Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-12-06

nome on Nam street.
The minstrel show and ball of the Dirigo
club at Hancock hall Thanksgiving eve
was fairly well attended, in spite of un-
favorable weather The programme was
printed in THE AMERICAN last week.
Mrs. j. p. Eldridge and daughter Ber-
nice returned Saturday from a visit Of a
few days in Dexter. Mrs. Eldridge's
| mother, Mrs. s. j. Aver, accompanied her
home, and viii spend the winter here.
The schooner Wesley Abbott, Capt. ].
w. Jordan, is on the railway at Curtis
shipyard for extensive repairs. 1t has not
yet been determined just how much will
be done to her, but she may be practically
rebuilt.
a. F. Burnham arrived from Brock
ton, Mass, Friday evening to spend
about two weeks here ON business, when he
will return to Brockton for the remainder
of the winter. Mrs. Burnham remained
in Brockton.
George Parcher was home from Bowdoin
college for Thanksgiving. Parcher has
been selected as one OF the assistants OF
DIR. Frank N. Whittier, the gymnasium
ohftebi IL t,S oeAiASi3 9ahtcA "tfo SoF1fS-
more classes.
Maurice Sowle, who has served four
years In the United States navy, seeing a
good part OF the world during that time,
received his discharge last week, and re-
turned home from Norfolk, Va. He will
not re-enlist.
The annual fair and supper of the Uni
tartan society takes place to-day at the
vestry. A chicken supper will be served
at o'clock. There win be the usual ta-
bies for sale OF fancy and useful articles
and homemade candies.
The State assessors at their regular
monthly meeting in Augusta yesterday,
announced the semi-annual tax assess
ment on the savings banks of Maine. The
assessment OF the Hancock county savings
bank, Ellsworth, is S724.32.
The Ellsworth office OF the Western
Union Telegraph Co. has been made a
money transfer office in class d. This
entities the Office to send money by tele-
graph to any other money transfer office,
to the amount Of 800 or under.
The regular meeting of Wm.,H. Fl. Rice
post, G. A. R., next Monday evening, will
be the annual meeting. Officers will be
elected for the ensuing year. All
members of the post are requested to
make an extra effort to be present.
Pine Tree Loyal temperance legion, at
its annual meeting last Saturday after
noon, elected officers as follows Presi-
dent, NJ. Beckwith; viee-president, Miss
Rubie J.. Gurney; secretary, Miss Alice
McGown; treasurer, Miss Estelle West.
The meeting of the Woman Suffrage
League of Hancock county, announced to
be held in Ellsworth ON Thursday, Dec. Z,
Will be held at the rooms of the W. c. T~
u. on State street, at 2 O'Clock. All men
and women interested are invited to at
tend.
Capt. Charles l.. Smith, of the schooner
Leiok, arrived home from New York
Monday evening, accompanied by his
wife, He will remain here while his yes
sci makes a trip to Florida and return to
New York in command of Capt. Norwood,
of Northeast Harbor.
The union Thanksgiving Day service at
the Baptist church was only fairly well
attended. The Thanksgiving sermon was
by Rev. j. P. Simonton. Revs. J. Nj.
Adams, s. w. Sutton and p. A. A. Killam
assisted in the service. The special music
included a solo by Mr.. killam.
Lejok lodge, l.. o. o. F., will send a
large delegation to the Odd Fellows con-
yention in Bar Harbor next Wednesday
The degree team of Lejok lodge will work
the third degree. A special train Will
bring the Ellsworth Odd Fellows home
some time in the small hours of Thursday
morning.
George s. Foster, with his wife and little
daughter, and Walter l.. Foster came
from Portland to spend Thanksgiving
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo
ID. Foster. George and Walter returned
to Portland Thursday night. Mrs. Foster
and little daughter will remain until after
Christmas.
There will be no more Sunday trains on
the Mt, Desert branch of the Maine Cen
trail or on the Washington County rail-
road this winter The train ran last Sun
day for the last time. The winter schedule
was started with this train on, but the
Washington County decided to cancel it,
and the Maine Central followed.
Capt. Sidney A. Goodwin, who made sew
eral trips in command of the schooner
Helena while Capt. Charles Hodgkins
remained ashore, arrived home from New
York on Thanksgiving Day. He will re-
main for a few weeks, and Will then
probably take command OF the Harry
w. Haynes to give his father, her captain,
an opportunity to remain at home this
winter.
The burning out of a chimney at the
home of Moses CT Smith caused slight
| fire last Thursday afternoon. H. was not
known that the chimney had burned out,
until the smell of smoke started an inves-
tigation 1t was found that some clothing,
hung over a receiver in the chimney in
one of the chambers, had caught fire. The
timely discovery prevented a serious blaze.
The loss is covered by insurance.
The Good Will Sunrise corporation, the
joint corporate organization of Good VIII
council, j. o. U. A. NJ, and Sunrise coun-
ell, d. of L., will have its annual meeting
tn-nlnrrnyv aueninr at Odd EelloMs hall.