Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-01-31

tended was fumigated Saturday, and
books used by her were destroyed. DR..
Woodruff, of the board of health, advises
| all parents to watch children carefully
when i'll at this season, and to be particu-
larly suspicious when a croupy condition
| exists.
The literature club met with Miss NJ. A..
Clark Monday evening. Two interesting
papers we're read-"A Visit to Washing
ton, ID. c." by Miss Eva e. AIKEN, and
''The Story of the Indian and the Negro
in America, by Miss Mary Ann Greedy.
The next meeting will be held Feb. IL
with Mrs. o. w. Tapley.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment OF Miss Bessie Mason Joy, daughter
OF Capt. and Mrs. Henry ]. Joy, Of this
city, to John Stanislaus Kearney, of Min
neapolis, Mimi. The wedding will take
place in the Universalist church of st.
Paul on Feb. g. A wedding trip East will
include short visit in Ellsworth.
Ellsworth friends Of c. P. DeLaittre and
wife, OF Aitkin, Mimi, will be interested
to know that they are spending the re-
mainder Of the winter in Los Angeles,
Cal. They went by the northern route,
visiting Fargo, Spokane, Seattle, Portland
and San Francisco. In the spring they
will return by way of the Santa Fe route.
Capt. Roland g. Bonseys seventy-third
birthday anniversary was pleasantly
observed last Thursday by a family
gathering at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. q. Porter Smith. Those present be-
sides Capt. Bonsey, wife and daughters
were Capt. Alexander Bonsey and wife,
Edmund Bonsey and wife, and Mrs. Char
lotte Clement.
Several Ellsworth people attended the
Collins Burns wedding at st. Johns
Catholic church, Bangor, last Wednesday
afternoon. The bride was Miss Julia
Agnes Collins, sister of Edward j. Collins,
OF Ellsworth, who was one of the ushers.
The groom was John Francis Burns, of
Albany, N. Y. Mr.. and Mrs. Burns will
reside at Albany.
Thomas l.. Abbott, well known in Els
worth, where for several years he was en-
ployed in the shoe factories, dropped
dead at his home in Verona Sunday after
noon of heart failure. He was sixty four
years of age. He was married twice, his
second wife being Mrs. Trueman Frazier,
Of Ellsworth, who died about four months
ago. He leaves two brothers-Capt. Melvin
Abbott and Lyman Abbott, of Vinalhaven,
and three sisters Mrs. Sarah Faire, Mrs.
Rachael WordWoH nd A DO ~
forth.
At a conference Of gentlemen interested
held at the Office of John A. Peters last
evening, tine matter of an organization on
the lines Of a Y. M. c. A. or a Y. NJ. G. U.
were discussed. The meeting was a unit
as to the desirability Of some such an in
stitution in Ellsworth, but many ideas
were advanced, and it was decided to
leave the matter in the hands of a COM
mittee to submit some definite plan at
future meeting. The committee ap-
pointed consists Of Rev. E. d. Kizer, Rev.
p. A. A. Killam, Roy c. Haines, E. F.
Robinson, ir., and Percy E. Higgins.
The home OF George A. Parcher on High
street was damaged by fire to the extent
of about 1890 last Thursday forenoon.
The fire caught in the partitions on the
second floor from an overheated chimney
which burned out about an hour before
the fire was discovered. The fire fol-
lowed the partition up to the attic, where
it broke out and burned through the roof
in places. 1t was necessary to put a con-
siderable amount of water ON the fire, and
the house was thoroughly wet down.
Most of the furniture was removed, and
was but slightly damaged. The loss was
covered by insurance, which was salts
factorily adjusted Monday.