Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-26

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Harriet Rollins.
There has been unavoidable delay in the
opening OF bids for the proposed new
Methodist church in Ellsworth. The bids
| probably will be opened the last of this
week.
Fred sias, of Wellesley, Mass, has been
| spending few days in Ellsworth. Mrs.
Sias, who has been here several weeks, will
| remain few weeks longer with her
parents, Capt NJ. M. Whitaker and wife.
Jurors have been drawn for the United
States district court to be held at Bath
Sept. 10, as follows: Grand jurors, ]. A.
Cunningham and L. B. Wyman. Petit
jurors, Henry Lord and George B. Jane
son.
George W. Dunn, of Ellsworth, who has
been employed by the McWilliams Bros.
towing company in New York harbor for
the past few years, has been made chief
engineer of one of the company's largest
tugs.
The schooner William G. Eadie arrived
Monday from Sullivan with stone for H.
w. Dunn, including $50 feet of curbing
for the extension of the sidewalk ON Main
street, which was bought through Mr..
Dunn.
The steamer Percy V. took her full COM
plement of passengers, seventy-five, on
the excursion to SWANS Island day,
under the auspices of the Congregational
society. Several late arrivals at the boat
had to remain at home.
Capt Franklin Stanley, Oscar E. Jarvis
and Albert w. Gilley, OF the Cranberry
Isles life saving station, are in Ellsworth
to-day for the annual physical examina
tion required by the government. DR.. l..
w. Hodgkins is the examining physician.
The stave mill at Bull's-eye bridge,
Kenduskeag stream, Bangor, which was
burned few weeks ago, and in which
Whitcomb, Haynes & Co., of this city,
were interested, is being rebuilt by
Morse & Co. 1t will be leased to Guy B.
Moore.
J. W. Tatley and wife, of Montreal,
with infant daughter, Frances Burrill, are
visiting Mrs. Tatley's parents, Col. c. c.
Burrill and wife. Master Tatley has been
here for some time. Mr.. Tatley will re-
main about month; Mrs. Tatley about
two months.
Col. Daniel S. Lamont, secretary of war
under President Cleveland, died Sunday
at his country residence at Millbrook,
n. Y, after brief illness. Col. Lamont
few yeSA.S ago was frequent visitor to
Sorrento, the Frank Jones camp at Tank
pond and Camp Comfort, at Green Lake.
Pearl B. Day, the postal clerk who was
injured in the Washington County rail-
road smash-up last week, arrived home
Friday from Calais, where he was taken
after the accident. The wounds on his
head are rapidly healing, but he is still
troubled with stiffness of left hip and
leg.
Arrangements have been completed for
the annual reunion and banquet of the
Ellsworth high school alumni associa-
tion. 1t will be held at the American
house, Wednesday evening, Aug. 8. There
will be a reception at o'clock and ban
quet at 8. The business meeting will fol-
low the banquet.
The city government has granted the
petition of the Union River Telephone Co.
for the right to construct telephone line
from No. s plantation to Ellsworth Falls,
from which point the wires will be carried
into Ellsworth on poles of the New Eng
land Telephone & Telegraph Co. There
were no remonstrants to the petition at
the hearing last Thursday.
State farmers institute will be held at
Agricultural hall, North Ellsworth, We'd
nesday, Aug. g.. Some of the best
speakers on agricultural lines will be
present. State Dairy Inspector Thompson
will operate the Babcock tests of milk,
and farmers are invited to bring samples
for the test. Many farmers of the vicinity
are planning to attend. There will be
accommodations for picnic luncheon par
ties at the fair grounds, which will be
thrown open.
Committees from the Baptist and Meth
odist churches to make arrangements for
the annual Sunday school excursion have
been appointed as follows: Baptist-E. s.
Means, chairman, U. G. Hodgkins, NJ.
Beckwith, Austin Maddocks, Howard
Dunn, jr., Manter Young. Methodist
Woodbury. Mccartney, Ralph Cushman,
Charles Pierson, Galen Snow, C. e. Lunt,
Andrew Moor. This committee will meet
soon to decide upon date, which probably
will be Thursday, Aug. 10.
There were some lively brushes between
Ellsworth power boats on the river last
evening. The principal race was between
the boats of B. B. Walker and George
Stafford. They made the run from the
wharves to the spindle at the mouth of the
river and return, stem and stem. If either
had the best of the race, it was matter of
inches, and strangely enough, each boat
claims the inches. The race win probably
be run over again tonight. 1t was hoped
that w. E. Writings boat would try con-
cIusions with the Walker and Stafford
boats, but Capt. Whiting avoided the