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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

chicago, Dec. S.-WHEAT-The Argen-
una frost scare displaced the government
report as factor in the wheat market
today and sentiment in the pit early in
the session was bullish. Leading commits
sion houses and shorts were eager bidders
While offerings for a time. were meager
nature but the general opinion of traders
seemed to incline to the belief that consid-
eraDie damage would result from the re-
cent freeze Prices at the opening were
to OTIS. Within a few minutes the price
of the May option had advanced to sf.OS.
Buying of the December delivery by a
leading elevator interest caused a still fur
day, the price of the December option ad-
vancfng to S109, which was &c above the
low point of the day. At the same time
closed strong with December up ~ at
81 o. May was up &c at $1.0S.
CORN-The bulge In wheat caused con-
siderable strength in the corn markets,
shorts and cash interests being active bid
ders: Light receipts inspired good demand
for December and the price Of that option
advanced about NC May, which opened a
shade lower to a shade higher at 615sc to
61s4c, advanced to 621kc.
The market continued strong the re-
mainder of the session. The top for May
was 62Ac.. The close was strong with
May &c higher at 62@62sc.
OATsOats were active and strong.
Commission houses and shorts were active
bidders owing to continued light receipts.
May opened unchanged to &c higher at
43lscs to 4314c and advanced to 1850.
PROVISIONS-Provisio were strong
because of a fair demand based on con-
tinued light movement of live hogs. Of
ferings were scanty. Prices at the start
were unchanged to 11sG1c higher.
7sc. '-''' - VIC
ARLEY-Cash: 1860.
TIMOTHY-March. s405.
CLOVE,R-March SIS. 25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08

Secretary George w. Martins term
does not expire this year. The fol-
lowing directors were chosen for the
coming three years:
Zu Adams, Topeka; J. H. Reach.
Hays City: Frank w. Blackmar, Law
renee; H. N. Boyd, Belleville; j.. w.
Campbell, Plevna; Warren B. Coch-
rane, Columbus; William f. Con-
nelley. Topeka; Samuel ]. CraU ford.
Baxter Springs; John W. Davis,
Greensburg; Ralph { fl Faxon, Gar
den City; W. P. FEEDER, Great Bend;
]. N. Fike, Colby; ]. w. Fisher,
Atchison; Charles S. Gleed, Topeka;
w. NJ. Glenn, Tribune; John NJ. GRAY.
Kirwin; w; ]. Grifing. Manhattan;
Joseph HILL Emporia; Elizabeth A.
Johnson, CORTLAND; James H. Little,
La Crosse; E. H. Madison, Dodge
City; ]. r. Meade, Wichita; ]. h.
Mitchell Osborne; Horace L. Moore,
Lawrence; Fred Robertson. Atwood !;
Smith, Meade; w. H. Smith, Marys-
Vile; ]. B. Shields, Lost Spring: A c.
Spilman, Mcpherson; w. r. Stubs.
Lawrence; Fred L. Vandegrift, Kan
sas City. Mo-. Mrs. Charlotte F.
Wilder, Manhattan. 80 ~. Es1a
The following life members of the
society were elected:
Judge Lee Monroe Topeka; E. c.
Manning, Winfield; Thomas B. Ken
p Peago Junction ton City, YEP F. B. MeKerSher
city; ]. W. Campbell, Plevna; E. D.
Kimball, Wichita; William H. Mackey
jr., Junction City; ]. G.. Slonecker, To-
peka; G.. w. Carson, Ashland; Ira D.
BOUCHER. Great Bend; P. I. Bonebrake
Topeka; John s. Gilmore, Fredonia
James H. Little, Lacrosse; Haskell
Derigne, Kansas City; George Haskell
Martin, Kansas City; Paul E Havens
Leavenworth;, s. H. Fairfield. Alma;
John L. Bishop. Salina; Samuel j
Crawford, Baxter Springs; John Sea,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
MODEST SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
c. F. Hottie Asks for $3.50 From
Plumbers for Injuries Received.

