Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-05-18

tnred at the foundry. One leg was
scratched by loose shoe.
| On May rs the students of the high
school will give an entertainment at Han.
| cock hall. All the participants will be
| members OF the school.
Miss Bertha l.. Giles left last Saturday
for visit TO New York and Phiadelphia
Later she will go to st. Louis. She ex.
poets to be gone all summer.
Senator Hale, " ho has been on three.
| weeks cruise in southern waters with
Secretary-of- Navy Moody, is expected
to come to Ellsworth next week.
| On Monday, May 30, the steamer service
leaving Mt. Desert Ferry at s a. IN. will be
| extended through to Seal Harbor, North.
east Harbor and Southwest Harbor.
Commencing Saturday, May 81, a
| through Pullman sleeper will run between
Boston and Mt. Desert Ferry, the first car
leaving Boston at TAO p. IN. on that date.
George Psrcber, of the sophomore class
| at Bowdoin, has been selected as one Of
the twelve speakers to participate in the
| exercises at commencement time.
Andrew J. Larkin, wife and daug hter, OF
Portland, who have been guests of Mr..
Larkin's sister, Miss Frances LarkIn,
for the past week, returned to-day.
Harry L. and F. s. Crabtree are away on
| a weeks fishing trip in Franklin, tenting
on Donnell's pond. Mrs. j. A. Crabtree
is visiting friends in Franklin village.
Rev. p. A. A. Killam, OF Penn broke, has
been invited to become pastor of the Bap-
tist church. II he accepts he will proba-
bly, not begin his work here until August.
A pleasing entertainment aud party for
the Sunday school children was given at
the Congregational vestry last Friday
evening by Mr.. Adams and Mrs. e rery's
classes.
Miss Hazel Holmes, daughter OF R. B.
Holmes and wife % observed the seventeenth
anniversary of her birth last evening by
pleasantly entertaining a party OF her
young friends.
Payne e. Whitney, OF New York, who
with his family will occupy the Emery
Hagerthy stables on Pine street for his
coachman and horses.
j. II. Donovan has sold his restaurant
to Hollis E. Davis and Patrick e. Kearns,
who have been In the employ of Albert
| M. Hopkins for some years. Charles w.
Eaton will enter Mr.. Hopkins employ.
Mrs. Ella A. Dunn, matron of Irene
chapter, o. E. g., left Tuesday for Bidde-
| ford to attend the grand chapter in that
| city to-day and tomorrow. She will
| visit relatives in Saco before she returns.
| n. w. Dunn has recently Installed a
new polishing machine In his stone shop.
| The machine is of modern make and will
| tarn out about three times the work the
old one would. 1t is run by electric
| motor.
| Nokomis Rebekah lodge of Ellsworth
has received and accepted an invitation
from the Southwest Harbor Rebekahs to
attend their next regular meeting which
| will be held Thursday evening, June 2.
All mem bers who expect to attend should
notify the noble grand.
During the past week crushed rock has
been placed on Church street from Oak to
| School streets. This week rock Is being
placed on Pine street. On Pine street the
| old plank ditch crossings are being re-
| placed with tile culverts, making great
| Improvement to the street.
w. F. Aiken has just completed sport
| ing camp at Patterns pond. The camp is
| located on land owned by Benjamin Davis
and is between the Jordan camp, So called,
and the Eldridge camp. 1t sets about
fifty feet from the pond. 1t is we'll fin
ished and the model OF convenience.
1t can now be definitely stated that a
special train will run from Bangor to Els
worth after the closing concert of the
festival at Bangor on Saturday evening,
June A. At this concert the incompara Bile
schumann-Hein will sing-her last ap-
pearsnce In this country for three years.
Branch pond seems to be the only pond
| in the vicinity oflEllsworth where the
| fish are biting WELL Howard Hooper has
taken thirty-two fish out of the pond in
four trips, and several other gentlemen
have made good catches. At Patterns
pond the fish are very slow and the same
luck prevails at Green lake.
| The quarterly conference OF the Meth
odist church was held at the parsonage
Saturday evening, and was presided over
| BY Rev. s. l.. Hanscom, of Bar Harbor
Sunday morning and evening, Mr.. Hans.
com preached In exchange with Rev. j
| p. Simonton. In the afternoon he
preached at the Bayside schooIhouse.
| Work is progressing rapidly on the Fits
stave mill at Green Lake, which was
| burned short willis ego The new ma
chinery has begun to arrive and will be
| nm in nosition ea aoon as nossible Few