Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-04-15
ELLSWORTH MAINE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
Society OF Civil Engineers, OF New York.
This is = distinguished honor, coveted by
civil engineers the country over.

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died at her home on Fourth street Sunday
after long illness. in the sixty-seventf
year OF her age. Funeral services were
held at the house Tuesday, Rev. s. w
Sutton officiating.
i Next "Wednesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock the republicans of Ellsworth will
meet in cancus to nominate delegates tc
| Watervilie April 20, and the State conven-
! tion to be held at Portland April 30.
Frank H., the five ye-months- old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II. Echenagat ia,
formerly of Ellsworth, died at their nome
| IN Boston Saturday. The body was
brought to Ellsworth Monday. The
parents have the sympathy Of friends here.
Charles H. May has resigned as super
intendent at the Ellsworth hardwood fac
tory to accept position at Millinocket
| Al the close Of his work here, employees
| OF the factory presented him with hand
] some meersehaum pipe as token Of their
| esteem.
Y. :. Johnston has purchased lot in
the rear of G. f. Sinclair's blacksmit h
shop on Franklin street. Mr.. Johnston
| Will build able, bout 35x40 feet, with
basement, ana will open livery and
boarding sta BILE. Construction will begin
4 about May /.
1 The regular meeting of the Rebekah h
sewing club will be held at odd Fellows
hall, Tuesday. April q. 1t is hoped that as
many as can will attend in order to finish
the work begun before the meetings are
discontinued for the summer. The regular
supper will be served at $50.
As Patriots day, the 18th OF April, a
legal holiday, falls on Sunday this year,
| Monday, the 10th, will be observed The
banks will be closed for the day The
postoffice will be closed at 9 O'Clock. and
remain closed until after the distribution
ofthe evening mail-about $50.
I Hon. William T. Haines, OF Waterville.
candidats for the repu biican nomination
| for gort rnor of Maine, was in the city
Tuesday. Other wellknown men in town
| the same day were DR.. j. Fl. Patten, OF
Amherst, Frank E. Mace, of Great Pond.
a. K. Buck, of Orland, M. l.. Allen, of Mt.
| Desert.
The services at the Baptist church next
Sunday, will be in keeping with tie
Eastertide. There will be a sermon by the
pastor IN the morning, with special music
! by the senior choir. IN the evening the
Sunday school will give a concert. The
junior and senior choirs win combine for
the opening and closing choruses, while
special pieces will be rendered by each
choir during the concert. The exercises
will be brought to close by baptism.
The democrats OF Ellsworth in caucus
Saturday elected the following delegates
and alternates to the third district demo-
cratic convention at Fairfield: Delegates
Stuart, j. J. Duffy, J..A. Cunningham, E.
2. Brady. Alternates E. B. Wyman, F.
T. Doyle, c. P. Halpin, c. w. Hurley, A.
ID. Stuart, j. W. Coughlin. There were
two sets of delegates in the field, one for
+. +. Brady for delegate to the national
convention; the other for H. F. Maddocks.
The Brady delegates were elected.
of the Baptist church met at the home of
Mrs. Z. w. Mason on High street and per-
fected the organization Of q social circle.
The circle is to have in hand the social lite
OF the church. The following officers
were eli I'D: President, Mrs. 8. j. Stew
ard; VI resident, -Jrs. p. A.sA. kiilam;
secretary, MISS NJ. A. Hodgkins; treasurer,
Mrs. c. II. Curtis. The next meeting will
be thimble party held April 16, at the
home of the president. All those inter-
ested are invited to be present.
Leonard lake has lost its floating islands,
and nobody is sorry. The power company,
which feared the islands might come
down till they lodged against the dam,
possibly large part OF them sinking
there, feels relieved. In the high wind
Sunday the floating islands were driven
down to the dam, and lodged at the crest
The water backed up behind the debris,
and with wind and water pressure behind
it, nearly the whole mass was finally
forced over the dam, and was swept down
river. The power company is now clear
ing the lake Of debris that remains.
Mrs. Hugh Ross (born Sarah GLASS;,
formerly OF Ellsworth, died at her home in
East Boston Sunday, April 5, aged sixty
five years. Mrs. Ross had been an in
valid for some years, but the immediate
cause OF death was an an apoplectic shock.
devoted wife and mother and faithful
fria ha vxrin hac cirna aIx,r, ha
leaves a husband, two daughters and
son. She was sister of Mrs. Mary Reid,
of Ellsworth. The many beautiful flowers
at the funeral betokened the love and es-
TEEN in which the deceased was held.
Rev. V. F. Hendee has closed his
pastOrate at the Methodist church, preach
ing his concluding sermon Sunday morn
ing. Mr.. Hendee and Miss Springham,
the deaconness who was assigned to this
parish during the past year, are attending
conference in Roulton this week. Mr..
| Hendee resigned the pastorate here. 1t is
| understood that Miss Springham will not
return here, as the number of deaconnesses
| in this conference has been reduced, and
those remaining will divide their time
| between several districts. There will be
no service at the Methodist church next
| Sunday.
Three chimney fires in the high wind
| Sunday occupied the attention of the fire.
men-one at the house of S. J. Morrison,
| another at the house of Alexander Black,
! and the third at the house Of James A.
McGown. At the Morrison and Black
houses the chimmeys burned out with
out setting fire to the woodwork, but
at the McGown house, woodwork in the
attic caught fire. The fire was extin
guished by the firemen without damdge to
i the house. Mr.. McGown compliments
| Chief Engineer Goodwin and his firemen
very highly on their watchfulness, and
the care shown in preventing damage to
the house in extinguishing the fire. He
backed up his good words for the firemen
| by box Of cigars.
The sociable and dance given by VIM.
Fl. Fl. Rice post, G. A. R., last Thursday
evening, proved most enjoyable affair.
James E. Parsons was called upon to pre-
side by Post Commander William Small.
Mr.. Parsons spoke briefly Of Lees sur
render, of which the day was the forty
third anniversary. The entertainment in
cluded speeches by j. B. Redman and
Milton Beckwith, singing by quartette
composed of Miss Mary F. Hopkins, Mrs.