Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-05-20
FROM BUCK spoRT.
Another Chapter on Steamboat War
Ship News-LocaI Gossin

ship News-LocaI Gossip.
Inc schooner AT M. Nicholsoan is in
port hitting out for the Grand Banks.
Mrs. Lena Buck is home. She spent the
winter In New York and Washington.
Capt. Hiram Fogg, with his schooner
- II. Wainwright, is still in the light
ering business In Boston harbor. 4
The e. NJ. G. S. baseball team went to
Freedom on Monday, and defeated the
academy team there by score of 8 to2.
The schooner "Hattie H. BARBOUR
capt. q. A. Erskine, sailed on Tuesday
from Frankfort with granite for phila.
delphia.
The Richardson stave-mill is In full
operation. 1t will have a capacity OF
about 10000 slaves when In complete
running order. y
The Bueksport base ball team has re-
organized for the season, and Is quite a
strong aggregation with Josh Robinson
and George Montgomery as battery.
Rev. George r. Lockwood, OF Castine,
preached in the Elm street Congrega-
tionai church on Sunday in exchange
with Rev. William Forsyth.
1t is expected that the irst issue of the
new weekly paper, the Bucksport Times,
will be issued by Messrs. Sutciffe and
Cooper, the last OF this week.
The latest business enterprise In town is
that OF Charles Williams, who on Monday
hail
second floor of his building, next to the
electric-light station.
Car No. Of the United States fish COM
mission has been making trips between
this station and up-river points with sal
mon fry from the East Orland station, to
be liberated in the main river.
The dredge "Freeport" which has been
getting along rather slowly on her con.
tract in the harbor, has been running on
extra time this week, and on Monday
took out six scow-loads, which is the
best she has done here.
The salmon season continues very poor,
and the fish exceedingly scarce. There
seems to be poor prospect of getting
breeding fish for the hatchery, and it is
probable that they must be, taken from
the up-river spawning beds.
On Sunday, at the Methodist parsonage,
Rev. Robert Sutcliffe united In marriage
DIR. Horace l.. Gould and Miss Leonora
Emerson, OF Prospect. DR.. Gould has re-
Gently formed a copartnership with DR..
J. M. Nevens in the dental business. u
A. NJ. Devereux has succeeded in taking
about ninety tons OF coal from the
wrecked schooner "Webster Barnard" ON
Barley ledge, Isles oro, the most of which
has been landed here. Mr.. Devereux
expects to save prsct icsliy all OF the coal,
and hopes to float the schooner which is
not SO badly damaged as at first supposed.
Elliot M. Nye met with serious acct
dent on Monday. He was driving from
Orriugtou when part OF the harness
gave way. While fixing 1t he was kicked
In the leg by his horse. He was able to
get back in the wagon and drive home.
He called a physician who found a COM
pound fracture.
DIR. Warren Blaisdell, native of East
Orland, who died recently at Macomo,
H., some years ago selected on the farm
on which he was born a large conical-
shaped, irregular granite boulder, to be
used as a monument to be erected to his
memory at his death. In accordance with
bis request the boulder was taken from
the farm and shipped from this station to
Macomb, on Wednesday. The stone
weighed over two tons, and was sent on a
fiat-car. Y
Another chapter In the famous Bennett
Kerst steamboat war was written this
week when Capt. Bennett agreed to re-
ceive the 81 500 in payment for his half OF
the "Merryconeag" from his former
partner, Daniel Kerst, according to the
decree OF the court. Mr.. Kerst and hia
associates are now owners of the boat.
Capt Bennett is still running the Golden
Rod, but it is reported will soon have
larger and faster boat, one which Will
beat the "Merryccneag" over the route.
In this case 1t is probable that Mr.. Kerst
will get boat faster than the "Merry-
coneag", in which case the war will con-
tinue merrier than ever.