Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-06-12

were made. Next Wednesday the COM
missioners will go to Sedgwick for a
| highway hearing, and on the following
week they will start on their June trip
over the county roads.
| Senator Hale hose running team will
be out for the first time for practice this
evening In anticipation OF going to the
muster at Orono on the Fourth. City
hose company will meet tomorrow even
Ing to organize running team.
Miss Lizzie M. Osgood, who has been
in Miami, Fla., the past winter, is spend
ing the present month with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving osgood, in this city.
She will go to Cottage City, Mass, for the
summer, about the first OF July. Il
Mrs. George P. Dutton, accompanied by
Miss Louise, returned to Ellsworth last
Saturday. They have spent tine past nine
months in Cambridge, Mass, where Miss
Louise has been attending school. She
will enter Vassar college In the fall.
B. E. Johnston and William Stalker,
OF Boston, who are interested with G. L.
Morang, Of this city, in Camp Comfort,
at Green Lake, are expected down to-
morrow to stop for few days at the
camp. They will be accompanied by DIR.
Gage, of Boston.
small house on Water street, owned
by Mrs. Helen Mosley, of Bar Harbor,
was burned at O'Clock last Friday morn
ing. The house had been occupied by
the family OF John Brooks, and their
furniture was there. Nothing was saved.
The loss will not be over $500.
The graduation exercises of the high
school will take place at Hancock hall
Tuesday afternoon, June 25, at 2 O'Clock.
The graduation concert and ball will take
place at the hall the same evening.
Chandler's orchestra will furnish the con-
cert and the music for dancing.
There will be no summer school in
Ellsworth this year. State Superintend-
ent Stetson, in letter to THE AMERICAN,
says there are SO many calls for summer
schools from different parts OF the State
that 1t has been decided to hold but two
consecutive meetings at any given place.
Campbell Kicker, prominent citizen
of Cherryfield, who has many friends in
this city, died Sunday. Though he has
been in poor health for some time, his
death was sudden and unexpected. He
was a brother-in-law OF Mrs. W. H.
Dresser and Mrs. John M. Hale, of this
city.
H. B. Phillips is operating both of his
fntZ lc h; IL ,r,ft T.
the neighborhood of 100000 bricks,
nearly twice as many as last year. Mr..
Phillips says the outlook in the brick
business is better than for several years
with every prospect of its continuing to
improve.
All next week, beginning Monday
evening, the Milton Comedy Co. will
appear at Hancock hall. This company
comes here for the first time, but brings
with it excellent recommendations. The
programme is changed every evening,
and many highly entertaining specialties
are introduced.
The trackmen on the Mt. Desert branch
OF the Maine Central, in common with
those throughout the entire system, are
out on a strike. The men asked an in
crease OF pay from 81 25 to 81 so day and
that their union be recognized. Their
pay was increased 10 cents day, but the
company refused to recognize the union.
So far the train service has not been
interrupted, and the company says it
will not be.
Sunday school rally was held in the
Baptist church last Sunday evening.
Inspiring addresses on Sunday school
work were given by l. N. Halliday, general
secretary OF the State Sunday school
association, and by Mrs. e. A. DeGarino,
state superintendent Of the primary
department. Rev. David Kerr presided at
the meeting, and took part in the open
ing exercises. There was large and
appreciative audience.
At regular meeting of the G. e. So
ciety of the Free Baptist church Tuesday