Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08

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Hancock hall tomorrow evening. The
opening play will be, "Anita, The Singing
Girl.n
The food fair committee OF the Mer-
chants association has decided to open the
food fair Monday noon, Feb. 10, instead Of
Tuesday, as proposed, and give the people
full week Of the fair, the same as last
year. The committee has sent out the
preliminary announcements OF the fair,
and is seceiving applications for space
from exhibitors.
Miss Evelyn NJ. Bonsey, teacher of the
6urry road school, has presented her
resignation to the school board, to take
effect at the end Of the present term.
Miss Bonsey has been . painstaking and
efficient teacher in the Ellsworth schools
for seven years, and her resignation is re-
ceived by the school board with regret.
The cause for the resignation ia contained
in the announcement of her engagement.
Miss J. A. Thompson has purchased the
Cole building she occupies OF Mrs. n. b.
Saunders. Miss Thompson will make
alterations which will greatly improve her
store. An unused entry on the eastern
side OF the building, six feet wide and
eighteen or twenty feet long, will be
opened into the store, giving much needed
additional room. A new floor will he laid
throughout the store, and other improve
ments made.
An alarm was turned in Thursday even
ing for slight fire at the home Of Will
liam Maloney on the Bayside road. The
fire started among some papers in the
attic near the chimney and burned ont a
small hole through the roof. Prompt ap-
plication Of one pail of water before the
fire gained headway doubtless saved the
house, as it is beyond the fire limits. The
fremen were not needed. The slight loss
is covered by insurance.
B. F. jog to-day is celebrating the COM
pletion Of forty years in business in Ellis
worth. Forty years ago to-day he bought
out the Photographic studio of the late
Darwin N. Moor, and has continued the
business ever since. There are few busi-
ness r,en in Ellsworth who have been in
business longer, and none who has been
in business alone for the same length of
time. For about thirty-eight years Mr..
Joy has been in the same location.
| Careless shooting of a rife in the
thickly-settled part Of the city came near
having serious results Sunday. Some one
on the Black shore shot with rife at q
duck on the river. The ball ricochetted
from the water, whizzed by the head Of a
young man on the wharf on the eastern
side of the river, just missed team on
Water street, and struck the Samuel Jor-
dan house on Water street, just above q
window. The man or boy who fired the
shot is not safe person to handle rifle.
He is in the same class with the man in
the woods who shoots first and looks after
wards.
The football game Saturday at Wyman
park between Ellsworth high and Higgins
Classical institute, of Charleston, resulted
in the first defeat of the home team for the
season. The score was 21-0. On the kick
OF by Ellsworth, Higgins man got the
ball and went through the Ellsworth line
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demoralizing effect on the Ellsworth
team, which did not pull itself together
until the second half. Higgins scored
twice in the first period Of the first half
and twice in the second period. Neither
team scored in the second half.
Frank M. Gaynor has leased the Ameri-
can house stables, and bought out the
business Of Orrin w. Tripp. Mr.. Gaynor
will conduct a general livery, transient
and boarding stab BILE. In the summer Mr..
Gaynor conducts q livery business at
Northeast Harbor, having large stable
Of horses and many stylish turn-outs. He
will bring the greater part of this stable
here for the winter. He has already taken
possession OF the American house stableA,
and has some thirty horses there. He will
make some improvements in the stable,
andsput in additional stalls. Mr.. Tripp
retires from the livery business after
about twenty-five years at this same
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