Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-05-02

heard from.
evening.in connection with the anniversary
celebration of Lejok lodge will be re-
peated next Monday evening for the pub
lie as q benefit for sick members OF the
lodge. A dance will follow. Higgins
orchestra will furnish music.
Rev. /. B. Mower, State secretary of the
missionary convention, occupied the pull
pit OF the Baptist church last Sunday
morning and evening, in the absence
Of the pastor, Mr.. Killam. Mr.. Mower
gave excellent sermons at both services
In the afternoon he conducted a service at
Surry.
The anniversary celebration by Lejok
lodge last Thursday evening was very
| pleasant affair. A minstrel show was fol-
lowed by social dance. The programme
OF the minstrel show was printed in THE
AMERICAN last week. The show will be
repeated for the public next Monday
evening.
| Howard B. Moore got in with the Ellis
worth Hardwood Co.'s drive from lower
middle branch Saturday night. He
brought in about $4,000 feet of hardwood
and about 10000 feet of stavewood from
landings below the middle branch fof
Whitcomb, Haynes g. Co. and Charles J.
Treworgy.
Miss Zelda Holt, formerly of Ellsworth,
died Monday at Dover, aged sixty-five
years. She was sister of Capt. Henry B.
Holt, of Bayside. The remains were
brought here for interment. Funeral SER
vices were held at the schoolhouse at Bay
side this forenoon, Rev. P. A. A. KiIlam
officiating.
Rev. j. P. Simonton arrived home Tues
day from the East Maine conference at
Vinalfaven. Mr.. Simonton, who received
La unar hnous call from the church here,
has been returned for bis ninth year.
This Is the longest pastorate ever held in
the East Maine conference, and probably
in the State.
Walter ]. Clark has not yet heard from
his brother John whose family reside in
San Francisco. His brother is captain Of
a barkentine sailing between San Francisco
and Tacoma, WASH, and it Is not known
| whether or not he was at home at the time
OF the earthquake. Another brother,
Byron Clark, lives in Mendocino, 100
miles from San Francisco.
II. B. Phillips is extending his hoop
pole business, and is now equipping a mill
at the Cunningham farm on the Teddy
pond road, Surry. A band saw, with
whics Mr.. Phillips has successfully
solved the problem OF splitting hoop poles,
has been set up in the new shop. Mr..
Phillips has manufactured about 10000
hoops during the past winter, and has or
ders on hand now for about $4,000 worth.
DR.. and Mrs. George A. Phillips were in
the city last week, removing their house,
hold goods from their house on Main
street, recently purchased by Judge j. b.
Redman, who is expected home from
Washington this week. Henry NJ. Hall
and family are moving to the Higgins
house, corner of Main and High streets,
which Mr.. Hall has recently purchased.
Mrs. Higgins is moving to her other house
on High street.
Emory F. White, OF New York, the
tenor soloist, whose sudden illness neces-
STATED the cancelling of an engagement
to appear here last March, will give a re-
cital at Hancock hall Wednesday evening
of next week. The recital is under the
auspices of the Helpsomehow society of
the Baptist church. Mr.. White will
present a select programme of classical
| 10 Ea will ha faJ hu Mias Flea
nor w. Pomeroy, reader, and Miss Lora
V. Parsons, accompanist.
The fair and supper by Sunrise council,
Daughters Of Liberty, last Friday even-
ing, was a success. Supper was served
from $50 to O'Clock. This was followed
by an entertainment which included
songs by Percy E. Higgins, Samuel E.
Chapman, Frank Echenagucia and Miss
Addie Tinker, recitations by Nettie Full
lerton, Lucy Stevens, Walter Barron,
Mary Leighton, Alvin Barron, Hattie
Clark, Cora Stevens and tableaux. Dur
ing the evening fancy articles and home
made candy were sold.
Fire at II O'Clock last night destroyed
the dance hall at the fair grounds in this
city. The building was used by Henry E.
Davis, the carriage builder, for the storage
OF carriages and sleighs, and he Is the
heaviest loser by the fire. He had fifteen
to twenty vehicles of all kinds in the
building, and estimates his loss at above
5000. He had only small insurance.
f. II. Osgood had about four tons OF hay
and road wagon in the building. He
had no insurance. The building, which
was not valuable, was owned by the fair
association, and was uninsured. The
cause of the fire is unknown. 1t may have
been incendiary, but the large area OF
grass burned around it suggests that it
may have caught from burning grass.
In its report of the production OF the
"Pirates of Penzance" at Lewiston last
week, the Journal says of e. e. Parker's
work: "Much of the burden of the COM
| edv falls IN Major General STANLEY, This