Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-09-21
FROM BuoKspoRT.
Electric Lighting Plant to Change
Hands Late Locals.

/ f1ieStFtC Lighting RANT to tuab%t
Hands-Late Locals.
Miss Gladys Abbott Is in Boston.
Roy Homer, OF Boston, is visiting in
town.
Harry Austin is home from Boston on a
/ vacation VISIT.
waitsr 3. smith and wife are spending
the week in Boston.
Warren W. Googins is able TO be out
/ after quite a severe illness.
Mrs. Belle Atwood, OF Millvaie, is visit
ing her son Harry in Boston.
Col. 5. p LaoFos has leased bis house
10 Eaoch Moore for toe winter.
Mrs. George ID Crane hiss returned from
several eek a. ksgahain Iron Works.
Mrs. G. z. Wentworth has returned
from visis TO friends end reatises In
Boston and Lowell, Mas.
Joshua Robinson returned Fridsy from
Norwich. Com, " here be hiss been play
ing bali fer tbs Connecticut iosgue team
Mise sarah Hancock, VINO has b ca
spending IN Summer IA teWn, left Tees-
DAY FOR Boston and at. Vernon, n. Y Tor
tae winter.
welcome visitor In town this week
was George U. Hamilton, former resi-
dent, now an Insurance. agent ia Attic
boro, Mass.
Capt. Cnsries Baldwin, OF the tug Ralph
Ross, IL moving here from Brewer. and
has leased the Winfield Leach hoass on
Pond street.
United States Engineers Both and Black,
81 Portland, have been in town survey
Ing for an extension OF the Mckay & DIX
wharyes into Underwater.
Hiram j. Hartman and wife celebrated
their golden wedding at their home in
Mdtvaie on Monday. A large party OF
friends attended and left many due pres
eats.
The aesth OF ID. 7. Boyle, native OF
Bucksport, occurred at bis home IN
: ssmpscott on Sunday. He was sixty
three years old, and left town about thirty
years ago,
Pemsqnid tribe Of Red Men have or
dered some tiae costumes and parapherna.
ia from Boston. when these are received
the ionge win be one OF the finest
equipped IN the State.
Otto d. Partridge, manager OF the local
telephone exchange, Is enjoying a we'll
earned vacation and Is having good luck
in the woodeoek covers. Miss Lena Bow
nen Is in charge Of toe Office.
telegram has been received bere from
Capt Lester Gilley, Of the Nicholson
scho aner Laudseer, announcing he death
oil Que OF hts crew, William Il. MePaee. a
well known fisherman who has sailed out
otthis port tor several years.
While work on The Peafy Arctic explor-
alton ship to he buiit at the Mckay Il
/ DIX sblpysrd has not as yet commenced.
| tbs yard cres Is busy in getting material
/ on the spot, transferring I, from the rail-
road yard where large quantities OF vir-
ginis osk are arriving. Capt. &. Is. DIX
arrived IN town Monday to oversee opera
| lions.
\ There has been general exodus of the
summer visitors during the past week,
including Mrs. ii. T. Webb and family, OF
EortRnus MIS-. afAfshah D. bpAbihS anu
son. OF New York; Miss Mary Ford, OF
Boston; Mrs. Mildred Ware Ladd, Of Bos-
tou; l.. T. Romsins, Miss Ruby Rooaine
and Miss Ethel Romsine, of New York /;
Rev. George Forsyth, of Philadelphia;
Niles Beatrice Proctor, OF Chelsea. Mass. I;
| Arthur Buck and wife, OF Schenectady,
N. Y.
1t is quite probable that the plant Of
the Bueksport Electric Light & Power Co.
will shortly change hands. An offer has
been made TOR tbe property by Fletcher,
Curtis & Co., OF Boston, who own several
| plants in Maine. A meeting viii be held
| on the Dc h to act on the matter. In case