Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-08-14


court Saturday afternoon. There was not
sufficient evidence to hold him on the
charge, and he was discharged. Yesterday
Cousins was arrested on complaint OF
James Gray, Of Brooksville, charged WITH
horse stealing. He was tried in municipal
court this afternoon and bound over for
the October grand jury under $500 bail.
II stranger in Ellsworth had CHANGED
to meet the candle brigsde on State street
hill one night recently, he certainly would
think he was in the dark ages. A party of
ladies out calling found when they were
ready to start for home that all electric
lights were out and the city was in inky
darkness. They returned to the hospitable
home they had just left, procured tall
low candle, and by its light found their
way home.
The Lord family held reunion at Els
worth yesterday. Among the members
of the family present from out Of town
we're Percy Lord and family and George
Lord, of Calais; Mrs. F. M. Kendrick,
Howard and Alice Adams, of Boston, and
others from nearer towns. Dinner was
served at the Hancock house. In the
afternoon there was a drive by buck
boards, and In the evening supper at the
home of Capt. John A. Lord.
Profound regret is expressed at the final
closing OF the B. E. Cole & Co. shoe fac
tory-commonly known as the "upper
factory. A rumor to his effect has been
nfvrr ha Tor - ~
Cole, OF the firm, was in town last week,
and definitely announced the closing.
Efforts are being made to dispose of the
property, and Mr.. Cole says they may
prove successful. The machinery will re-
main for the present in the factory.
Ellsworth will send a big delegation
to the firemen's muster at Waterville to-
morrow. Ticonic engine company, OF the
Falls, will go seventyfive strong. The
Senator Hale and City hose racing teams
will go, accompanied by large number
Of ''rooters". In all, it is thought Els
worth will turn out about 200 people.
The trip will be made by special train
Capt. Whitney, of Ticonic engine COM
pany, secured special rates of e for the
round trip.
A. w. Ellis, A. W. Curtis and James
Hamilton attended the reunion OF the
Goth Maine regiment association at Bel
fast last Thursday. There was a good
attendance, but comparatively few of the
members Of the regiment from this Sec
tion attended. The officers elected were:
President, F. S. Wells, Vinalhaven; secre-
tary, d. w. Billings, Swanville; treasur-
er. A. e. Clark, Belfast. The meeting
next year will be at Northport, during
Old Home week.
Next Monday evening at the Unitarian
church there will be song recital by
Miss Mabel Monagh han, soprano, and A.
Mackenzie Mattocks, tenor; Miss Lora
V. Parsons, accompanist. or Miss Mon
Afghan 1t is not necessary to speak in de-
tail; she is already too well known here.
Mr.. Mattocks is the solo tenor at the
Protestant Episcopal cathedral Bishop
Doane's) at Albany, N. Y. He possesses a
rare tenor voice. The occasion promises
to be one Of unusual interest to lovers Of
music.
The distress warrants served on
Collectors Whitcomb and Holmes were
returnable last night. By arrangement
Higgins and the collectors, 1t was agreed
by the treasurer that il Collector Whit
comb returned $1,000 OF his commitment
and Collector Holmes $500 of his COM
mitment before IL o'clock Tuesday night
an alias would be issued, extending the
time in which all the taxes must be re-
turned for ninety days. The collectors
fulfilled the conditions, and an alias will
be issued. Both collectors say that this
time delinquent taxpayers will have to
settle or take the consequences.
At meeting Of the aldermen Monday
bridge bids, it was voted to build such a
| bridge as the specifications called for.
Last night, at another meeting of the
board, the bids of Frank Bradbury, of
Franklin. and J. I'll. Riley, OF Bangor, for
the masonry, and OF the American Bridge
Co. for the steel work were accepted.
Bradbury & Riley's bid, which includes
uldbOury, CIiu WoTh, Ilp-Thp anu ullluS VI
approaches, is $500; the bridge COM
pany's bid is $1,000, thus making total
cost OF bridge $1,000. The contracts will
be signed by tomorrow, and work COM
menced this week. The bridge Will be
closed August 81.
Last week quite a number of Ellsworth's
citizens were informed by mail that they
had been elected members of the Spa
ghetti club, and were directed to present
themselves for initiation last Wednesday
evening at Eno's. Some went; others
didn't, and those who didn't made mis-
take, for the affair proved to be most
highly entertaining. An Italian course
dinner was served, the host being Mr..
Waters, of Bangor, who is interested in
the spool wood factory at the Falls. The
candidates who successfully took the de-
gree Spaghetti, and who also took every
thing else that was offered them were Col.
G. Q. Burrill, l.. M. Moore, A. H. Joy,
Mol yUeI