Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-11-21

aghsn is to give song recital at the opera
house, Saugerties. next Monday evening.
She will be assisted by A. M. Mattocks,
tenor, Of Albany, and other talent.
The rumor pu blished in THE AMERICAN
several weeks ago to the effect hat the
East LamoiDe coaling station site was
being considered for the location OF
large drydock for war ships was revived
this week by the visit OF Col. c. l.. Sperry,
OF Washington, to the property.
The rummage sale conducted by the
Park street improvement society at the
store on Franklin street opened last
Thursday afternoon and closed yesterday.
varied assortment of clothing and
household goods was disposed of. The
proceeds amounted to about s35.
Mrs. Lucy l.. Phelps, one of the oldest
residents of Ellsworth, is very low at her
home on Church street. Owing to her
advanced age, eighty EIGHT years, little
hope for her recovery is entertained. Her
illness is general breaking down, due to
old age, not a stroke of apopIexy as has
been reported.
The West side grammar and Falls
schools are closed. The East side schools,
which were closed two weeks during the
term on account OF scarlet fever, will not
close until next Wednesday. The schools
in the outlying districts, except No. 8,
have opened for the winter terms with
the same teachers as last term.
The Ellsworth festival chorus met last
week and reorganized by the choice of
j. 0. Whitney,, president; Mrs. c. l.
Welch, vice president; H. G. Crabtree,
secretary and treasurer; j. o. Whitney,
Miss Kate Latfin and Mrs. J. A. Cunning
ham, executive committee. Regular re-
hearsals will be held on Wednesday even
ings at Manning hall. All singers, men
and women, who are interested in the
work Of the chorus are cordially invited
to join.
The Ellsworth schooner ga. K. Wood
ward'', loaded with coal from Perth Am
boy for F. s. Lord, of Ellsworth, while
anchored near Handkerchief Light ship
in the gale last Thursday, lost one anchor,
smashed her boat, and split several sails.
She put back to Hyannis, where she ar
rived Sunday, leaking. Capt. s. l.. Lord,
one of the Ellsworth owners, left for Hy-
annis last night to see what can be done
with the vessel.
There will be a meeting of the board of
trustees OF the Methodist church at the
Office OF Clerk OF Courts John F. Knowl-
ton Friday forenoon at 10 O'Clock. A
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elected, and the matters of repairs on the
church will be discussed. Definite plans
have not yet been made, but 1t is proposed
to put in new ceiling, some new windows,
and to change the entrance from the pres
ent high steps to an inside entrance.
Col. John F. Whitcomb is this week
moving from Ellsworth Falls to his new
home on Main street, the S. X. Whiting
house. Extensive improvements aud
alterations have been made on the
interior Of the house, and Col. Whitcomb
now has one OF the finest homes in Els
worth. The people Of Ellsworth proper
will welcome Col. Whitcomb and his
family among them as close neigh bors,
while Ellsworth Falls will regret to lose
Oucms NOls w ulICOLuD uhb sOlu Ills uOuSe
at the Falls to Charles w. Smith.
Ellsworth's foot ball team went to Bar
Harbor Saturday for the second game tins
season with the Bar Harbor team. The
team was not the same as met the Bar
Harbors during fair week-in fact, Ellis
worth this year has had new team for
about every game played. This frequent
change Of lineup and lack OF practice
together have had the expected result. The
game at Bar Harbor was a good one, but
Ellsworth ran up against heavy line
bucking and a giit-edged interference.
There were weak spots In the Ellsworth
line which Bar Harbor soon found. The
game was never in doubt. Bar Harbor
made two touchdowns in the first half
and one in the second.
The dredger plymouth Rock" with
tug "Willard Ciapp", which have been at
work on the Union river contract all
summer, left for Portland Saturday. The
dredger was met down the bay by the
large tug "Belknap'', which took it in tow.
The most effective work of the dredging
on Union river was done in the last few
weeks, when a cut was made through the
bar of stave slabs and sawdust near
Indian Point. There are five feet of water
in this new channel at low tide, and it is
now used by vessels going in and out of
the river. The vessels can go out through
the new channel when it would be i'm
possible for them to get over the slabs in
the old channel. 1t is understood that
next year two or more dredgers will be
employed ON the river, and will push the
work toward completion.
Charles E. Shaw was arrested in Ban
gor last week on a warrant charging him
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. On Nov. he paid freight bill
with a check for ga on the Burrill ma
tional bank OF Ellsworth. Later the
check was returned, the bank reporting