Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-01-22

| active. She does all kinds of fancy work.
and at present is busy embroidering a
centrepiece Of eyelet work that would put
many younger ones in the shade. She
reads without glasses. She enjoyed the
family gathering on her birthday to the
| full.
Byron X. Martin died at his home on
State street last Friday, aged fifty years.
| Mr.. Martin was native OF Msrlboro,
and moved here some years ago. He leaves
widow and an aged mother, Mrs. Sarah
l. Hodgkins, Of Gouldsboro. Funeral
services were held Sunday. The remains
were taken to Marlboro for internient.
Lewis King, one OF the old and long
prominent citizens of Lamoine, died Sun
day, in the eightyfirss year OF his age
Mr.. King had been lifelong resident OF
Lanoine. With his brothers Eben H.
and the late Warren King, he was for
many years engaged in ship building at
La moline, and later was interested in the
| grand banks fishing industry. He leaves
two sons, John L., Of Lamoine, and
| Elwood NJ, of Ellsworth.
| Next Monday evening, Jan. q, the
newly-eiected officers of Blanquefort COM
msndery, K. T., will be installed by
Eminent Sir Arno W. King, deputy grand
/ commander Of the grand commandery
, of Maine. There will be banquet at
$50; a musicale at 7.30; installation at s;
| cards and dancing after the installation.
Sir knights may invite their wives, and
unmarried daughters and minor sons who
are not under fifteen years Of age.
| Charles F. Hayes, who for the past three
! months has been kiting around New Eng
land passing bogus checks, has been
apprehended, and is in Jail in Portland
i Hayes visited Ellsworth few weeks ago,
and attempted to "work" F. Fl. Gould, of
the Hancock house, but failed. News of
his antics got about, but not soon enough
for him to be caught here. He boarded
train at the Falls, and got safely away.
| He was arrested last Friday at Fitchburg,
l Mass.
Katherine, wife of Daniel Harrington,
died Friday night at her home on Bridge
hill, aged seventy-seven years. Mrs. Har-
rington had been resident of Ellsworth
for more than half a century. She was a
most lovable woman, and her kindly,
genial disposition made her a favorite
| with young and old. She leaves besides
her husband, four children William E.
and Miss Carrie Harrington, OF Ellis
worth, Mrs. Henry Cook of Everett, Mass,
and Henry Harrington, of indianapolis,
! Ind. Ft4ptra.. services we're held at St.
Joseph's Catholic church Monday.
The big dam of the Bar Harbor and
| Union River Power Co. is completed. The
last bit OF work on the dam itself-the
! filing Of the second wasteway-was done
! yesterday, and Union river is harnessed.
The work of installing the electrical
equipment at the power house is little
! behind the dam, and it will abe several
weeks before it will be in full operation.
In week or ten days, after giving the
newly-laid concrete in the wasteways
time to set, the dam will be partially
flowed, the water being brought up to the
smaller pipe or penstock leading into the
power house for the purpose Of testing the
exciters.
| "A oSAASc ~ sAASS P0AAoA soAAc IA w
given at the home Of Mrs. L. A. Emery,
under the auspices of the Park street i'm
provement society. The first Of these will
be given by Mrs. Francis G. Allinson on
Household Economics; a Modern Aspect
Of an Old Problem. The second will be
given by Mrs. N. c. King on "Oriental
Rugs; their Ancient Origin and Modern
Development. The announcement of the
third will be made later. Mrs. Ailinson's
| talk will be given on Monday, Jan. q, at
p. m, and Mrs. Kings on Monday, Feb.
10. A limited number of tickets for
the entire course Of three talks will be on
sale at the store Of Miss J. A. Thompson.
The proceeds are to enable the society to
make the last payment on the debt OF $50
| to the city for the latest Improvements
| made on Park street.
! Starl Cronley, the young man who is
! tramping the border of the United States
on 1900 wager, came into Ellsworth at
noon Monday, from Cherryfeld. He left
| early in the afternoon intending to make
Bucksport Monday night, where he would
cross the river and continue his tramp
down toward Rockland. Cronley left To-
ledo, O., at 10 a. m. Oct. 25, on his tramp
around the United States. He follows the
coast and border line of the country as
closely as possible by the travelled way.
The total distance he will have to cover
| to win the wager is estimated at 1900
| miles. He had covered 1851 miles, when
| he reached Ellsworth, but was about $50
| miles behind his schedule, owing to being
| laid up two days by illness, and to loss OF
| time by wrong directions on the road. He
has two years and eight months to COM
plete his tramp.
The committee from the board of trade
| to which was referred the shoe factory
| question, is still busy with the PROPOSE
tion. A meeting of the operatives of the
factory was held at Manning hall last
evening, when tentative proposition was
submitted. 1t is proposed that new capi-
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