Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-02-07
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One Weeks Winnowings OF News
Novelty and Nonsense.

novelty ana nonsense.
| Patents have been granted to G. A.
Fogg, Burnham, for right-angle boring
bit brace.
Hotel Suceie, Fred Succie, proprietor,
fire Monday. Insured.
The lath and spool mill OF Millard II.
Wisweli, in East Maehias, burned Friday
night. Loss II 900; no insurance.
ce-president, has just returned from a
visit to his son, II. NJ. Sewail, special
agent OF the United States in Hawaii
The Washington County r. X. plans to
extend its newly constructed wharf at Sea
street, Eastport. A substantial founda-
ton OF granite will be laid and about sew
enty- five feet will be added to the end OF
the wharf.
Fred o. Perkins, OF Holden, died Fri
day, at the age of forty-tive years. Mr.
Perkins was for several years steward
of the Woodland club at Phillips lake,
and had been connected with the Niben
club in the same capacity.
Mrs. Belle G. Dowst, wife OF General
Manager Dowst of the Was hington Coun-
ty railroad, died at Calais Saturday, aged
fortyone years. In 1894 and 1895 Mrs.
Dowst WAS president of the Maine feder-
alton OF woman's clubs.
A Cherryfield man who thought he had
a big scheme for illegally sending par
try erpc Of ta,S tnta h.,, l.
in jug, set firmly in a box by cleats
across the top and then leaving 1t at the
railroad station marked for Boston
address, neglecting to give his own name,
probably has changed his mind. The
station agent was suspicious about what
seemed to be an empty jug, sent anony-
mously, so he merely set it one side until
bad odor led to the detection OF the
game.
at had son, do you know what l
would do with him?" said prominent
Maine business man the other day. "WelI
would put him in pulp mill and make
him learn the business, that is, II he
didn't exhibit an aversion for it; some
youngsters do, you know. 1t seems to
me" he went on, "that the manufacture
OF pulp and paper opens up an excellent
fieldf or the young man of this State.
Maine produces more pulp than most any
other state in the Union, and 1t strikes me
that paper will be a salsble commodity
for some years yet"
All friends OF Maine will be delighted
lao /, bat ntryt
scheme has been enthusiastically put into
he line OF active execution. 1t was voted
at a meeting of the "Dirigo Federation
in Boston recently that the first week OF
July, 1900, is the best time for the home
coming and that grand movement be
entered upon to induce every Maine born
resident of Massac husetts or OF any other
state to leave his duties for that week and
meet his friends and acquaintance amid
tue old scenes. Portland, Lewiston and
Poland Spring were suggested as rally
ing points and it is more than likely that
the Pine Tree clubs OF Massachusetts will
go in a body to the old Pine Tree State
and make the season one of the mott
notable in the history Of Maine.
The Maine Central railroad has in view
a complete change in the handling OF the
freight and passenger business OF the
company and tributary lines in Bangor.
1t is understood that there has been re-
Gently considerable discussion amongst
high Maine Central officials for the con-
soiidalion OF the freight and passage BUSH
ness III Bangor, now done at two stations
on different sides of the Kenduskeag
stream. The plan most favored is the
b aiding of new passenger station on Ex-
change street, where the eastern station
now is, and makiI what is now the
Snain,s 4 reafast Neal