Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-01-16

Mrs. l.. J. Backus is visiting relatives in
Waterville.
ID. L. Fields was renominated for coro-
ner by Gov. Cobb last week.
VIM. II. II. Rice post and relief corps
installed officers Monday evening.
Miss Georgia Jude is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Grafton w. Pinkham, in Seal Har Dor.
Mrs. Wellington Barbour, of Bar Har-
Dor, Is the guest of Mrs. w. A. Alexander.
Mrs. Fred C. Morgan, of Pine Bluff, N.
c., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harry
l.. Crabtree.
The supper and sociable of Irene chap
ter, o. e. s., at Lygonia hall last evening,
was we'll attended.
l.. II. Cushman, who has been confined
to the house the past two weeks with
slow fever, is now improving.
Miss Rubie Phillips has gone to Bar
Harbor, where she is employed as book
keeper in the store of A. E. Lawrence Co.
The sewing circle of the Congregational
society will meet in the vestry Friday
: at 2.30 p. IN. A large attendance is re-
quested.
Capt. Frank Torrey, we'll known in
Ellsworth and a member of Lygonia
home in North Brooklin.
| Clark's minstrels played last evening
I to a crowded house at town hall, Surry.
A dance followed the play, music by Hig-
! gins orchestra of four pieces.
/ William Z. Bowden, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Bowden, of this city, died in
Bangor Tuesday of last week, aged twenty
eight years. He leaves q widow.
Esoteric lodge, F. and A. NJ, will install
officers tomorrow evening. The installa-
tion will be public to Masons and their
families. A sociable will follow.
Rev. J. P. Simonton went to Hancock
Point yesterday to officiate at the funeral
of the infant boy of Mr.. and Mrs. Sell
wyn Penney, who died in Bangor Sunday.
The owners of the Ellsworth schooner
Willie L. Maxwell, Capt. J. A. Bowden,
expect in the spring to equip her with a
nine-horse gasolene engine for hosting
| sails and anchors.
There were fifty deaths in Ellsworth
during 1905, and five residents of Ellis
worth died away from home. complete
list of the deaths occurring during the
year is printed on page 8.
Donaqua lodge, K. of p, will install
officers this evening. District Deputy
| Grand Chancellor James B. Havey, of Sui
livan, will be installing officer. A BAN
quet will follow the installation.
| Friday evening, Feb. l, is the date fixed
for the "Pedlar's Parade to be given at
Hancock hall under the auspices of the
Unitarian society. This unique enter
tainment promises an evening of rare fun.
| At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Clark on Park street Tuesday afternoon, a
party of neighbors and relatives were en-
tertained at afternoon tea in honor of MIR.
Clark's eighty-third birthday anniversary.
Officers of Blanquefort commandery,
Knights Templar, will be installed next
Monday evening. The installation will
be public to Sir Knights and their fami-
lies. A supper and dance will follow
| installation.
| The George II. Grant Co. has sold its
| agency interest in three insurance COM
panies to Miss M. E. Holmes, who has
severed her connection with the company.
| The Grant agency continues its business
with all the other eighteen companies
heretofore represented by it.
The tug Little Round Top is to be
equipped in the spring with a new gaso-
lene engine which will develop about ITO
horse power Contract for the engine has
been placed with the Ellsworth Foundry
& Machine Works, and work on it has al
| ready begun. 1t will be a six-cylinder
four-cycle engine.
Mrs. John R. Hollis, Of Bangor, accom-
panied by her uncle, Capt. John Kief, and
attorney, Henry M. Hall, Of Hale & Ham
lin, left yesterday noon for South Dakota,
where there will be hearing in court on
the contest Of Mrs. Hollis for her interest
in the estate of her father, Charles j.
King.
The Howard house, so-called, near the
river at the foot of Third street was
burned at 10 O'Clock last Wednesday
night. The house was owned by Daniel
Hurley and occupied by Waldo Card.
Mr.. Card and his family were away from
home when the fire started, evidently
about the chimney in the attic. In the