Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-01-17


was sold after DR.. Tenney's death. These
two funds have been well invested, and
together now amount to little over f5 600.
Tho price paid for the new parsonage 10
about $4,000.
| Collector Whiting has been notified
from headquarters that B. B. Whitcomb,
bis deputy at Ellsworth, and Thaddeus 8.
Somes, deputy at Southwest Harbor, had
passed the examinstion which they took
recently. Mr.. Whitcomb was examined
in the first grade, and Mr.. Somes in the
| second. Both passed very successful ex-
aminations.
In the report OF the county commission
Commissioner Perry W. Richardson's
name appeared as chairman of the board
OF county commissioners. This was an
| error. MIR. Richardson has served his
term as chairman Of the board, and last
year Commissioner Nahum Hin ckIey was
elected to the post OF honor. At the an
nual meeting Of the board yesterday,
Commissioner Hinckley was reelected.
Officers OF Blanquefort commandery X.
T. were installed Monday evening by Past
Eminent Commander J. B. Redman,
assisted by Past Eminent Commander
James +. Parsons as marshal. The in
staIlation was in full uniform, and ladies
Of Knights Templars were present. The
names OF elective officers have already
appeared in THE AMERICAN. The fol-
lowing officers were appointed: F. B.
Aiken, standard bearer; Curtis r. Foster,
sword bearer; J. II. Brimmer, Carlton
McGown and II. E. Davis, guards; L. II.
Cushman, warder. After installation
there was banquet, followed by a social
dance, and whist.
A masonic school OF instruction on
convention will be held in Ellswort next
Tuesday. The convention will be called
to order at l O'Clock, at the masonic
| rooms in the Manning block. Grand
Lecturer Frank E. Sleeper will give in
structions in the three degrees In the
afternoon. In the evening the third
degree will be exemplified by team
from the two Ellsworth lodges. 1t is
expected that quite number of Masons
| will be present. Odd Fellows hall has
been secured to accommodate them II
the lodge room should prove too small.
The Apollo quartette, of Bangor, has been
| engaged by the Ellsworth Masons, and
the choral service will be used in the
exemplification OF the third degree. The
Main Central will give excursion rates to
all attending the convention.
Dr Mary r. hop in ra,a,t latt o.,
home from Chinantu, China, tells OF the
| daily routine OF her missionary life there,
in which her friends In Ellsworth will be
! interested. A bicycle ride at Z, breakfast
al I 80, prayers in the hospital at s, lessons
in Chinese from $50 to II, lunch at II,
followed by family prayers for the men
servants about house and hospital. The
afternoon is occupied largely in the hos
pitai. Such is the usual routine. varied
occasionally by professional or social de-
mauds. Miss Burnham still writes en-
Enthusiastically of her work. The hatred OF
the Chinese for the Germans is source
OF some anxiety to the missionaries in
Miss Burnham's vicinity. Recently a
German killed man not far from
aries was feared AS the result, but fortu-
nateIy the Chinese seemed to distinguish
between the Christian missionaries and
the Germans.
There WAS an exciting runaway on
Main street Saturday forenoon. The
milk team OF Mrs. William Grant was
standing in front OF Austin H. joys
store. The horse was fastened, but being
frightened by something, he jumped,
pulled off his bride and ran. In front OF
John A. Lords store the runaway took to
the sidewalk. Martin Lamson was stand
ing in the street near the sidewalk when
the runaway struck him, knocking him
fifteen feet. He was fortunate to escape
with no more serious injury than scalp
wound. The runaway kept its course
down the sidewalk for a short distance,
bowled over a drummer's trunk and grips
in front OF NJ. Gallert's store, scattered
milk cans along the road, and made
things lively generally. In front of
Parcher's drug store the horse left the
sidewalk. He turned down Water street
with an overturned pung. short dis
tance down the street he left the pung
hitched to telegraph pole, and then
turned into the foundry yard, where he
was captured. The drummer's grip, the
pung and Mr.. Lamsou's head needed re-
pairing.