Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-06-06
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
Continued from page I.

| worth. His many friends here are
pleased to learn that his health IL some
what improved at present.
| Edward II. Emerson, OF Bucksport, has
been spending few days In Ellsworth.
His left arm is in a sling from the injuries
| received in his shop, as reported in THE
| AMERICAN two weeks ago. 1t will be
another fortnight before he will be able
to use his arm.
DIR. j. F. Manning left Sunday night
fer his trip to British Columbia and the
Pacific coast. He expects to be home by
the first of August. Mrs. Manning and
her mother, Mrs. Saunders, have gone to
Portland where they will spend the sum-
MGR with Mr.. Saunders.
There is a possibility that hardwood
mill will be built on the upper end OF
Branch pond this summer or fall by Clark,
Skiliings & Co., OF Boston, providing
stumpage can be obtained at what they
consider right figure. II not, the mill
will go elsew here.
This evening, at Lygonia lodge, F. and
A. M, Judge l.. A. Emery will give de-
scription of his visit to Royal Solomon
Mother lodge OF F. and A. M, at Jerusa-
lem recently. He will present to the
lodge q gavel made OF olive wood from
Jerusalem, with handle OF oak Of Bashan.
Judge L. A. Emery gave an account Of
his recent Mediterranean trip at the Con-
grsgstional vestry Tuesday evening OF
last week. Judge Emery, always an inter-
esting tslker, described the trip in q
delightfully."- informal way. There was
good attendance at the lecture. The pro-
ceeds from the evening go toward the
improvement OF the church grounds.
The summer schedule OF mails between
Ellsworth and Sout Invest Harbor and Mt.
Desert is now in operation. The stage
leaves Ellsworth on arrival of the 6i0
train at night, and returns the following
day in season to connect with the noon
train west. The other stage to these
places runs as usual, leaving at S a. m. and
arriving here st 3 p. m. The new line is
run by Albert Garland.
All the Ellsworth schools will close
Friday of next week, except u and Il,
be the usual closing exercises in nearly
all OF them. There will be graduation
exercises OF the Falls grammar school In
the church on the evening Of Friday, June
IS. The West side grammar school
graduation will take place Monday, June
is, at 80 p. m, and the East side on the
same afternoon at 3.
Ill
ministers who spend the summer in this
vicinity will be heard in the Ellsworth
church this year, as usual Rev. C f. Dole,
OF Jamaica Plain, Mass, and Rev. A. l..
Hudson, OF Buffalo, n. y, have already
promised sermons during July, Mr..
Dole probably on the I'D and Mr.. Hud-
son Oh the 18th. Rev. w. Il. Hunt, of
East Orange, n. j., it is also hoped will
preach one Sunday during July.
The High School Recorder in new form
aud prize cover design, by Miss Annie l..
Lord, is out. The design, in garnet and
gold is very attractive. At a meeting of
the Recorder board Monday, the follow
year: Harriet Rollins, editor In chief;
Leon ice Foster, associate editor; Eliza
beth Joy and Ethel Allen, literary editors;
Charles {. Knowiton and Grace {. King,
local editors; Ethel Rowe and Arthur
Gould, exchange editors; George Parcher,
alumni editor; Charles w. Hurley, bosi-
ness manager; Everett Quinn, assistant
manager.
The West branch drive, under j. T.
Giles, got in last Thursday night. In the
drive are about 100000 feet for the
Ellsworth lumber company from the
Buffalo, and 900 cords of stavewood for
Whitcomb, Haynes & Co., which George
Anderson brought out from Dead stream.
The Middle branch drive which was
Fred Jordan's operation, got in this
week, and Alvah Haslem's drive from
Alligator Is about in. This drive picked
up many logs which were hung up last
year. Henry French, with the East
branch drive, is expected in the latter
part of next week. He has about a mil
lion and half OF long lumber and 900
cords of stavewood for Whitcomb, Haynes
& Co. The total cut on the river this
year, in long lumber and stavewood, is
about II, 600 600 feet.
In the rain and mud of Saturday after
noon mines representing the Shaw bust
ness college of Bangor and the Ellsworth
high school played bali at Wyman park.
The weather conditions reminded one of
football game. The game lasted about
all the afternoon, being suspended from
time to time W hen the rain drops. got so
big that the fielders mistook them for
balls. The size Of the score, too, reminded
one Of foot ball. 1t stood q to 25 in favor
of the visitors in the last half of the ninth
inning. Ellsworth had the bases full and
the procession of heavy hitters coming to
ha sfick Than fha uisifnrs kinkad ~ a