwelling OF William
Levine, In WatervilIe, were burned Sun
day. The stock OF dry goods and clot hing
was ruined. The household furniture is
a total loss. The loss on the building is
81 500, on stock $500 and on housed old
furniture 5000. There Is an insurance Of
q, 900 ON all.
1t is reported that the Publishers'
Paper Co, recently incorporated in New
York. has In view the acquisition Of the
property at Grindstone which was bonded
by Charles p. Webber, P. Webber,
John Cassidy to Prof. G. II. Hamlin, Of
Orono. Rumor at the time the property
was bonded was that it was to be used for
4 ia or ion pf q n m nd
Everett Stoddard, OF Machias, accident
ally shot and killed Ernest Phipps, Of
Plantation No. IA, Washington county,
Friday, while hunting deer in that town
ship. The men were sitting on q log with
their rifles across their knees when two
deer came in sight. Both men jumped to
fire. Stoddard's gun was discharged into
the body OF Ph:pps. A doctor was sent
for, but Phipps pled to death before his
arrival. A widow and Que child survive
him.
Tue hunting season OF 1900 in Maine
| closed Saturday. The season has been
the most successful on record excepting
that Of 1899, in point OF game killed The
returns show that about 3 $50 deer aud
$50 moose have been shipped through
Bangor. This is 300 fewer deer than in
1899, but 200 more than in 1898. The
number OF moose killed this year was ex-
actly the same as in 1899 The weather
conditions were unfavorable during the
first part OF the season, else the record
OF game killed would be larger.
no A y.a 70 ba too
dictate operating In Maine, has secured a
controlling interest in the Boston ice Co.
| II is understood that for the controlling
interest which it has acquired, the trust
has paid at the rate of about 400 share
or an amount equivalent to premium OF
81 500, 900 on the $500 900 capital OF the
company. The most important effect OF
the deal will be a change Of the base OF
supply. Heretofore the local company
has drawn principally upon Massachusetts,
and New Hampshire, bat now 1t will re-
ceive most OF its ice from Maine.
| Horace Franklin Woods, OF Bangor
! died Sunday. He was one OF the best
known OF the od-time musicians In
| Maine. He was born near Rumford, and
one OF his neig bors was NJ. II. Andrews,
the Bangor music dealer. As boys they
played together Tor dances, both went to
| the war as musicians, both came to
Bangor after the war, and for twenty five
years Mr.. Woods played in Mr.. Andrews
orchestra. Mr.. Woods continued his
musical work up to few years ago. He
WAS a member OF the Bangor band for a
| great many years, aud in his day was one
OF the best trombone players in the bus
iness. He was a member OF b. II. Beale
| Post, G. A. r. He leaves a family, in
Guiding son, Harvey j. Woods, a,
present the director of the Bangor band
and solo clarinetist of the Puiien sym.
| phony orchestra.