Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-08-14
Tor repairs, will be sold at auction at /:
o'clock Friday, at the shipyard, by U. 8
Marshal Mayo, OF Portland.

Ine Union trust Co., which is soon Il
take over the business OF the First M,
tional bank, fled its charter at the ofiic,
OF the secretary Of state last Thursday
John A. Peters is presi sent.
The Christian Endeayor local union ii
in session 1t Marlboro to-day. Rev. v. f
Hendee, pastor OF the Methodist church
here, will deliver the evening address and
slso an address during the day.
Walter H. Cushman and wife, Andrew
M. Moor and wife and Stephen Floyd, OF
Ellsworth, and Miss Lucy Spofford, Of
Havcrhill, Mass, are spending two weeks
ct Birch Point cottage, Bayside.
The ice-cream sale announced to be
given by the ladies' circle OF the Methodist
church tomorrow afternoon and evening,
has been indefinitely postponed on account
Of the death Of Miss Eugenia sowIe.
A recess meeting OF the board OF alder
men was called for Monday evening.
Mayor Greedy and Aid. Stuart, Curtis and
Alexander were present, but no business
was done. A further recess was taken to
Thursday evening.
There was narrow escape from a seri-
Gus nre at the Union shoe factory this
morning, when smart blaze started in
the finishing room. Prompt work pre-
vented the fire from gaining foothold.
The damage was slight.
Dr.. Percy Bartlett, OF Hanover,
n. HI, with his wife and little
daught1r, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Maria = Bartlett. Boyd Bartlett, who is
spending the summer in Castine, is here
for fsw days this week.
Mitchell Garfink, OF Bar Harbor, was
arraigued in Ellsworth municipal court
Monday, charged with sspocket peddling".
He was found guilty, sentenced to fine OF
eaoo and sixty days in Jail. He appealed,
and furnished goo cash bail.
Rsv. ". F. Hendee, pastor Of the Meth
odist church, has ieen i'll the past week.
He occupied the pulpit Sunday morning,
but omitted the evening service. The SER
mons announced for last Sunday were
postponed until next Sunday.
Capt. H. {. Chapman, proprietor Of the
Bangor house, drove into town yesterday
in . six-seat, forty ave horse power auto
mobile. He was accompanied by John r.
Graham, president OF the Bar Harbor &
Union River Power Co., and others.
G. p. DeLaittre came over from Castine
alumni camp and was in the city for day
last week. On Wednesday, in company
with Capt. Addison Maddox, Mrs. Jose.
phine Ef--eil and Miss Mary A. Hodgkins,
he went to Lamoine Beach, where the
party partook Of fish chowder at the
hospitable home Of E. G. DesIsles and
wife.
Rev. T. F. Butler, OF Lewiston, formerly
pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church in
Ellsworth, stopped in Ellsworth Monday
and Tuesday on his return from Bar Har-
Dor, where he assisted in the services at
the laying OF the cornerstone of the new
Catholic church. His former parishioners
here and many friends were glad to well
come him.
A Porto Rico paper says over 600, 900
will be spent in the erection of new school
buildings on the island this year, and
Assistant Commissioner Lord is busy with
plans for the same. The most important
schoolhouse will be in San Juan. 1t will
cost over $4,000, and will accommodate
all the grades in the capital, thus merging
the four graded schools of the city into
one large commodious edifice.
The strike Of telegraph operators which
has become so widespread throughout
the country, has had little effect On the
Offices Of the Postal Telegraph and West
ern Union companies in this city. There
has been but little delay in handling busi-
ness. The Postal Telegraph Office here
has been instructed to accept business as
usual, as the company is in condition to
handle it with little il any delay.
Eugenia, daughter Of B. T. Sowle, of
Ellsworth, aged seventeen years, died this
morning in Gouldsboro, where she had
been spending some time with relatives.
She had been i'll for several months, and
while death was not unexpected, it was
not generally known here that she was
SO low, and the news Of her death was q
shock to her many young friends. Funeral
services will be held here Saturday.
Ri. Rev. Louis F. Walsh, bishop Of
Portland, confirmed class of twenty-five
at St. Joseph's Catholic church Saturday
afternoon. Bishop Walsh was assisted by
Mgr. Charles w. Collins, of Portland, Rey.
FIR. McDonough, OF Bangor, Rev. James
d. O'Brien, Rev. p. A. Hayes and Rev
julius Roualt, of Ellsworth. Benediction
by Mgr. Collins followed the confirma-
ton, after which the congregation was
received by the bishop.
The State assessors will be at the court
house in Ellsworth next Saturday, be-
ginning at a. M, to secure information
to enable them to adjust wild land valua-
tion. An effort is being made by the as
SCISSORS to verify and perfect a proper de-
scription OF each parcel Of wild land in
townships not incorporated, and wild land
owners are urgently requested to attend
this meeting and render information in