Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-09-18

Brookline, Mass, for the winter. Mr..
Halman came Friday to accompany them
to Massachusetts,. Miss Doris will enter
Radcliffe college.
Mrs. Betsy Torrey, looking from the
window Of her home on the Surry road q
few mornings ago, saw an albino deer
standing at the edge Of the field. 1t was
beautiful specimen, with very few dark
markings. Ambitious sportsmen of the
vicinity are waiting anxiously for open
time.
The Ellsworth festival chorus will hold
rehearsal at Society hall to- morrow af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock, instead OF in the
evening. This change is made to accom-
modate Director-in- Chief Chapman, who
will be present. A full attendance is de-
sired, as it will be Mr.. Chapman's last
visit here before the festival.
Mrs. Harvard Greedy, who has been the
faithful organist at the Congregational
church for many years, has resigned. A.
e. Hopkins, OF Bangor, who played last
Sunday, has been engaged for the next
three Sundays. Mr.. Hopkins hopes to be
able to come to Ellsworth to live, and il
he does he will become the permanent or
ganist.
The fire at midnight Monday night of
last week, which started the Ellsworth
firemen on q wild-goose chase, destroyed
Frank Herrick's house and barn-the
Amos Gott place-on the Happytown road.
The family was away from home, but the
house was furnished, and hay and farming
implements were in the barn. There was
an insurance OF $500.
The annual reunion of Co. D., list Maine
Cavalry veteran association, will be held
in Ellsworth tomorrow. Headquarters
bers of the post and relief crops and citi-
zens are invited to meet the visiting
veterans. Dinner will be served at 1
o'clock at hotel Chrome. The business
meeting will be held at O'Clock at Grand
Army hall.
James L. Lynch has returned home from
Bar Harbor, where he has been conduct
ing the Bar Harbor band through the
summer. The Bar Harbor correspondent
of the Bangor Netos says; "Mr. Lynch
has been very satisfactory leader, and
has made a noticeable improvement in
summer, which is his third consecutive
one as leader"
Sheriff-elect Forrest o. Silsby, of Am
herst, was in Ellsworth yesterday. While
he was here, at the request of Sheriff Jel-
lison, an inspection was made of the bal
lots thrown in Ellsworth at the recent
election. No material change was noted
in the results as returned by the various
ward clerks. 1t is understood that SINH
lar inspection will be made in other towns
of the county, and if sufficient cause is
found, an official recount will be asked
for.
An evening of rare fun is promised for
Friday, Sept. 27, at Hancock hall, when a
breach of-promise case will furnish the
subject for mock trial, to be given under
the auspices of the Ellsworth Merchants
association. Col. A. V. Newton, the law
yer lecturer of Worcester, Mass, has been
engaged to attend to details and person.
ally conduct the entertainment. Col.
Newton has been eminently successful in
conducting similar entertainments. The
cast, with the exception of Col. Newton,
will be local. The entertainment is for
the benefit of the association.
The Ellsworth progressive club was or
ganized for the State campaign at meet
ing Monday evening at the board of trade
rooms in Hancock hall. Officers were
elected as follows: DR.. j. T. Mcdonald,
president; Arthur l. Saunders, vice presi-
dent; Frank s. Call, secretary; E. F. Rob-
inson, jr., treasurer. The offer of c. L..
Morang of the use of the new offices
recently fitted up over his store as head
quarters, was accepted with vote of
thanks. There will be another meeting
of the club next Tuesday evening. Ar
rangements will be made to have the
headquarters open at all times, and pro-
gressives from all over the county will be
invited to make it their headquarters
while in Ellsworth.
A quiet wedding was celebrated at the
home of Henry e. Gould and wife
last Wednesday afternoon, when David G..
Field, of Machias, and Miss Annie F.
Salisbury, niece of Mrs. Gould, who
formerly lived in this city, but who has
been employed as telephone operator at
Machias, were married. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. P. A. A. Killam,
the single ring service being used. The
happy couple departed on the afternoon
train for a short wedding trip, after which
they will make their home in Machias,
where Mr.. Field is in business. They are
popular in that town, and many of their
friends, thinking that they were coming
,t1 4 hot trai in thara xrrit o.YfA
bile gaily decorated and various instru-
ments of music (?) to give them recep-
tion worth while, but the newly-weds had
given them the slip.