Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-29

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| next Monday, Dec 4.
| The North Ellsworth Farmers club will
celebrate Thanksgiving. There will be a
target shoot for the suppers during the
day. Supper will be served at o'clock,
and this will be followed by ball.
The Helpsomehow society and Y. r. g.
c. Il. OF the Baptist church will give re-
ceptIon and roll-call for members OF the
church and others interested in the So
eiety, at the Baptist vestry next Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Prentice r. Soper, born Louise
Patten, left Wednesday to join her hus-
band in Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Soper has
been spending the summer with her par
ents, Alderman G. W. Patten and wife, at
North Ellsworth.
Wivnrna encampment, I. o. o. F., at its
meeting Monday evening, nominated Of
ficers as follows: c. p, F. P. Haynes; Fl.
P, c. l. Staples; S. W., Charles JOY; j.
W., f. $. Call; scribe, +. L. Mason; treas
urer, II. +. Wescott.
In place OF the regular Sunday evening
service of the Methodist church last Sun
day, there was a temperance concert by
Pine Tree council, Loyal Temperance
Legion, and a short temperance address
by Rev. j. p. Simonton.
Rev. r. l.. Olds, OF Bluehill, occupied
the pulpit of the Baptist church Sunday
morning and afternoon, in the absence of
the pastor, Rev. P. A. A. Killam, who has
been conducting special services in East
Bluehin for the past week.
The work OF repairing the Union shoe
factory is well advanced. 1t is proba BILE
the cutting room will start up the latter
part of December. j. A. McGown will
leave for Boston tomorrow night on BUSH
ness connected with the factory.
The date of the State convention of
Junior Order of United American Me-
chanlcs to be held in Ellsworth, has been
moved forward one week in order to ac-
commodate some of the State officers.
The date now fixed is Thursday, Jan. II.
Twelve new members were added to
Pine Tree Loyal Tempe rance Legion last
week, bringing the total membership up
to thirty-nine. The Legion is preparing
for concert to be given soon after the
holidays, instead of before Christmas, as
originally planned.
G. r. Foster has leased rooms in the
Pineo block on Cottage street, Bar Harbor,
in which to open branch furniture store
and undertaking rooms. Miss Mary j.
Hayes, the efficient clerk in the Ellsworth
stnte. will have charge of the Bar Harbor
branch for the present.
The marriage of Register Of Probate T.
F. Mahoney, of Ellsworth, and Miss Cath
crime Finneron, of Boston, will take place
this evening, in Boston. Mr.. Mahoney
will return home with his bride some
time next week. They will occupy the
Redman house on Bridge hill.
Nokomis Rebekah lodge is organizing
sewing circle. 1t is hoped all the sisters
OF the lodge will join. The first meeting
will be held at Odd Fellows hall at
O'Clock next Tuesday afternoon. Supper
will be served at $50. The brothers of the
lodge are entitled to the enjoyment of this
feature by paying ten cents.
The Equal Suffrage league, of Hancock
county will hold its annual meeting in
Ellsworth on Thursday, Dec. Z, at 2 p. m.
Notice of place of meeting viii be
announced later. All members of the w.
c. T. U. are invited to attend. A special
invitation is extended to all women and
men who are interested in equal suffrage.
The New England Telephone 1; Tele-
graph Co. has made arrangements with the
Western Union Telegraph Co., by which
it will receive the weather reports daily.
This is primarily for the benefit of sub
scribers on the "farmers' lines', but any
subscriber can obtain the information by
calling up Ellsworth central after IL a. m.
The schooner Mineola has been sold by
DIR. A. c. Hagerthy, to Newell Kane, of
Surry, who formerly owned her. Capt.
Kane will, it is understood, take the yes
sci to Long Island sound, and do sound
coasting during the winter. The Mineola,
which is of sixtyfour tons net, was built
in Ellsworth in 1860. She arrived in Els
worth Tuesday from Boston.
Governor Cobb has appointed Attorney
General II. E. Hamlin delegate to a
congress composed of delegates from
various states, which will meet in Wash
ington, d. c., in February next, the object
of which is to secure more uniform
divorce laws. The other delegates from
Maine are Hon. Charles F. Libby, of Port
land, and Frank NJ. Higgins, of Limerick.
The annual fair and sale under the man
agement of the ladies of the Unitarian So
eiety will take place next Wednesday, at
the vestry. chicken supper will be
served at 6 o'clock. There will be the
usual apron and fancy goods tables, home
made candy, etc. A feature will be the
Sunday school table, at which will be dis
played articles made or contributed by