Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-01-23

day.
| Charles NJ. Higgins and wife are receiv-
| ing congratulations on the birth Of boy
on Monday.
| F. NJ. Gaynor left Monday for few
days visit in Boston on business. Mrs.
Gaynor accompanied him.
Mrs. c. c. Burrill, who has been visiting
her daughter, Mrs. j. w. Tatley, in Mon.
treal, since the holidays, arrived home
last Friday.
Y The woman's auxiliary of the Congrega-
! tional church met yesterday with Mrs. P.
B. Day. The next meeting will be with
Mrs. j. F. Whitcomb on Feb. 5.
| DIR. Abby NJ. Fulton has been elected
delegate to the annual convention Of the
national American woman suffrage asso-
citation TO be held in Chicago, Feb. 14-19.
| &. l.. Morang and wife arrived home
from Boston Monday morning with their
| daughter Jessie, who is recovering salts
factorily after an operation for appen-
dicitis.
| Lygonia lodge, F. and A. NJ, will in
stall officers this evening. The installa-
tion will be public to Masons and their
families. A supper and sociable will
| follow.
| OF twenty-three candidates to compete
| for selection for the Bradbury prize debate
| at Bowdoin college, Fulton j. Redman, '07,
was one of the six selected. He had the
same honor last year.
Rev. A. II. Coar, pastor Of the Unitarian
church at Pennington, and formerly of
Ellsworth, has accepted call to a church
at Holyolse, Mass. He will enter upon his
new pastorate in March.
The Bowdoin college glee club will give
| concert at Hancock hall Wednesday
evening, Feb. 20. The entertainment Il
under the auspices of a number of Ellis
worth young ladies. Dancing will follow
the concert.
Officers of Esoteric lodge, F. and A. NJ,
were installed last Thursday evening by
District Deputy William II. Dresser The
installation was public to families of
Masons. A sociable followed the business
of the evening.
Miss Susie NJ. Chapman and John Z.
Remick, both of Ellsworth, were married
by Rev. j. P. Simonton at the Methodist
parsonage Saturday evening, in the pres
ence of few relatives and friends. They
were attended by Mr.. and Mrs. David
Linnehan.
At special conclave last Monday,
Blanquefort commandery conferred three
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noon at O'Clock, the order of the red
cross was conferred. AT $50 banquet
was served, and in the evening the orders
of temple and malta were conferred.
Mrs. John P. Mason celebrated the
eighty-ninth anniversary of her birth at
was a family gathering, at which four
generations were represented. Many
friends and neighbors called during the
day or sent tokens of remembrance.
A house on the Waltham road above
Ellsworth Falls, occupied by Fred
Witham, was damaged by fire last We'd
nesday noon. The fire started in the attic
around the chimney, and most of the
damage was from water. The house was
owned by Whitcomb, Haynes & Co. The
loss on building and furniture was about
ESQ; insured.
Next Monday evening officers of
Blanquefort commandery, K. T., will be
installed by Eminent Sir Arno w. King,
grand generalissimo. The installation
will be public to wives, unmarried daugh-
ters and minor sons of Sir Knights. A
banquet will be served at $50. The
installation will take place at O'Clock,
and this will be followed by cards and
dancing.
The annual meeting of the Bar Harbor
& Union River Power Co. will be held at
the office Of the company at 10 O'Clock
to- morrow forenoon. At this meeting the
question of increasing the capital stock OF
the company will be taken up. Tomorrow
afternoon, at the same place, meeting of
the incorporators Of the Union River
Water Storage Co. will be held for the
purpose Of perfecting organization.
jeremiah ]. Smith, an old resident of
Mariaville but for the past five years liv-
ing in Ellsworth, died at his home on
School street last Thursday, in the nineti-
eth year of his age. He leaves widow,
one son, Leonard j., of California, and
three daughters, NJ isses Alice and Celia L.
Smith, of Ellsworth, and Mrs. Leroy
Miles, of Patten. Funeral services were
held at the house Saturday afternoon,
Rev. P. A. A. Killam officiating.
George M. Giles, a native and former
| resident of Mariayille. died at the home of
]. A. French last Saturday, in the seventy
fourth year of his age. Mr.. Giles for