Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-16

pleted, and his Ellsworth friends predict
for him success In bis new business. He
expects to move to Portland this fall. Mr..
and Mrs. Hill will be greatly missed in
Ellsworth.
Ii looks as IL Ellsworth would lose its
town football team. The captain, N. P.
Cutler, says the boys do not seem to take
an interest In it, and will not turn out for
practice. This is unfortunate. The team
which lined up against Calais during the
fair, and with practically no practice won
the game, had the beef, Drawn and brain
for the making of good team. Calais is
entitled to areturn game, but Ellsworth
will have to tell her she cannot play. The
little high school team will have to de-
fend Ellsworth football honor this year.
The dredger "Casco", which has been
employed at the narrows all summer, will
go on the marine railway for repairs by
Charles II. Curtis as soon as the .'Storm
Petrol" comes off. A new bottom will be
put In the dredger, and other repairs
made. The other dredger and the scows
which have been employed here this sum-
mer, will haul up at Surry this winter.
Work on the river will be resumed In the
now at work on the new channel near the
wharves will cut it through to the old
channel before stopping work for the
season.
Work on the schooner "Storm Petrel",
which is on the marine railway being
rebuilt by Charles II. Curtis, is now 60
ing forward rapidly. Mr.. Curtis expects
to have her off by the middle of next
month. The "Storm Petrol" will be
practically new vessel when she goes off
the railway. Very few of her old timbers
remain, and everything needful to put
her In first-class shape is being done.
The vessel will have new house, an i'm
provement over the old one. When Capt.
Alexander Bonsey gets the 'Storm
Petrol" in sea shape again, he will have
one OF the most seaworthy vessels sailing
out of Union river. u
The school improvement league just
formed at the School street grammar
school has been named Stetson league, in
honor OF the State superintendent of
schools, with whom the idea of school
improvement leagues originated. The
officers are Miss Annie F. Mullan, presi-
dent; Miss Laura L. Mccarthy, vice.
president; Bernice Dorr, secretary (;
Arthur Parcher, treasurer; Hazel Knowl-
ton, assistant treasurer. The league is
now rasing money for school library,
and pictures for the schoorooms. Com
mittees have been appointed to keep
grounds and schoolrooms in order.
The annual meeting of the Associated
Charities held on Monday, Oct. z, resulted
in the reelection of the old board OF
officers for the ensuing year. The So
ciety Is fortunate in securing Mrs. JOSE
phine Farrell to superintend the beDevo-
lent work at the headquarters, room IS,
Manning block. Mrs. Farrell will be at
the room Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day afternoons from l to 4 o'clock, and
will attend to all calls that may be re-
ported to her. Already there are many
calls for clothing, and any persons
having 1t to dispose OF are requested tc
send it to the room on the afternoons
named, or by leaving word with Mrs
Farrell or Miss NJ. A. Greedy, it will be
called for.
A. L. Dennis, who has been station
agent at the Maine central station here
for the past few years, and his assistant
Louis. Mo-, where good positions art
offered them. They are succeeded hert
by c. D. Wiggin, Of Basin Mills, as sta
tion agent, and Harold Higgins, lately IL
the Western Union telegraph company
office in Ellsworth, as operator. Mr.
Dennis, during his connection with thu
station here, has given general satisfac
tion to the travelling public by his genia
and obliging service. He has made man.
warm friends here, who will regret hi
departure. Mr.. Whitmore, too, is pop
ular young man, who will be missed b,
his associates.
The winter timetable went into effec
on the Maine Central and Washington
County railroads Monday morning. Tn
timetable printed elsewhere in this issu
is corrected to date. The most i'm
portant change from last winters sched
uie is Sunday train, as two years age
This train runs through on Washing
ton county road, and no connection
made with Bar Hsrbor. Trains now ar
rive at Ellsworth from west weekdays 6
7.1S and 1.1S a. m. and 603 p. m. Th
Ills does not connect with Washingto
County. Trains leave Ellsworth for Yves
at II. .56 a. m. and 5.26 and 95S p. m. Th
5.26 train does not connect with Washing
ton County. The Sunday train arrives g
Ellsworth at 7.1S a. m. from west, an
leaves at 6.07 p. m.
The annual meeting of the Unitaria
society was held last Wednesday evening
following parish supper. The fsmilis
figure of the late John u. Hopkins, wh
has presided at these meetings as presi
dent of the society for many years, wa
missing. The vice-president, Mrs. A. +
Greedy, presided. Reports of the variou