Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-12-27

of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs
! Charles Fuller. Rev.. J, p Simonton off
iaciated. They have the best wishes 0
their many friends.
! The sociable which it was announced
/ would be given at the Congregations
/ vastry next Thursday evening under th'
| auspices Of the subscription and collecting
cemmittee has been indefinitely post
| poned.
Miss Ray n. Whiting was the lucky
guesser on the weight Of the Crocker foun.
tain pen at j. A. Thompson's store. The
correct weight was five and one-fifth six.
tesnths of an ounce. Miss Writings
| guess was five-sixteenths.
An excellent supper was served at the
Baptist vestry last Wednesday evening by
the ladies' aid society of that church
There was also sale Of fancy articles
There was large attendance, and goodly
sum was added to the society treasury.
Miss Mabel Lord, who is employed in
B%ton, spent Christmas with her parents
Frsnk s. Lord and wife. She returned
Monday night, accompanied by her sister
Ms Ruth Lord, who will spend several
days among friends and relatives in Bos-
toH and vicinity.
| Charles e. Alexander received Christ
mas present in the shape of certificate Of
registration from the State board of phar-
| macy. Out OF twenty candidates
for registration, only eleven successfully
passed the examination, Mr.. Alexander
being one of them.
William FL. Butler, Lewis and Lloyd III.
Higgins and Ernest G. Davis left yester-
| day for Mamaroneck, N. Y, where they
| have secured jobs at carpentering. Build
| ing operations in the suburbs of New
York city are brisk, good workmen are in
demand, and wages are high.
! AT meeting in Boston last week, rep
resentatives from all the New England
states organized the New England associ-
| alton for the restriction of immigration.
M. Beckwith, OF Ellsworth, was elected
president. Gov.-elect Curtis Guild, jr., of
Boston, was elected an honorary member.
Prof. Harry C. Emery, of Yale, who was
at home for Christmas, left Monday night
for Baltimore to attend the annual meet
| ing OF the American Economic associa-
| tion, held there under the auspices of
Johns Hopkins university. Prof. Emery
will return here for the remaining week
of the holiday recess.
The Bar Harbor & Union River
Power Co has completed the work
OF extending the water service to
Washington Junction, and the water was
tu-te99 on last Saturday. About two miles
| Of pipe have been laid, and the work has
been pushed forward with an expedition
which reflects credit on Supt Cushman
and his assistants.
| Another former Ellsworth resident, who
is interested in and working hard for the
success of the reunion of Ellsworth people
in and around Boston on Jan. 10, is Mrs.
Nellie Lord Clough, and to whom, a cor
| respondent writes, is due the idea OF
bringing about the reunion. EVERYBODY
| here sincerely hopes the meeting will be a
great success in every way.
During the services at the Congrega-
tional vestry last Sunday morning the
| flooring in the southeast corner of the
audience room settled about six inches,
with sharp cracking sound. The effect
was startling, but nothing happened be-
yond the shock to the nerves of those who
were seated in that part of the room. The
settling was due to decayed floor timbers
| The city of Ellsworth has formally pc
titioned the State board of railroad COM
missioners for permission for highway
crossing over the track of the railroad for
the extension of the new Mariaville road
to the old Bangor road according to plans
already announced. The road will cross
the track of the Maine Central railroad at
point about 375 feet above Charles Dun
hams cattle pass under the railroad.
Donaqua lodge, K. of P, last Wednes-
day evening nominated officers as follows
Munroe Y. McGown, chancellor com
mander; John 7. Silvy, vice chancellor
John A. Lord, prelate; Hollis B. Estey
master of work; Harry L. Cra btree, keeper
of records and seals and master of finance
Embert c. Osgood, master of exchequer
Gilman L. Wiswell, master of arms
Eugene l.. Warren, inner guard; Georg,
II. Thompson, outer guard.
Goodwill council, ]. o. U. A. M, OIL
Tuesday evening elected officers as fol
lows: Councillor, Milton Beckwith
vice-councillor, III. w. Dunn, jr.; record
ing secretary, David Shorey; assistant re
cording secretary, Hollis Smith; financia
secretary, Charles Pic; treasurer, Charlie
Moore; conductor, Harvey Salisbury
warden, John Coleman; inside sentinel
Willis Jordan; trustee, Fred B. Osgood
Officers will be installed next Tuesda.
night.
George, the three year-old son of Mrs
Agnes Cahill, broke his leg last Thursda,