Ellsworth American., 1906-10-03

| their families, soon to move to East
4 Machias, where the men have employment
in the lumber mills.
There win be no preaching service at
the Congregational church next Sunday,
but on the following Sunday, Oct. Il, the
pulpit will be occupied by Rev. r. p. Mat
thews, OF Newcastle.
Harry @. Austin has leased the McFar-
land house on Central street. Mrs. Me-
Farland will leave in few weeks to spend
the winter with her daughter, Mrs. II. E.
Walker, in Exeter, N. IL.
| Invitations have been received in Els
worth for the wedding OF Fred X. SWEET,
! formerly OF Ellsworth, and Miss Prue
Roberts Jones, of South Portland, which
will take place Thursday, Oct. IS.
| Rev. P. A. A. Killam is attending the
Baptist State convention at Dover. He
expects to return home Friday. The other
delegates, iwho left Tuesday, are Mrs.
Kingsbury and Mrs. A. M. Franks.
Judge J. A. Peters, Mrs. Peters, OF this
city, and Miss Louise P. Hopkins, of Ban
| gor, returned Monday from weeks trip
| up river. They were entertained at Guy
Patterson's camp, "Wesuitu," Great Pond.
| A delegation of Ellsworth Masons went
to Brooksville Friday, when Bagaduce
lodge was formally constituted by the
| grand lodge officers. Bagaduce lodge has
| been working under dispensation since
last year.
| A new hardwood floor is being laid in
! Mechanics hall, the old Methodist church,
and Clark & Witham will open their skat-
| ing rink there in about two weeks. Other
Improvements are also to be made on the
building.
| Miss Annie Connick is home from a
three weeks pleasure and business trip to
| Boston, Montreal and the White Noun
tsins. She has engaged Miss Isabel Tilton,
of Boston, to assist her during the busy
season in millinery.
| The Free Baptist society of Ellsworth
will hold its annual business meeting
| Thursday evening, when officers will be
elected. While the Free Baptist church
here holds no service at present, the or
ganization of the society is preserved.
The remains of the infant child of
Walter Wilson and wife, of Bangor, We're
brought to Ellsworth for interment Satur-
day morning. Prayers were said at the
grave by Rev. j. p. Simonton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson were former residents of this
city.
! The meetings of the grand lodge and
I grand encampment, l. o. o. F., viii be
held at Portland, Oct. IS. Everett j.
Davis is delegate from Lejok lodge and
Charles j. Brown from Wivurna encamp-
ment.
party OF Ellsworth ladies were de-
lightfully entertained one afternoon last
week at the famous Austin farm in Han
cock, and since their return several varie-
ties of delicious apples, honey and other
farm products have adorned the tables of
the visitors.
Miss Ray Whiting will leave tomorrow
for Columbus, o., where she will act as
bridesmaid for Miss Cora Bechtel, who has
visited her here. Before her return she
will visit friends in st. Paul, Mimi, Iowa
City, Iowa, and Macon, Ga. She will be
away all winter.
Mrs. Elmer L. Kingman returned last
week from Lakeview, where she has spent
few days with Mr.. Kingman. After a
few days in Ellsworth she left for Wal
tham to visit her mother. Mr.. Kingman
has just changed his location, going from
Lakeview to Island Falls to work as mill
wright.
The Bar Hart or & Union River Power
Co. is wiring the houses of David Friend,
Frank E. Gray and Frank r. Moore for
electric lights. The company is also put
ting city water in the houses of q. F..
Newman, f. A. Lermond and the tene-
ment on South street owned by Peter
Starkey.
John F. Royal, driving on the Staball
road only short distance out of Els
worth Monday, saw a doe deer so tame
that it came almost within reach of his
whip. 1t could hardly be driven out of
the road to allow him to pass, and stepped
back into the road and continued
feeding before he had driven by 100 feet.
And this in open time, too.
Rumor has it that a stock company
formed by Bangor business men, of whom
Fred A. Eddy is one, intends to build a
four story business and Office building on
the site of the burned buildings on Main
street. r. B. and t. J. Holmes, of Els
worth, who own an interest in the prop
erty, know nothing officially of such a
scheme.
Milton Beckwith, of this city, has fin
ally decided not to take trip this winter
to Panama in the interest of the New
England association for the restriction OF
immigration. His proxy is Hon. A.
Melvin Gilroy, of Bridgeport, Conn, for
many years a consul in Latin-American
ports. Mr.. Beckwith has received a COM
mendable letter from the association for
his selection of Mr.. Gilroy.
The remains OF Ralph f. Lord, whose