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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
FROM BAR HARBOR.
Summary of Town Report-Sports-
mems Ball-Choral Society Concert.

Summary of Town Sports
mems Ball-Chorai Society Concert.
BAR BARBoR. Feb. 81 tspec sD-The
annual report OF the municipal officers OF
Eden was issued Saturday, and is tie
chief topic OF conversation. The book
contains 1877 pages, ard Is an interesting
document to the citizens OF Eden. II
Contains the warrant OF 107 articles which
will occupy the attention OF the voters at
the annual meeting March 6, aud an esti-
mate made by the seectmen and other
officers OF the amount of money needed
under certain articles.
There Is In the book also the report OF
the committee appointed at special town
meeting held Oct. 6, 1904, la regard to
cert ain special legislation for the town Of
Eden. The selectmen's report shows thst
were s1s7 e45ss, total expenditures slA,'
547 "a; leaving an unexpended balance,
Feb. l. 1905. OF s33 3es g..
The total appropriations at the last
annual town meeting we're sii7,115, and
his total assessment was sl36 05i.e3.
The bills Of the seiectmen for services
for the ptst year have amounted to
e $50 so and the town has paid lite police
men nearly 5000 tor their services.
The total amount spent for town charges
was SIS, I33 6s. The town hall land bonds
have Cost Si2 500, and interest on notes
aud hbnds, "a 437 o5; discount on taxes,
IS s57 es OIuer expenditures have been
4.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

The "goid. ships" which sre working
the aiiu vial soil In valleys OF California
and other western states. are making for
twenty to thirty cents a ton OF gold.
They are com oinstions OF excavators.
belt curriers'. and the latest processes Of
gold saving, and cost from sixty to nine y
thousand dollars each. Valuable fruit
land is being turned into deserts OF rock
by this new kind OF hydraulic mining.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
NOTICE or FORECLOSURE.

M HEREAS Almira Ralph. OF Biuehii'H
w the county of Hancock. aud state o.
Maine, by her mo gage deed dated sepIem,
Der IL. a. d. 1888. and record q in haueoe.
county registry OF deeds, in volume 2;e. y
W, conveyed 10 me the undersi signed. eel.
tain lot or parcel Of land situated in SAD
Is uehill, bounded and described n. iolloSs
VIZ; begtnnipg a. the southwest corntto'
iand of Harlan p. Johnson formerly Of sf ns
Joshua r. Cahdsge) on the highway leaglFs
from the BiuehiiI Inn by the house If ltasAsn
w. johnson; thence fol owing said ign"N
narthwesieriy to the schoolhouse lot, opp.
size the house OF said johnson: thence Io,
u. ing SAID sehoolhcuse lot to land Of Ia, ~,
weber,; thence following said Weonei
land and land OF William S. Ho-ton 10 ~
southeasteily direction TO land of said iiar's.
r. Johnson; thence following said johnson.
iano 70 The highway, the place OF brgluhiHs
Con aiming seven acres, more or less -.
And whereas the condition of said moItsasi,
has been broken, now therefore, by reason
the breach OF the condition thereof clai"'
foreclosure OF said mortgage.
EDWARD E. CHASE
Bluehill, February2i, a. d. 1905.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
COUNTY GOSSIP.

"Uncle Bill" Deliver, of Ssswall, seems
to be high line this winter In hunting
and trapp ng. It's a sly fox that
escapes him. Last Saturday night he
went out TO wait for fox, and In about
halt an hour be was home With one of a
kind never before seen In SeawalI. Part
O. the fur is bieck, and the rest Is a mix
ture OF black and gray. This is the second
fox be has got this winter, and he has
also caught eight mink.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

Up IN Otis the hedgehog law is the
tseme OF conversation among the thrifty
men and boys who have done their duty
In earning quite little pile, besides get
ting rid OF very destructive aud objse-
ticoabie animal, which has destroyed many
nice gardens and valuable trees through.
cnts the whole community. SIT there
were more knowing men like Mr.. Camp
bell, OF Cherry field. says our Otis CORES.
rondent, the people who live near the
woods would not be OBLIGED to sit up
nights to protect their vegetables and pet
&reesis B1Hh
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
STATE OF MAINE.
SHORE FISHERIES,

fTNHE Committee CD shore Fisheries will
i giY4 public nearing in its room at the
State poase in Augusta, Thursday, February
rs, at o'clock la tue afternoon. ON AN act to
amend spe. iai law reg srdiug the taxing OF
spawn her log in Ssrragorgus bay.
On petition Tor Change vf law relative 10
taking alewives from Blg-duce siver.
Tuesday, February ~. At O'Clock in the
afternoon. On petition Tor u change In time
ia taking smt Its III Pleasant river aud protests
against the same.
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Spaial Eutiffs.
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BAR BARBOR & UNION RIVER POWER
COMPANY.


