Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-02

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tance further down, and will bs fitted up
for rent. The smaller building which
stood In the rear Of the store is now being
moved to the street line.
o.w. Tapley bas been appointed special
agent for Maine for two fire insurance
companies-Manhattan, Of New York,
and North German, OF Germany. He will
have general supervision over the agencies
In the State, look after special risks, and
adjust losses.
Harry T.. Rowe and Miss Eliza Currier
| won the prize for he best waltz zers at the
prize dance at Odd Fellows hall, Saturday
evening. There will be another prize
dance at the same place next Saturday
night. Monaghan's orchestra will fur
nish he music.
The party given at Manning hall last
Friday evening by the Ellsworth tennis
| club was very pretty affair. The invita-
tions were limited to one for each mem
Der Of the club, and the small party which
gathered was most congenial. The Dirigo
| orchestra furnished excellent music for
| dancing.
Miss Laura A. Small, OF Ellsworth, and
Fred F. Linscott. OF Hancock, were mar
ried last Wednesday evening at the home
Of the bride on Spruce street. Rev.
George II. Salley, OF the Free Baptist
| church, officiated. The house was prettily
| decorated for the occasion. Nina Stan
hope, aged six, acted as flower girl. Mr..
| and Mrs. Linscott will live in Hancock.
B. F. Gray's new sprinkling cart arrived
last Thursday, and was put on the streets
at once. 1t is = modern Studebaker
| machine, with the circular sprin klers.
The spray can be regulated to suit the
condition Of the road, or one side may be
shut OF entirely while the other works.
The cart has capacity Of 600 gallons. 1t
will sprinkle about twice as much road as
the old cart with one filling.
The funeral OF Mrs. Albert Garland,
whose death h on Tuesday OF last week was
briefly reported in THE AMERICAN, was
held Friday. The services were conducted
| by Rev. c. 8. McLearn, OF the Baptist
| assisted by Rev. J. P. Simonton, OF the
| Met hodist church. There was singing
| by the Ellsworth male quartette-Messrs.
Tspley, Robinson, King and Cunning ham.
The body was taken to Monroe for In
terment.
| What is said to be one of the best at
| fractions on the road this season Is "Side
! Tracked, which is booked to appear at
| Hancock hall next Monday evening. The
papers speak OF this play as an up-to- date
comedy drama, bordering on the farce,
brig hit and clean, full of original humor,
startling surprises, catchy music, bright
speciaities and striking situations. The
company is considered an unusually
strong one, and the attraction is appear
ing to crowded houses W wherever presented.
The sIoop yachts "Mystery" and "Wave
Crest" went off the marine railway Satur-
day. The schooner civilian G. Eadie"
and the little fisherman 'Coquette", of
Grant berry Isles, were taken out Monday
and are being repaired by Charles II. Cur
tis. The "Eadie" went ashore at Green
Island last winter, and punched two
holes in her planking and damaged her
keel. The "Coquette" is having a new
stern post. These schooners will go eff
the last OF this week, and the Elswort b
| "Coquette" will 60 on.
The three Odd Fellows societies of Els
worth-Lejok lodge, Wivurna encamp-
ment and Nokomis Rebekah lodge-had a
royal good time at the celebration OF the
eighty-first anniversary Of the order last
| Thursday evening. Rev. j. P. Simonton,
Of the Methodist church, delivered an
eloquent address on Odd Fellowship.
There were singing by the Apollo qusr-
tette OF Bangor, too well known in Ellis
worth to need further words OF praise; a
solo by Miss Fannie Tower, readings by
| Misses Helen Bonsey and Mary A. Camp
| bell. After the exercises Of the evening
there was dancing, and banquet.
Hiss Lena Belle Goodwin, formerly Of
| Ellsworth, and still retaining a large
circle OF friends here, was married last
Wednesday evening, at Lynn, Mass, to
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