Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-08-02
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Lyrick, of Millinocket, was drowned
Wednesday, while playing on logs in the
river
| Archibald L, Boyd, one of Bangor's old
est merchants, for more than fifty years
carrying on a fruit store, died Sunday,
aged seventy-eight years.
commotion was heard in pasture at
Fort Fairfield one night recently, where
B. S. Smith had young colt and its
mother, and upon investigation it was
found that moose had visited the pasture
and had killed the colt.
at Clinton, were burned Tuesday of last
week, with ITO tons of hay, ten wagons,
| fifteen sets Of harness, 800 bushels of oats,
sleds and farming implements. Loss,
5000; insured, 5000.
Patents have been granted to Maine
inventors as follows: To Willard Jones,
OF Auburn, for filter, and also for a COM
bined window shade roller and drapery
pole hanger; to Thomas s. Laughlin, of
Portland, for forming turn buckles; to
Arthur r. Rogers, of Jonesport, for fish
handling apparatus.
Eli NJ. O'Brien, of Thomaston, chairman
| of the Knox county board of county
commissioners, died Thursday, aged
seventy-ive years. He had served on the
| board two terms. This is the second
member Of the board to die within
month, the other being Reddington R.
Morton, of Friendship, who died June 30.
Capt. Hillman Smith, of Auburn, ex-
mayor OF that city and for two years war
den Of the State prison at Thomaston,
died Saturday, aged seventy years. He
had served in the city government of both
Lewiston and Auburn, had been city mar
shall of Lewiston and sheriff Of Andres
| coggin county. He was veteran OF the
| Civil war, serving in the 9Th Maine, and
| being discharged with the rank of captain.
Capt. Thomas w. Hillyard, of Eastport,
| died Tuesday of last week at the age of
| fifty-eight years. He was for many years
| one Of the deep-sea captains of this Sec
ton, and ran a coasting vessel to Boston
and New York for number of years. He
| retired from the sea about fifteen years
| hSo. 0cch ditcI WdIu ne WIS dppOlubtu
city marshal, which position he held for
two terms, and was then appointed col
lector of taxes, and served several years.
The work of surveying for the large
plant to be built at Aroostook falls to
| develop the water power of the Aroostook
| river, has begun under the direction of
| the Maine & New Brunswick Power Co.
The estimated horse power at the falls is
5000. Electric power will be furnished for
q greater part of Aroostook county and
the western part of New Brunswick, in
Guiding Fort Fairfield, Houlton, Pressure
Isle, Caribou and Limestone in Maine, and
| Andover and Perth in New Brunswick
Ward Brothers, contractors, of Kenne
bunk, are to build three large pulp mills
for the paper company, formerly called
| the White Mountain Paper Company,
which are to be located at Bar Mills, Steep
Falls and Hiram. Two of the mills are to
i have an output of thirty tons day, while
| the third is to have an output of fifty tons
a day. The company for which the mills
are to be built was incorporated under the
name of the Publishers Paper Company,
with capital stock of $4,000, 600. Since
then the name of the company has been
changed.
DR.. Geo. B. Woodside died Friday at
| Damariscotta, where he was shot in the
head three days before by Arthur, the fif
teen-year old son of Joseph Mcfarland,
of Charlestown, Mass. Young Mcfarland,
who was passing a vacation at New Har-
Dor, was sitting upon the church steps dis
charging a revolver when the physician
drove up. One of the bullets pierced his
right temple. Mcfarland was held on the
charge of assault with intent to kill for
the October term of the supreme court, and
liberated upon bail in the sum of 81 600
furnished by his father.
Supreme Chancellor Charles E. Shiveley,
of Richmond, Ind, will visit the grand
Domain OF Maine K. of P, on Aug II. A
subordinate lodge field day will be held in
Lewiston and Auburn. The exercises of
the day will take place at Lake Grove,
Auburn. The programme will consist of
shore dinner, concert by the Brigade
band, an address by the supreme chancel-
Ior, and a vaudeville entertainment. A
short parade, escorted by the local COM
panies of the Uniform Rank, will take
place at p. M, after which reception to
the supreme chancellor will be given in
the city hall, Lewiston, followed by
dancing. Special rates on all railroads.
John R. Graham took formal possession
of the Penobscot Central railroad Satur-
dav the road having been recently DUR