Special Nee ing of Stockholders.
pY virtue of the power conferred on me by
- the Laws VI the bar Harbor and
Union River Power Company. bereb. order
and call special meeting OF the stoc K holders
OF said Bar Harbor aud UAion River Power
Company to be held at the office of said com.
PAM on Church Street. Ellsworth, Hsnc Jck
County, Maine, on Tuesday. the Is. day Of
February, A. ID. 1905. at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon to act upon the following arti-
Giles. viz:
Art. !. To see III the stockholders will ind
that he amount OF the capital stock OF said
corporation is insufficient Tor the purposes
for which said corporation Is organized.
Art. Z. To see il the stock holders will vote
to increase the capital stock IF the company
10 CHI amount rs may be determined at SAID
meeting.
Art. q. To see IL the stockholders will find
that the numrer OF directors OF said corpora
tion Is inconvenient for the transaction of its
business.
Arr. Z. To see what action, IL any. said
stockholders will take relative to changing its
NUMBER OF directors and anne nding any OF lis
By laws accordingly.
Art. s. TO transact any and all other busi
ness connected with or deemed necessary TO
carry out the purposes recited in any OF the
foregoing articles.
DaIed This 24d day of February, A. d, 1905.
WILLIAM II. BUsLsa,
President of the Bar Harbor & Union River
Power Company.
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Efgislatibr Notices.
STATE OF MAINE.
INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME.

THE Committee on Inland Fisheries and
i Game will give q public hearing In Its
room at the State House IN Augusta, Tuesday.
Feb. u. al p tn act to amend 8. c. OF
chapter ~ OF the revised statutes providing
for the repeal Of the Law protecting robins.
On Tuesday. Feb. n. at 2. M, or petition
Of w. Il. Butter and r. Is. SNOW, Pres. and
Sec, OF Bluehiii +. " g. Assn. for q las to reg.
u.ate the size of trout and salmon which may
be taken rom Third pond. SO called. IN Blue.
hill. q. q. KfxsNAs Secretary
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
STATE OF MAINE.
.IIfnICIA

THE Committee on Judiciary will give
L public hearing in its room at the 1. ate
House Augusta, Tuesday. Feb Is. 1905 at
2o'ctock p M, No. ls7. On an act to author-
lie the town of castine to contract for itself
andivr persoDs aud col pOratioEs a systs IA, vi
wafer woi ks within said town.
Thurs. ~, March .. 1875 at O'Clock D. m.
No. 1871 On an acG authorizing Frank Spauld-
ing and Others to build wharf into tide
waters in toe Town OF Cranberry Isles.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

The republicans and democrats OF
Ellsworth win hold eaucuses to-moI =
row to nominate candidates for mayor,
aldermen and other municipal officers.
Although the spring election is less
than two weeks away, very little in
Ierest in it has thus far deveio ed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
STATE OF MAINE.
WAYS AMI kRIIkG SO

THE COMMITTEES on Ways aud Bridges will
L give public hearirg in It's room No. 3,
State House, Augusta, Wednesday, March
l, at ,'clock in the afternoon, ON an act
granting permission to John L. Goss. TO con.
struct anu niaiptsin y bridge across Mooss
Island Bar m the town of Stouinglon.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY %, 1905.

Oliver Otis, the versatile editor of
the Rockland Opinion, has been NOM
mated for mayer of Rockland by the
democrats.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

State Superintendent of Schools w. w.
Stetson was the guest OF the board OF
education OF the city of New York last
Monday, Feb 20. on the occasion of the
celebration Of ih4 one hundredth ami
verssry OF the founding of tbs public
school system of that city.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

STEADY EMPLoYMENT-Big PayIn 81
~ OF employ ment. or making less ln'u
position where you can earn from 20 to.r
per day in your own town. / want an asii M
IN every town. Samples and particular
70 stamp w. z. LEWIS. Manuiac'"'
agent, Cherrydeld, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

Fred Fl. King has been appointed post
master at Portland. MI. King was as
a'stant- post master under the late G. II.
Barker,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
G. A. r.. Annual Encampment.


