Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-10-19
FROM BucKsPoRT.I
,,eeI Of Peary ship Laid = Seminary
Note Late Locals.

Mrs. Nettie HUI Is visiting friends In
Boston.
MIS- Iumsn Warren Is reported as seri-
ously III.
mrs.F. II. Moses has returned from the
summer at Bar Hsrbor.
Hon. Pascal p. Gilmore is on an ex-
.snded trip to the Pacific coast.
Miss Mary Sullivan has gone TO Boston,
where she has position as bookkeeper.
Ralph N. Stubs has gone to Washing
,on. ID. O., where he has secured position.
g. w. Manchester, of Bucksport Center,
ia moving to Camden where be will reside.
Tbos. BuIdoc has sold hts fruit and con-
tsctionery business to Capt. Charles Cash
ing.
Iohn shea has returned from a years
absence, during which time he visited
Irelgnd.
John II. Montgomery is home from
Mnunocket, W here he has been clerk In a
drugstore.
Mrs. d. W. Kerst has engaged Miss
Marie Bourque, of Boston, as miiliner for
the fall season.
Mrs. Harriet w. Sherman YVES seriously
injured by fall on Thursday, sustaining
the fracture OF her wrist.
Grant Kerst aud wife, Of New York,
who are spending few weeks here, have
gone to Kineo on bunting trip.
l.. II. Tapiey and wife have issued insi-
tst,ons to their twenty nth wedding an
niversary which they will celebrate on
Oct. IS.
Henry Conrcey, who has recently fn-
ishsd course In pharmacy, has obtained
a position In the Essex street pharmacy
In Bangor.
Fort Knox lodge, 1. o. o. F., has elected
Daniel Courcey representative to the
grand lodge which convenes In Bangor
on the 18th.
Theodore woodmsn Cunningham,
Bowdoin, 'oi, has gone to ossining, N. Y,
to lake q position as instructor In st.
Johns school.
Capt. Arthur &. Pickett, OF John Jacob
Astor's steam yacht Nourmsbai, with Mrs.
Pickett, has been In town this week, the
guests OF Frank A. Houghton and wife.
1t Is not improbable that Commander
Peary may give talk before the octobes
club, as he is to make frequent visits to
Bucksport In the next few months.
The schooner Willie l.. Swift, OF the
Nicholson feet, has sailed for Ne~found-
land by the way OF the Grand Banks,
taking a supply OF fresh provisions for the
fishing feet.
Capt. Edward @. Parker IL assisting
William Beszley, surveyor for the Ameri-
can Lioyds, and this week has been In
specting the new schooner Moilie s. Look,
just launched at Machias.
The death of Phehe A., wife OF Timothy
Freeman, occurred on Tuesday morning
after long illness. She was sixty FIVE
years old. The funeral took place on
Wednesday; interment at South orring'
ton.
Mrs. Hong hton, wife of f. A. Hough-
ton, foreman at the Mckay & Dix yard,
on Friday drove the first spike in the keel
OF the new Pesry Arctic exploration
steamer. Work Is being rushed on the
craft.
The death of william II. Worthlsy, one
Ct the oldest residents OF the village,
occurred on Saturday at his home here.
A widow survives. The funeral was held
on Tuesday, Rev. Mr.. TRAINER, of the
Methodist church, officiating.
H. Rufus Googins has been appointed
local distributing agent for the Standard
OH Co., which has recently erected stor-
age tanks Ia the Maine Central yard. The
frst tank car ever over the Bucksport
branch came down this week with 5000
gallons OF oil.
The latest phase In the famous steam
boat war is the reduction OF fares by the
Golden Rod TO twenty i've cents TO all
landings, in place OF fifty cents to Belfast
and seventy five cents to Camden. This
gives the Bennett boat larger .hare OF
the patronage than formerly. The man
agement OF the Merryconeag say that
they shall not meet the cut, and will keep
on at the regular rates OF fare.