Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-08-12
big fair this year, with many new at.

big fair this year, with many new at
fractions.
Mrs. Carroll ]. Swan, OF Boston, arrived
Thursday for a visit to her sister. Mr..
Swan joined her here Saturday, and they
left that evening for their cottage at Ham
cock Point.
r. 8. Leighton and wife, of Everett,
Mass, are visiting relatives and friends in
Ellsworth and vicinity. Their son John,
and Mrs. Leighton's brother, Charles W.
Jordan, preceded them here by a.week.
J. B. McGregor was arrested at franklin
yesterday, charged with issuing and pass
| ing check when he had no account with
the bank upon which it was drawn. He
pleaded guilty in the Ellsworth municipal
court, and was bound over for the grand
| jury.
John Blood, jr., has sold his house on
Church street to Freeman G. Leach. Mr..
Blood is preparing to move away from
Ellsworth soon, but is not yet decided
| where he will locate. Mrs. Blood will
leave this week for visit to her home in
Pennsylvania.
Frank Fl. Lord and wife, OF Iowa City,
| Ia, left yesterday after visit OF a few
| days with MIR. Lords aunt, Mrs. LaCordia
| Lord. M. Lord is native of Ellsworth,
but left here when only six years of age.
That was forty-two years ago, and this
was his first visit here since.
The Urban Stock Co. is billed for
Hancock hall the last three days of this
week, with matinee Saturday. The bill
| for the week is as follows: Thursday
! night, "The Lion and the Mouse;n Fri
day night, "What Happened to Mary"
| Saturday night, "Driftwood."
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. DeLaittre came over
on Monday from Sandy Point, where they
| have been in attendance at the annual
encampment of the Castine Alumni asso-
citation. Mrs. josephine Farrell joined
Mrs. DeLaittre here, and they proceeded
| to Bar Harbor, where they will visit rela-
tives and friends.
| Miss Jennie Mildred Fraser, of Frank
lin, and Henry w. Sargent, of Ellsworth,
| were married last Thursday at Bangor, by
Rev. c. J. Brown. The bride is daugh-
L
Mr.. Sargent is employed as foreman in
THE AMERICAN office, position he has
held several years. Mr.. and Mrs. Sargent
have the best wishes of their many friends
Ellsworth friends of Rev. Horace B.
Haskell are pleased to know that he is to
make his headquarters in Ellsworth dur
ing his stay in America. He has leased
NJ. NJ
Mrs. Haskell and children will remain
here through the winter. Mr.. Haskell ex-
poets to return to Jerusalem this fall or
early winter, but the European war may
prolong his stay here.
1t is safe to say that there was more
real money in Ellsworth for few min
utes last Sunday than ever before in
the history Of the town. Gold coin to the
value of s10,60O, 900 and a little matter
like s., ,0O0, 600 more in silver bars, being
transported from the ocean liner at Bar
Harbor to New York, passed through here
in the afternoon on a special train, with
an armed guard of forty express messen-
gers. No one here attempted to stop the
train.
Master Leon Thorsen gave a delightful
lawn party to twenty of his friends at the
Tower homestead in honor of his eighth
birthday, Friday, Aug. 7. The grounds
were decorated with flags and streamers,
and the tables were spread beneath the
trees. Albert Bofnger, Of Brooklyn, N.
Y, was the lucky one in guessing what
the huge birthday cake contained. Each
Of the children received a souvenir The
afternoon was passed by playing numerous
games. Master Leon, although living in
Weehawken, N. j., is very proud to claim
Ellsworth as his native place.
A State teachers institute will probably
be held in Ellsworth for four days follow
ing Labor day - Sept. 7. State Supt.
Smith has written Supt. Conley, of Ellis
worth, that plans are being made for an
institute in Hancock county, and sug-
gesting Ellsworth as the most central
place. A few of the Ellsworth teachers
met with Supt. Conley Monday, and
talked over the matter, the unanimous
opinion being that the institute should be
held here. A committee of teachers was
chosen to secure boarding places for the
hundred or more teachers expected to at
tend. Ellsworth people who will take
teachers to board during the institute
should communicate with Supt. Conley,