Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-08
the evening the children OF the Sunday
school will give an Easter concert.

! ostict Lu1cIy IL OOlOlnR court In
Bath, and Justice King in Bangor. Mrs.
Emery accompanied Judge Emery to Bath,
going from there to Providence, r. L., to
visit her daughter, Mrs. F. g. Allinson.
Under the heading s.viliage Improve
ment" it is proposed until further notice
to place all references to the proceedings
Of the Village improvement society, and
to It those OF our readers who are inter-
ested in the work are referred.
Philip Fl. Sheridan council, Knights of
Columbus, held memorial services at its
hall Sunday afternoon, for Rev. Michael
}. Healey, of Lewiston, who was a charter
member OF this council. Appropriate
memoria, resolutions were adopted.
The sociable of VIM. H. II. Rice post, G..
A. H., Will take place tomorrow evening
at Grand Army and Society halls. There
will be music, speeches and cards in Grand
Army hail, and dancing in Society hall.
Monsghan's orchestra will furnish music.
The schooner Lavolta, which has been on
the marine railway at Curtis yard all
winter, is now being overhauled and re-
paired. The gasoline engine with which
she will be equipped for hoisting sails and
anchors, has arrived, and will soon be in
stalled.
Coasting freights are reported as dull
here, and none of the Ellsworth vessels
which have wintered here have been
started. Capt. Alexander Hutchings, OF
the schooner Melissa Trask, will 90 to
Beifast next Monday to start his vessel,
He will bring her here to load slaves for C.
j. Treworgy.
William II. Rankin and Miss Mabel
Gray, OF Dedham, were married Tuesday
evening at G. l.. Wiswell's residence on
State street, John H. Brimmer, esq.,,
omciating. After the ceremony, refresh
ments were served. The couple will
vrNE r a hptr nv, Ea Mriel 4
where new house has been built for
them.
The extent to which the possible dan
gers from the power transmission line
have been magnitied by the discussion
and agitation Of the subject, is shown by
the absurd belief seriously expressed by
some that if, on rainy day, drop of
rain from one Of the power wires should
fall on person passing beneath, it would
be fatal.
The steamer Percy " sank at her winter
anchorage in Surry bay last Sunday night
Her hurricane decS is awash at low water
The ice pulled the oakum out of the boats
seams and she filled. She is not damaged,
and can be raised with little difficulty.
The winter has been hard one for vessels
in the bay, as there has been so much
running ice.
The story has been persistently circu-
ent city officials as much as possible, to the
effect that the street commissioner would
this year pay men working on the roads
only $3.50 for a ten-hour day. Street
Commissioner Woodward wishes this
story denied. The city is paying Sl.75 for
nine hour day.
Work of digging holes and distributing
poles for the power line to Bar Har Dor
began this week. The line will follow
the highway to the vicinity of Gilman
Waketield's place. from which point it is
hoped to obtain private right of way
across couptry, The company reports that
it is meeting ith good success in obtain
ing this private right of way from prop
erty-owners. There are rumors Of an
the company from building it's line on the
highway.
Charles FL. Curtis is building a thirty
four-foot launch for a Philadelphia man.
The launch will be seven and one. half feet
wide, and will have comfortabl house
sixteen feet long. 1t is to be completed
by the middle OF June. The launch will
go to Cuban waters, where she will be
used by scientist, who is collecting and
studying marine deposits and growtns.
She will be equipped with a twelve-horse
power engine at the Ellsworth Foundry &
Machine Works. AS soon as this launch
is completed, Mr.. Curtis will build
twenty-four foot open lobster boat for
Capt. Ed. Rice, Of Outer Long Island.
A thief entered the store of
Monday night, and stole % zoo ' or 800 800
cigars, small amount of change, and
other small articles. A safe, which was
unlocked, was opened, and the door OF
small inner compartment was broken
open. 1t contained nothing OF value.
Entrance was effected by breaking a
,,,;, kn WatNr ,<u
Evidently the same parties who broke
| into the Grindai stoce, later in the
night broke into the schoolhouse at
Beechland. The butts of many cigars of
the same brand as stolen at the Grindal
store were scattered about.
The University of Maine freshmen es-
capped the watchful sophomores last Fri
day evening, came to Ellsworth by special
train, had banquet at midnight at the
American house, and returned to Orono
| by their special in the early hours OF the
morning. The freshmen planned for a
| banquet at Lincoln, but the sophomores
| learned Of the plans tit is limited that the
| freshmen meant that they should), and
| the sophs took the afternoon train for
Lincoln to share in the festivities. With
| the sophs safely out of the way, the fresh
men cancelled their banquet arrangements
at Lincoln, at 9 O'Clock, telephoned to the
American house at Ellsworth, ran their
| train down here, and at midnight eighty
three sat down to an excellent dinner,
Mrs. Cunningham proving equal to the oc-
| casion. One or two U. Of NJ. sophomores
who live in Ellsworth bestirred them
| selves to make things interesting for the
| freshmen, but efforts to reach the sopho-
mores at Orono by telephone were futile
they had all gone to Lincoln. Perhaps
the Ellsworth sophomores may be able to
| explain why the electric lights went out
I,.r, ,N,ep ha hnr
slight interruption, the freshmen enjoyed
their banquet in peace. The sophomores
will have to answer to the upper classmen
for letting the freshmen outwit them.
Only once before in recent years have the
freshmen successfully pulled off their ban
| quet. Ellsworth always has cordial well
| come for the U. Of NJ. boys, and the fresh
| men did not abuse the freedom OF the
town accorded them. Monaghan's dane
| ing school was in session, and the boys
had dance before their banquet.
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