Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-11-14
Strait died at Old Town Nov. 8, aged
twenty years.

twenty years.
The October and November committees
OF the Congregational society will give.a
turkey supper at the vestry tomorrow
evening. There will be sale of fancy
articles and home made candy in connec-
tion With the supper.
The body OF Mrs. Almira Lamson, who
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. f..
p Greene, in Bluehill last Friday, was
brought here Sunday for interment. Mrs.
Lamson was the widow of James Crippen,
formerly of Ellsworth.
worth have entered into an agreement to
close their stores at $50 O'Clock every
evening except Wednesday and Saturday,
and not to send out delivery wagons in the
evening until April next.
Clerk of Courts J. F. Knowlton and
Sheriff B. Fl. Mayo will be among the
speakers at the exercises in connection
with the dedication of the new school
house at Southwest Harbor next Wednes-
day. State Supt. Stetson will deliver the
principal address.
The schooner Minnie Chace, libeled for
debt, was sold at auction here Friday, and
bid in by I. L..Snow & Co., of Rockland,
who held the claim against the vessel.
The VESSELS cargo was transferred to the
schooner Ann G. Stuart, and the Chace
sailed for Rocklan1 Saturday.
Services will be held at the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday morning, con-
Quoted by Rev. E. w. Lyman. professor
at the Bangor theological school. Mr..
Lyman is one of the younger members of
the faculty, and is said to be forceful
speaker. The Sunday school will meet at
1.45 a. m. There will be no evening SER
vice.
The chapter of instruction in the Royal
Arch will be held at the lodge room in the
Manning block next Saturday at 1.3O
o'clock. Instruction will be given by the
grand lecturer in the ritual and secret
work Of the several degrees. 1t is desired
that every high priest, king and scribe,
who can possibly do so, may attend. All
Royal Arch Masons in good standing are
invited.
The fair OF Nokomis Rebekah lodge
Monday and Tuesday evenings was de-
cided success financially and socially.
Monday evening was stair night, with
the usual booths and some new features,
one of which was the country store.
Clifton Woodward and Mrs. Roscoe Gould,
in costume, presided over the store, and
were the "hits" of the evening. The fair
closed last evening with dance and sup
per. The lodge cleared about $3.50.
Several tax cases were before the Els
worth municipal court last Thursday. j.
H. Bresnahan, collector, brought suits
against Charles Whitmore and Mrs. NJ.
e. Maloney. There were several cases
against each. R. E. Mason appeared for
the city, A. W. King for Mr.. Whitmore
and d. E. Hurley for Mrs, Maloney. The
Whitmore cases were first taken up and
Judge Peters found for defendant on the
ground that the necessary ten days had
not elapsed between notice of writ and
the commencement of same. The Maloney
cases came under the same ruling. Plain
tiff appealed.
Thursday afternoon a horse case was
aired in the Ellsworth municipal court.
The action was brought by William w.
Stewart against Ernest w. Wooster, both
of Hancock Point, to recover balance of
$25 claimed to be due on purchase price of
a horse. A contract introduced in the
case showed that MIR. Wooster took the
f<
more if after months trial he considered
the horse worth it, or to return the horse
for 800 cash. Judge Peters ruled that
under this contract the defendant was not
bound to pay the $25, if he did not con-
slider the horse worth it, but could return
the horse and take back his 500. Judg
ment for defendant; plaintiff appealed.
E. J. Walsh appeared for plaintiff and A.
W. King for defendant.
Considerable excitement was caused
Sunday evening, when an alarm was sent
QUO for two boys lost in the woods. Harold
Savage, aged eight, the little brother of
Mrs. c. D. Wiggin, with whom he lives,
and Neal Shea, aged six, son of Michael
A. Shea, went for a walk in the woods
back of ''The Pines''. At dark they had
not returned, and early in the evening an
alarm was sent out, and the woods were
soon full of volunteer searchers for the
little fellows. A rain, which later turned
to snow, made the situation of the lost
boys very serious one. They were found
about 9 o'clock, asleep beside wood pile
at the Malone field on the back road to
Waltham, two miles from home. They
were exposed to the full fury of the storm,
and We're numb with cold. They could
not have survived the night.