Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-01-17

ELLSWORTH yesteruay.
The Thimble club met Saturday after
noon with Mrs. l.. II. Cushman.
d. Shirley Norris and wife, of Bar Har-
Dor, were guests Sunday of G. Frank
Newman and wife.
The ladies' aid society Of the Baptist
church win serve supper at the vestry this
evening at 8 o'clock.
The memorial windows for the new
Methodist church on Hancock street ar
rived this morning.
Mrs. Henry w. Cushman delightfully."-
entertained a company of lady friends at
whist last Wednesday afternoon.
There will be a special meeting of the w.
&. 7. U. at its rooms on State street next
Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Mrs. Martin j. Thorsen, of Somerville,
Mass, is spending few weeks with her
mother, Mrs. M. L. Tower, in Ellsworth.
The ladies' auxiliary OF the Congrega-
tionsl church will meet with Mrs. P. b.
Day next Tuesday afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Col. C. c. Burrill, ons OF the party of
Maine business men who went to Califor-
MIA last month, arrived home last night,
highly pleased with his trip.
Officers of Wivurna encampment, /. o. o.
F., will be installed Monday, Jan. q. The
work of installation will be preceded bs a
banquet to be served at $50 o'clock.
Officers of Donaqua lodge, K. of p, will
be installed this evening by Deputy Grand
Chancellor james B. Havey, of West Sulli-
van. A turkey supper will be served.
| The o'clock whist club met last Tues
| day evening With Miss Anna F. Hight and
her sister, Mrs. Ella F. Hale. The club
Will meet this evening with Mrs. $. j,
! Morrison.
The rehearsal OF the Ellsworth festival
| chorus will be held this week on Friday
evening instead of Thursday, as is usual
| The change is made in order not to con-
fiict with the masonic installation at Man
ming hail tomorrow evening.
| John II. Mcdonald, with his wife and
children, and his brother, DIR. j. T. Me-
| Donald, who went West to accompany
him home, arrived from Aitkin, Mimi,
last Thursday. Though very weak, he
stood the journey home well.
| The members of the Senator Hale hose
company, past and present, with the chief
and assistant chiefs OF the fire department
as guests, will have a turkey supper at G.
| K. Cirone's restaurant next Sunday even
ing. 1t is expected about thirty will be
| present
| Officers of Esoteric lodge, F, and A. NJ,
will be installed tomorrow evening. Re-
| freshments and social hop will follow
the installation. All Masons, with ladies
of their families, are invited. This even
ing the lodge will work the first degree on
two candidates.
o. p. Terrence, who has been seriously
and at times critically i'll with rheuma-
tism since last July, left for the eastern
| Maine general hospital at Bangor last
Friday, for treatment. Reports since re-
ceived from the hospital physicians are OF
an encouraging nature.
Lejok lodge, l. o. o. F., will entertain
Bluehill lodge on Friday evening of next
week. Supper will be served at O'Clock,
after which the second degree will be
worked by the degree team of the Bluehill
| lodge, and the third degree by Lejols
lodge. Refreshments will be served after
| the work.
J. #. Giles was at home from East
Machias Monday. Preparations are being
made for the rebuilding Of the mill of the
East Machias Lumber Co., which was
burned last May. Building operations
probably will begin next month. Els
worth men are the principal owners in
| this company.
| The Ellsworth loan and building associ-
alton, at its annual meeting Monday even
| ing, reelected the old board of directors as
follows: A w. King, John A. Peters, F.
w. Rollins, John F. Knowlton, c. P. Dorr,
NJ. Gallert and A. W. Greely. o. w. Tap
ley was reelected auditor. The directors
have not met for the election OF officers.
Howard A. Walker is building a new
| house, or rather rebuilding the house
which was burned ON Dec. 8, though little
of the old building was saved. Mr..
Walker purchased of Mrs. c. L. Stevens
the lot and what remained Of the house.
The new house will be larger than the old
"a two-story house, with hip roof. Hoyt
Stevens is the boss carpenter.
Statistics issued by the State educational
department show that Ellsworth has fewer
weeks OF school in the year than any
other city in the State. OF the twenty
cities in the State, four have thirty7eight
weeks of school, one has thirty-seven
weeks, eleven have thirty-six. weeks, one
has thirty-five weeks and two have, thirty
four weeks, while Ellsworth has only