Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-07

the past two or three years, has been
sold TO Boston men and will become
fast freighter for the Down East
service. The boat was bought for the
SLilohites by an English woman who
joined the society.
Ignatius B. Grossman and his wife,
Edwina Booth Grossman, Of New York
and Paris, appeared in the Probate
Court at Ellsworth Tuesday and petit
toned for the change of their names
to Crossman. The CHEESEMAN'S have
been spending the summer at Bar Har-
bcr. Mr.. Grossman said that he was
q native Of Hungary, of German ances-
! try, but that he and his wife were true
Americans and that they regarded the
course Of the Imperial German Govern
7 ment as so infamous that both he and
his wife desired to have their names
changed from the German Grossman
t. the Anglo Saxon Crossman. The pc
! titions of both were granted.
| Ellsworth is to have a fife and drum
corps, the players to be recruited among
the smaller boys Commander Small of
VIM H. II. Rice Post, G. A. R., started
the plan and organization has been per-
fected with Monroe Y. McGown. Jr. as
leader and Albert Davis as clerk. The
| city will purchase instruments and an
| instructor will be secured. One Of the
conditions of the organization is that no
| out-of-toWn enga gements are to be ac-
cepted when the corps is wanted for home
affairs.
| The town Of New Limerick is facing the
proposition Of building three new bridges
at total cost of about $4,000, with the
present prices of labor and materials.
The Hunter Brook bridge will cost about
s22oo against an estimated cost in 1914 OF
but S4500 for all three bridges, though the
town would then have had to bear all the
! cost and now the town will pay so, the
county 80 and the State % per cent The
! Hunter Brook bridge being the most i'm
portant in the highway scheme, the Sc
| lectmen, county commissioners and the
! Highway Commission unanimously vot-
ed ito build the Hunter Brook bridge, so
called as soon as the towns Indebtedness
/ is determined and IL Is known that the
town is financially able to bear its pro-
portonate part Of the expense"
| Congressman John A. Peters arrived
! home from the hospital at Bar Harbor
| restraint Of his physicians orders, be-
ing anxious to return to his duties in
! Washington. He hopes to be able to
leave for Washington next Monday
Ellsworth. American.
An out-of-the-state visitor for a week
at one of our summer hotels in the very
midst of splendid fishing. will doubtless
revise his schedule for next seasons pro-
cedure, after this years experience.
which was somthing this PLAN
Monday-Arrived and heard of the
splendid fishing
Tuesday-Rested and heard more about
the splendid fishing.
Observation-Disclosures where the very
best fishing was, but declined to purchase
a non-resident's fishing license.
Thursday-Heard so much about the
great fishing. that decided to try 1t, even
without license, Maine boobs being
easy W iOUI-
Friday-Went hshing-without the IL
cense
saturday-was called on by the fish and
game warden. visited court and contrib
uted s17s5 toward the expense Of the ser
vice, In fine costs of court, etc.
| 1t is said that the first freight money
for the rev fve-masted schooner
Betsy Ross Of Tacoma. Wash, 1900
| tens. which Capt. James B. Parse Of
Searsport, Me, will command, will
more than pay for her cost The cap
| tain is on his way across the con-In-
ent. having purchased an interest and
| she will take about 1000, 900 feet of
lumber to Australia and return with
chrome ore to the United States
| Wallace T. Crowley of Bangor and
Herbert " Haskell Of Lincoln are the
| latest additions TO the Maine Bar
having been admitted Tuesday at
| Bangor to practice In the courts OF
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