The annual encsmpment OF The Maine
@. A. II. was heid at Lewiston last Friday.
Capt. II o Perry. of Fort Fairfield,
was elected department commander. and
E T. Parker, OF Bar hsroor. senior vice.
commander.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22
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~ work. NATIONAL SHoRNAKEss, Lev"
ton, Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

The Bar Harbor Choral society will
give concert In the evening OF March Q,
and the following soloists with assist the
chorus: Miss Frances Drinkwaler, OF
Bangor, contraito; Mrs. John Bowers, of
Portland, harpist; Francis j. WEIGH, of
Portland, vioiiaist.
An orchestra composed OF the best play
ers OF the State viii take part In the con-
cert.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-02-22

The third annual concert aud bali OF
The Sportsmeu's association was given at
the Casino Thursday evening of last week,
and was a very pleasant afair, attended
~ q number OF people which filied the
large hall.
The decorations we're magnificent, and
1t was generally conceded that they were
superior to those of tue two previous balls
given by the association, and that Is
saying good deal. For days the com.
mittee In charge OF the decoration were
at work, and the result was very fiue.
Ropes Of evergreen were gracefully
hung from the ceiling OF the hall and
about the balconies, and the wallis were
covered with moose, deer and caribou
heads, mounted birds. and furs o. ali
sorts, burnt wood and leather, guns,
rifles, rods, etc.
A huge buffalo head Attracted much
attention. On the stage was a miniature
log cabin and several mounted deer and
fswns.
The casino orchestra gave a short con-
cert, and DR.. g. A. Phillips aud l.. b
Deasy made brief spes ches which put the
audience in gooi humor, aud al $50 the
grand march began, led by J. Alden
Morse aud Mrs. Milton s Atey.
About $50 couples took part In the
dancing which Was continued till after 2
O'Clock.
The officers CT the association are: w.
M. Roberts, president; r. II. Klttredge.
p. w. Biancbfeld, e. c. Parker, vice
presidents; W. J.. Ensor, secretary and
treasurer.
The reception committee were: Milton
R1dick, q ii. Wood, E q. Packer, t. r.
Moran, L. B. Deasy, G. s. Green, Charles
B. Pineo, d. l. Hodgkirs.
A. p. Alley was floor director, and NJ. C.
Foster, NJ. C. Morrison, c. B. Higgins, A.
l.. Stafford, L. A. Austin, NJ. 8. Arry were
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18
CHIEF WEIR HAS
 A HAPPY DREAM Police Force Augmented by
 Fifty Men DISTRIBUTING THE MEN The Chief Would Assign Thirty of the New PatroImen to the Business District-Twenty to the
 Residence Section.
DISTRIBUTING THE MEN

Chief Wier was all curled up in the easy revolving chair in his office yester- day, his head down on his breast, his hands folded peacefully, and his entire appearance being that of a man well satisfied with life. From under his hat came an occasional snore, indicating that the sand man was paying him visit.
 Desk Sergeant Shirley and several offi- cers watched the chief, laughing quietly at him for being so sleepy headed. But they let him sleep. Suddenly a smile erept across the chiefs face and his countenance brightened. Evidently his dream was a pleasant one.
 Then he commenced to humble to hini- self At first he could not be understood, but by drawing closer one could catch something. A graphophone near caught this dream:
 T am glad those aldermen gave me the extra fifty men that I asked for and now I will be able to cover the entire city with patroimen and we will have less crime. We needed them badly enough, but now we will forget all the troubles of the past and prepare for the future.
 T am going to divide the force into three watches, for we should nave that many. Twelve hours is too long for policemen to work at time, and we will really have more men on a beat if we have three watches, for then the men will never leave their beats for meals or for court
 Twelve of the new men I am going to send to the South Highlands and eight to the North Highlands. The other thirty I will place in the center of the city, and there will be a policeman to every block Then there will be fewer crimes commlc- ted. We will, therefore, have to make fewer arrests
 Every alley shall be patroled every half hour, and every door tried regularly every fifteen minutes. No more men shall drink on duty, be their excuse what it may We will dismiss everyone we catch tion of their uniform on. They must not be under the effects of intoxicants at any time.
 We are going to have military dscip- line, too Commissioner Lucien c. Brown, who is a military genius, has promised to drill the policemen and they will have to do everything in military way.
 And then we are going to raise the policemen's salaries to $50 month and allow them-'' but the graphophone worked no longer. There was a howl of protest from the surrounding policemen at mention of an increase in salary, and the chief walked up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18
AT THE CHURCHES.

