Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-03-30

departments, and the election Of stewards,
trustees and other officials is to take
place.
Pearl, the seventeen-year-o son OF H.
G. Fletcher and wife, Of No. 8 plantation,
died Friday, Of pneumonia. Funeral SER
vices were held At the home Sunday after
noon, Rev. w. +. Emery ofilciating. In
terment at Juniper cemetery.
Several stories written by Miss Louise
E. Dutton, formerly Of Ellsworth, have
been published recently. One appeared in
the March number Of Ainslee's: another
in the March number Of Young's; and an
other in the April number of Hampton's.
The census enumerators appointed for
Ellsworth are James B. Holmes for wares
and 2, and Rev. H. w. Conley for wards
3, and s. Roy Moody, who has been
teaching school in West Ellsworth, is the
enumerator for the towns OF Otis, Maria
vile and Waltham.
Mr.. Chief-Justice Emery and Mrs.
Emery left Tuesday for Washington, d. c.,
where they will be the guests for week
of their son Harry c., who is the chair
man Of the tariff board. On their return
Judge Emery will stop at Portland to hold
court, Mrs. Emery returning to Ellsworth.
Miss Paulene Foster, who has been
teaching at Beverly Farms, Mass, is
soon to return to the school at Hull,
Mass, where she was teaching earlier in
the year. This evidence OF Miss Fosters
efficiency and popularity as a teacher is
pleasing to her many Ellsworth friends.
Friday evening the .sWay back" ball,
under the auspices OF the Ellsworth mer-
chants association, will be held at Han
cock hall. The ''way back" orchestra will
be one Of the features. Monaghan's or
chestra will also be present. The COM
mittee requests that as many as possible
come in costume.
Capt. w. P. Woodward left Monday
night for Newport, R. l., to start his
schooner, the Henrietta A. Whitney,
which has been in winter quarters there.
Capt. Sibley Moon has gone to Boston for
the Storm Petrol, and Capt. Ed. Dodge
has taken his vessel, the Julia Frances,
from Mt. Desert Ferry to Sullivan to load
stone for New York.
The dairy school under the auspices Of
the Ellsworth merchants association will
be held Thursday Of next week. The
speakers are to be Leon 8. Merrill, State
dairy inspector; G. 8. Stetson, master OF
the State grange, and Prof.'H. A. Camp
bell, Of the U. of M. A free supper will
be served at Odd Fellows hall to those at
tending from out of town.
A meeting of the resident members OF
the Congregational church was held in the
chapel last Friday evening, and it proved
to be most enjoyable affair. Refresh
ments were served. The committee Of ar
rangements was composed Of the follow
ing: Rev. R. B. Mathews, pastor; j. H.
Brimmer, L. H. CushmaD, Mrs. Harry W..
Haynes, e. F. Robinson, ST., and Miss M.
A. Clark.
The Sunday school board of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church has elected the fol-
lowing officers for this year: Superin-
tendent, w. A. Bonsey; assistant superin-
tendent, the new pastor to be appointed
by Bishop Quayle; secretary, Miss Geneva
Smith; treasurer, Mrs. II. B. Haskell
librarian, Mrs. Fannie Hopkins; organist,
Mrs. Cora Pomroy; assistant organist,
Miss Lotie Johns. A full corps of teachers
was elected. The school is centre OF
religious activity.
A government weather station has been
opened in Ellsworth, with Rev. 8. W.
Sutton in charge. The station is located
al Mr.. Sutton,s home on the Surry road.
1t is equipped with minimum and maxi
mum thermometer, rain gauge and wind
vane. kilograms are sent to Washing
ton each morning at s, giving pre-
cipitation, state of weather, direction OF
wind, and temperature. A full monthly
report is sent to the officer in charge OF
the weather station at Boston.
Ellsworth people will have an oppor-
tunity soon to hear at first hand some
thing OF the experiences of Arctic ex-
ploration. The Ellsworth merchants as
sociation is making arrangements for a
lecture here, probably on April 12, by
George A. Wardwell, of Bucksport, who
as chief engineer Of the Roosevelt twice
accompanied Commander Peary on his
pole hunting voyages. The lecture will
be illustrated by stereopticoD, and Mr..
Wardwell will have with him many relics
from the Arctic regions.
At the recessed meeting of the city
government last Monday evening the mat
ter of appropriations for the year was not
taken up, owing to the absence of Alder
men Parcher and Patten. The city clerk
was instructed to notify the towns Of Otis
and Dedham that a surveyor had been en-
gagged to run the line between those towns
and Ellsworth, in accordance with Pc
tition to the city government some months
ago, under which arrangements for the
survey were made with the two parties in
terested. Ira B. Hagan, jr., will run the
lines. The committee to which was re-
ferred the matter of purchasing q new