Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-11-13

Mrs. G. c. Royal has gone to Boston to
spend the winter with her daughters.
Charles A. Allen and family left Mon
day noon for Waterville, where they will
reside.
The ladies' aid society of the Baptist
church will give supper in their vestry
this evening at 6 o'clock.
Alex McNabb, the popular clerk at the
Hancock house, with his wife, is enjoying
a short vacation In Boston.
The social committee OF the Congrega-
tional church will give supper next
Wednesday evening, Nov. 20.
An alarm was rung in Sunday evening
for chimney fire at the Elmwood house
on Water street. No damage resulted.
DR.. George A. Phillips is now in Els
worth only Saturdays and Sundays,
spending the remainder OF the week at
his Bar Harbor office.
The November committee OF ladies of
the Congregational society will hold sale
OF outing flannel garments for men and
women Saturday afternoon, Nov. %.
At a meeting Of City hose company
Monday evening, three members handed
in their designations. 1t is understood
that one other resignation will follow. =
A new tubular boiler OF 125 horse power
being placed in Greedy 81 Brsdy's steam
mill on Water street, replacing two old
fiue boilers of about 100 horse power COM
bined.
Unity club will take place at Odd Fellows
hall Friday evening of next week.
Dancing and whist will be the amuse-
ments. Monag hams orchestra will fur
nish music.
The schooner "Mary c. STUART, owned
largely by the D. M. Stuart heirs, of Els
worth, has been sold to Leonard G. Hew-
son and Alexander Richards, OF Boston.
The vessel was turned over to the new
owners at Rockland recently.
Ellsworth will not be in darkness. The
Ellsworth Water Co. has accepted the
city's proposition for an electric light
contract. A contract is now being pre-
pared. The city gets more light at less
money than it has heretofore been pay
Ing.
The work OF tearing down the old ice
house at Park and Oak streets was COM
menced Monday morning. The Park
Street improvement society will grade the
lot, rebuild drains, plant trees, and gen.
orally improve the appearance OF the
corner.
Another standpipe for watering loco
motives is being erected at the station.
The one already there was convenient
only for west. bound trains. East bound
trains using 1t were stopped before en-
tering the station, causing delay to the
train and Inconvenience to passengers.
At the business meeting OF the Baptist
| ing officers were chosen; Robert Carter
moderator; Mrs. E. 8. Means, treasurer
DIR. l.. W. Hodgkins, auditor. The usua
committees were chosen. The reports
showed the church to be in encouraging
| condition financially. 1t was voted tt
repair the vestry which work is being
done.
The new Bangor bridge at Ellsworth
Falls is practically completed. Bradbur,
q Riley have about flushed filling in al
the approaches. The city must do SOM
grading up to the point where the con
| tractors work ends. The bridge has beef
| passa BILE since he last of last week, but i
not formally opened to traffic. The mayo
and aldermen will inspect the bridg
probably on Friday. when it will be for
mally accepted II the work is found to b.
satisfactory.
News was received here yesterday o
| the death of Mrs. Frank l.. Thurber, o
Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Ellsworth
Mrs. Thurber was sister of Mrs. Charlie
II. Haynes, of this city, and of the late Ed
mond Mcfarland, of this city, Mrs
| Thurber was forty-two years of age. Sh
had been i'll several weeks, and news o
| her death was not unexpected. The re
mains will be brought here for inter
| ment.
B. s. Higgins, of Bar Harbor, has sole
his interest in the schooner "Emma w
| Day" to Wellington Barbour, A. j. Wal
lace, e. G. Callahan and others of Ba
| Harbor. The schooner was recently re
| built at Boothbay, her tonnage being al
most doubled. She is now vessel o
abont ninety tons. Other vessel transfer
| in this vicinity recently are the schooner
'Ella Eudora", sold by Abijsh Curtis, o
Surry, to Charles H. Curtis, OF Ellsworth