Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-12-09

fused, and that to keep from freezing she
'ook the wood. She was fined IS and
costs. Miitimus was suspended during
good behavior.
AT a meeting OF the Bar Harbor Banking
d Trust Co., held at Bar Harbor re-
Gently, Chief. Justice Andrew P. WiswelI
ard John A Peters, jr., OF this city, were
elected directors.
The dance In Odd Fellows hall last even.
Ing wns well attended by the Odd Fellows
and their wives. Supper WAS served in
the lower. ball. Music was furnished by
Higgins and Kelley.
Frank A. Powers, engineer at the
United States coaling station at Lamoine,
and Miss Ella Quinn, of Eden, were mar
ried at the Methodist parsonage Saturday
evening by Rev. j. 2. SimontoD.
Capt. j. W. Jordan, OF the schooner
"Wesley Abbott", picked up an anchor
weighing about 1000 pounds at Port John
son on one of his recent trips. The "Ab-
bott" cleared here for Salem last week.
The preparations for the annual sale and
fair OF the Unity club for tomorrow
afternoon aud evening have been COM
pleted. Supper will be served in the ves
try at O'Clock by the ladies of the parish.
New settees have been placed In the
lodge room OF Lejok lodge, 1. o. o. F.
They are o: highly polished black walnut
and upholstered with red plush. The
installing Of these seats in the lodge room
has filled a fouu- falt wort opd otao MI b oo
great improvement in the appearance OF
the room.
Chief Engineer Eaton is having the
franklin street engine house made ready
for the winter. The three rooms up stairs,
used by the memb bers OF the department
for meeting purposes. are being papered
and painted. The furniture is being
vanished, and several minor repairs are
being made.
There was a sale of home made candy
and small articles at the Pine street school
Friday afternoon. The girls OF the school
have met one half day each, and Under he
direction OF their teacher, iss Geor gia N
Emery, have cut and made many small
articles. The proceeds from this sale will
be used in purchasing articles for the
schoolroom.
The semiannual meeting of Sunrise
council, Daughters OF Liberty, wilt be
held in Odd Felows hall Thursday even
ing, Dec 10 All members are requested
TO be present. The fair and sale of the
council which was to have been held Fri
day, Dec. II, has been postponed to Wed
nesday, Dec. 16 Tne fair will be held in
Odd Fellows hall. Supper will be served
from tot O'Clock in the banquet hall.
After supper there will be an entertain
ment of music aud readings, and sale OF
aprons, dolls and fancy work.
John II. Brimmer's house had narrow
escape from being destroyed by fire Sun
day evening, Late in the afternoon tue
the chimney burnsd out, aud it got SO hot
that the flooring IN the attic caught fl re-.
About 10 O'Clock, and just before retiring,
Mr.. Brimmer took look around to zee
that everything was safe, and found the
chamber full of smoke. The flooring
about the chimney was all charred, and in
a few minutes would have broke into a
blaze. With an ak and a few we'll placed
buckets OF water the fire was exiting
uished. The loss is small and fully
covered by insurance.
The ever-popular Culnane, Chace &
Westerns Ministries are booked to appear
at Hancock hail Saturday evening, Dec
10. This organization, which is not
stranger to lovers of minstrelsy in Ellis
worth, now mum bers thiriy-fiVe star
artists. There are eight funny end men,
ten comedians, ten dancers, big double
quartettc, a big solo orc hestra, eight big
novelty acts in the challenge olio, Sher-
man and Dugan, Hunter and Moonev,,
"Keene', Windfield and Martin, the four
features. There will be big street
parade at noon. The show is under the
local management of r. e. Morang.
After the regular business meeting of
Esoteric lodge last Thursday evening, the
third degree was worked on two candi-
dates. There was a large attendance and
the work was unusually good. After the
work banquet was served in The banquet
hall. About eighty five seated themselves
around the tables and enjoyed an hour in
social chat George B. Stuart was ap
pointed toast master, and several re-
sponded, among them being Charles
Oakes, of East Machias, Principal W. H..
Dresser, Supt. George e. Greeley, Rev. J
P. Simonton and the two candidates..
Harry Brown and Lawrence Sylvia-who
said they had fully appreciated the work
of the evening, and thought they had got
"value received.
Rev. John K. Browne, missionary to
Harpoot, Turkey, will lecture at the Con-
gregational church tonight. Mr.. Browne
can speak from an eye witness standpoint
OF the terrible exneriencss suffered by the