Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-05-16


Amos Pettingill, who has been seriously
ill with pneumonia, is improving.
Rev. w. A. Luce, of winterport, was the
guest Of Rev. J. p. Simonton Monday.
Judge j. A. Peters and wife have moved
to their Lamoine home for the summer.
circle supper will be served at the
Unitarian vestry this evening at o'clock.
George N. Black and Mr.. Pitman spent
few days the past week at the homestead
here.
Harry II. Austin, of Bucksport, son OF
Arthur w. Austin, is in this city for few
days.
Mrs. L. W. Hodgkins and Miss Hannah
Holmes are spending few days this week
in Bangor.
The date for the presentation OF the
drama "Down in Maine" by local talent
| has not been fixed.
X. f. Mason has moved his law Office to
the building on State street recently pur-
chased by John B. Redman.
The Ellsworth schooner Julia Frances,
Capt. Alley, is at Bucksport loading slaves
and headings for Rondout, N. Y.
| The Pullman cars which are now laid off
at Bangor, will begin running through
/ to Mt. Desert Ferry next Tuesday.
The May number of Field and Stream
contains short sketch by w. F. Aiken,
OF Ellsworth, entitled IAN Afternoon on
Patterns Pond.
Lawrence l.. Treworgy has been chosen
to represent the Ellsworth high school in
| the annual oratorical contest of the Uni
versity of Maine at Orono next Friday.
James E. Garland, of Ellsworth, and
| Mss Angie :. Alley, of Trenton, were
married last Saturday forenoon at the
Congregational parsonage in Ellsworth by
Rev. J. NJ. Adams.
Rev. s. w. Sutton and family have
moved to the Peck house, so-called, on
Maple street, owned by John A. Peters,
The house has been extensively repaired,
and a bath-roomlhas been added.
The caucus Of the republican voters Of
Ellsworth to elect delegates to the county
convention will be held Saturday evening,
May rs, at 7.30 O'Clock, at Hancock hall.
Frank T. Grows, proprietor OF the
| American house, fell on a stairway Mon
day night, breaking his right wrist at the
joint and severely injuring the ligaments.
Judge John A. Peters contemplates max
ing extensive improvements in the Peters
block at the corner OF Main and State
streets, including new plate-glass front
| for the stores.
| The seventeenth anniversary of the Ep-
worth league will be observed by the
! Ellsworth society with concert at the
Methodist church next Sunday evening in
place of the usual evening service.
The county commissioners have visited
several towns during he past week to lay
out State roads. To-day they are at Ston-
ington on ferry hearing, and Friday
they will go to Castine on similar errand.
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Irving Thompson, of Machias, last Satur-
day. Mrs. Thompson is at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer l.. King
man, in this city. Ellsworth friends ex-
tend congratulations.
Mrs. NJ A. King who has spent The
winter with her daughter, Mrs. +. w.
Rollins, returned to her home in Ablng-
ton, Mass, last Thursday. She was ae-
companied by Mrs. Rollins, who will re-
| main in Massachusetts, for few weeks.
| Embert G. Osgood and Charles II. Le-
/ land left yesterday for Portland to attend
the meeting of the grand lodge, X. of p
MIR. Osgood intends to visit nis brother in
Berlin, n. H., before returning. Mrs. Os-
good accompanied him.
| Mrs. L. A. Emery arrived home Satur-
day from Topeka, Kan, where she has
| been visiting her sister. After putting
'sFirlands" in order for Chandler Hale
and family, who will arrive early in June,
Mrs. Emery will go to her Hancock Point
cottage.
| Members of the Ellsworth festival
/ chorus are reminded that the rehearsal
| this week, and hereafter until otherwise
changed, will be on Wednesday evening.
| Director in Chief w. r. Chapman is ex-
pected to be present at the rehearsal next
week-Mfy %.
| The senior class OF the high school has
invited Rev. j. NJ. Adams, of the Congre-
gational church, to deliver the baccalau-
reate sermon on the Sunday preceding
graduation, and Arno w. King to deliver
the address to the class at the graduation
exercises ON Thursday, June IA.
The democrats of Hancock county are
making an effort to have the third con-
gressional district convention of their