Suit for damages of $3.50 has been
filed against the plumbing contractors.
Gustafson & Pribble, by c. F. Hottie,
an employe. The petition alleges that
he had been carrying, with others, ma
terial along stairway loosely con-
structed by the foreman, and that a
door used in the support was taken
out without any notification to him.
On the 23d of October, when he
walked across the weakened spot, the
boards broke and he fell. breaking his
right foot. Hottie is modest in his
petition for damages, claiming s25
doctor bill. Sis for his loss of wages,
and $107 for the pain and misery. The
sum figures $3.50. The suit is in the
hands of w /. JamiSon
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New York stock Market.

Wall st. New York Dec. S.-STOCKS-
Prices of stocks advanced fraction to-
day in the opening dealings, which were
on moderate scale. Cams were IN ex-
Smelling and Interborough Metropolitan
preferred. Otherwise the upward move
ment was sluggish and unimportant.
Low priced railroads and 1ndustr1ais
were active at advancing prices but the
usual market leaders did not share IN
weakened later when liquidation IN Third
Avenue became active. The important
gains were Central Leather 19s, southern
Railway preferred ~, American WOODEN
49, Erie first preferred IA and the sec
ond preferred, Ontario and Western, KAN
sas Citv Southern, American Hide and
Leather preferred. United states Hunpes
and General Electric l. Third Avenue
break of 81 to 1919 pulled down Int c9I1
borough Metropolitan preferred from ozz2
to 81 and Metropolitan street HaiiwaS
Prices rallied on light demand wnlcn
carried st. Louis and San Francisco SEE
ond rreferred. North American and HOOK
ing Coal 1 over last night: Interpor0uS91h
Metropolitan preferred z; fared Ia. 81.
Iouis and San Francisco first preIerasssso
~ and Hooking Valley certficates o15-
Railway Steel Spring preferred Ien a
limited States Steel rose to 9lss.
Bonds were irregular ~
The Soft Coal stocks were the feature Oh
the dealings, the heavy buying OF NoI ao,l
and western, which went up ~ 70 S'Me u
causing a brisk demand for the rest u
the group Pennsylvania, chesapeake ant
Ohio. Atchison and Erie gained l, the III
5. Erie second preferred ~ and inc M n II
adeIphia company pa. The leadlng r siit
roads and industrials were quiet pu'
strong.
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. S.-WHEAT-
CASH. Market nominally unchanged; NO;
hard, $104Q1: 10; No: g. goggles NO.
CORN-Market unchanged to kc higher.
No. mixed, 601k@60Ac; No. 3 6oA06o1zc;
OATsMarket nominally unchanged.
No. white, 42@44c; No. mixed, AQ42c.
RYE-68@70c.
othy, s12 50@13 90; choice prairie, $S75g10O
BUTTER-Creamery extras, 321sc; flrsts,
Bic; seconds, 29c; packing stock, &c.
EGGStExtras, SOC; firsts. 2Sc; SECONDS
and dirties, Tic; current receipts, 27c.
WHEAT-Reecipts, IA cars. oox, /.
CLOSE: WHEAT-December, SloS7s'
May, 81. 03A; July. 9414c. c,a
CORN-December, 59ss@S91zc; May DIG
61Hc; July, 60A@607sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
UNDER THE HAMMER.
Property of Waters Pierce Oil Com
pany Sold at Auction.

/ Austin. Dec Sat public auction here
the property of the Waters-Pierce OIL
company was sold to S. W. Fordyce and
associates Of St Louis. Mo. the price bid
curity Oil company was bought by John
Sealey of Galveston for $4,000 and that
of the Navarro Refining company of Corsi-
cana was sold to Sealey for $75. 600. Sixty
cars of the Union Tank line were bought
by Sealey for $4,000
The properties were sold owing to the
antitrust suits and custer proceedings in
stituted some time ago by the state of
Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
MAY LET D0xEY OUT.
Circuit Attorney Finds There Is an
Absence OF Evidence.

