Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-06-28

college, receiving one of the Bradbury
prizes for debate.
| The engagement is announced of Miss
inez Lura Kingmsn, daughter OF Elmer l..
Kingrnan and wife, OF this city, to Walter
Irving Thompson, of Bangor The we'd
ding viii take place next month.
Among the Bowdoin college alumni who
attended the annual banquet at Bruns-
wick last week were John B. Redman,
class of 10; John A. Peters, class of 's5
and Harry Il. Walker, class of '01.
= The Congregational Sunday school ex-
cursionists left this morning.on the Percy
Y. for Swans Island. Only about fifty
boarded the little steamer, the unseason-
ably cold weather keeping many at home.
Miss Bessie joy, who spent the winter
with her sister, Mrs. Fred w Stanton, in
Boston, arrived home last week She
spent two weeks at Camden, where Mrs.
Stanton has opened her cottage for the
summer.
Members of Lygonia and Esoteric lodges,
+. and A. NJ, attended service at the
Baptist church Sunday morning, when
the pastor, Rev. P. A. A. Killam, delivered
an excellent sermon appropriate to st.
Johns day.
J. G. Young, brother of Alonzo Young,
of this city, died at his home in South
Surry Monday. Funeral services were
held this afternoon at the church, Rev. j.
P. Simonton, of the Ellsworth Methodist
church, officiating.
The annual excursion of the Unitarian
Sunday school will be at Mt. Desert Ferry
tomorrow, going on the 1916 a. m. train.
The public is cordially invited. If the
weather is unfavorable Thursday, the ex-
cursion will be on Friday.
A movement is on foot to organize a
Christian Endeavor society in the Baptist
church. A committee has been appointed
to draw up plan of organization, bylaws,
etc, to be submitted at meeting of the
young people of the church.
The decision OF the law court in the case
of Burrill VS.. Whitcomb has been handed
down. It overrules the decision of the
supreme court, which gave Judgment for
defendant. The rescript from the law
court is printed in full on page 3.
The Maine Central railroad will give ex-
cursion rates on regular trains to Bangor,
Saturday, July s, when Ringling Bros
circus will show there. The fare from
Ellsworth to Bangor and return, including
admission to the circus, will be SIPS.
The three masted schooner F. H.
Odiorne, 307 tons, was purchased last week
by c. j. Treworgy, B. S. Jellison and DIR.
A. c. Hagerthy from Boston parties. She
sails Wednesday from Sullivan with staves
for New York for Crabtree & Havey.
The store in the Coombs block on Main
street, near the bridge, formerly occupied
by F. w. Stone, is being fitted up for the
occupancy of P. II. Bonzey, the baker,
who will move there some time next
month The oven is still to be installed at
the new location.
Among out-of-town visitors to the ELS
worth high school graduation, concert
and ball were Mrs. Frank Nash and Mrs.
William Campbell, of Cherrytield, who
were the guests of Mrs. w. FL. Dresser,
and s. n. Campbell, of Cherryfield, who
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Parcher-
Among Ellsworth boys and girls at
home from school or college, in addition
to those already mentioned, are Miss
Paulene Foster, from Wellesley; Miss
Georgia Foster, from Cushing school, Mt.
Holyoke; Frank E. Rowe, George Parcher
and Harry joy, from Bowdoin; George
Paine, from Harvard.
Col. c. C. Burrill returned yesterday
from business trip to Boston. He left
this noon for Portland, where the National
Association of Supervisors of State Banks
are holding their annual session. The
State Savings Bank association has in
vited officers of all Maine savings banks
to meet the, commissioners while here.
There was lively time on upper Main
street last evening, when someone in try
ing to start the electric street lights pulled
the top off the pole, landing the lamp and
live wires in the street. Travel was
blocked until Supt. L, H. Cushman, of
the electric lighting company, who was
summoned by telephone, raised the en-
barge by disconnecting the wires.
Ellsworth's BARRIERS have entered into an
agreement for uniform hours of closing
The shops will close Monday evening at 6
Thursday evening at s, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Friday evenings at 8, and Satur-
day evening at II O'Clock. On legal holi-
days all the shops will close at noon. The
BARRIERS met Monday evening and made
this agreement. The BARRIERS decry the
name of union as given to their informal
organization, and the word ''trust" gives
them cold shiyers.
The Morse & Co. stave mill at Bulls
Eye bridge, near Bangor, in which Whit
comb, Haynes g. Co., of this city, were in
terested, was burned Saturday. The mill
was operated by Guy B. Moore. The