Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-05-05

Mathews spoke interestingly on the Z
cent troubles in Turkey. Refreshmen .
were served.
About twenty business men Responded
to the call for meeting at K. c. Haines
store Tuesday evening, for the purpose o.
forming merchants association. Tn
matter was informally discussed, an.
finally it was decided to call specia
meeting to be held at the aldermen
room in Hancock hall, tomorrow evening
at 7 o'clock.
There was a slight fire at the home ol
Judge John B. Redman on Main street
Monday afternoon. The fire caught from
: burning chimney in the roof Of the ell,
and burned through the roof. The fire.
men used commendable care in putting
on no more water than necessary, but the
damage from smoke and water is neverthe-
less considerable.
Avery pleasant affair was the reception
given by the ladies' aid society OF the
Methodist church last evening to the
pastor, w. F. Emery and wife, and Dis
trict Superintendent H. B. Haskell and
wife. The reception was held at the
church vestry. About fifty were present.
There was an interesting musical progr4m.
Refreshments were served.
After fifteen years. service in the life and
accident insurance business, Frank l..
Thurber, an old Ellsworth boy, has re-
signed from the Pacific Mutual Life to
take an interest in the Western Reserve
Motor Car Co., at Cleveland, Ohio, assum-
ing charge Of the electric department.
This company handles the Pierce-Arrow
and Woods electric cars.
The many friends of John o. Whitney,
Of Whitcomb, Haynes & Co., are sorry to
know of bis serious illness, as the result
of cut on his right forearm received on
circular saw in one OF the mills of the
company two weeks ago. The wound it
self was slight, but recently has become
greatly infiamed, and blood poisoning is
feared. Mr.. Whitney is confined to his
house.
The Sarah Ware skull which was
brought to Ellsworth and exhibited dur
ing the Treworgy trial some years ago
was placed in the custody of the county
officers at the time, has never been out Of
their possession, and is still in it, safe un-
der lock and key at the court house. The
skull found last week near the shore on
South street is clearly not that Of the late
Sarah Ware.
| The annual roll-call Of Nokomis Rebe-
kaa society last evening brought out a
| good number of mem bers. About 100 re-
/ sponded in person, and several by letters,
among the latter being Miss Ella F. Jor-
dan, Of Jamaica Plain, Mass, who sent a
most interesting letter descriptive of her
| trip abroad last summer. There was a
short musical program and speeches, and
| the degree was exemplified. A chicken
supper was served.
! A freight train wreck on the Washing
ton county railroad this forenoon has de-
layed trains from the east. Four freight
cars left the rails five miles east of Frank
lin. No one was injured. A locomotive
and car were sent to the scene of the wreck
from Washington junction this noon, and
passengers from the east will be trans
ferred around the wreck and taken through
to bangor on a car attached to the Maine
Central freight this afternoon.
John A. Peters has moved into his new
house on Bridge hill. The house has been
in process OF erection for about year,
and is one of the handsomest and best
appointed residences in the city. During
the building Of this house Mr.. Peters has
been occupying what is known as the
Redman house next to the grammar
schoolhouse. This house was recently
purchased by Barry L. Cra abtree, who
moved in as soon as Mr.. Peters moved out.
A meeting OF Sunday school workers
will be held at the Methodist ichurch this
evening at 7.30 O'Clock. There will be a
general conference under the direction OF
II. E. Lufkin, of Portland, State secretary
of the Sunday school work. Charles E.
McColley, of Madison, will speak on ssThe
worth of MANI. Mr.. McColley has had
signal success in getting hold of men, and
now has class of over 200 enrolled. This
meeting is entirely undenominational, and
/ ali ptopiC ihbSISsted III SCuOOl
work are invited.
Charles H. Curtis & Co.'s shipyard is
one of the few busy places in the city.
Mr.. Curtis trets under idleness. If busi-
ness does not come to him as fast as he
likes, he makes business for himself, as
evidenced by his putting OH the stocks
| for himself a sixty-ton schooner, now
nearly completed. She is we'll modelled
craft, from plans and drawings of Mr..
| Curtis own, and is built "on honor. She
| will not be launched until September, un-
less sooner sold. She is seventy-thre
| feet long over the hull, twenty-one
feet wide and the hold is six and one half
feet deep. She will carry 100 tons. She
| could be equipped for sea in twenty days,
| if necessary. The schooners Otronto and
Rozella have been at the yard the past
a.. VIZ.