ST. Louis. Mo-, Dec. s.sThe. st.
Louis jury was scheduled to take up
the case of Mrs. Dora Doxey, accused
of poisoning w. ]. Erder. late to-
day.
The circuit attorney has stated
that there is an absence of evidence
In DR.. Doxey's case and that he will
refuse to press SO serious a charge
Wltnout testimony to substantiate it.
DIR. Doxey was released at the di-
rection of the circuit attorney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago. Dec. SHUTTER = Market
steady. Creameries, 26@SSc; dairies. A@
EGGSMarket steady. Receipts 2N5
cases at mark, cases included, D1sQ0zc'
firsts, 2s1kc; prime firsts, S03sc: ,e,Lo
1sslc: Twins, 16@16Ac;s Young Americas
164c; Long Horns, 1910; o.,.s =,
fancy 430S45c: fair to good, 35@40c.
POuLTRY-Market strong; turkeys
re; chickens, lac; springs, 14c 49,.
VEAI-Market steady. so to 70 ID WIS;
sdec: GO to IS lb WITS, 9@101zc; 50 to 1lo
N WITS 1O110111xc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
Tommy johnson X. U. Captain.

Tommy Johnson, the great quar-
ter back Of the University of Kansas
football team, who was given a
position on the Missouri Valley
eleven the past season, will be the
next captain of the Jayhawkers in
1910 Johnson was unanimously
elected leader of the Kansas team
last night at banquet held in Law
renee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
King Leopold STRICKEN.

London Dec. S.-Private advices re-
cefved here today from Brussels state
that King Leopold of Belgium is in a
grave physical condition He is said
to have suffered a paralytic stroke last
Friday and a second stroke on Monday.
These We're followed by pulmonary
trouble
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
WHITING IS CHOSEN.
Topeka Man President State His
torical Society.

At the first session of the thirty
fourth annual meeting of the STATE
Historical society, the following Of
ficers were elected:
A B. Whiting of Topeka, presi-
dent, and w. E. Connelley, Topeka,
second vice president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
Wife of Gen Stewart Dead.

washington. Dec S--Mrs. Susan
Stewart. wife of Paymasters General
Stewart, q. S. N, retired, of South
Orange. N. j., died here early today
at the home of Rear Admiral Andrew
Dunlap, where she was visiting She
will be buried in the national ceme-
terry at Arlington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
Nev york PRODUCE Market.

New York, Dec. S;- .BUIT.IIl1 Aer
steady. Creamery held. 2s@S2ikc n,
CHEESE@Market firmer. stare, new
FIJI cream specials 171k@1Sc; ditto Sep
teraber fancy, TIC; ditto October best,
Isle: ditto late made. best, lS1zc; dltto
common to good, 13ql514c' SKINS Iuii "
sp EGGSNMarket firm. State and Inc, nearby
hennery brown and mixed fancy, otU4oc'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
New york Money Market.

New York, Dec. S.-MONEY-Money on
call firm, 434d5 per cent; ruling rate ~
per cent; closing bid AS per cent, offered
at per cent Time loans steady and fair
ly active; 60 days, 1905 per cent; 80 days,
41s@5 per cent; six months, ~ per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper to
5k per cent
Sterling exchange easier with actual
business in bankers bills at "a. "a. 25G4- "a. 90
for so day bills and at S4S7.S0 for demand;
Commercial bills 4S3AG 4-S4
SILVER-Bar silver, 519sc; Mexican dol
lars, E3c. :,
BONDS bonds, easy; rail-
road bonds, irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08

T.ivern0n1 CableS: Openlng-WheaL UNI
CHANGED to I'd higher; corn unchanged
Second cable: Wheat Nd higher: corn
unchanged to I'D higher.
CHICAGO car lots today: Wheat 81, corn
40 oats 40. :.
oNrthwest car lots today 176. last year
1874. -, 1s,rz.xx
corn unchanged
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Market Gossip.
Opening-Wheat III

Furnished by j. e. Call. Commission.
| Grains Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth st. Phone 1851
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COTTON Market

New York, Dec. S-COTToN-Spot
closed quiet. 10 points higher; middling
s npian1s. SASS; mdddling gulf. $3.50 Sales.
Galveston, Tex. Dec. SECTION
Market steady. II 7-16c
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Kansas City Grain Market.
FURNISHED by ). E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office lilo West Sixth st. Phone 1851
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08

Chicago Grain Market.
Furnished by J. r. Gail. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton ard Stocks.
Office lilo West Sixth ST. Phone 1885,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08
Kew York Sugar and CoHee Market

