Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-10-26

The Thursday club will meet this week
with Mrs. w. r. Parker.
Henry +. Davis and wife are visiting
their daughters in Massachusetts,.
Basket ball teams will be organized by
both the boys and girls at the high school.
Harry Z. Austin, OF Ellsworth, has been
nominated for coroner by Governor
Fernald.
Moses Moulton, OF Sanford, was the
guest Of Wellington Haslem and family
last week.
Miss Mabelle Brown, second assistant at
the high school, spent the week end at her
home in Fairfield.
Mrs. Arthur l. Saunders is in Boston for
few weeks after attending the Whiting
Gulliver wedding in Portland.
Several Ellsworth teachers plan to at
tend the State teachers convention in
Bangor Thursday and Friday. of this week.
George w. Higgins, who has been en-
ployed by the Eastern Steamship Co. at
Rockland through the summer, is at
home.
Ashbury 8. Clement and Joseph Drum
mey, OF this city, left last Saturday for
Portland, where they expect to find en-
ployment.
Mrs. Amanda Young stepped on an
apple on the walk at her home on Pine
street Sunday, slipped and fell, break .ng
pue or ha
Mrs. A. NJ. Hopkins and her daug hter,
Miss Mary F. Hopkins, leave next We'd
nesday for Waltham, Mass, where they
will spend the winter.
Capt. Sidney A. Goodwin was at home q
few days last week, while the schooner
Harry W. Haynes was discharging and
loading in Penobscot bay ports.
Ralph II. Brooks, OF c. l.. Morang's
store, has gone to Bar Harbor to take
charge of the Morang store there while
George Ochs, the manager, is away on a
| vacation.
Able l.. Friend, who is connected with
the Anderson Coal Mining Co., at Fallen
Timber, Pa, is spending few weeks with
his parents, David Friend and wife, in
Ellsworth.
Z. G. Moore has greatly improved his
store at the corner Of Main and Water
streets by having two windows cut in the
Water street side. and by making improve
ments inside. These changes add much
to the stores attrsctiveness.
The junior class OF the Ellsworth high
school is rehearsing for the college
comedy, ''Mose, the Football Hero"
under the direction Of Mrs. l.. F. Giles.
The play will be presented at Hancock
hall Friday evening, Nov. IS. A dance
will follow.
J. T. Giles, wife and daughter, Miss
Bertha, left Sunday--Mr. Giles on his way
to California, where he has large mining
interests; Mrs. Giles for a visit in Will
liza amsport, Pa, and elsew here; Miss Giles
for New York, where she will resume her
studies in vocal music.
Orrin W. Trip is seriously III Of pneu-
monia. He has had cold Tor some time,
which he neglected, and was down town
yesterday when symptoms OF pneumonia
developed. He was taken home, and last
night his condition was critical. To-day
he is reported as more comfortable.
The grocers and marketmcn OF Ellis
worth, who recently signed an agreement
to close their stores every evening except
Wednesday and Saturday at $50 o'clock
until May l next, have now decided te
close Wednesday evenings as well, so that
through the winter they will remain
open only Saturday evenings.
Charles X. Burrill, who has spent the
summer as usual in Bar Harbor in charge
OF the Nj. Kebo Spring Water ,o.'s bust
ness, will travel between Bar Harbor and
Washington this winter, visiting the large
cities in the interest OF the company. Mrs
Burrill will spend the winter in Ellsworth
A distinct earthquake shock was felt IN
Ellsworth bout 30 o'clock last Thursday
afternoon. The shock was felt by towns
on Penobscot bay, but seemed most severe
in the western section Of Hancock county
Some people in Ellsworth profess to have
etween and 10 O'Clock Thursday even
ing.
The Ellsworth merchants association
held an interesting meeting Monda,
evening. ii. B. Estey was appointed .
committee OF one to wait upon the city
government and ascertain what arrange
ments could be made for the use of Han
cock hall. The association does not think
it should be obliged to pay for the hal