Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-05-15

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Sympathy is expressed for Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry J. Langley in the loss Of their little
daughter Catherine, aged three and one
half years. The child died this morning
in convulsions, after but one days illness.
The marriage OF Miss Maude Myrtle
Crabtree and Samuel T. White, Of Ban
gor, will take place at noon on Monday,
May 20, at the home of the BRIDES
mother, Mrs. Julia A. Crabtree, in this
city.
Sunday train from Bangor will begin
running next Sunday, May 10, arriving at
Ellsworth at 7.1S a. M, and leaving Els
worth at 531 p. m. The full summer SER
vice will begin about the third week in
June.
F. T. Addition has opened school for
ladies' garment cutting at room 6 Man
ming block. The school opened this
afternoon and will lie open Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday afternoons and
evenings.
At meeting OF the grand masonic
lodges in Portland last week, James e.
Parsons, Of this city, was elected warden
of the council of high priests, and Curtis
r. Foster, OF this city, was appointed one
OF the stewards OF the grand lodge.
Mrs. HI. B. Saunders left Tuesday to
join her husband in Portland. She was
accompanied by her granddaughter, Miss
Dorothy Whiting. Mrs. J. F. Manning
will leave tomorrow for Portland, where
she will remain for some time with her
parents.
Mrs. Phoebe Grindle, mother OF B. F.
urday, aged ninety years, nine days. Mrs.
Grindle formerly lived at Bluehill and
Sedgwick. Besides Mr.. Gray, OF Els
worth, she leaves one other son, Calvin
H. Gray, OF Bangor.
Old friends OF c. P. DeLaittre, formerly
that besides being successful banker at
Aitkin, Minnesota, he carries on large
numbering operations. This season he is
furnishing to the Minneapolis mills over
7,0C0, 900 feet of pine logs.
The Boston Reduction Co. is rebuild-
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carried away during the freshet. The
work will be completed in about week.
1t is expected the mill will begin running
soon afterward. Ore sufficient to start
the mill is now on the way to Ellsworth.
change OF time in the Rockland,
Bluehill & Ellsworth Steamboat Co.'S.
route went into effect yesterday. Boat
leaves Surry every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday for Rockland and immediate
landings, but Wednesdays boat makes no
connection at Rockland with the Boston
boat. This schedule is in effect until
June %.
Rev. 8. A. Thurlow is acting pastor of
the Free Baptist church. With his wife,
who is also an ordained preacher, he has
been holding revival services here. Both
are interesting speakers, and their meet
ings are we'll attended. Mr.. Thurlow was
sent here by the State missionary society,
and probably will remain some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurlow have rented L. w.
Higgins house on East Maple street. Y
The farmhouse and buildings at Wash
ington Junction known as the Bachelor
place were burned Monday forenoon with
large part of the contents. One barn,
separated from the other buildings, WAS
saved. The building was occupied by a
MIR. Farnsworth as boarding house since
the building of the Washington County
railroad. The fire is attributed to de-
fective chimney. The loss is estimated at
r., 500. There was small insurance. Y
Last Wednesday evening Rev. g. W.
Avery, of Ellsworth Falls, coasting down
Bridge hill on his bicycle, collided with
Arthur Frazier, who was also on bicycle.
Both riders were thrown violently, and
rendered unconscious. 1t was feared at
| first that one or both of them had re-
ceived serious injuries, but after the
| first effects OF the shock had passed away,
examination showed that few bad
bruises anc damaged bicycles were the
only result.
| The Ellsworth board of trade held a
| regular meeting Monday evening
at Manning hall. There was a small
attendance, as there was nothing but
routine business to come before the meet
ing. Bills for travelling expenses of two
delegates to the meeting of State board
at Portland were approved and ordered
| paid. The following new members were
| elected: w. A. Alexander, DR.. III. w.
Haynes, Ernest q. Ketchum, A. K. Cush-
man, Fl. G. Stratton, Joshua d. Robinson.
| The schooner "Leonora" is at Curtis
shipyard for new rudder. The schooner
was caught in a gale on Nantucket Shoals
during her last trip, and lost chains,
anchors and some sails. She fitted out
| again at Vineyard Haven. When Capt.
Bonsey arrived here he beached the
schooner on Indian Point. Then he dis
covered that big piece OF her rudder was
gone and two OF the braces were broken.
He considers himself fortunate to get
across safely with the rudder in the con-
dition it was.
| The former Ellsworth schooner solve