New York. Dec. s-SUGAR-Raw, quiet;
fair refining. So. S11s; centrifugal So test,
s4 311z melasses sugar. $3-561z Refined,
steady: crushed, s5.85; powdered, $5-25;
granulated, S.. IS
COFFEE-Market steady No. Rio.
sssMS1kc; No. Santos sac.
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Topeka Hide Market
| fluctuations furnished by James G. Smith
Hide Co.. 16S East Third St.j

Topeka. Kan, Dec. s.
G. s. hides. 111zc; sid brands, i01sc fiat:
glue hides, 61xc flat: No. / @. s. buff hides
25c to 35c: slunks. 16c to 25c: No. horse
hides. 81. Sc to g rs: No; horse hides. Sl.5g
butcher. heavies. lie; dry flint fallen. isc.
dry flint lights. rQ1Sc: dry salts. IIc: dry
culls. liz. -.
FIiRs-Raccoon. large prime. s1.oo01 a..
rac-oon. medium. S5c@$1e0: raccoon. small
and No. 2, eOq75c; skunk, black prime
narrow stripe. s5cGsl Is: skunk. broad'
25@50c: mink. large. dark. No. l. A.5o@S 90.
mink medium, No. /, So O0m3 n. 49,
small and No. 2 sl75@225; opposs inn'
large cased No. 1. s5@50c; oppossufn, med.
ium. 5q40c:, oppossum. small 106i5c:
cats, 5Ql9c: fox, gray. eocqs1.o0; fox. r ed
prime, s3-5o@4.5 90: wolf. prime mou1,tain'
cat. 25@75c.
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Range of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commission,
Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office Ito West Sixth ST. Phone So
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Grain Market.

FURNISHED by J. B. Billiard, corner Kan.
sas ave. and Curtis St.l
wHEAT-No. ?. CSC. Aee- =.
OLD CORN-55c
NEW CORN-55c.
OATS-3SQ40c.
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Topeka Market.

FURNISHED by the Chas. Wolff Packing
Co., yards close at noon Saturday. We
cannot use pigs, thin sows or hogs
weighing less than ITO lbs. Do not mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished.
as we cannot use half fat stun. We give
below prices effective at once. until fur
Their notice.1
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Kansas city Live stocx nsrket.

NHiiSdS Guy LfVe StOck Market
Kansas City, Mo-. Dec. SEATTLE
receipts 1900, including 400 southerns.
Market steady to strong. Native steers,
S4bqS-50; southern steers, $3.6066. rs;
southern COWS. s275@43; native .heifers
and cows, $2.500650: stockers and feeders,
S. zoos 90; bulls, 5000 Is; calves, sS.T@
goo; western steers. $s.75@6.00; western
HOGs-Receipts 10000. Market steady.
Bulk of sales, s. 10GS.35; heavy, s.. 6@8s4o:
packers. and butchers $S.10@S. 40; light
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market 1Oc
higher. Muttons, $46O@6.00 lambs, 5000
500; fed western wethers and yearlings,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-08

BARLEY-Cash: 1860.
TIMOTHY-March. s4.@.
CLOVER-March. SIS. 5.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10
WEST FREMONT.

The dancing school closed Monday
evening. All have enjoyed it greatly.
The sewing circle met with Mrs. Ash
bury Lopsus March 8. But few were
present.
Otis ingalls, went to Bar Hsrbor March
on business. Mrs. ingalls, is able TO SIT
up, and seems to be improving rapidly
Capt. Isaac Murphy and wife and Capt.
Edmund Reed, wife and son Edmund
who have spent the winter in Rocklano,
are home. Capt. Murphy has been in poor
health all winter. Capt. Reed will leave
soon for Bangor, where he has employ
ment.
Miss Mary j. Dix, who had severe
shock Feb. 26 died March without ha'-
ing recovered consciousness. The funerai
was held at her home on Dix poin''
Sunday, at p. M, Rev. F. L. Pro'An
officiating. Miss Dix leaves one sister
Mrs. Sadie Eye, OF this place, and one
brother-Capt. John Dix, Of Philsdeipnis,
besides other relatives in Boston ana nc"
York.
March s. THELMA.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10
SOUTH BRoOKSyILl.E.

