Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-23

winter.
Ellsworth high school football team
Will play Brewer high school at Brewer
Saturday, and at Ellsworth the following
week. The team is also in correspond
ence with the Y. M. G. A. team OF Bar
| Har Dor.
A. W. Curtis is critically Ill from stran-
gulated hernia. This morning he UNDER
went delicate surgical operation. The
operation itself was successful, but the
result cannot be foretold. His physicians
| consider the case very serious.
City Treasurer N. H. Higgins is seri-
ously Ill. Mr.. Higgins has not been well
sinces severe Illness OF typhoid fever
last spring. He was too am bilious to get
around, and 1t Is believed overexerted
himself. His condition now is serious,
but his physicians hope an operation will
be successful.
Arthur Whitaker was called to Bangor
yesterday by the critical condition OF his
ten year-old son, Roscoe, whose skull
WAS fractured by fall from horse a few
days ago. Yesterday 1t was reported that
be could not live through the day, but
last night Mr.. Whitaker telephoned that
he was better.
The Ellsworth festival chorus will meet
tomorrow evening at Manning hall for
reorganization and election OF officers.
The indications are that the membership
this season will be largely augmented.
A general invitation is extended to all
who are interested in the chorus to be
present st this meeting.
Austin M. Foster is building a lare Q
barn for George Stafford on his Trenton
farm. The building is 40x104 feet, 26 foot
posts. There are sixty stalls in the barn.
The building Is being thoroughly built
with heavy timbers. Mr.. Stafford will
use 1t for winter quarters for his large
stable of horses. The Stafford farm is
composed OF the DR.. parcher and Squirting
farms. N
At the annual meeting Of the woman's
alliance OF the Unitarian church last
elected as follows: Mrs. A. F. Greedy,
president; Mrs. A. M. Hopkins, first vice.
president; Mrs. s. J. Morrison, second
vice. president; Mrs. Thomas II. Campbell,
secretary Miss Abbie E. JOY, treasurer.
The various committees were chosen at
the same meeting.
Mrs. w. g. Jordan has gone to Bangor
to live. Mr.. Jordan, who for many years
was with j. T. Crippen, is now employed
by NJ. H. Andrews. Until her marriage
Mrs. Jordan was for several years
competent and faithful compositor in
THE AMERICAN office, and since that
event she has spent considerable time at
"the case" Their permanent removal
from Ellsworth is to be regretted.
The high school foot ball team went to
Bar Harbor last Saturday to give the
heavy Bar Harbor team a practice game.
The little fellows from Ellsworth went
down with the expectation that Bar Har-
Dor was to practice defensive game,
giving the Ellsworth team the ball most
of the time. Instead Of that, they were
placed on the defensive all the time, with
Bar Harbor trying to see how big score
she could roll up. 1t was something
like 400.
Charles Moore, who was employed by
bis broth Frank r. Moore, on the new
Macomber cottage at Hall Quarry, re-
ceived serious injuries Monday by fall
from the staging. Mr.. Moore fell twenty
feet, and struck on pile Of stone. His
right arm was broken near the elbow, and
the bone was forced through the flesh.
He was also terribly bruised on the right
side from head to foot. No internal in
juries have developed. He was brought
to his home here.
The clubhouse at Nicolin is open for the
season, and now that the exodus to the
seashore is over, this popular resort Ii
likely to assume its old-time attractive.
ness. Thursday is, as usual, ladies' day
Already several parties have been out, anc
others are being talked up. The camI
has recently received new coat of paint
the big fireplace is as cheerful as ever
there's plenty of wood, and "Ike", th'
genial steward, has lost none of his skill
as satistier OF Nicolin appetite.
Edwin Strout, of Ellsworth Falls, had
| narrow escape few days ago. He wa
hunting in the vicinity of Green Lake
| He had laid down his gun for few min
| utes, and when he picked 1t up again b
took it by the dangerous end. OF cours
| the gun took that particular moment q
| go off. The charge went up Strout's sleev
| and out at the elbow. Strout was un
| injured. His dog wasn't SO fortunate
| getting part OF the charge. In future b
should be more careful in his choice o
hunting companions.
The small building at the foot of Greel
Lake in which the steam launch "Bos
| Hale' was stored, together with tw'
small boats, was burned last Thursda.
| night; nothing was saved. The fire com
| municated with apile of cord wood ownet
| by Mrs.A. G. Hagerthy, and with guam
| tity OF coal belonging to the government
| fish hatchery at Green Lake. Mrs. Hager
| thy also owned the boats. About ten ton