Ellsworth American., 1906-10-31
KITTERY TO CARIBOU.

Whitcomb, Kennebunk, for adjustable
shelf
David Kiah, OF South Brewer, died sud
denly of paralysis Saturday, aged sixty
one years.
Capt. William Hogan. OF Westbrook, of
the schooner Norman, died suddenly on
board his vessel while In Machias harbor
last Thursday.
Enoch Davis, for thirty-six years clerk
OF the city council of Rockland and for
nine years city clerk, died Sunday, aged
seventy-eight years.
The beautiful new Catholic church at
orono was dedicated Thursday. Right
Rev. Louis s. Walsh, the newly installed
bishop of Maine, presided at the cere-
mony.
Samuel Everett Saunders, aged twenty
three, of Portland, was killed instantly
Wednesday by the accidental discharge OF
the gun he carried while getting into
boat at Moose pond near Denmark.
Two Eastport women, Mrs. Charles E.
Brown, aged forty-four, and Mrs. Walter
F. Bradish, aged fifty-fve, were killed in
the railroad wreck at Atlantic City, N. j.,
Sunday, when fifty-three were killed.
Clara, the eigbt-year-old daughter of
Albert r. Day, of Bangor, was playing
about bonfire Friday, when her cloth
ing caught fire. She was so badly burned
that death resulted few hours later.
While locked in their little playhouse
constructed of dry-goods box Monday,
two sons of Thomas Quirion, of Augusta,
aged four and six, played with matches
and started fire which burned them to
death.
r. E. Mellyn, United States inspector OF
immigration at Vanceboro, accidentally
shot himself in the head Saturday while
handling revolver. He died few hours
later On the train while being taken to
Bangor hospital.
A sentence Of one year in the county
Jail was imposed upon Henry L. Earring
ton, the Civil war veteran, who was con-
victed of msnslaughter Wednesday, for
the shooting of Eugene Bryant in the
Hartford lumber camp.
George w. Luce, prominent citizen
OF Bath, Civil war veteran who
served with distinction in the First
Maine heavy artillery, died Thursday,
aged sixty-seven years. He was for many
years the city liquor agent.
The lumber mill of Fleetwood Pride, of
Houlton, at Pride's Mills on the Ashland
branch of the Bangor & Aroostook rail-
road, was burned Thursday, with large
amount OF sawed lumber and shingles.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The annual potato contest at Houlton
ended last week. The largest potato
weighed three pounds, seven ounces; sec
ond largest, three pounds, four ounces.
There were $50 potatoes brought in, and
sixty of the largest filed barrel.
Hon. William C. Marshall, former mayer
Of Belfast and State assessor, died Mon
day, aged seventy-nine years. He was
mayor of Belfast in 1871, 1872 and 1873,
collector of customs at Belfast during the
Hayes and Arthur administrations, and
State assessor in the COS.
The erroneous report was printed in
papers Throughout the State last week that
Charles B. Hazeltine, prominent Belfast
man, was dead. Mr.. Hazeltine was criti-
cally i'll at the time, and an obituary no.
tice prepared by one of the Maine dailies
to be used in event Of his death, was in
advertently printed. Mr.. Hazeltine is
still living.
The seventy fiveton schooner Glenullen,
Of Machias, was wrecked on Ram island,
Machias bay, last Thursday. She was
owned and commanded by Capt. Mitchell,
of Harrington. She will be a total loss.
Capt. Mitchell and crew of three were
taken off by the crew from the Cross is
land life saving station. The schooner
misstayed while working through the
narrows.
The last of the ice harvested on the Pc
nobscot river last winter will be shipped
within few days. Every house on the
river will then be practically empty. The
American Ice Co. is making arrangements
to have it's immense houses, with a stor-
age capacity of 10000 tons, put in con-
dition, and John W. Puffer, Bangor man
ager for the company, states that the plans
are to cut all the ice that can be housed on
the Penobscot during the coming winter.
At the business meeting of the Maine
teachers association in Lewiston Friday,
the following officers were elected: M. P.
Dutton, Augusta, president; Prof. A. j..
Roberts, Waterville, vice-president; /;
Ernest Palmer, Dexter, secretary and
treasurer; Mrs. Elizabeth S. Blake, Au-
gusta, corresponding secretary; NJ. p.
Dutton, Augusta; Ernest Palmet, Dexter;
Prof. A. j. Roberts, Waterville; Mrs.
Elizabeth S. Blake, Portland; c. e. Tilton,
Bangor, executive committee.
The dedicatory exercises of the library
given by Andrew Carnegie to the Univer-
sity of Maine, will take place Friday,
Nov. 2. The programme will include pre-
sentation of the building to the State by
the president OF the board of trustees,
Henry Lord; delivery of the keys, by
Gov. Cobb; address, s'The Relation of the