Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-06-13

| IT IL expected that pastors OF other
churches In the city will assist in the
service. There will be singing by the
Ellsworth male quartette.
Ellsworth friends OF Patrick Kearns,
formerly delivery clerk for A. NJ. Hop
kins, will be pleased to know that he has
obtained position in Washington. d. c.,
as motorman on an electric car.
E: L. Drummey is building a cottage on
upper Main street. The building is 26x27
feet, with ell 15x20 feet. Stevens & Strout
are doing the work. The cellar and
foundation are now completed.
The officers and members OF Nokomis
Rebekah lodge are requested to be present
at special meeting Saturday evening,
June 16, for the purpose of making
arrangements to visit Rowena lodge OF
Southwest Harbor.
Deputy Sheriff A. H. GEM, of Bucks
port, arrived In Ellsworth last night with
the young man who tried to oft-soap
Bucksport. The soap dealer was arrested
In Lincoln Monday. He will spend three
months in the county jail.
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commodious log camp and hovel at
James shore on upper Branch pond.
The proprietors of the camp will keep
GOATS there, among them Mr.. Fosters
naphtha launch "Paulene".
Tomorrow is i;sg day-the 1881 birth
day anniversary OF the American flag.
| Every patriotic citizen of Ellsworth
should show his coIors tomorrow. A
special request has come from department
headquarters for every member of the
G. A. r. and relief corps to show the flag.
A. r. Devereux has been appointed GUS
todian OF the government eoaling station
| property at East Lamoine, and Is now in
charge. Mr.. Devereux will move to East
| Lamoine soon. Government engineers
have been looking over the property with
the view Of making plans for the station.
There were two out-of-town ministers
| in Ellsworth pulpits last Sunday. Rev.
William Forsyth, OF Bucksport, preached
at the Congregational church morning
and evening in exchange with Mr.. Adams,
and Rev. $. c. Beach, OF Bangor, at the
Unitarian church In exchange with Mr..
Coar.
The Elroy Stock company is booked to
appear at Hancock hail the last three
evenings OF this week. Wherever the
company has appeared in Maine, the
papers have spoken highly of it. Pro-
grammes OF great variety are promised
| for each night. There Will be Saturday
afternoon matinee.
| The Ellsworth hig h school ball nine was
! beaten at Bangor Saturday by the Shaw
! business college. Each of these teams
| now has q game to its credit. The third
game between these mines, announced to
be played at Wyman park Saturday, has
| been cancelled, and instead the high
| school will play Cherryfield academy.
The last Sunday in June will be OBJ
served as "Od Folks Day" at the Free
Baptist church. The sermon will be ad
dressed especially to the old folks. II the
names OF any old folks who are not able
to walk to church, but who would like to
come, are handed to the pastor, Rev.
George H. Salley, he will see that a con-
veyance is provided for them.
Is Ellsworth to have streets OF gold
That's the rather startling possibility
which now presents itself The ledge
| which the city has purchased for the pur-
pose Of grinding it up for the roads turns
out to be tull OF mineral. There's GER
tainly iron and copper, and a man who
claims to know says there's gold. Moth
ing's too good nor Ellsworth's streets.
Rev. j. p. Simonton's sermon at the
Methodist church next Sunday morning,
will be addressed particularly to Masons,
in honor of St. Johns Day. The two
Ellsworth lodges have accepted Mr.
Simonton's invitation to be present. The
Masons are requested to meet at their re-
| spective lodge rooms at 80 O'Clock, next
| Sunday morning. The singing will be
| by the Ellsworth male quartette.
| This is closing week Of the school year.
In ali the schools of the lower grades
there will be the usual closing exercises
on Friday afternoon. The three gram
mar schools viii have customary gradu-
alton exercises. The Falls grammar will
have its exercises at the Congregational
church there on Friday evening. The
| West side grammar school will have its
exercises Monday afternoon at / 80 and
| the East side the same afternoon at 3.
| City Msrshal Donovan has suspicious
eye on every one who chews gum, just
now. Monday night the penny-in-the-
slot chewing gum machine in front of
Miss j. A. Thompson's stationery store
mysteriously disappeared. The money
was taken from the machine Saturday
night, so that the one who carried off the
machine found but a few cents in it.
But he has chewing gum enough to keep
his jaws wagging the rest OF his natural
| life.
With bright skies and balmy June
| breezes, the lawn tea and sale at tie home