Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-01-15

pouBnt the business from Mr. Holmes
and his brother, the late Thomas J.
Holmes.
Officers Of Lygonia lodge, f. and A. NJ,
will be installed to- morrow evening, Jan.
is, by d. D. G. M. Frank r. Ober, who
will make his official visit. There will be
work in the first degree at o'clock Ban
quet at $50, to which Masons and their
families are invited. A social will follow.
Mrs. Rilla Douglass Welch died in Ban
gor Of an apoplectic shock Jan. 8, aged
sixty-three years. Beautiful flowers and
the presence of many friends testified to
the esteem in which she was held. She
was native of Ellsworth, and will be re-
membered by many Of the older residents
here.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Burrill national bank held
yesterday, the following officers were
elected: Directors, Charles C. Burrill,
Orlando w. Foss, Lewis Hodgkins,
Charles r. Burrill, Forrest o. Silsby;
officers, Charles G. Burrill, president;
o. w. Foss, vice. president; Edw. F.
Small, cashier; F. J. Dunleavy, assistant
cashier.
The long g-established firm Of Morrison,
Joy & Co. has been changed to The Nor
rison, Joy Co., a partnership. The per-
sonnet has also been changed by the with
drawal OF W. w. Morrison, and the ad-
mission to the firm of Howard F. Whit
comb and John o. Whitney. The firm
Ut ha oroI
hardware-at the same location OF State
street.
At meeting of the Ellsworth Mer-
chants association last Thursday evening,
Mayor J. A. Cunningham, E. F. Small and
Roy c. Haines were appointed committee
to take up the matter of the proposed
location here of the plant of the Sterling
Manufacturing Co., OF Massachusetts, as
reported in THE AMERICAN last week.
This committee will meet representatives
of the Sterling Co., who are expected here
the first OF next month.
The calf moose captured alive few
weeks ago by l.. F. Giles, of Ellsworth,
and Hervey Kingman, of Waltham, is
dead. Mr.. Kingman, by permission of
the fish and game commissioners, was
keeping the moose until such time as it
was thought it could take care Of itself, and
in the meantime had made application for
permission to keep the moose and try to
raise it. The moose seemed to be doing
well in captivity, ate heartily and was be-
coming very tame. Saturday it sickened
| suddenly, and died that night.
Miss Margaret G. Holmes and Joseph Il.
Salisbury, both of Ellsworth, were mar
ried quietly Saturday afternoon at the
home OF the BRIDES sister, Mrs. Roscoe FL.
Smith, i'll Bangor. Rev. Oscar Smith, of
the Pine street Methodist church, Bangor,
| officiated. The bride and groom returned
at once to Ellsworth, where they are re-
ceiving the congratulations of their many
friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. r. B. Holmes, and one of Ellis
| worth's most popular girls. The groom is
| in the employ of the New England Tele-
| phone q Telegraph Co.
The annual meeting and banquet of the
Ellsworth Merchants association will be
held at the banquet-room OF Odd Fellows
| hall next Monday evening. The supper,
at $50 O'Clock, will be preceded by short
| business meeting, at which ii is expected
several applications for membership will
| be presented. After the banquet, their
| will be the usual informal 'ssmoker'
John X. Graham, of Bangor, has been in
vited to address the association. Capt.
| Holmes, of Boston, who is interested in a
project for line of freight steamers from
Boston to eastern Maine, is also expected
to be present.
| A project for the esta blishment of a
line of freight steamers from Boston to
Maine ports is being considered. Capt.
Holmes, of Boston, who is infested in the
| project, was in Ellsworth last week. He
says it is proposed to run weekly freight
steamer from Boston possibly as far east
as Eastport, touching at Portland, Rock
land and such other ports as the outlook
| for business seems to warrant. Els
worth is one of th% points of call under
consideration. Capt. Holmes has been
invited to present the matter at the an
nual meeting of the Merchants associa-
tion next Monday evening.
| The carelesss handling of firearms mar
rowly escaped fatal sequel in the cor
ridor of the Ellsworth postoffice just be-
fore 6 O'Clock last evening. A young boy,
i who had not reached the age of discretion
in handling firearms, came into the post
office with a loaded rifle. Another young
man, old enough to have known better,
took up the rifle to examine it, holding it
horizontally. OF course it shouldn't have
been loaded, of course it "wasn't eocked",
| but of course it went off. The bullet
passed, breast high, just few feet in front
of Rev. K. B. Mathews, who had just en-
tered the door, and buried itself in the
wall. Two steps more would have
brought Mr.. Mathews directly in range.
A regular meeting OF Irene chapter,
| 0. e. s., will be held Friday evening.
There will be circle supper at $50
o'clock. The officers of the chapter, in