Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-04-25
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
Continued from, page I.

the GALAXY OF artists. All but the con-
traito and tenor have been heard at previ-
Gus festivals, and their temperance will
other two has preceded them, and the
public we'll knows what to expect.
Rev. J. p. Simonton, OF the Methodist
church, arrived home from conference
yesterday. Mr.. Simontou has been re-
turned to the church here for another
year, much to the qualification of the
members OF his church, and the towns
people generally.
Everything is in readiness for the cele-
bration OF tile Gig hty first anniversary OF
Odd Fellowship by Lejok lodge, Wivurns
encampment and Nokomis Rebekah
lodge Tomorrow evening. There will be
singing by the Apollo quartette, OF BAN
gor, an address by Rev. J. p Simonton,
OF Ellsworth, and music, reading and
singing by members of the Ellsworth
lodges. A supper will be served at II
O'Clock.
Rev. J. d. O'Brien, pastor OF st.
Joseph's Catholic church, will leave this
week for a trip to Washington, which
may be extended further south. Owing
to lack Of time, FIR. O'Brien was obliged
to forego for the present the trip to Europe
which he had partially planned. Rev. P.
II. Hayes, OF Quincy, Mass, who was
assistant pastor last summer, will have
charge OF the parish here during his
absence.
The entertainment at the Unitarian
church last Thursday evening under the
auspices OF Mrs. Peters, Sunday school
class, furnished q pleasant evening for
those who attended. After a short musi-
cal programme, the one-act farce 1.-THE
Greatest Plague in Life" presented the
vexed servant girl question in an missing
way. The complete programme and the
cast OF characters In the farce were print
ed In THE AMERICAN last week.
There seems to be q misunderstanding
about the calico ball advertised to be given
May night by "members OF Columbia
hook and ladder company. Roy Webber,
foreman OF the company, lays the com.
pany 10 In no way connected with the
dance, and that the name was used by two
members OF the company without the
consent and contrary to the wishes OF the
other members. At a meeting last night
the two members who advertised the ball
we're voted out OF the company.
To the regret Of their many friends In
Ellsworth, Mrs. E. G. SWEET and family
are to move to Portland. They will leave
la ~ n boh txyt ho Iott - b,a
week. Mrs. SWEET will be greatly missed
In Ellsworth, particularly In the Baptist
society, of which she was an energetic
worker. Fred X. SWEET, her sou, is very
popular among the young men OF Ellis
worth, and her daughter Ethel also will
be missed by her many friends among the
young people. Mrs. SWEET will live on
Congress street, Portland, near the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. r. @. Dewey.
The salmon were biting we'll at Branch
pona sunday, no less than eleven being
caught. Henry Whiting and Henry W.
Cushman landed five, the largest weigh
ing six pounds. Mr.. Whiting also caug bit
a trout. Arthur Patten and Ruei Higgins
caught three, tue largest weig thing eight
and one half pounds, the biggest fish Of
| the day. Warren Jordan and James
Lynch caught one handsome fish. r. E.
Mason caught one, and Bangor men
caught one. At Green Lake also the
| fishermen took home some good strings.
| A pair of horses owned by Hoyt Smith,
OF Lamoine, attached to All express wag-
on, started at the depot yesterday morn
| ing, and ran down Main street. Henry
| Pierce, in his covered milk wagon, WAS
| just turning into the driveway beside
| Whiting Bros. store. Tue runaway
| horses, which had been in the habit of
feeding at Whiting Bros shed, sheered
into the driveway and struck MIR. Perce's
| wagon. Mr.. Pierce was thrown out,
striking against the side OF the Whiting
store. he received a bad confusion and
cut on his forehead and a shaking up
which will undoubtedly contine him to
the house for some days. His milk cart
was badly wrecked, and a small quantity
OF milk spilled. MIR. Smiths wagon was
uninjured.
Messrs. Greedy and Brady have pur-
chased new boiler and engine for the
steam mill on Water street. The boiler,
which will replace the two in the mill at
present, is sixteen feet long, six feet in
diameter, and with 40 three-inch tubes
The engine will be OF 100. horse power.
The grist mill attached is also having new
machinery. There will be a new roller
mill Of largest size, with a capacity Of
from sixty five to seventy i've bushels an
hour. There will also be corn cleaner
and separator, and boiling machine.
When the machinery is in, the mill will
| be the best equipped in eastern Maine,