Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-06
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One Weeks winnowings OF News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

Aus auuuht fcuutoh OF tut olst hRaiut
will take place at Kenduskeag Sept. 10.
Trolley cars will leave the foot OF Main
street, Bangor, between and q. IN. for
Kenduskeag.
Louis K. Saunders, supposed to be from
New Gloucester, was found dead In his
bed at Rockingham hotel, Lewiston, last
Thursday. The cause OF death Is thought
to be consumption.
Patents have recently been granted to
the following Maine inventors: W. II.
Chapman, Portland, rheostat; A. q. Fitz,
Auburn, last @. Il. Gay, Augusta, screw
driver; w. 5. Marsh, Intervale, jar
opener.
Julian Kent. OF Baltimore, a colored sea-
man on board the five-msster "Nathaniel
T. Palmer" at Portland, was instantly
killed last Thursday, by falling from the
main crosstree. He struck on his head.
Death was instantaneous.
Burnhsm was visited last Friday with a
900 Are. The Murray building in
which was located the telephone exchange
was burned. George Gilmore lost house,
stable and store house, and Charles sher-
mans buildings were damaged.
Mrs. George w. Merrill, OF Bangor,
died in that city last Thursday, aged
ninety-eight years. She was prominent
for her activity in charitable work, espec-
tally In connection with the chiidren's
home, and home for aged women, OF Ban
cor.
Mrs. Mary Mushet, aged sixty, was
found dead at her home in Saco last
Thursday. She evidently had died from
strangulstion. She was III during the
night and fell, her throat across the edge
of a pail. As she had not strength to
rise, death followed.
Last Thursday, Francis W. Carr, OF Ban
gor, resigned his position as general su-
pc: intendent OF the eastern New England
division OF the American Express Co.,
after a service Of twenty one years. The
officials and employees at the Bangor
office presented Mr.. Carr with a gold
headed cane.
The fourteenth annual reunion of the
I'D Maine regiment association will be
held at the hall of B. II. Besl pest @. A. r j.,
Columbia street, Bangor, Wednesday,
August %. Business meeting at 10 a. m.
Bangor comrades will provide dinner.
Grin Stearns Is president OF the associ-
alton; Frank II. Jewell, secretary.
A second distressing railroad accident
within week happened ct Bangor last
Thursday when w. A. Doloeare. a train
man, twenty-five years of age, was
knocked from freight car in the Maine
Central yard, fell under the wheels and
bad both legs taken of, an arm broken
died shortly after reaching the hospital.
The through service between New York
and Maine, established for the first time
this season, Is proving immensely popular.
One day last week the travel was so heavy
that the train arrived In Portland in two
sections. In these two sections were eig hit
day Puilmans and a dozen other cars.
All OF them were crowded with people,
the most OF whom went to the mountains
or farther east.
Jonas Hamilton, for many years one OF
the most widely known railroad men In
msine' oieo IN portland last friday aged
seSenty-four years. for many years MI
Hamilton was superintendent OF motive
power Tor the 6rand trunk, leaving that
position 10 become superintendent OF the
Portland q ogdensourg. Later he was
given charge oil the mountain division OF
the Maine central. AT the time OF Ms
death he was assistant claim agent Tor ths
Maine central.
"pspau. said the Bangor maiden. who
has inst bse, plsvipe a leading mart as q
sweet pir, graduate at q col,epe mt 4
Thousand miles from the banks of tn,
penobscot. "paps. wasn't INV commence.
ue,t GOWN wooperinoq had all this
other girls in the class Skinned aliyep
For few moments the silence was broken
only by the breezy breeze blowing the avn.
Ing over the piszza. and by the plsntivs