Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-07-24

be Is ct present confined to his room.
His Ellsworth friends hope he may coon
be about.
Brimmer's bridge will be closed after
August 1 for repairs. The bridge is in
bad condition and 1t is impossible to cay
just how much work will be necessary on
1t, or how long 1t will be closed.
Mrs. Arthur Shute is in Ellsworth from
Port Angeles, Wash. She came on ex-
pecting to take her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James fl. Hopkins, back to the Pacific
coast with her. Mrs. Hopkins health will
not permit the journey at present, how
ever, and their going may be deferred
some time.
Announcements have been received In
Ellsworth of the marriage of Maurice E.
CHM, of Boston, we'll known here, and
Miss Katrina VanRensselaer, of Dallas.
Texas. The wedding took place at Dallas
Wednesday, July II. Mr.. and Mrs. CHM
will be at home at Winchester, Mass,
after August Is.
The many friends in Ellsworth OF
Zacbariah Jellison, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
will be panied to learn Of the death of his
estimable wife. Mrs. Jellison was the
daughter Of the late George aud Abby
Brazier, OF Portland. She died at Brook
lyn July Is, and was buried at Evergreen
cemetery, Portland.
The crop reports from the West continue
to be alarming. Corn and oats are climb
ing skyward. In Ellsworth an advance
OF cents bag on corn is quoted since
yesterday, making corn meal to-day S1.30.
This is cheaper than it can be landed here
at present, wholesale prices. Oats are up
to so cents bushe.
Capt. W. L. Pratt, of the schooner
"Samuel Lewis", who was injured over a
week ago by fall from the wharf at
Weymouth, Mass, where his vessel was
lying, was brought to his home at Mouth
badly cut. He is now improving rapidly,
and will be about again in short
time.
The annual meeting of the Maine fire
last Wednesday. George H. Grant, of
this city, was elected a member of the
executive committee and a delegate to the
national association which is to meet in
Ohio the week of Sept. 9. F. G. Lyman,
of Bar Harbor, was elected first vice.
president.
Rev. G. F. Dole. of Jamaica Plain, Mass,
preached at the Unitarian church Sunday
morning ani excellent sermon on what
constitutes successful life. The pastor
of the church, Rev. A. H. Coar, preached
at the Methodist church for Rev. j. P.
Simonton who has not yet recovered from
his illness from heat prostratiop, though
gradually improving.
The Rockland, Bluehill and Ellsworth
Steamboat Co. offers an excellent oppor-
tunity for a days outing along the Maine
coast between Union river and Rockland.
Parties can leave Surry at $50 any day
except Sunday and Monday, go as far as
BrookIin, touching at Bluehill, and re-
turn the same day, arriving about 8 p. m.
For parties of five or more, Capt. Crockett
has made round trip fare Of so cents
each.
A cargo OF box boards from the Tren-
ton Lumber Co. mill was shipped to
Boston last week to be sold. II fair
price can be realized on these boards, all
those at the mill will be shipped. 1t is
proba BILE that later stave machine will
be put in the mill temporarily to manu.
facture the logs on hand. The report
that the mill was to be purchased for dse
as sardine factory is entirely without
foundation.
Lawrence, the eight yesrold son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Sinclair,
had his left eye injured Saturday
afternoon by peculiar accident. He was
driving some COWS from pasture and stood
near the head OF one when she turned her
head to brush off flies. The COW wore a
muzzle, one of the brads of which pene-
trated the boys eye. The sight of the
eye may not be destroyed, as was at first
feared, but it will be seriously impaired.
Reuben d. Nickels, native OF Cherry
field, and for few years when a young
man employed as clerk by the late Seth
Tisdale, died in New York recently, aged
seventy years. The Lumber Trade Jour
nal, of New York, printed portrait of
him and an extended sketch of his life.
He was one of the best known lumber
dealers in New York, where he had been
engaged in business since leaving ELL =
worth young man. He was a brother
of Mrs. T. E. Hale of this city.
An informal reunion of old-time
"Bridge- hillers" took place this noon in
a corner of WI hat is known as Blacks field.
Those present were Madame Stockbridge,
FL. II. Harden and wife, Miss Stock
bridge, E. F. Robinson, wife and son Ed
ward, Mrs. Q. A. Cole, of Pawtucket, r. /.