Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-04-11
COUNTY NEWS.
CASTINE.


Ed. Common returned to Bates college
this morning.
Stephen Cash left this morning for Dark
Harbor, to work.
G. NJ. Warren went to Ellsworth this
morning to attend court.
Mrs. Annie Thayer is visiting her
brother, A. NJ. Devereux.
Miss Louise Cox left last week for Seal
Harbor, where she will teach this spring.
Ralph Hodgkins left this morning for
Bar Harbor, where he has employment for
the summer as electrician.
Miss Martha Wescott has returned from
Stockton and has taken Miss Ella Perkins
place in the home of the Misses Emerson.
F. V. Slower has recently purchased OF
c. III. Hooper the house on Perkins street
owned by him and now occupied by NJ. j.
Harmon.
F. f. Lewis, wife and daughter Gertrude
left last week for an absence of several
weeks. Mr.. Lewis will visit his old home
in New York.
The many friends of w. B. Bartram are
pleased to see him out again after being
suit of fall.
Mrs. Jane Straw, one of Castine's older
residents, was stricken with paralytic
shock ON Wednesday last, but at this
writing is reported as improving.
Miss Gertrude Bragdon, who will be
remembered as milliner last fall for c. f.
Jones Il Co., arrived on Friday and will
resume her position with that company
for the spring.
Castine is to see one of her young men,
John Adams, back this summer. Mr..
Adams has not been here for many years.
He has secured the Cate house for the
nd bou hot xxrtI
be grand reunion of the Adams family
there.
The Y. P. S. {. f. held special meet
ing at the Congregational vestry Sunday
evening, the occasion being the twentieth
anniversary of the organization OF the So
ciety in this town. Letters were read from
number of the ex-presidents and
others.
Miss Pauline Faye Devereux, who has
been away for several weeks en- visit to
friends in Connecticut, New York, and
other states, returned Friday from her va
cation. While gone Miss Devereux en-
joyed trip South on one of the steamers
running out of New York.
The steamboat war is now on. The
steamer Golden Rod having completed re-
pairs and had a general overhauling,
makes her first trip to Belfast to-day.
There Will be struggle for supremacy now
between the company owning the Golden
Rod and that owning the Silver Star,
which will run on the same route.
The ladies' alliance of the Unitarian
church is selling tickets for a lecture to be
given by Miss Cummings at the Unitarian
church Friday evening next. Miss Cum
mings is sister to Mrs. K. III. Carpenter,
and will lecture on her trip to Europe.
She is very able speaker, and those at
tending Will pass very pleasant and in
structive evening.
Notices are posted for meeting Of the
assessors at the rooms OF the selectmen ON
April Il for the purpose OF assessing taxes
for the ensuing year; also notices OF
meeting of the selectmen on April IA on
Sea street for the purpose OF laying out
sewer from Main street through land OF
w. IL. Sargent and thence to tide waters,
and assessing damages contracted thereby.
The members of the woman's relief
corps gave a supper at their hall Saturday
evening, to which invitations were ex-
tended to those who SO kindly assisted
them in the programme for their enter
tainment last week. The supper was on
their usual lavish scale, and was very
heartily enjoyed by those fortunate
enough to be present. After the supper
the guests were treated to an informal
entertainment Of Rotations, singing, etc.
Hancock lodge, f. and A. NJ, worked
the third degree on one candidate Thurs
day evening. Invitations were extended
to the lodges in Penobscot and Brooks
Vile to be present, but owing to the bad
condition of the roads few availed them
selves of it. At the close of the work the
lodge was treated by Past Master c. FL.
Hooper to clam chowder, coffee and
doughnuts. Friday evening Hancock
lodge was extended an invitation to
exemplify the same degree at North
Brooksyille, but on account of the bad
condition OF the roads, the invitation had
to be declined.
April o, u.