Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-10-07

ue set up. Grlnuie VIII D6 Represented Dy
.. F. Fellows, OF Bucksport, and L. b
Deasy, of B ar Harbor. Mrs Littlefsld's
condition is practically unchanged. 1t is
the opinion of medical experts that she
will never fully recover. Her mind is still
dark as to what happened on the day OF
the dreadful assault thatcame so near end
ing in murder.
The rehearsals for the minstrel show to
be given by St. Joseph's Catholic society
the latter part OF October, In connection
with their fair and sale, began Monday
evening. Much interest Is being mani
the direction OF Charles P. HalpiD, who
has been very successful in developing
local talent, it promises to be great
success.
The first meeting OF the Associated
Charities for the season was held on Mon
day afternoon. The room in the public
library building occupied by the society
last yesr will be open as usual on Tuesday
and Saturday afternoons from to 5
O'Clock, beginning next Saturday. All
applications for aid may be made directly
at the room. Contributions of clothing
are earnestly solicited.
The football season was opened at Els
worth Saturday when the high school
team was defeated by the Calais high
school eleven BY the score OF 81 to 0. Both
teams played we'll, but the visitors had
the advantage of their opponents by SUI
psrior strength and experience. The
home team showed a lack of coaching al d
practice, but considering The number 4
inexperienced men that were in the game
they did very well. The feature of the
game was the brilliant offensive work OF
Smith, Of Calais. The next game will he
played Saturday at Bar Harbor with the
Y Nj. e. A. team.
j. A. Leonard, chief engineer OF the Bar
Has sbor & Union River Power Co, has
6tted up a working place In the office Of
the company on Church stie t, and is at
work on the plans OF its proposed big
dam. 1t is the hope OF the projectors that
matters will progress rapidly enough to
permit Of the beginning OF such work as
can be doae in cold weather just as we'll
as in warm. While the plans of the COM
pany have not yet been made public, tie
impression is very strong that the big
project, about which 80 much talk
been made during the past two year.,
will be carried out, substantially as ori.
inatly planned. v
The schooner "Nspoleon", Capt. Fall
kenstein, was capsized Monday morning
while entering Bar Harbor on her way
from Elsw worth witt lumber. Tue "Nt-
poeon" got into trouble two or three
days ago at Mt. Desert bridge, when she
lost ner deck DAD, and WAS run aground.
In attempt ng to make the harbor Mon
d morning, owing to o bad leak, she
b came filed with water aud capsized,
I'D, but for her load of lumber in her
no d, would have sunk. Her crew es
capped III boats, and the vessel was later
towed into harbor. The Napoleon" is
fifty tons, and very old vessel. She
sned jointly by Seth Hopkins and Frai K
Spratt.
"You can catch more flies with sugar
thau you can with vinegar" and you can
please people better by making them
laugh instead Of cry, and the mission Of
'The Village Fool", the successful rural
comedy drama hat is announced to appe. r
at Hancock hall on Friday, Oct. 8, seen 8
to be to make people laugh. Although
the play is Of the higher order Of rural
p ays, it abounds in ali kinds of good
things, a strong and particularly effective
story, pure, clean, healthful comedy, and
plenty of it. Telling scenes and situations,
incidents and scenes of heart interest al
pathos, a very elaborate scenic investi
ture, and mcst capable cast Of char
acters, Chase, Clark and Remington,
promise us an entertainment above the
average, aud Indications point to very
large audience.