Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-07-08

Fourth Of Miss Harriet Rollins.
Or. Harry w. Mason, OF Stonington,
spent the Fourth and a few days. vacation
with his parents, c. w. Mason and wife,
in Ellsworth.
The members of the Congregational
Sunday school are requested to be present
next Sunday to make arrangements for
the annual picnic.
Henry NJ. Halls place at the corner Of
Main and High streets has been greatly
improved by the grading of the grounds.
The work was done by Reuben S. Sargent.
Clifton Donnell, of Lawrence, Mass,
who is spending his vacation at his old
home in Franklin, visited his twin brother.
Carlton $. Donnell, in Ellsworth yester-
day.
Mrs. Susie Murch Nichols, OF Andover,
Mass, formerly of Bayside, is visiting
| relatives in Ellsworth and vicinity. This is
Mrs. Nichols first visit here in eleven
years.
d. H. Tribou, of the County Supply Co.,
has bought out the interest of F. T. Doyle.
in that company. Mr.. Doyle Will take an
extended vacation before engaging in
other business.
Mayor F. F. simonton to-day appointed
Walter ]. Clark as the republican member
OF the board of registration. The board
| is now in session at the aldermen's room
reviewing the poll lists.
G. Nixon Black, of Boston, accompanied
by Mr.. Pitman, arrived in Ellswortha few
days ago, coming over the road in hand
some Packard touring car. They expect
to be here about two weeks.
| The seventeenth annual session of the
Hancock County Conference of Uni
tartan and other Christian churches will
! be held at the Unitarian church in Bar
Harbor Tuesday and Wednesday, August
II and u.
! The new pews for the Methodist church
have been shipped, and will be here in
few days. Soon after the pews are in
stalled and other Improvements at the
church completed, the church will be for
mally dedicated.
Misses Grace c. King and Paulene Foster,
who have been spending three weeks with
a party of other Wellesley college girls at
the Elm house, West Harpswell, will ar
rive home this week. They will be accom-
panied by two of the Wellesley girls, who
will be their guests here.
A democratic caucus will be held in
Hancock hall tomorrow evening at 7.3O
O'Clock to select six delegates and six
alternates to the State convention to be
held at Bangor July 10, and also to nomi-
nate candidate for representative to the
Legislature from Ellsworth.
The fire department was called out Sat
urday noon by grass fire near the rail-
road. Several of these fires have been
started by sparks from the locomotive re-
Gently, and the fire which destroyed c. E.
Sinclair's stable a few weeks ago is at
tributed to the same cause.
Mrs. Mabel Monaghan Swan, who is
visiting relatives here for couple of
weeks, has kindly consented to be the So
loist at q musicale for the benefit of the
Bridge hill division Of the Village i'm
provelnent society, on Thursday, July 16,
at the high school building.
The annual reunion OF the Ellsworth
high school alumni association will be
held at Odd Fellows hall next Tuesday
evening. There will be an informal re-
ception at $50, followed by business
meeting. Monaghan's orchestra will fur
nish music, and John H. Leland will be
the caterer.
c. P. DeLaittre and wife, of Minneapolis
Mimi, recently arrived on their annual
visit to Maine. They report a pleasant
trip, having been two weeks on the way,
visiting in Washington, Philadelphia,
New York, Providence, Boston and Port
land. At present they are guests of Capt.
Addison Maddox.
Mrs. Henry L. Russell has been called to
Warren by the death yesterday of Mr..
Russell's sister, Mrs. William Herrick.
Mrs. Herrick leaves one son, aged four
years. Mrs. Russell, accompanied by her
daughters Carrie and Lillian. left to-day
for Warren. They will visit in Warren
and vicinity several weeks.
The Village improvement society has
made proposition to the city government
to contribute 500 toward the expense of
extending the concrete walk on the north
side Of Main street from Oak street to the
railroad. 1t is estimated that the walk
will cost from s4OO to $500, and it looks as
if the city would not be able to under
take the work this year.
The plans and specifications for the
State road work in Ellsworth this year,
bids for which will be opened at p. M,
July 25, call for grading, draining and
macadamizing 1900 feet on High street,
from Beal avenue to near Cards bridge.
The specifications, as submitted by the
State highway commissioner, call for the
work to be done in the most improved
manner.
The annual examination of candidates
for State certificates will be held at Ellis
worth, Friday, August 2s, beginning at s