Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-07-14

| Hattie curtis, assisted by Miss Esther
Emery. Miss Ida Higgins, violinist, and
William Emery, baritone, also have parts
in the program. Homemade candy will
be on sale, and ice-cream and cake will be
served.
The State board OF assessors will hold
their annual meeting with the town as
SCISSORS Of Hancock county in August,
sitting At tie courthouse in Ellsworth
Friday, Aug. 10, at 9 .. M, and at the
assessors' Office in Bar Harbor Saturday,
Aug. IA, at 9 a. m.
Charles E. Sinclair has sold his black
smith shop on franklin street to e. B.
Clough, who will take possession early
next month. Mr.. Clough learned his
trade with the late J. B. Wiswell, and has
worked at it in Bangor, Boston and other
cities, being last located at Braintree,
Mass.
Hereafter telephone subscribers will re-
ceive their monthly bills direct from the
main Office, which for the eastern division
is At Portland. The practice Of sending
around collectors is to be discontinued.
Subscribers will be expected to make pay
ment BY mail or by sending to the local
exchange.
An engineer employed on the Washing
ton County railroad met with a painful
accident at Washington Junction last
Wednesday afternoon. His hand was
badly mangled by the explosion of fire
cracker in his pocket which was ignited
by spark from his pipe which he
thoughtlessly thrust into the pocket.
The house of Capt. E. w. Allen on Third
street was badly damaged by fire at IL
o'clock Saturday night. The fire started
about the chimney in the ell, and burned
out the roof Of the ELL It also spread to
the main house, the upper part OF which
was damaged. The furniture was badly
damaged by smoke and water.
Members Of the alumni association OF
the Ellsworth high school will 90 down
the bay tomorrow by schooner and tug.
A landing will be made at Newbury Neck,
where shore dinner will be served, j. Fl.
Leland being the caterer. The excursion
lists will leave Lords wharf at 7.3O m.
This excursion takes the place of the
usual reunion and banquet OF thu associa-
tion.
Reports from the Ellsworth party which
went West few weeks ago to enter the
employ OF the Ambursen Hydraulic Con-
struction Co. indicate tDat there is plenty
OF work at good wages, and likely to last
for many months. After finishing the
l. ~, h,Y IN, -:
pany will commence the construction of
dam near Pueblo, Colo, 125 feet high,
which will store $1,000 acre feet of water,
and later on another dam 225 feet high
which will store 100000 acre feet These
dams are to be parts of an extensive irri-
cation scheme.
Rev. W. F. Emery, pastor OF the Metho-
dist church, will leave Saturday for Brook
lin, where he will spend a portion of his
vacation, preaching at the church there
Sunday mornings. The church here will
be supplied during his absence. Rev. c.
E. Bromley, OF Franklin, will preach Sum
day morning, July IS. Rev. H. B. Haskell,
district superintendent, will preach Sun
day morning, July 25. Rev. W. H. Dun
ham, Of Surry, will preach Sunday morn
ing, August /. The preacher for August 5
will be announced later. There will be no
evening services during July and August.
Engineer j. A. Leonard has been in Ellis
worth the past few days working on plans
for more than dou bling the capacity Of the
Ellsworth power-house of the Bar Harbor
& Union River Power Co. The present