Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-04-28

Sunday as usual. This choir will also
sing at the evening service May 9, when
Miss Esther Gilman, Of the Emerson col
lege Of oratory, will deliver temperance
address, under the auspices Of the local
w. @. T. U.
Street Commissioner G. F. Newman is
doing good piece Of work on the business
section OF Main street, resurfacing the
street with layer Of crushed rock from
six to eight inches at the middle. The
| work Will be carried at present from post
| office square to Hancock hall, and later
| in the season, if more money is available,
will be extended farther.
Among the successful Ellsworth fisher
men OF the past week were George p.
Smith, who caught an 8h-pound salmon
and Owen H. Treworgy, q 7-pound
salmon, from Green lake; Charles Peters,
who landed his first salmon at Branch
pond and now claims q right to be named
among the ancient and honorable disciples
of Izaak Walton, and Roy c. Haines and
Carroll Shea, who brought in handsome
string of trout from Patterns pond.
Anderson, the man who attempted to
buy Ellsworth last week, was arrested
| soon after his arrival in Bangor, and has
| been bound over for the September
supreme court, under q 600 bond, charged
with indecent practices. His wealthy
mother hasn't shown up yet to go on his
bond, and Anderson bids fair to languish
l in jail at Bangor until September, with
| the possibility of a sentence OF from one
| to ten years in State prison before him.
Capt. Horace Smith, OF the schooner
Mineola, while attempting to board his
vessel at Bangor Friday forenoon, fell into
| the river and was drowned. The body
was found between the vessel and wharf
| in the afternoon. A bruise on the head
| indicated that he had struck against the
vessel or wharf in his fall, and was
probably rendered unconscious, which
would account for his drowning, as he
| was good swimmer. Capt. Smith was
we'll known to ea-faring men of Ellis
worth, having bought the schooners
William Pickering and Mineola here.
l WOIu Wh6 EcCCAtc0 III GIlbWOAsA thAo
morning OF the death of Eugene l..
Staples, president Of the Staples Piano &
Music Co., Of Portland, and we'll known
| in Ellsworth. Mr.. Staples died this morn
ing at Kingfeld, and while particulars are
| not known, it is presumed he must have
been taken suddenly i'll while on busi-
ness trip there. Mr.. Staples was native
l ~ ho nf Mr. onA Mrs
| Alfred Staples, of that town, who survive
him. He leaves also widow and three
| children. The remains will be brought to
Bluehill, reaching Ellsworth this after
noon. The funeral will be held at Blue
| hill tomorrow.
| The s. L. Lord building on South street,
owned by F. H. Osgood, w<s burned to
the ground shortly after midnight Sunday
night. This building was damaged by fire
early last March, and had not been re-
paired, but was still in condition for the
storage of sleds, etc., for which purpose
Mr.. Osgood used it. He had made ar
rangements for the repair Of the building,
and work was to be commenced on it
| Monday. There was no insurance on
| building or contents. The loss from the
| first fire was partially covered by insur-
ance. Both fires are believed to have been
| OF incendiary origin.
Mrs. John E. Webster, of the city, went
to Bluehill yesterday to attend the flu
neral OF Mrs. B. F. Slower, Of Hopedale,
| Mass, whose remains were brought by
/ Co.. -,
terment. Mrs. Slower was the last one of
| the Webster family, the late Sheriff Web
| ster being her brother. Mrs. Slower had
visited Ellsworth many times, and made
many friends here who will receive the
news of her death with sincere sorrow.
| The remains were accompanied by her
] husban and son, Frank Il. Slower. A
daughter, Mrs. W. c. Bowden, of Bre wer,
attended the funeral in company with
Mrs. We bster.
| F. NJ. Gaynor's barn and small camp
on his farm on the Stabawl road were
burned last Wednesday afternoon. The
buildings caught from a grass fire. A
brush fire which had started in an old
cut-down gradually crept out to the field.
The moment it reached the dry grass it
swept over the entire field in a few mo-
ments. Mr.. Gaynor happened to be at
the farm alone. He succeeded in beating
the fire out around the barn, but was un-
able to keep it from the camp, and the
barn caught from the burning camp. Mr..
Gaynor succeeded in getting one wagon
out of the barn, but hayrakes, harrows,
plows and other farming tools were
burned. There was very little hay in the
barn. There was a small insurance on the
building, but none on the contents. Mr..
Gaynor considers his greatest loss is his
orchard. He had something over 200
apples trees from three to ten years old,
most OF which he believes will be killed,
though George N. Worden, director Of
farm demonstration work, believes many
of them may be saved by the operation
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