Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-04-04


count him one Of her citizens.
On Saturday evening there will te an
other prize dance at Odd FeIlows' hall.
A silver cup will be presented to the best
lady waltzer. Music by Monaghan or
chestra.
Columbia hook and ladder company
wishes to contradict the announcement
made in some papers that 1t would give q
salico ball. The company has made no
plans for dance this season.
Miss Clio M. Chilcott, who is teaching
At Newburyport, Mass, is home for the
Easter vacation. Her mother, Mrs. ]. c.
Chilcott, who has been visiting her, re.
turned home with her.
The Christian Register for March con-
tains an article on "Biblical Exegeses",
from the pen of Rev. W. r. Hunt, OF East
Orange, N. j., formerly pastor OF the
Ellsworth Unitarian church.
The April term OF the supreme court for
Hancock county will convene next Tues
dsy. Present prospects are that 1t will be
. short term. Judge Powers will preside,
1t being his first term In this county.
The boys classes OF Mrs. A. F. Greedy
| and Miss Annie r. Stockbridge, Of the
Unitarian church, gave an entertainment
last evening. Music, recitations and
geaphophone selections constituted the
programme.
The schooner "Leonora" In at /. NJ.
Grants shipyard, for repairs. She will
| have new keelson, new main boom, and
other slight repairs. There has been some
talk Of rebuilding the schooner, but 1t
will not be done this year.
A dozen or 80 lady friends OF Mrs. F.
W. Rollins surprised her at her home on
Bridge hill last evening. A bountiful
supper-which they brought with them
was served, and the evening was pleas
antly passed with whist and music.
One OF the pleasantest and prettiest
| parties OF the winter was that given at
| Manning hall last Friday evening by the
Misses Leonice Foster, Bessie Joy, Mary
shute, Carrie Packard, May Bonsey, Ber-
tine Stevens, Lillian Joy and Harriet
Mason.
| Mr. y. 8. McLearn left for CORVALLIS.
N. s., yeste. .ay, where she was called by
the sudden death OF her mother, Mrs. e.
NJ. Brymer, on Sunday morning. Mrs.
Brymer had apparently bee> In good
health. She was sixty five years OF age
Her husband and one daughter, MSa
McLearn, survive her. Ellsworth frien.
sympathize with Mrs. McLearn in her
sudden bereavement.
| Hoyt H. Hsrdsn who has been post
master, since March /, 1896, retired en-
April /, aud his successor, F. W. Rollins,
took charge OF the Office on that date.
+. II. Lord, who has been assistant post.
master since A. W. Greely's time, is re-
tained. Charles II. Leland, who has been
an efficient clerk for the past seven years,
Is succeeded by George F. Newman.
l. NJ. Grant is getting out a new mast
for John B. Redman's sloop yacht "Wsve
Crest". Judge Redman himself is over
seeing the job. Examination OF the
broken mast shows that it was all sound
above deck; indeed, the only place which
was rotten YVES beneath the mast coating,
and the wedges, where 1t broke. The
yacht will have general overhauling.
John E. DeMeyer made short visit to
his uncle, II. W. Dunn, in this city, on
his way back to Hebron academy from his
| home at Eastbrook, where ne has been
spending his vacation. Mr.. DeMeyer was
a member OF the Hebron debating club
which scored a victory over Coburn
At Waterville recently. The Lewiston
Journal last week printed excellent like
nesses OF the winning team
II. B. Phillips will begin brickmaking
at one of his yards in about two weeks 3.
MIR. Phillips expects to make about 500, ,0Oo
bricks this year, or only about half as
many as last year. He may run only one
yard. Though he made so many last year,
he has carried over for summer sales no
more than usual, but there are no large
building contracts in sight this year, and
Mr.. Phillips does not expect as big de-
mand as during the past winter.
A. P. Harden last Saturday shipped
auoth her fine lot OF skins to Boston. The
lot came from Ashland, and included
nine sable, four Canada lynx, unusually
large, five fox, three mink and one fisher.
The last is quite a rare skin in Maine.
The fisher is larger than his cousins the
sable and mink, but not as large as the
otter. The fur is q handsome black, and
Is quite valuable. The skins sold by MIR.
| Harden 60 to London.
Enoch Clark died at the home OF his
daughter, Mrs. GRAHAM, on the old Ban
gor road Saturday, aged eighty-two years.
Mr.. Glark's home was in Garland, but he
lived with his daughter here for about
nine months. Mrs. GRAHAM is his only
child. Funeral services we're held at the
house Monday, Rev. j. P. Simonton, OF
the Methodist church, officiating. The
body was taken to Veazie for burial.
/ A postal to The AMERICAN from Judge