Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-06-26

after short visit, to return later for his
vacation.
Chief Justice L. A. Emery is attending
commencement at Bowdoin college.
From Brunswick he will go to Portland to
preside at term of law court.
At the annual encampment of the Maine
G. A. r. in Bangor last week, James e.
Parsons, of Ellsworth, was elected one OF
the delegates to the national encamp-
ment.
Miss Mary Copp and Charles F. Corson.
both of Trenton, were married at the
Congregational parsonage in Ellsworth
last Saturday evening, by Rev. R. B.
Mathews.
A press despatch from Baltimore, dated
Sunday, announced that Senator Hale left
the institution that day, in greatly inn
proved health. He is expected at his
home here soon.
The schooner Lewis R. French, OF
Somesville, was taken on the marine rail-
way at Curtis shipyard yesterday for re-
pairs. The schooner David Faust is also
at the yard awaiting repairs.
Misses Bessie Southard and Lucia
Burpee, OF Rockland, are the guests of
Misses Carrie and Lillian Russell. Miss
Lillian. who has been spending a few
weeks in Rockland and vicinity, came
home with them last week.
The tug Little Round Top, which has
been at Curtis yard to have a house built,
will be ready for another trial this week.
Delay has been caused by an accident to
the reversing gear of the engine, sent here
from away. The new gear is now being
coupled up.
party of young people consisting Of
Misses Corinne Smith, Eleanor Pomeroy,
Ruby Gurney and Howard Dunn, jr.,
Austin Maddox, Harry Rollins, Forrest
Treworgy and Laurence Treworgy, enjoyed
themselves pleasantly last week at Joyce's
cottage, Pleasant Beach.
Miss Leah B. Friend left last Friday for
New York, whence she sails to-day on
steamship Pottsdam. for Rotterdam, Hol-
land. She was accompanied as far as New
York by her brother, Able L. Friend.
Miss Friend will spend year abroad,
principally in Germany, in study and
travel.
II. ID. Wyman, who was in Ellsworth
last week, representing E. c. Green & Co.,
| shoe mapufacturers, of Manchester, N. H.,
quite fell in love with Ellsworth. This
| was his first trip east o; Portland. He
was shown about the city by one OF the
Ellsworth merchants, visiting points of
| interest,"
The big power dam on Union river is
growing rapidly, and the concrete work
| begins to makerquite showing. Eight
concrete walls or cross-sections OF the
dam have been built to height of twenty
feet from the foundation, and some faint
idea can be formed of the shape of the
dam when completed.
Lynch's band and large number OF
| Grand Army men and citizens left this
morning for Jacksonville to attend the
ANIMAL reunion OF the East Maine veter-
ans association. Eighty-three excursion
tickets were sold at the Ellsworth depot
Had the morning been clear, a still larger
| HuhOeF Woulu 9RNe gone.
WhItcomb, Haynes & Co. have already
started the work of rebuilding their steam
mill st Bayside, recently burned. large
crew OF men VIII be put on to rush the
work to complexion. The mill will be in
operation in time for this season's saving
The new mill will be OF about the same
size and equipment as the enc burned.
There was a large attendance at the
special st. Johns day service at the Con-
greg&tional church Sunday afternoon
About 70 Masons, members of Lygonia
and Esoteric lodges, were present. Rev
r. B. Mathews delivered an eloquent ser
mon appropriate to the occasion. There
was special music by the Ellsworth male
| quartette.
George P. Smith, manager of the Eelia-
BILE Clothing Co., was one of the prize
winners in the Kirschbaum Bulletin win
dow display contest, receiving a silver
medal suitably inscribed, and IS gold
| piece. A photograph of the window was
| reproduced in Mems Wear, trade paper.
The photograph wss taken at night by
Irving Osgood.
As next Sunday evening is the Sunday
evening before Independence Day, pat
| rsotic service is planned instead of the
regular service at the Baptist church. The
| meeting will be held in the auditorium.
Special music will be rendered by the
ladies' quartette and the male quartette,
and the two organizations will combine in
double mixed quartette upon the 'Star
Spangled Banner, which has lately been
| adopted by the government as the national
| song. There will be a special address by
the pastor.
C. r. Hopkins, of Chelsea, Mass, has
been engaged as superintendent of the
Union shoe factory, Ellsworth, and
entered upon his duties here Monday.
The employment of Mr.. Hopkins will re-
lieve James A. McGown, manager, of
much of the detail work of the factory,