Ellsworth American., 1905-05-17
BUCkSPORT.
The Latest Local Happeningss-Re-
cent Deaths.

Inc Latest Local. hhppthtHSSs-ht
cent Deaths.
DR.. and Mrs. II. L. Gould are spending
the week in Boston.
Mrs. Pearl II. wardwen is visiting
riends in Hancock.
Emery hall is billed for The Sunny
South Co. on Friday evening.
Mrs. JOS. l.. TiIlock is to make her home
with her daughter, Mrs. A. B. Ames.
Edward Snowman has leased the house
owned by Daniel Kerst on Main street,
and is moving in.
Daniel Sullivan, of Meriden, Conn, has
been in town this week visiting his
mother, Mrs. c. NJ. Delano.
Fred soper has bought fine new merry
go-round which will be set up at Sopers
grove for use this summer.
George W. Grueby and wife, of Boston,
have opened their summer cottage on the
Prospect side for the season.
Mrs. Harry H. Carley is seriously i'll,
and her mother, Mrs. Rose Whitehouse, is
suffering from blood-poisoning.
The schooners Marshall Perrin and
John Douglass have discharged coal here
this week for the Devereux Coal Co.
Rev. Mr.. Snyder, of Winterport,
preached in the Elm street church Sunday
in exchange..with Rev. William Forsyth.
Hon. E. n Merrill, of Skowhegan, has
accepted the invitation to deliver the
Memorial Day address before Jas. f. Hall
post G. A. R.
c. c. Homer and wife attended the grand
lodge n. f. o. P. in Boston. Mrs. Homer
stopped at Vinal Haven on her way home,
to visit relatives.
The salmon and alewive catch has much
improved during the past week. Fred
Blodgett. who has weir at Indian point,
caught very large salmon this week.
The big freight shed and storehouse of
the Eastern Steamship Co., on steamboat
wharf, is being moved fifteen feet down
river to the new section of the wharf
recently built.
The E. NJ. C. S. baseball team went to
Pittsfield Saturday, and defeated the
Maine Central team by score of to 3.
Next Saturday they will play Freedom
academy at Belfast.
movement has been started among the
ladies of the village to improve the looks
of the main streets by providing galvan-
lied iron receptacles for litter. Other
ideas are shortly to be brought out in the
same line.
J. Robert Emery has sold his gasoline
launch to Col. J. A. Darling. The Penn
sylvania Steel Co. has purchased the
launch formerly owned by the late Capt.
Charles Cushing. l. L. Brown is getting
his launch ready to put in commission.
The cars of the U. s. fish commission
are making frequent trips to this station
for fry from the East Orland hatchery to
be taken to various points for distribu-
tion. A lot of fish was sent this week to
the Lewis and Clark exposition.
The death OF Clara Oakes, wife of
Charles A. Wight, occurred on Saturday at
the family residence in the Wight district.
She was fifty-eight years old. Besides her
husband she leaves two daughters Mrs.
Melvin Leach, of Bucksport, and Mrs.
William Hutchings, of Orland, also one
son, Harry.
The freight yard at the station is badly
blocked with cars loaded with piling, ties,
contractors supplies, iron bridges, etc.
Never before was there so much freight
business at the station, nearly all due to
the building of the new railroad on the
other side of the river. The freight is
transferred to lighters and taken to Stock
ton.
The death of Joseph Tillock, one of the
| oldest and best-known residents of the
town, took place on Thursday at his home
| at Bucksport Center. Mr.. Tillock was
eighty years old. He was always promi-
nent in town affairs, being superintendent
of the town farm for twenty-four years,
and a member of the board of selectmen
for twenty-five wears. Besides his wife
| he leaves one daughter-Mrs. A. B. Ames.
The funeral was on Sunday Rev. VIM
| Forsyth officiated. The bearers were
Charles A. Arey, Eugene Curtis, Capt E.
g. Parker and Capt. Merritt Smith The
burial was in Silver Lake cemetery.
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