Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-07-03


The colt, which is known as Sinclair, was
put on track near Boston, and showed q
2.22 clip without training.
James F. B. Waterhouse, father of Mrs.
Ella A. Dunn, of this city, died at his
home In Saco Sunday. Funeral services
were held yesterday. Mrs. Dunn was
with her father. Her daughter, Miss
Ruby Gurney, went to Saco Monday to
attend the funeral.
Miss Mabel Monaghan has been invited
tomorrow at patriotic celebration in
that city. The formal exercises Are to
take place at st. Croix hall between IL
and 2 o'clock. Miss Monaghan will leave
for Calais this afternoon.
A change for the summer will be made
in the hours Of the evening serviceat the
Baptist church. There will be no G. e.
meeting at p. M, but instead there will
be social union service of the G. e. and
church service at 7.30 p. M, when the pas
tor will give short talk on G. e. subjects.
The city government contemplates re-
placing the Bangor bridge by steel
bridge. Plans and specifications are now
being made for such bridge. The bridge
will be 1856 feet long. of three spans.
There will be stone abutments, and two
stone piers in the river. The new bridge
will be two feet higher than the present
one.
Murray e. Bridg ham, Of Whitneyville,
who has many friends in Ellsworth, has
been awarded cash prize of SOL by the
Curtis Publishing Co., OF Philadelphia,
in its magazine subscription contest
which closed May 1. The prize was
secured in addition to a commission.
This is the second cash prize received by
Mr.. Bridgham from this company since
the beginning of the year 1901.
The prospects OF pulp mill in this
section have vanished. The available
water powers here and at East Machias,
though excellent and admirably located
for some industries, are not adapted to
the needs OF such mill. The amount Of
available pulp wood in this section Is
comparatively small. The largest owners
OF soft wood timberland are using it in
their own manufactures, and others do
not want the land stripped as it would be
for pulp wood. Il
A merry house party, chaperoned by
Mrs. George P. Dutton, is spending a
week at the Wyman cottage at Conten-
tion Cove. The girls are Louise Dutton,
Grace King and her friend Miss Rey-
nolds, of Cambridge, Mass, Paulene Fos-
ter, Louise Eppes and her friend Miss
Brown, of Old Town, Susie Jordan, Vic
torine and Marian Wyman, Harriet Roll
Inns and Annie Louise Lord. The boys
are-but, come to think of it, there are
no boys in the party.
There was only a small audience at the
Shakespearean reading and lecture at the
Unitarian church Saturday evening by
Rev. H. H. Woude, of Castine. Mr.
Woude read from the "Merchant OF
Venice. His Interpretation of the play.
and his presentation of the characters in
it, were clear and interesting. Sunday
morning Mr.. Woude occupied the pulpit
of the Unitarian church, and preached q
mastery sermon ON Immortality. Rev
A. III. Coar preached at Castine in ex-
change with Mr.. Woude.
The finest plant of salmon and trout
that ever went into Green lake, was put
in last Thursday night. There were 2,00(
trout and salmon from two to four years
old and weighing from one to three and
one-half pounds. The planting of these
fish was necessary because of the cutting
off Of the water supply by the breaking
of the dam. Besides the repairs on the
dam, work on which will begin at once
other improvements will be made at the
hatchery, one of the most important OF
which will be the building of ten new
rearing ponds. ~.
Harry e. Walker is one of this years.
Bowdoin graduates OF whom Ellsworth
is proud. He entered the class of 1901 il
it's sophomore year. During the three
years at Bowdoin he was out two terms
engaged in teaching; yet he easily main
tanned his standing and graduated fourth
in a class of fifty-seven. Besides thu
honorary commencement appointment
Mr.. Walker won first prize in English
composition. He was also one of the sil
| members of the class to receive the covet
ed honor OF election to the Phi Beta Kap.
pa fraternity.
The Walter L. Main circus last Friday
drew good crowds. The afternoon at
| tendance nearly filled the tent. Less thar
half the number was present at the even
ing performance. The circus was abov'
the average. The most pleasing feature
was the performance of the horses, es
pecially the act where sixty horses were
assembled in single ring, each taking
his place at a word from the trainer, anc
then going through several evolutions
all being in motion at once. All these
horses are young, and have been. trained