Capt. /. F. Hutchinson had chopping
match Friday.
Miss Jennie wescott, of North Bluehill
is visiting here.
Archie Hutchinson has his new saving
machine working.
NJ. d. Chatto made business trip to
Stonington last week.
NJ. d. Chatto has number of teams
hauling logs to Porgie wharf.
Addie A. Bates, who has been teaching
at Cape Roster, is at home.
The children had an entertainment at
the Methodist church Saturday evening.
Jay Ropes, who has been pilot OF a
steamer on Long Island sound, is at home.
Capt. orvis Gray is at home from the
East Maine general hospital at Bangor.
There was an illustrated lecture at the
Methodist Episcopal church Thursday
evening.
Arthur v. Gray, OF Cape Roster, is work.
ing for M. D. Chatto on the yacht Lulu
Marion.
Mrs. Pieston Duffy has gone to East
Bluehill to care for Mrs. Luther Bridges
jr., who is ill.
Grace Gray, Madeline Harvey and Bea
Condan, who have been at school at Cas-
tine, are at home.
March g. 4,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10
NORTH FRANKLIN.

Mrs. Laura circuit is in poor health.
Miss Hannah Williams is working for
Mrs. Guy Butler.
High school opened this week, with
Percy Clark principal.
Stanley Lawrie is quite ill. 1t is feared
he may have appendicitis.
Misses Carrie and Ethel Hooper have
been visiting their cousin, June Williams,
. few days.
Mrs. Ida Hardison visited her daughters,
Mrs. Carl Butler and Mrs. Marcia Brag-
don, last week.
Mrs. Charles H. Williams and little
daughter Ruth are visiting her sister,
Grace NJ. Wilson, in Cherryheld.
Hervey and Walter Murch leave to-day
for Hardwick, VT, to fnd employment.
Mr.. Murch has two brothers, Everett and
Louis, there.
That Martins Ridge will soon have
telephone connection with the outside
world is not only possibility but proba'
bility. Arrangements are being made to
build q road from Martins Ridge to
Maco nber's mill, distance OF about two
miles, and when that is completed,
telephone line will be esta blished.
March 8. Il.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10
COUNTY NEWS.
,M,KINLEY.

n,xINrEv,,
- f'e
On ,.-s = = p = ~
eoo' ~ 'Ae
Annie dott mas started work again IN
her rooms beneath the postoipce.
A dance is announced for Tuesday,
March 16, in Mount Desert hall. Music by
joys orchestra.
Charles Robbins returned to bis vessel
in Providence Monday. He has spent the
past few weeks with his family here.
Mrs. Ipez. Matte and Robert Quincy
have returned for the remainder OF the
winter and coming summer. They are liv-
ing at Mr.. Eaton's cottage.
n p. Richardson is having his ice
.d NJ ;u,.nds ~ 49,, ~ o,;.o a
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10
MANSET.

verney l.. King and wife are receiving
congratulations on the birth OF q dAugh-
ter.
Rev. Clarence Emery, of st. George, pas
tor here for several years, preached in the
White church Sunday morning and even
ing.
Lucy Getchell, widow OF Sans Stanley,
died at Bernard Thursday, March
4. Funeral services were held here Satur-
day, March 6. Interment at Seawall in
the family lot. Mrs. Stanley had resided
here since her marriage, but was spending
the winter at Bernard. She leaves an only
son--Will Stanley, of Great Duck island
light station, and three grandchildren
Byerly Stanley and Mrs. Villa Humphrey,
of Portland, and Derby Stanley, Of Great
Duck island.
March s. MAD.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10

