Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-10-31

pumpkin PIE which he generously shared
with his gcntiemen friends whose teeth
were good. Mrs. William Harrington won
hrst prize for ladies.
Justice l.. A. Emery, of this city. has
presented TO the University of Maine
school Of law two pictures which he
picked up In Europe last summer. One is
a photographs reproduction OF the Forum
Romanum and the other OF the Forum Re-
stored. The pictures are 2ox20 inches in
size, and will be much appreciated ad-
ornment to the walls OF the law school
lecture room. Next month Justice Emery
will lecture before the school on the sub
ject, ''Iaw courts have visited"
William Stesdman, OF Prospect Harbor,
who was wanted for forgetting to return a
horse he hired at Capt. f. w. Aliens liv-
cry stable, as reported In THE AMERICAN
last week, was located at Birch Harbor
Thursday, and Depaty Sheriff Carney and
Capt. Allen dropped down there to jog his
memory a little. He was arraigned in the
Ellsworth municipal court Friday, charged
with larceny. He could not furnish bonds
of $500 for appearance at the next April
term Of court, and so is back in familiar
quarters at the county jail.
The Dirigo club expects to move back to
its old quarters in the Hagerthy building
early next month. The rooms have been
thoroughly renovated, repainted and
papered, and are more attractive than
ever. The reading room is furnished with
dark red paper, giving it warm, cosy
appearance. The billiard room is finished
in dark green. The billiard and pool
| tables have been thoroughly overhauled
and fitted with new cushions, and are
practically as good as new. A fine lot of
new cues has been purchased.
Preliminary steps are being taken for
the reorganization of the Ellsworth board
OF trade, to work in conjunction with the
Bar Harbor & Union River Power Co. A
meeting will be called within few weeks,
when it is expected to have John r.
Graham, president of the power company,
here to address the board. Mr.. Graham,
in a telephone communication to-day,
suggested that the meeting be deferred
until December, when he will be in a
position to give more information as to
the plans of the company than at present.
Daniel Mckay, of South Hancock, was
arraigned before Judge Peters in the Els
worth municipal court yesterday, on com
plant of Samuel Golding, charged with
assault and battery. Golding said he was
hauling rocks from pile beside the road,
under instruction from the selectmen, be-
lieving them to be in the road limits.
Mckay said the rocks were on private
land of which he had charge, and ordered
Golding not to take them. A dispute arose
and blows were struck. Each claimed the
other struck the first blow. Mckay furn-
! ished bonds for appearance at the April
term.
The county commissioners, at their ses-
sion in Ellsworth last week, reported on
two road petitions on which they had held
| hearings. Petition for road at Sunshine,
Deer Isle, from a point on the road near
the store of A. B. Buckminster to the
store of Daisy E. Conary, was denied.
Petition for road around Sand hill, on the
Ellsworth -Bluehill road, in the town of
Bluehill, was granted. The new road, Of
about 100 rods, will be over land of George
Nevills, who is allowed $50 damages.
The object of the new road, which will be
built by the town OF Bluehill, is to cut
out the long sandy hill near McHard's s
stream.
The electric lighting contract for term
| of ten years has been signed ON behalf of
the city, and sent to the electric lighting
company for its signature. The terms
and conditions have been verbally agreed
upon, and it is probable there will be no
change. Mayor Hagerthy says that after
investigation of prices paid for street
lighting by other towns the size of Ellis
worth, he is satisfied the city is getting
it's lights about 25 per cent. cheaper than
the average. The contract contains a
provision that if at any time, the city
| finds it can obtain its lights at lower
price than the contract rate, the matter
can be adjusted by reference to commits
sion of three disinterested men appointed
by the chief justice of the supreme court
| In the contest of Mrs. John r. Hollis, of
Bangor, for interest in the estate of
Charles J. King, of Rapid City, South Da-
kota, depositions of many witnesses were
taken Monday before Fred L. Mason,
notary public. Henry M. Hall, of Hale
& Hamlin, represented the claimant, and
John A. Peters appeared for the admins
! traitor. The case is a peculiar one. In
1854, Charles ]. King, a French Canadian,
came to Ellsworth, and for few years
worked for the Halls on the drive and in
the woods. During this time he married
Ann M. Kief, who was with child by him
at the time. King lived with his wife but
five days, and eventually drifted out to
South Dakota, where he made comfort
able fortune in the liquor business. He
secured divorce from his wife some tif-
teen years ago. King died last spring in
| testate, leaving an estate estimated at
$50, 1000 to $40, 600. He had never married