Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-01-28
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| Bridgton academy, at East Bridgton
receives s22,500 by the will OF former
governor Henry B. Cleaves, of Portland.
Joseph L. Libby, senior member of the
grocery firm Of Libby & Pooler, Water
vile, died OF Bright's disease Sunday,
| aged fifty-six years.
| The nomination OF Ex-Governor Fred
erick w. Plaisted as postmaster at
Augusta, Yves sent to the senate by Presi-
dent Wilson last Thursday.
Eugene Harmon, of Westbrook, has
been appointed deputy U. 8. marshal to
succeed the late Arthur F. Boswell. Mr..
Harmon is a democrat, and a former
deputy sheriff.
State Detective Thomas Gehigan, of
Bangor, formerly fish and game warden,
and for the past thirteen years q private
detective at Bar Harbor during the sum-
mer season, died Friday.
Cheston u. Dexter, Of Bangor, a Civil
war veteran, formerly in the hardware
business, later in the grocery business,
and for the past twelve years travelling
salesman for wholesale meat house, died
Friday, aged seventy-six years.
Harry B. Ivers, general manager of the
Cumberland County Light & Power Co.,
and formerly Of the Bangor Electric Co.,
has resigned to go to Boston, where he
has purchased controlling interest in
the Frank Ridlon Co., large electrical
concern. He will be succeeded at Port
land by r. T. Munger, OF New York.
Figures given out at the office of the
commission on inland fisheries and game
Monday, show that during the past year
1885 nonresident big-game hunting Ii
censes were issued at $25 each, giving an
income of S31 $50 to the State, and 1926
nonresident bird-hunters paid fee OF
IS each, making total OF s4,125 during
, the past year.
The newly-appointed board OF trustees
OF insane hospitals organized at Augusta
last Thursday, Hartley c. Baxter, of
Brunswick, being chosen chairman, and
| Albert j. Stearns, Of Norway, secretary.
DIR. Forrest G. Tyson, assistant superin-
tendent at the Bangor insane hospital for
| some years, has been put in temporary
charge OF the Augusta hospital ss acting
| superintendent. Before making perma-
nert appointment, the new board OF
trustees will look the situation over.
Steps toward the ultimate union of the
Baptist and Free Baptist denominations
in Maine were taken at meeting of the
joint committee on conference 10 Port
land last week. The legal work neces-
sary for the proposed change was left
with special committee.
| Stephen Berry, grand secretary of the
grand lodge of Masons of Maine, was the
guest of honor at q gathering OF the grand
offices for banquet and presentation at
the Falmouth hotel, Portland, last
Wednesday evening. In recognition of
his fifty-eight years of service, Secretary
Berry was presented with a magnificent
loving-cup. The presentation was made
by Grand Master Elmer P. Spofford, OF
Deer Isle.
masted schooners was made known last
week, when the crew OF the Prescott
Palmer, taken of by a steamer, was
landed at Bermuda. The schooner was
abandoned and doubtless sank. This
makes three of the big hve-masted coal
carrying schooners lost in the recent gales,
the others being the Fuller Palmer and
the Grace Martin. -Four other smaller
schooner and one barge were also lost in
the same gales. Only one life was lost on
these vessels, that Of the cook of the
Ellsworth schooners John Paul, who died
Of exposure shortly before the crew was
landed on the Cross Rip lightship.