Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-03
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One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

Novelty ana Nonsense.
Leroy T. Carlton, OF Winthrop, has been
reappointed commissioner OF inland fish
cries and game.
Patents have been granted to F. A.
Cloudman. Cumberland Mills, for screen
mat; to e. Southworth, Portland, for
convertible round-cornering and punch
ing machine.
Francis j. VanWyck, of Bangor, died
Thursday, aged nearly ninety nine years.
He was the oldest male resident of Ban
gor. He was born in New Brunswick,
came to Castine when young man, and
later moved to Bangor. AT Castine he
was fish inspector for many years.
Sewall B. Walton, the oldest citizen Of
Livermore Falls, died last Wednesday.
Mr.. Walton was born April g. 1910, at
East Livermore, and, although he always
lived at the same place, by changes in
boundary lines he had lived in two states,
three counties and two towns. His farm
at one time comprised nearly the entire
portion of W hat is now the residential Sec
ton OF Livermore Falls village. The
growth of the town and the attending in
crease in the value of real estate made
him wealthy.
The following have been appointed by
Governor Hill as delegates to the national
conference on taxation, to meet at Buffalo
N. Y, May % and "a: F. e. Boothby,
Portland; Sidney T. Fuller, Kennebunk;
Rutillus Alden, Winthrop; Henry Lord,
Bangor; Obadiah Gardner, Rockland -;
Milton Merrill, St. Adams; DIR. George M.
TwitcheIl, Augusta; Addison e. Herrick,
Bethel Wainwright Cushing, Foxcroft ;
William n. Nash, Cherryfield
Frank A. Small, the well-known stem
ographer, died at his home in Augusta
Sunday, after an illness of several weeks,
aged fifty-six years. He succeeded Mr..
Pulsifer, OF Auburn, as stenographer to
the Maine House, serving till 1887. He
was stenographer to the supreme court
from 1871 to 1878, when he was made
official stenographer OF the Kennebee
superior court, W hich position he held to
his death.
Rev. r. E. Smith, of Spencer, Mass.
who has received a cali to the passionate
of the Pine street Methodist church
Bangor, to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of the present pastor, Rev
II. E. Foss, is regarded as one of the
ATTEST men in the entire Massachusetts
| district. He has recently received 6
unanimous call to remain in his present
pastorate for he fourth consecutive year
Mr.. Smith is expected to arrive in Bangor
some time in April. Mr.. Foss has beer
appointed pastor of large church il
Philadelphia.
1t is regarded as certainty that thu
Maine Central is to at once construct 1T
branch line from Augusta to Winthrop
| II the narrow gauge survey is followed
the new line will pass through Manches
ter Forks, by Hammond to Eas
Winthrop, thence along the shore OF Cob
bosseecontee lake to Bsileyville. From
there swinging to the north, the cours
pursued will be nearly direct to point il
the vicinity of Craig's Point on LAX
Maranocook. Turning to the south
Winthrop village will be reached over tn
east shore of this lake. There is som
1 talk that the Maine Central people ma.
conclude to run south OF Baileyville an
reach Winthrop by the Narrows' pom
route. Now that the narrow gaug
scheme is given up, the railroad builder
may conclude to purchase the survey TO
that road, which was made by Railroa
Commissioner Spofford, of Bucksport.