The Rev. J. O. Hanes will preach at
 Wesley chapel tomorrow at both services as usual.
 The regular services will be held al
 St. Mary's chapel tomorrow afternoon and evening.
 At the Eleventh Avenue Methodist church Sunday the Rev. Dr. w. D. Morris will preach as usual. At St Andrews Episcopal church Sun day. the Rev. Raimundo de Ovies will
 fill the pulpit as usual. At the Southside Baptist church to-
 morrow. the Rev Dr. A. c. Davidson will fill his pulpit as usual. At St. Paurs Methodist church tomor- row the Rev. w. R. Hendrix will fill the pulpit at both services. At the East Lake Baptist church Sun day the Rev. Dr. J. M. Shelburn will oc-
 cupy his pulpit as usual. The Rev. pr. J. H. Mccoy will preach
 at the Five Points Methodist church to-
 morrow morning and evening. The Rev Dr. J. A Bryan will preach
 at the Third Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening as usual. The Rev. Dr. A. K. Moore, pastor of the First Christian church, will occupy
 his pulpit as usral Sunday.
 The Rev. Dr. Sterling J. Foster will
 preach at the South Highlands Presby- terian church Sunday as usual. The Rev. Dr. L. s. Handley will i'll his pulpit tomorrow at the Central Presby- terian church at both services. The usual services will be held at the Young Mems Christian association to- morrow afternoon at o'clock. The Rev. Dr. l.. M. Bradley will fl his pulpit at the Avondale Baptist church tomorrow morning and evening as usual The Rev. D. T.. Mooney will fill the pull. pit at the Second Presbyterian church as usual tomorrow morning and evening Sunday masses at St. Pauls will be al 7:3O, and 10:30 o'clock, and at the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows at and Il o'clock.
 The Rev. Dr. A. J. Dickinson will fil the pulpit at the First Baptist church al both mornin- and evening services to- morrow.
 The Rev. Dr. Hoyt M. Dobbs. pastor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18
INDUSTRIAL NEWS

B. G. Rhodes of Kansas City. Mo-, was in Birmingham yesterday making arrangements for the shipment here of the output of some charcoal ovens he and his brother intend building at Pell city. He expects to ship practically the entire product of his ovens to points in Alabama, and believes that there will be no trouble in finding a ready market for it.
 The company has its headquarters in Kansas City, a branch office in Atlanta, and will build some additional ovens in Pell City. The outlay In Pell City will amount to about s2O,oOO, and will consist of eight ovens with a considerable daily output. The ovens were built in Pell City because it was so much easier there to secure the wood needed.
 While the demand for charcoal for from making purposes is limited, it is steady, as charcoal iron is needed for certain purposes.
 According to the Wall Street Journal. a director of Tennessee Coal and Iron says: q do not believe that there will ever be a consolidation of the southern iron and steel properties unless the neces- sary stock to bring such merger is ac- quired in the open market Several months ago when efforts were made to consolidate Tennessee Coal and Iron, Sloss- Sheffield and Republic Iron and Steel views as to the value of the diff ferent properties were so discordant that it was impossible to reach any basis on which these companies could be merged.
 Interests in Tennessee Coal and Iron take the position that they have an enor-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18
QUAIL BY THE 1OOO SHIPPED NORTHWARD  Alabama Birds Used to Stock Game Preserves Elsewhere BlR MlNGHAM THE MARKET 
 If Business Continues to Grow as It Has Recently 10000 Quail May
 Be Taken Yearly From
 This State.
BIRMINGHAM THE MARKET