II Havey; collector, w c Havey; school
committee, F L Carlton; road commits
sioners, Bradbury Smith, w r Hanna.
Appropriations Schools, f1,500; text
books, 600; high school, $500; schoolhouse
repairs, 500; roads and bridges, 2,0U0;
sidewalks, $500; State road, 81; poor, s0Oo;
current and contingent, $500; Memorial
Day, SIS; superintendent Of schools, $50.
Total, $6,036.
Moderator, Fred Milliken; selectmen
and assessors, c B Young, Fred E Milf
ken, George A M Martin; clerk, II Crab
tree; treasurer, Alfred B Crabtree; col
lector, George l. Stewart; school COM
mitteeman, Harvard l. Carter; superin-
tendent OF schools, Harvard J. Carter;
road commissioners, George M Moon,
Sherman Mcfarland; constables, E
Bowden. c B Young, George l. Stewart,
Galen H Young.
Appropriations - Schools, $500; text
books, sT5; school supplies, ESQ; high
school, 500; scboolhouse repairs, 500;
roads and bridges, 1850; State road,
$3.50; poor, $500; current and contingent,
$500; Memorial Day, US; tuition $50.
Total, 50, $3.50.
ISLE Az HAUT.
Moderator, Samuel w Bridges; select
men and assessors Sharles H Turner, j l.
Chaplin, d T Conley; clerk, John K Col
Inns; treasurer, Lewis c Turner; collector,
George A Turner, school committee,
Samuel W Bridges, Willard Gross, John
X Collins; superintendent OF schools,
Tyler NJ Coombs; road commissioner, c ID
Turner; consta bles, William Rich, John
K Collins, Ellsworth Thomas, George
Hopkins.
Appropriations Schools, 500; text
books, $50; high school, $50; schoolhouse
repairs, 900; roads and bridges, $500;
State road, s21; poor, SIS; current and con-
tingent, 800; interest, SIS; treasurer, $40;
clearing bushes from road, $50. Total,
$2,136.
DEDHAM.
NJ oderator, E W Burrill; town clerk
II p Burrill; selectmen, assessors and
overseers of poor, H P Burrill, Guy H
Burrlll, H F Lord; treasurer and collector,
E w Burrill; member school commit
tee, Harold S Burrill; sections of cemetery,
Union, E W Burrill; Central, George A
Gray; surveyors of wood and bark, P
Weber, q H Burrill; J P Black, G w
Brewster, H P Burrill; consta bles, Frank
Patterson, H r Lord, G P Goodw in; tru-
ant officers, H F Lord, E Johnson, L X
Black.
Appropriateness Schools, Si00; snow,
$3.50; discounts, SIS; tuition, $50; text
books, SIS; schoolhouse repairs and ap-
pliances, 500; Memorial Day, SIS.
FREMONT.
Selectmen, assessors and ove-seers of the
poor, Loren w RumiIl, Clifton M Rich,
Eugene Stanley; town clerk, Herbert
Moore; treasurer, B Reed; tax collector
and road commissioner, Henry T Webster;
school committee, Howard n Kelley, B B
Reed. Thomas Tapley.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-03-10
SOUTHWEST HARBoR.

Mrs. Kate Pray, of Bass Harbor, has
been spending few weeks here.
Schools closed last week for vacation,
to open March y with the same teachers.
The Congregational sewing circle pre-
pared dinner for the voters in the masonic
banquet hall on March /.
Mrs. Harry LAwton and her mother,
Mrs. Tracy, were called to Bar Harbor last
week by the serious illness OF her grand
mother, Mrs. NJ. A. Handy.
The town meeting here considered q
lengthy warrant and appropriated third
part more money for town finances than
usual, in spite Of the fact part OF tbs
meeting was a stormy and stirring affair,
and furnished topics for lively indignation
meetings all the week.
The Lawrence Telegram announces the
death at Dsnvers, Mass, of Mrs. Adelis
Gott Lnrvey on Feb. p, at the advanced
age Of eighty-two years. Mrs. Luryey
will be remembered by many Of the older
people OF Mt. Desert, where she lived un-
til she was middle-aged. She was born at
Pretty Marsh. Her maiden name was
Adelia Heath. She first married Ezra
Gott, who was lost at sea. leaving his wife
with two little daughters. Many years
later Mrs. Gott married William Luryey,
and lived for some time at Town Hill,
where her daughter Belle was born. After
her husbands death, Mrs. Lurvey went to
live with her daughters, who were mar
ried and settled in Massachusetts,. She
had been an invalid many years. Her
eldest daughter, Mary l. Hodgdon, also
a longtime invalid, passed away about
three years ago, and her other daughters
Mrs. Jennie Hamlin, Of North Andover,
and Mrs. Belle Kean, OF Lawrence, have
cheered their mothers declining days.
March s. SPRAY.