Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-03-27


Mrs. z. King will give lecture on
"Birds" next Saturday evening at the
Congregational chapel under the auspices
Of the March committee. Proceeds for
the benefit of the church.
Capt. Ed. Dodge, who, has for so many
years sailed the schooner Nellie Grant,
has been given new command this year
the three master Julia Frances. His
successor in command OF the Nellie Grant
has not yet been named.
leased one Of the stores under the Dirigo
club rooms on Main street, and have
fitted it up for restaurant, to be called
the Union lunch rooms. They expect to
be open for business tomorrow.
The gentlemen members of the Nokomis
Rebekah sewing circle will furnish the
supper next Tuesday evening. L.F. Giles
is chairman, and the other members OF the
committee are Fred p. Haynes, j. L.
Floyd, Hollis B. Estey and Charles w. Joy.
Rev. J. P. Simonton went to Oak Point
Friday to officiate at the funeral Of Mrs.
Hannah Leland, who died last Wednes-
day, aged Ss years. Mrs. Leland, whose
maidea name was Anderson, was the last
survivor of family OF twenty-one chill
dren.
Mrs. Celia Brady died Sunday at her
home on Grant street, after long Illness,
aged seventy-two years. The deceased
was the widow of Edmund Brady She
leaves four children, Edward F. and
Michael Brady, and Misses Kate and Mary
Brady.
Miss Leah B. Friend, instructor in
modern languages IN the Coney high
school, Augusta, is spending the Easter
vacation with her parents, David Friend
and wife. in this city. Miss Friend in
tends to sail on June % from New York
to spend year studying in Germany.
The annual entertainment and ball of
City Hose company will take place next
Monday evening at Hancock hall. The
entertainment will be in the nature of a
minstrel show, with sketch, son the
Old Plantation" introducing minstrel
features. There will be twenty five voices
In the chorus,
Union services will be held by the Con-
gregational, Methodist and Baptist
churches Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day evenings of this week. The meeting
this evening will be at the Congregational
vestry, tomorrow evening at the Metho-
dist church and Friday evening at the
Baptist church.
Announcements have been received
Essie Lenora Richardson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John S. Richardson, formerly
of this city, now of Lewiston, to Edwin
Haynes Washhurn. The marriage took
place at Manchester, n. H., March 16.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wash burn will live in Lew
iston.
The district convention of encampmenr
Odd Fellows will be held in Ellsworth
next Wednesday afternoon and evening.
A special train will bring the Odd Fellows
from Bangor and Old Town. A number of
the grand encampment officers will be pre-
sent. The convention will open at 2.30
p. m. The patriarchial degree will be
worked by Wivurna encampment, of Ellis
worth; the golden rule degree by Mt.
Desert encampment, of Bar Harbor, and
the royal purple degree by Katahdin en-
campment, of Bangor. Supper will be
served at O'Clock and midnight.
The city government is sending notices
to all real estate owners calling attention
to the section of the new law which re-
quires all property owners to destroy nests
of the browIi-tal and gypsy moth. The
time limit set is April Is. If the work is
not then done, the municipal officers or
State department of agriculture may en-
ter upon any private property to destroy
the nests, and the expense Of so doing
will be assessed against the property. The
Ellsworth city government also intends
TO vote to give bounty of three cents for
nests of the gipsy and brown-tail moth.
Ellsworth captains, whose vessels have
been hauled up for the winter away from
their home port, left in bunch this week
to start their vessels for the seasons busi-
ness. Among those starting this week
were Capt. Wellington c. Bellatty, of the
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Melissa Trask, Capt. j. W. Jordan, of the
Wesley Abbott, ana Capt. Edward Dodge,
who will take command of the Julia
Frances, all going to New York; Capt. W..
P. Woodward, of the Henrietta A. Whit
ney, went to Newport; and Capt. Cliff
Fullerton, of the Loduskia, to Boston.
Several of the Ellsworth vessels are char
tered to bring cement to Ellsworth for the
dam.
The Stratton house on Lincoln street,
owned by Mrs. A. c. Hagerthy, was
damaged by fire yesterday afternoon, to
the extent of about $3.50. The fire caught
in the attic of the main house from an
over cheated chimney. The house was oc-
cupied by Henry Russell and family. By
a strange coincidence, George F. Newman,
who was burned out of his own house
only little over week ago, was Temporal
rily occupying rooms in the ell of the
Russell house. All the furniture was re-