Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-07-17
KITIERY TO cARlnnn


The reunion Of the First Maine -.
artillery regimental association 81, ,~sy
held at Foxcroft, Wednesday, Aug >, n %
Wednesday, July 10, Ar
around the cooknouse Of stewar,,s leu
on No. :, and destroyed the camp ana ~.
plies. II gained considerable hsss"
and burned over forty or atty arcss y
Charles +. Tilton, for twelve ya.r.
perintendent of the public schools :, ~
COR, has resigned. Mrs. Tinon. Who ~
served as supervisor OF Music 4 -
schools, has also resigned. Mr.. Tilton ~ -
been connected with the schools I, 80 ~
city for about seventeen years. ana n.,s-s
becoming superintendent, where bs
ceeded Miss Mary II. Snow. he -.
principal OF a grammar school. '
Cyrus "A. X. Curtis, OF the Curti. ~,
fishing CO., publishers Of the LasT..,
Home Journal. was In Portland rec.,.,.
to hear the magnificent organ which -
gave to the city OF his birth for the ~
city building. The original est;,n.,.,
cost OF the organ was $50 600. bur NJ.
Curtis gave the builders free rein vi.
instructions to build the hest no.s,,i-
with the result that the completed o,gsr
will cost approximately $4,000.
An East windham man has los, an 49,.
rs the result OF infection from brown,s;,
moths, and while this is bad enouyh i
itself, he Is still more unfortunate t,nr,
the fact that the sight OF the remalninr
eye has bean very weak Tor a long t;rns
He was engaged in destroying the pest.
not long ago, and as his eye itched h.
rubbed II vigorously with his hand II
soon began to swell, and its condition BE-.
came so serious that it was necessary IN
remove ii.
They had veritable shower OF asb.-
several OF them, In fact down in po,..
land harbor, one day last week, during
which about every kind OF fsh which
inhabits the waters along the Maine coast
came tumbling from aloft by thousands
Fully ten barrels OF herring were picked
up, together with innnmerable cod, had.
dock and cunners, not to mention the
sculpins and various other less Desirable
members OF the finny tribe which were
found floating on the water. The rain q,
fish was caused by the explosion Of three
mines by the soldiers at Fort Mckinley.
each explosion throwing column Of
water fully 300 feet into the air. The fish
ermen of that locality reapcd harvest.
According to information received from
Washington, about 100 railway mail clerks,
generally known as summer helpers, who
short time ago were added to he regular
force OF clerks TO care for this extra rush Of
mail at this season OF year, will b. released
from fnrthar duty. The change, it Is said.
Is due TO the fact that no appropriation
has been made creating fund 10 pay the
clerks. Ii Is furthur stated tina, the
regulars, VINO work on the long runs, such
as between Bangor and Boston, viii have
to have to do extra duty, and WILDE given
no time of. For the extra work they
will receive no compensation " hateyer
AS result there is much dissa, .iaction
among the clerks relative to the new
order.
The annual reunion of the Eleventh
Maine regimental association viii be held
al the Ponobscot exchange, Bangor, Aug.
and S.
There will be trotting meet under the
auspices of the kennebec driving club at
Wateryille July % and 81 and August /.
The list OF entries is large.