Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-12-28

ham. alto, o. w. Tapley, tenor, J. A
Cunnineham, bass Mrs. A. P. Mcfarland
organist.
Raymond Mcfarland, principal OF the
Leicester Mass.) academy, will deliver the
Memorial Day address before the VIM. H
Rice post, @. A. R., on Tuesday, May 80
'05. Mr.. Mcfarland was formerly OF
Lamoine.
Next week all the masonic lodges VIII
hold annual meetings-B -Blanquefort COM
mandery. K. T., Monday evening; Acadia
X. A. chapter Tuesday evening; Lygonia
lodge. r. and A. ~, Wednesday evening,
and Esoteric lodge, F. aud A. NJ, Thurs
day evsning.
As next week is the Week of Prayer,
the Methodist and Baptist pastors have
planned series of special services to be-
gin next Sunday evening In the Baptist
vestr. and to continue through the week.
Fuller particulars will be announced later.
All are cordially invited.
Sheriff-elect Byron II. Mayo will move
to Ellsworth this week. The family con-
sists OF Mr.. and Mrs. Mayo, two children
and Mrs. Knowles, friend of the family.
They will move Immediately into the jail
house. Mr.. Whitcomb, the retiring
sheriff, has moved toithe Davis house on
Oak street.
Good VIII Sunrise corporation which
recently purchased the Methodist church
property on Bridge hill, that was SO badly
damaged by fire last winter, has decided
to remodel the building into alodge room
and banquet hall. Charles B. Moore will
charge OF the work, which will have
beginearly in the year.
Goodwill council, o. U. A. M, has
chosen the following officers for the en-
suing year: Councillor, Eugene Moore !;
vice councillor, Frank FL. Echenagucia |;
secretary, George F. Royal; assistant Sec
| retary, Millard Moore; financial secretary,
Charles Pierson; treasurer, Charles B.
Moore; inside sentinel, John w. Eaton; i;
outside sentinel, Arthur e. Moore.
The young peoples Sunday school
| classes of the Baptist caurch recently met
at the residence of Rev. P. A. A. Killam
to arrange for a social, and helpful organi-
zation which they had planned for. A
committee was appointed to draw up a
constitution and by laws, and at the next
| meeting the club will be formally organ
lied.
| At q meeting OF the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen held yesterday, the fol-
| lowing officers were elected: p M. N
Elmer E. Rowe; M. N, Harvard Greely;
F., E. A. LermoDo; o., John A. LORD ;
recorder, J. F. Knowlton; receiver, Frank
S. Lord; fnancler, E. F. Robinson; g., E,
F. Robinson, jr.; J. w., Johu II. Leland
| o. W., Daniel Doyle.
| The many friends OF Fred S. Smith, OF
| Gardiner, formerly OF this city, will sym
path re with him In the severe loss by fire
| that he sustained last Sunday morning.
| The fire destroyed the opera house block
in which Mr.. Smiths dry goods store, the
largest OF the kind IN Gardiner, WAS To-
Gated, and his entire stock Of goods,
valued at some $4,000. Fortunately be
was well insured.
Prof. Harry C. Emery, Of Yale, enter
tanned a distinguished party OF friends at
the American house Monday evening,
In the party were Hon. Andrew P. Wis
we'll, chief justice of the Maine supreme
court, Associate Justice Luclius A.
| Emery, Henry Whiting. collector OF
Frenchman's bay district, Henry W.
Cushman, cashier Of the First national
bank, OF Ellsworth, Jhon A. Peters,
Judge of the Ellsworth municipal
| court, Col. Hannibal E. Hamlin, judge
advocate general on Gov. Hills staff, and
Myer Gailert.
Among those who came home to spend
Christmas were Miss Georgia Foster, Miss
Rena B. Roberts, OF Boston. Fred W. Joy
OF New York. F. W. Stanton, c. A. Hans
com and wife, of Baltimore, Miss Mary
| A. Mcfarland, of Augusta, Q. w. Camp.
bell, OF the University Of Maine, Joseph
H. Wood ward, of Bangor, A. L. Gould, OF
| Portland, George E. Packard, of New
| York, Marie 8. Gordon, of Pittsfield, e
E. Bellatty, Lesliel Beckwith and Martin
Adams. of Boston, Miss Catherine Simon
ton, from Portland, Conn, Miss Clio
Chilcott from New wburyport, Mass.
The Christmas trade last week taxed tt
their fullest the resources OF the express
company and the postoffice in Ellsworth
All day and late into the night, the genia
"Jim" Smith was kept busy, collecting
and delivering packages. He was assiste'
a part Of the time by George. Parcher, Sol
OF G. A. Parcher, the agent here for tn
American Express Co. At the postoffic
the full force was kept extremely bus
especially during the last three days. {
c. Knowlton was employed as an extr
clerk. The three rural carriers, Mes ,r'
Drummey, Gray and Moore, MATERIAL
assisted. On Friday the sale OF stamp
was the largest for single day In tn
history of the office.
| Ieiok lodge. L. O, o, F.. will hold its an