Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-08-25

east Sundays.
A. l.. Frazier, who has been quite i'll, Ia
improving.
Miss Marion Treat has joined the family
st Labrador farm.
Miss Bernice Giles has returned from =
visit to Providence, R. /.
Miss Catherine simonton is visiting her
brother, DR.. F. F. Simonton.
o. W. Tapley's cottage at Pleasant
Beach is completed, and he will move in
this week.
William Brooks will open a boot and
shoe repair shop in the Holmes building
on Main street.
Mrs. Carl Cotton and little daughter
Ruth, Of New Hampshire, are guests Of
Mrs. H. w. Osgood.
Mrs. Hollis Black, of Wollaston, Mass,
is the guest Of Mrs. Maria Perry at the
Black homestead on State street.
The Garland reunion will be held Sept.
at the Bsllantyne Tor Charles Garland)
beach, Green Lake. All are invited.
At the annual reunion OF 9th Maine bat
terry in Bangor yesterday, George H.
Sperry, of Surry, was elected president.
A,s.IrdOf Etllirs. Of Bangor, is the
guest Of Mrs. H. H. Emerson. Mrs. Hop
kins' many friends are glad to greet her.
Harry c. Woodward, of Salem, Mass,
has Joined his wife and little daughter
Margaret here for vacation of one week.
Mrs. s. 7. White, of Bangor, and Miss
Geneva Grant, of Portland, were guests a
few days last week of Harry L. Crabtree
and wife.
Ellsworth friends of Charles A. Phillips
and wife, Of Auburn, extend congratula-
tions on the birth OF daughter, born FRI
day, Aug. 20.
The annual reunion Of the Massachu-
setts branch OF the Orcutt family was
held in Masonic hall, Melrose, Mass,
Saturday, Aug. q.
Louis D. Cook, wife and infant son Row
land returned yesterday to Everett, Mass.
where Mr.. Cook is supervising principal
of the Nichols school.
Miss Marie C. A. Renaud, of Brighton
Mass, is the guest Of her brother, Rev. J
c. Renaud, who Is assistant at the Catholic
church here during the summer.
H.F. Whitcomb is spending few days
in Steuben and Cherryfield, with his wife
and children, who are spending month
there, and Incidentally taking in the CEN
tennial celebration at Steuben.
The teaching force Of the city hes beer
completed by the appointment Of Miss
Hazel McGown as teacher at No. 2 and
Miss Evelyn Dewitt at No. 10. All the
schools will open Tuesday, Sept. z.
A State examination of teachers will
be held at the high school building mex,
Friday, beginning at a. M A State ex-
animation for superintendents' certificates
will be held at the same time ana place.
The Gladys Clark company is playing
the first three days of this week in roper
toire at Hancock hall. Full houses
greeted them Monday and last evenings
and the outlook for this evening il
equally good.
The item in last weeks paper that Miss
Wilhelmina 8. Frost, who has resigned as
teacher OF the State street school, would
teach in Berlin, N. H., was an error. Miss
Frost will go to the Livermore Falls
schools, W here she will teach under w. H
Dresser's superintendence.
The H. F. Bailey Co., which has been
running the grist mill on Water street fol
some years, has closed out. Mansel b
Young, who has been the company's
manager for some months past, has leased
the Clark building on Water street, and
has opened feed and grain store.
The effort to make a murder sensation
out of the drowning Of Robert R. Kelley,
of Mars Hill, at Bangor, last week, while
on the way to Ellsworth, seems to have
fallen fat. There were no evidences oil
foul play on the body, and it is believed
the drowning was purely accidental.
The Methodists and Baptists have SC
far been unsuccessful in their efforts to
secure vessel for their excursion, which
it was hoped to hold this week. If nc
vessel can be obtained by Friday, it is
probable the excursion will be given up
for this year, as the tides will not serve
right again until after schools open.
The State railroad commissioners gave q
hearing at Ellsworth Falls last Thursday
on the petition Of the mayor and aldermen
for gates or automatic signals or fiagmen
at the EllsWorthlFalls crossing Of the