Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-10-14

GONG WRsr-l0.45, II 30 a m; 5. 30 and 9 m.
aoING EAsT-630 m; 4 and $40 m.
No Sunday mail.
Monaghan's dancing school will open at
Society hall Friday evening.
Sheriff-elect Forrest O.. Silsby, of AM
herst, is in Ellsworth to-day.
Miss Hannah Holmes has returned from
. visit of several weeks in Belfast.
There will be work in the second degree
of Lygonia lodge to- morrow evening.
Harry w. Haynes shot bobcat near
the Boggy brook road one day last week.
Miss Elizabeth T. Cushman has returned
from q visit OF few weeks in Boston and
vicinity.
The schooner Melissa Trask sailed to- day
with slaves aud heads from Charles ].
Treworgy for Newark, N. J..
DR.. Lewis Hodgkins has been elected !
director OF the Burrill national bank il
place Of Cnrtis r. Foster, deceased.
Edwin dane Hyer, who came to attend
the Whiting Irwin wedding, left Monday
night for his home in 0reenAeld, o.
The Thursday club Of the consrsea-
tional church will meet with Mis-. I1absl
Hall Robbins to- morrow afternoon.
George Gould and wife havs returned
from q visit Of several weeks to their
son, DR.. Arthur 1t0o uld, q Freeport.
There will be meeting OF the Knights
Of Columbus Tomorrow evening for de-
gree work. A large attendance IL desired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert 3. Holmes an
nounce the engagement Of their daughter
Margaret to Charles II. Lake, Of Ellsworth
Falls.
Miss Susie jordan vas called to Bar
Harbor last week by the death OF her
grandfather, Sylvanus Jordan. Her
mother accompanied her.
The four-act comedy-drams "vaIley
Farm, will BE- presented under the aus
pices Of Nicolin grange at Agricultural
hall, North Ellsworth, this evening.
Mrs. G. F. Newman, ST., left last night
for Bostonto enter the Emerson hospital
at crest Hills for an operation for appen-
dicitis. Mr.. Newman accompanied her.
Capt. N. H. Means has presented to the
Methodist church as memorial to his
wife, a church bulletin of handsome design
which has been placed outside the door.
r. B. Holmes has sold practically the
entire output of his blueberry canning
factory at Surry, some 500 cases. A ship
ment OF 275 cases was made to Augusta
Monday.
The regular meeting of Lejok lodge this
week will be held in the renovated and
now AOOSC-IOOIus "A 1uIl HI
tendance is desired, as important matters
will be considered.
Ellsworth was well represented at the
Hancock county teachers convention in
Bar harbor last week, Superintendent Of
Schools Scott and twelve Of the Ellsworth
teachers being in attendance.
Mrs. I've n. Robbins died at the home
Of her father, Benjamin Shute, in West
Hancock, Monday, aged twenty-eight
years. Funeral services was held to-day,
Rev. P. A. A. Killam officiating.
The first meeting for the season Of the
Rebekah sewing club will be held at Odd
Fellows hall, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 20.
Supper will be served at $50 by the circle
committee. A good attendance is desired.
As the regular day for holding the
November term OF probate court is on the
Sd, which is election day, the holding of
the court for next month has been post
poned to the following day-Wednesday,
Nov. 4.
Mel B. Gerrish, formerly employed in j..
W. Nealley's barber shop, spent few days
turning to Worcester, Mass, where he is
now located. He has been employed dur
ing the summer in Bar Harbor.
Miss E. NJ. Osgood, who has photo
graphic studio in Lebanon, N. H., suffered
heavy damage from water, from fire
which occurred on the floor above her last
Thursday morning. About fifty per cent.
Of her loss is covered by insurance.
1.-THE Passion Play" will be the feature
Of this week, afternoon and evening.
There is Q change Of bill three times
weekly at the Bijou, and it has become q
popular and pleasant place to spend an
evening.
The ladies' social circle OF the Baptist
church will have its opening fall meeting
in the vestry this evening in the shape OF
. social. The circle will be entertained by
Miss NJ. A. Hodgkins and Mrs. Edgar
Strout. All members are cordially in
vited. Exercises will begin at 7.3O.
Sylvanus Jordan, formerly of Ellsworth,
died at his home in Bar HRrbor last
Thursday, in the eighty-seventh year Of
his age. Funeral services were held Sat-
urday at Bar Harbor, Rev. A. M. Mac
Donald officiating. The remains were
bought to Ellsworth for interment.
Twenty one members OF the Ellsworth
festival chorus attended the concerts at
Bangor last week-a larger number than
has attended for several years. One hun
dred and one tickets were sold at the
station here on Saturday, due mainly to
the running OF the special train back that
night.
In q paragraph in last weeks issue
enumerating the judges of the Ellsworth
municipal court, the names Of two Of the
earlier judges were omitted-George 8.
Peters, and the late Andrew P. Wiswell,
who afterwards became chief-justice OF the
supreme judicial court Of Maine. Both
served previous to 1881.
A big buckboar load OF Rebekahs went
to Bluehiil last Friday night, where they
were delightfully."- entertained by the Blue
hill lodge. On the way over, two lone Re-
bekahs on the back seat, who had been
bemoaning their hard fate at being left
without an escort, were fortunate enough
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