Ellsworth American., 1907-10-16


nice arrived home Monday.
Mrs. Arthur Giles died at her home in
West Ellsworth Monday, in the forty
eighth year OF her age. She leaves hus-
band and family who have the sympathy
OF all. Funeral services were held at the
home to-day, Rev. p. A. A. Killam offici-
ating.
Carroll, the little son OF c. w. Grindal,
was run over by q carriage on Water
street last Thursday afternoon. Hs ran
backward into the team, was knocked
down by the horse, and two wheels passed
over him, but he escaped with scalp
wound.
An invitation has been received from
Esther Rebekah ioage, OF Brewer, by No
komis Rebekah lodge to visit them on the
evening Of Nov. .. A special meeting OF
Nokomis lodge will be held Saturday even
ing TO see how many will accept the in,
vitation.
The annual meeting Of the Unitarian
society was held last Wednesday evening.
Officers were elected as follows: Irving
Osgood, president; Mrs. A. F. Greedy,
vice. -president; Frank 8. Call, secretary;
E. c. Osgood, treasurer. The meeting ad-
jonrned to this evening.
P. H. Sheridan council, Knights Of Co
lumbus, will have special meeting
during the last week in October, the exact
date to be announced later, for work in
the third degree. State Deputy william.
H. Gulliver, of Portland, with his staff,
will have charge of the work
Capt. s. L. Lord is still seriously ill at
his home on Bridge hill. His son, Lyman
L., Of Boston, and wife are here; also F.
8. Smith, Of Gardiner, whose wife has
been here some time. !. is expected tSat
another son, Everttt W., sailed to-day
from San Juan, Porto Rico.
At noon one day last week, while the
workmen on the dam were at dinner,
handsome buck deer came out of the
woods on the east side of the river near
the italian headquarters. and after calmly
looking over the new dam for some min
utes. returned to report the probable time
Of the opening Of the new lake.
A special meeting OF Lygonia lodge, F.
and A. M, is called for Wednesday eve
ming, Oct. q, at which the proposition OF
consolidating with Esoteric lodge will be
discussed. Should the two lodges unite,
it is probable that the burned building on
the State street lot, now owned by Ly-
gonia, will be rebuilt and used for ma
sonic purposes.
Mrs. James L. Macomber, formerly Of
Ellsworth, died Monday at the home Of
her daughter in Janesville, Wisconsin,
aged about seventy years. The remains
will be brought here for ipterment. The
funeral will take place Friday. Besides
her daughter in Wisconsin, Mrs. Ma
comber leaves one son-Frank, Of Corinna,
and two sisters-Mrs. Emma Morgan, of
Ellsworth, and Mrs. Elzira McNeal, of
Franklin.
At meeting OF the stock holders of the
Ellsworth Power Supply Co., held at the
office OF Hale & Hamlin Oct. 10, it was
unanimously voted that the amount of the
capital stock Of that corporation was in
sufficient for the purposes for which the
corporation was organized, and the
amount Of capital stock was increased
from s450,OO0 to 100000. Certificate to
this effect has been filed with the secre-
tary of state.
The small steamer E. P. Dickson, owned
by the Ellsworth Foundry and Machine
Works took small party on pleasant
sail to Sorrento last Sunday. 1t was the
Dickson and not the Gipsy, as reported in
THE AMERICAN last week which took
party down the bay the Sunday previous.
Both these yachts, which were purchased
from the Frank Jones estate, are attrac-
tive and well-appointed pleasurecraft, and
have been thoroughly overhauled and put
in the best possible shape by the Els
worth Foundry and Machine Works.
meeting for the reorganization of the
Ellsworth festival chorus will be held at
Manning hall Thursday evening of next
week, Oct. "a, at 8 o'clock Not only are
all present members of the chorus urged
to be present, but also those who desire to
become members. 1t would be gratifying,
too, if those who may not be singers, but
who are interested in the work of the
chorus, would attest their interest by be-
ing present at this meeting. A chorus of
seventy-five voices is easily possible in
Ellsworth if those who can sing are dis
posed to join the chorus.
John W. Cook, formerly of Ellsworth,
died at Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 8. Mr.. Cook
was son of the late Capt. John Cook, of
Ellsworth. He left here some fifty years
ago, and had been engaged most of the
time since as ship carpenter in the yards
at Chicago. He was in the seventy-third
year OF his age. He leaves a widow and
several sons and daughters. OF his own
family he is survived by three sisters and
two brothers Mrs. c. w. Mason, of ELS
worth; Mrs. Mary E. Clark, of Bangor;
Mrs. Julia E. Stevens, OF Belfast; Henry
w. Cook, Of Melrose, Mass, and James L.
Cook, of Ellsworth.
A recess meeting of the city government
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