Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-07-15
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SOUTHWEST HARBoR.


Miss Mae Driscoll, of Boston, il visiting
her sister, Mrs. Clara Phillips.
Miss Jessie LAYTON has gone to Mil
bridge to visit her grandparents.
Misses Annie and Emma Holmes are
making months visit to their aunt, Mrs.
Lindsay, OF Lawrence, Mass.
Henry Gilley, whose hand was severely
injured on July 4, through the explosion
of a cannon cracker, is able to be out
again.
Miss Mary snow, OF the Pratt institute,
Brooklyn, n. ", with two friends, 10 en-
ioying a well-earned vacation at her sum
mer cottage here.
Mrs. Emily Anterior, OF Bangor, re-
Gently accompanied her nephew. Walter
Fuller. on visit OF few days to his ia
Their, George r. Fuller.
Mrs. Daniel Handy and little daughter,
Of Boston, also Miss Small, are visiting
| Mrs. Henry Tracy. MIR. Handy will join
them here next week.
| Miss Elizabeth Crippen is spending a
! week or two with her sister, Mrs. George
| Harmon. Their mother, Mrs. J. t. Grip
pen, has been here three weeks.
Miss Annie waylsnd, OF Bangor. spent
last week at Southwest Harbor, the guest
OF Miss LISA Mayo, whose mother is
| steadily regaining health after q long
| illness.
Nat Finney, of Boston, is spending a
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| Dor and Mt. Desert, part OF the time
| with his brother. j. f. Finney, who
moved here from South birmingham in
the spring.
Rev. Charles Haynes, who will be act
| ing pastor through the season, gave fine
sermons Sunday morning and evening in
the Congregational pulpit, and preached
at Bass Harbor in the afternoon. The
| opening sermon OF the summer schedule
will be given Sunday morning, July 10,
by Rev. Mr.. Lyons, OF Philadelphia.
| Much sympathy is felt here for DR.. and
Mrs. Archibald in the anxious suspense
| they are enduring regarding the fate Of
their son Kenneth, who it is feared has
been lost in the mountains OF the West,
where he was engaged in prospecting or
surveying. He has been missing several
days, and search parties are trying to To-
cate him.
| Considerable anxiety is felt concerning
| the forest fire which on Thursday last
started in the Kelly woods near Seal Cove,
and which it was thought was under
control. Though a large crew OF men
was engaged digging trenches, 1t con-
tinued to spread rapidly, famed by SUM-
days brisk wind. Further measures have
been taken by the selectmen OF both
towns, and by back firing and other means
| it is hoped that the fire can be subducd.
| Friday morning last, the community
| was shocked to learn Of the sudden death
| by accident Of Lewis Harmon, who had
| been thrown from his moving machine
and fatally injured. Simeon Marshall,
who was working with him, called DIR.
Phillips, who was passing, but his skill
| was OF no avail. Mr.. Harmon died in q
few minutes. The news was great shock
! to his invalid wife. His two daughters
| with their husbands are here for the
funeral which takes place to-day at the
Methodist church under masonic rites.
John c. Ralph had mi raculous escape
from death last Tuesday when the naph-
tina engine Of his brothers boat exploded
| as he was putting on power to leave the
shore. The boat had heen left keeled over
| so that the gasolene had run out around
the top vent, and the contact OF the cleo
t-,x IL H. NJ.
with great presence Of mind, scuttled and
| sank the boat to put out the flames. One
arm was severely burned, and he WAS
scorched somewhat on his face, but the
injuries were comparatively light con-
sidering the conditions.
pretty wedding took place Monday,
July s, at the summer home OF Rev. c. f.
Dole, who united in marriage his only
daughter, Winifred, to Horace Mann, of
| Milford, Mass. The ceremony was per-
formed in dainty bower on the decorated
| verandah. About sixty guests were
present, many OF them from the brides
home city, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Delicious
refreshments were served, and after con-
gratulations the welded pair stole away to
| begin the honeymoon trip-destination
unknown. pretty feature OF the we'd
| ding was the beautiful poem read, the
| loving tribute OF Grandmother Dole, who.
though past ninety years of age, continues
bright in mind, and takes lively interest
in present day affairs. Her poems show a
| cultured intellect.
July 10. SPRAY.
WEST FREMONT.