Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-20

messed the launching. Work on the rig
| ging will oeg.n at once. Roland Hodgkins,
Of Lamoine, was the builder. Her owner
is highly pleased with her.
Little LinDie johnson celebrated her
| seventh birthday last Wednesday after
noon by entertaining a company Of her
plsymates at her home on Pleasant street.
Hon. e. e. Chase, Of the governors
| council, was In Ellsworth yesterday on
his way from his home in BIuehill to Au-
gusta, to attend a meeting OF the council
to-day.
Mrs. Frank e. Smith and sons Howard
and Arthur, OF Gardiner. and Mrs. F. w.
Brackett and son Carl, Of Brookline,
Mass, are occupying the Dorgsn cottage
this week.
stetson Foster, OF Boston, Mrs. Foster
and their two youngest daughters, are
| spending the week here. Mr.. Fosters old
Ellsworth friends are always glad to well
come him.
The Thayers, OF Boston, who have been
occupying the Wyman cottage at Con-
tention Cove, entertained last Thursday
evening. Saturday morning they re-
| turned home.
Hon. II. b. Saunders, OF Portland, was
In town last Saturday. He returned
Monday, accompanied by Mrs. Saunders,
| who spent a week at East Lsmoine, the
guest OF Mrs. A. 1. Saunders.
| County Commissioners ]. P. Eldridge
and Nahum Hinckley returned last Thurs
! day from the State convention OF commits.
sioners at Bath. Next years convention
will be held in Portland.
| Francis Byrne, Gerald Gaule, L. W.
Wilson and Mr.. Taylor, who have been
entertained by Fred e. Cooke at the Bel
| latty cottage at Contention Cove for the
past two weeks, returned home Saturday.
THE Congregational Sunday school of
| Ellsworth Falls held Its annual picnic at
Bartiett's Island last Thursday. About
800 people attended. They were accom-
panied by Lynch's band.
Mrs. r. IL. Green. of New York, enter
tsined Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. 8. G.
Chubb, OF New York, Judge and Mrs. A
p. Wisweil at the Louisburg Thursday
afternoon at cards ard afterwards at =
round table dinner.--Bar Harbor Record.
"old Jed Prouty" played to a fair-sized
house in Hancock hall last Wednesday
evening. 1t was. however. much like the
play OF "Hamlet''. with "Hamlet" left ont
Richard Golden, the only Jed, was not
in 1t.
At Labrador farm are Madame Treat,
Miss Treat, Lewis Treat, and Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Bscon, of Chelsea, Mass. Mrs.
A. ). Treat is prevented from coming here
by Illness. She Is at her home In New
Jersey.
Harry C. Woodward and wife, OF
Brockton, Mass, are expected home this
week. Mr.. Woodward has employment
with the Union Shoe Co. They will max,
their home with Mr.. woodward's parents
W. p. Woodward and wife, on Park street
Mrs.wsiter J. Cox, formerly of this city
died at Bangor last Saturday morning,
| after long and painful Illness. Mrs. Cox
was fifty-six years and three months old
She leaves, besides her husband, two
brothers. Interment Was at Fall River
her former home.
The U. S. s. gunboat "Moni gomery'
arrived at the Lamoine coaling station
last Thursday. The training ship
"Prairle" sailed Friday, and the "Mont
somery", after cosliug, sailed the same
Day. The collier "asnnibsi" Ii now al
The station unloading.
Tue store on Main street formerly oc
cupled by Eppes q Leach, and owned BY
Dr. A. c. Hagerthy, is being remodeled
Ths stable at the rear Is being removed to
give room for an extension to the store
When completed the store will be occu-
pied by Ruel j. Leach as a meat market.
The government contract for four coal
scows, and lighters, to be used at the
coaling station at Lamoine, has been se-
cured By 4. 81 / X. Ssetson, of Bangor
The contract amounts to about s29, 900
Charles II. Curtis, OF this city, was bid
der, and 1t was hoped that this work
would come here.
Rev David Kerr, pastor OF the Baptist
church. who, with his family, has been
spending The past two months at North
Ellis lsworth. returned to the city last Mon
day. MIR. Kerr expects shortly to begin 9
course of discourses on the 23d Psalm
sabbath mornings. illustrating the divine
names and characters OF God.
Capt. J. A. Bowden, of the schooner
"Wiilie L. Msxwell", was in town Tues
day. His vessel Is at Sullivan loading
Capt. Bowden Is receiving the congrstu-
lations OF friends on his receipt of the
I
allusion to his action last spring at St.
Vincent.
General Manager J. A. MeGown, of the
Union Shoe Mtg. Co, announces that the
factory will resume work next Monday
morning. The cutters will then go to
work, and the force will be increased as
rapidly as possible. MIR. Greeley, the new
superintendent, Is expected TO arrive here
by Monday.