Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-30
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present was Capt. Means brother, Capt.
ID. G. Means, OF Surry, with his wire.
The pastors received material remind
ers of the goodwill OF their people.
The company dispersed with the
singing of "Auld Lang Syne", ali
. Wishing Capt. Means many more such
birthdays to brighten his declining years.
The small dwelling house OF Truman U.
Lord, on lower Water street, was burned
last Saturday forenoon, with cohtehts'
Mr.. Lords father, Jacob Lord, was WORK
ing about the place when the hre broke
out, but 1t had gained such Roadway that
It was i'm possible to save anything from
the building. Mr.. Lord thinks the hre
originated about the chimney. The loss
is estimated at $500. There was $3.50 in
surance on house and $3.50 on contents.
Mr., Lord considers hts greatest loss
lib,a ry he had been collecting several
years, and some family pictures which
cannot be replaced.
Winnie Moore, OF Ellsworth Falls, had
| a lively tussle with a deer near Sourdua-
hunk lake recently. He was working
there for the Green Lake fish hatchery.
He wounded deer, and was about to cut
the animals throat when the deer
! Jumped to its feet. Moore held on until
the deer made 1t too uncomfortable for
him, when the animal bounded away,
| but Moore again succeeded In getting up
with the wounded animal, and got 1t
down. There was lots of fight left In
the deer, however, and again 1t got away
This time Moore gave 1t up, and went
back to camp without his venison.
| Mrs. Robert F. Sweeney, Of Bangor,
died there Thursday morning, aged forty
| nine years. Mrs. Sweeney's home was In
Ellsworth until about eight years ago
when she moved to Bangor. She had
many friends here, who sympathize with
her husband and children In their loss.
She leaves four chiIdren-Mrs. Charles
Byrn, of Skowhegan; Mrs. Alfred Alcock,
OF Cambridge, Mass; Edward Sweeney,
OF Portland, and Thomas Sweeney, OF
| Bangor. Funeral services were held at
Bangor Saturday, conducted by the
woman's relief corps, OF which Mrs.
Sweeney was a member. The body was
brought here for interment at North Ellis
worth.
| The contractors for the stone work for
the new Bangor bridge have completed
their work except for the filling in OF
approaches which will be completed in a
few days. The work has been very salts.
factorily done and the foundation OF the
bridge is substantial. 1t furnishes an ad-
ditional safeguard to bridges and dams
below In time OF freshet, as last spring
With the railroad and Bangor bridges
side by side, both with substantial stone
foundations, the dams and bridges
down Union river have little to fear from
ice or log jams above this point. The
work on the iron work OF the bridge IL
now being pushed forward, and will be
completed in about two weeks. i
Ellsworth high school foot ball team
went to Brewer Saturday to meet the
high school team OF that city. The light
Ellsworth team was no match for the
heavier Brewer team. The score WAS 81
0 in favor of Brewer. The Ellsworth boys
succeeded in holding the Brewers oncs
for downs. They played plucky game
but with weight and first-class football
against them, the game was hopeless
The Ellsworth high school team is badly
crippled, having lost several Of its players
1t will be impossible for it to play
strictly school team again this season, bu
by bolstering it up with few ex-schoo
players, it may finish out the season. l
| ID III nil ltop
these conditions, there will be anot he
game between the teams here Saturday.
The sweetest faces are not always at TIN
front window.