Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-03-07

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board Of trade in Portland next Tuesday
will be chosen.
The young people Of the Methodist
church will give ..chestnut sociable" ai
the vestry this evening. Rsfreshmentl
will Be served and ''chsstnut" program
carried out. The public is invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Morang, who are in
Boston, will leave soon for . trip South
Mr.. Morang, while in Boston, submitted
to an operation on his throat. His many
Ellsworth friends are pleased to know thai
the operation was successful, and that hs
10 rapidly recovering from the effects OF it
Mrs. Harold n. Clark and son Richard
who have spent the past month with
Mrs. n. A. Clark in Ellsworth, will leave
to-day for their home in Pittsburgh, Pa,
They will be accompanied % far a. Ban
gor BY Miss Clark, who will attend the
meeting OF the Josselyn Botanical society
In Orono.
The report has been persistently circu-
lated that H. Carter, whose store was
burned out recently, no insurance being
reported, did have insurance in Mrs. Car
ter's name. Mr.. Carter assures THE AMER
IcAN thst neither he nor his wife had q
cent OF insurance on either stock in trade
or household furniture.
In the governments preparedness cam
paign, inquiry, 10 being made ~ to all
motor boats suitable for service whic
may be requisitioned in case Of war. c.
w. Grindal has received inquiries as to
whether his gasolene fre,ghter, the
Actaeon, has decks heavy enough to
mount guns. 80 in case Of war, Union
river may lose the Acsaeon.
Miss Anna F. Hight, for forty years in
the millinery business in Ellsworth, re-
tired from business on March /. For
twenty-five years she has been in
the same store. She has earned q
release from the cares OF business 9, and her
many friends in Ellsworth and elsew here
hope she may long enjoy it. Mrs. Fred E..
Silvy will continue the millinery business
at the same store.
Mrs. A. L. Bellstty, who was called here
by the serious illness Of her sister, Mrs.
Nellie Meader, left Thursday for Wood
land, where she intends to spend the sum-
mer with her son Harry. Mrs. Meader is
slowly recovering from an operation.
Capt. BeIatty, who has spent the winter in
Woodland, has been missed fron, HE usuai
hsunts III Ellsworth, especially at that
sailors snug harbor, Walter j. Clark's
store. Capt Bellatty will leave Woodland
the latter part of this month to start his
vessel, the schooner Nellie Grant, which
has been hauled up for the winter at
Greenport, N. Y.
J. H. Macomber has been appointed
chief game warden for Hancock county,
receiving his commission March /. He
found business on his hands at once, be-
ing informed that dogs had been running
deer on Cushmsn's meadow. Upon inves-
tigation, be found that it was not case OF
men dogging deer, but OF dogs running
wild. With . description Of the dogs fur
nished by . man who had seen them chas-
ing deer, Mr.. Macomber succeeded in
locating them and notifying the owners to
keep them tied up. The man who has been
cutting wood in the vicinity OF the mead
ow and reported the case, has been in
structed to shoot tile dogs II he hnds them
chasing deer AGAIN.
Because of the remonstrance signed by q
number OF Ellsworth people against the
enact msnt Of the bill providing for bond
issue for permanent highway improve
ment, Rep. Fulton J. Redman, " no intro
duced the dill, met number OF the
petitioners and others at the board OF
trade rooms last Saturday afternoon, and
explained why he believed . part of the
cost Of highway improvement should be
raised by . bond issue, rather than by Z
straight mill tax. He presented figures
showing the burden the mill tax would
impose on Hancock county and Ellsworth.
The meeting Was informal and no action
WAS taken or expected, but all present left
with . clearer understanding Of the mat
ter.
The bill at the Bijou picture theatre,
Odd Fellows hall, for the coming week,
includes one Of special local interest.
1.-THE Modern Thelma," which will be
presented next Monday afternoon and
evening, has Q local setting, the vie ws
being taken at Somes sound, with several
Ellsworth men in the scene. Other pic
lures for the week are 'sThe Eye OF God, %
this evening; the Metro play, "The
Purple Lady" Friday matinee and even
ing, and the Paramount picture, ''The
Worlds Great SNARE" featuring Pauline
Frederick, Saturday matinee and evening.
A feature for next week will be 1.-THE
Fsower OF No Mans Land" on Friday,
in which Hilds Hodgkins OF Bar Harbor
appears.
Seustor Fred erick Hale took his seat in
the United States Senate Monday. Mr..
Hale, who arrived In New York from
Europe last Wednesday, met and talked
with many Of the men prominent in
Affairs in France and England. In .
statement to the press on this arrival be
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