Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-24

or ounuay. Ine sullivan tug "Hnll1p6
Eaton" was sent for, and took them out.
Boiler makers are now at work on the
"Lfttle Round Top' making the neces-
sary repairs. She will be in working
order again the last Of this week. She
has license to run this year.
Mrs. e. A. Austin, who has been spend
ing the winter with her daughter, Mrs. j.
III. Brimmer, in this city, has returned to
her home in Cherryfield. Mrs. Austin,
who is eightyfour years old, enjoys re-
markably good health for her years.
c. L. Morang received yesterday from
Springfield, Mass, full-blooded pointer
pup five months old. The pup comes
from line of prize winners, and with
proper handling doubtless will add
another to Ellsworth's good hunting
dogs.
Ellsworth friends of w. w. Morrison,
whose inventive genius is we'll known,
congratulate him on recent stroke of
good fortune. For simple improvement
on a typewriting machine, the makers
gave him 5000 for the idea and the right
to use it.
The Ellsworth schooner sNellie Grant,,
while at the wharf at Surry loading slaves,
listed over toward the wharf SO that her
seams opened, and she leaked badly.
When hauled out of the wharf she tight
ened up again. She sailed yesterday for
Rondout.
Joseph L. Perkins, formerly of Ellis
worth, was in the city this week to attend
the funeral OF his brother, George W..
Perkins. Mr.. Perkins moved to Massa-
chusetts from Ellsworth several years
ago, but for the past two years he has
lived at Dedham.
Supt. Pierce expects to begin saving at
the hardwood mill next week. There are
about 100 cords OF birch on hand at the
mill which will be sawed into spool bars
This will climber up" the machinery at
the mill so that it will be in readiness for
the hardwood drive, which will be in in
about ten days.
The many friends of Director. w. r.
Chapman sympathize with him in the loss
y.
in California last week. He received the
news by telegraph while the meeting of
the executive committee of the Eastern
Maine festival association was in session
at Bangor last Thursday.
The annual fair and sale of the Uni
tartan society will take place Wednesday
and Thursday evenings of next week at
the vestry. On the first evening, supper
will be served at o'clock. On the second
evening the little comedy, ga Love OF a
the usual sale OF fancy articles, home
made candy, etc.
The party given at Odd Fellows hall
last Thursday evening was, as anticipated,
the prettiest social affair in Ellsworth so
far this season. Some sixty couples were
in attendance. The hall was attractively
decorated with flowers and draperies.
Dancing and whist were enjoyed. Mon
aghan's ORCHESTRA furnished the music.
The net proceeds were S27.
X. F. Wardwell, of Berlin, N. H., for
merly Of Ellsworth, spent few days here
recently with his brother Ferdinand, and
visited his aged mother, Mrs. Lucy Ward
we'll, at North Bluehill. Mr.. Wardwell is
superintendent of the Berlin lumber COM
pany's mills at Berlin, where he went
twenty-eight years ago from E kworth.
He returned to Berlin Monday.
Monday night someone broke into the
engine house at the rock crusher, in
which the city stores many OF it's tools.
A casual examination does not show that
anything has been stolen, but the break
ing and entering CT the building is a
pretty dangerous practice. This Is the
second time the building has been broken
into this winter. 1t may go hard with
the guilty person il caught.
Thursday being holiday-Fast Day
the Ellsworth schools will be closed. The
intown schools will be closed the rest of
the week, but the out of-town schools
will be in session Friday. AS Memorial
Day this year also falls on Thursday, this
order OF things will be reversed that week
and the in-town schools will hold Fri
day session. This will allow teachers of
the town and out Of town schools to ex-
change visits.
Rev. J. P. Simonton left yesterday to
attend the East Maine ethodist confer
ence at Clinton. Last Sunday he re-
viewed the work of the past three years
of his pastorate here. His church here,
and the townspeople generally, among
whom he has many friends, hope the
conference will return him to this charge.
The church has advanced under his pas
torate. There will be no preaching SER
vice at the church next Sunday.
Last Wednesday evening Rev. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kerr welcomed a surprise party
from the church. The pastor was about
to start for the festival chorus practice