Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-07-15
FROM BUCKspoRT.

Homer-Steamboat War Still On.
Miss Madge Gilmore has been visiting
relatives in Camden.
Mrs. Henry Peakes, of Bangor, is q
guest at w. A. Remick's.
Isaac B. Rich and son, OF Boston, were
In town for few days this week.
Miss Flora Wood, of Brockton, Mess, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wood.
Extensive repairs have been commenced
on the Warren & Co. store on Main street.
| Donald McEacnarn, who has been very
Ill, has rallied and Is now considered out
of danger.
Mrs. James Alien and two sons. of
Provincetown, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
A. P. Robinson.
| Capt. w. ID. Bennett has sent his trot-
ting mare BeuIah to Camden to be fitted
for the summer campaign.
| Capt. Peter C. McCaulder returned to
Boston Wednesday to resume command
OF his vessel, the bark "Penobscot".
| The game OF baseball scheduled for
Saturday was not played, as the Castine
team was unable to fill the engagement. i,
| Capt. e. A. Leland has retired from the
command of the schooner "Medford",
| and Is now In the bark "Rachel Emery,
Capt. Merritt Smith, for many years
master OF the schooner s'Celia F.", is now
| in command OF the schooner 81. K. Stet-
SON..
Miss Phebe Hooper, teacher of music in
| the Monticello female seminary, Godfrey,
ILL.,, is passing the summer at her home In
town.
Miss Mildred Stone, of Bangor, Is to be
teacher Of instrumental music In the
seminary to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Miss NJ. Alice Cory.
The sloop yacht ''Queen Bee", which
| was owned by syndicate of Bucksport
| people, has been sold to Joseph Fogg, ST.,
who will use her for fishing boat.
Fred w. Hughes. wife and children, of
Coium bus, o., Madame johnson and
George Johnson, OF Boston, are at
the Gardner cottage, Alamoosook, for a
| few weeks.
| W. hAIAdAAbo anu WIG. Vi SNEA-
cuse. N. Y, have been in town, guests
at R. B. Stover's. Mrs. Archambo is
remembered here as Miss Jennie Weller,
former member of the seminary faculty.
Prof. Stanley d. Gray came home this
week for his summer vacation. He Is
| principal of the high school in Haverhi
He was accompanied by Miss Lillian Gray,
| his sister, and Mrs. E. S. Phillips, of Rox-
| bury.
A meeting of the board of trade was
| held this week, and several committees
were appointed to consider various matters
| looking to more business for the town,
particularly in the line of summer resort
patronage.
DIR. Albert c. Hagerthy has successfully
passed the examination before the State
registration board. He will spend few
| weeks in town, and take his appointment
as interne in the Eastern Maine general
hospital on August l.
The dredging operations in the river
have been completed, and the dredge
feet has gone to YinaI Haven. The
middle ground" has been cut through
with a sixteen foot channel and about
1000 yards have been dredged in all.
Capt. G. B. Lowell has sold the little
steamer "Agnes", which has been used as
harbor tug for the past ten years, to go
to Twin Lakes. The boat was loaded on
the cars at Bangor on Saturday. Capt
Lowell will purchase new and consider
| ably larger boat as soon as he can find
| one which is suitable.
William S. Homer died at the Homer
homestead Friday night. Mr.. Homer re-
Gently returned from Council Bluffs in
| impaired health, hoping for benefit from
the change of air. He is survived by four
brothers-Cleveland c., Leslie A., George
P. and Albert, and two sisters-Mrs.
| Cynthia Fish and Miss Jennie. He was
| fifty nine years old.
Ssccarappa lodge on Upper To-day pond
is occupied by large party of Bucks
port young people this week, including
DIR. A. B. Hagerthy, Leslie Little, Dan R.
| Courcey, II. Lee Swszey, Misses Marion
and Florence Slower, Grace Nichols, Maud
Nichols, Katharine Buckley, Nellie
| Courcey, Susie Googips and Leila Field,
Of East Hampton, Conn.
The steamboat war has become an old
story. The steamers "Merrycouesg" end
"Golden Roo" are still running in oppo-
sit,on, as they have since February,
neither making much more than ex-
penses, and with no end OF the fight in
sight. One boat recently reduced fares
and the other boat followed. 1t ia diff
cult to judge which boat is having the
better of it.