Not less than five thousand gail migrate each year from Alabama to northern states A great majority of them go to Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
 They don't go because they wish to leave the fields and woods of Alabama. and they don't leave here because they wish to settle in the oil regions of Penn sylvania or the Berkshire hills of the old Bay state.
 Their migration is compulsory. They are caught unwl1tingly in the net of the fowler. confined in eage-lke crates and shipped northward to stock the game preserves of Yankeedom.
 This thing has been going on for sev- eral years. The tide of compulsory migra- ton of these birds is steadily increasing in volume. When 1t began friends of the quail in this state sought to prevent the ruthless separation of the parent quail from their offspring. Investigation showed, however, that the law was on the side of the ohnithological immigration agents from Massachusetts and Pennsyl- vania. Game wardens in those states
  Alabama that prohibited the snaring, eaglng and transportation of birds from tlis state to other eommonweGlths. There was nothing In the interstate commerce law, either that forbade the practice.
 Liter satisfying themselves that they were legally right in the brd-snatching and bird-deportlng business, the immigra- tion agents from the north went to work to ensnare Mir Qnail and Mrs. Quail and Quail they could find with view to stocking game preserves at the north.
 They made Birmingham their base Of operations A local bird-snarer who lives In Woodlawn was consulted, and through him the quail are caught in many parts of the state, brought to Birmingham and shipped northward from here.
 Before they would undertake the work the express companies and railways here looked up the law in the case with the expectation that the business was pro hibited. When satisfied that It was legally permitted, they consented tc take the orders.
 A local cooper supplies the crates or cages. These are made of wood with wire netting The birds are kept till they are sufficiently old to stand the trip and are then sent north. Few of them die on the way.
 Of all southern states Alabama, 1t is said, is the most fertile field for quail snaring. Powders all over the state find their business profitable The number of birds shipped increases each year. This fact has been drawn to public attention and has stirred Up considerable opposi- ton.
 It is now reported that ar the next session of the legislature a law may be passed that will either limit or abolish the business. If 1t continues to grow, as it has grown in the last two years it is estimated that not less than 10000 quail will be shipped annually out of Alabama. Local huntsmen say tat this is a pretty heavy drain on the states quail preserves, and that the shipments of quail to Yan- keedom, like the shipments of gold to Europe, Is a subject that they cannot long "view with eomplacancy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18
BRILLIANT MUSIC
 SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FESTIVAL OF SACRED SONG WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE BlJOU TO- MORROW AFTERNooN-LARGE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA.

All music lovers are looking forward with keen delight to the festival which will take place at the Bijou tomorrow af- ternoon at 3 o'clock The programme will consist of Memolis mass No. g. the Gloria from Gounods St. Cecilia mass and two orchestral numbers-Stabat Mater and the Raymond overture.
 The orchestra engaged for this oc- casion is the largest and the best local body of musicians ever assembled here MT. Memoi, the festival director, has conducted number of orchestra re- hearsals and he said yesterday that the people of Birmingham would be agree. ably surprised Sunday when they heard this band of local instrumentalists. The or chestra includes four first violins, four seconds, one viola one violioncelo, two bass viols strong wind choir and kettle drums
 The chorus will number eighty voices The last rehearsal was held yesterday af- ternoon, and it was highly satisfactory
 Mrs. E. J. Putnam, the solo soprano arrived from Indianapolis yesterday morning MT. Memoli sent her the music for the soprano solo parts two weeks ago and she now knows her music by heart Mrs. Putnam is a gifted woman, and is one of the finest church singers in the country.
 Mir Michaelson will appear at the fes- tival as the solo tenor and MT. F'riermood as the solo baritone.
 The festival is being given for the ben eft of the Father O'Reilly. monument fund Tickets are on sale at the fol- lowing places: The Bijou, the Cable ccmpany's store, Williams Music store. and the Jacobs Pharmacy The prices are 75c, BOG and 25c There will be no reserved seats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18
ARTILLERY GETS READY
 FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION

have not as yet been supplied. Each man has been furnished with two uniforms, a blanket. poncho, pistol and belt, and it is believed as a result of the coming in- spection all of the necessary equipment will be furnished by the war depart- ment
 The Brandon Light artillery is now one of the strongest military organizations in the Birmingham district. The member ship has increased rapidly recently. and within the next few months the officers and members will exert their best efforts towards securing recruits. When the Brandon battery goes into annual en- campment next summer it expects to be the largest organization in the artillery squadron of the Alabama National Guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-18

T. c. Perrin, first sergeant of the Bran don Light artillery has issued orders for the regular monthly muster and drill of the battery, which will be held Tues day night at o'clock in the armory of the organization on the fourth floor of the city hall. After the drill refresh- ments will be served.
 The Brandon Light artillery is now preparing for the annual inspection by United States army officers, which will be held early in April The full strength of the battery will be present at the in- spection.
 receiving a full equipment. During the past year the battery has received con siderable equipment, but new field pieces