Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-06-25

FACTORY Insurance ASSOCIATION of Hart
ford, Conn, and located in the South, has
accepted position with the Underwriters
Bureau of New England, with headquar-
ters in Boston.
The Gladys Klark company, always
sure OF a welcome here, opened last night
at Hancock hall to good house, present.
ing THE Marriage Question" This
evening 1.-THE Brat" will be the play.
A. w. Curtis, who was injured in a
runaway accident two weeks ago, was
out for the first time Saturday, though
still lame and sore from three fractured
ribs and bruises. Mrs. Curtis is also
improving.
Linwood Ii. Cushman has accepted a
position as superintendent of a water
company at Plattsmouth, Neb. He will
leave for the West with his family as soon
as he can dispose of his household goods,
wagons, etc.
| Mrs. Harold Hamblen of Springfield,
Mass, with son Charles and daughter
Jane, is here to spend the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Morang.
Mr.. Hamblen, who accompanied them, re-
manned over Sunday.
Miss Frances Malone left this noon for
Gardiner to be guest at the house party
that is preceding the Packard Wadsworth
nuptials. Miss Esther Wadsworth, in
whose honor the party is being given,
was college classmate of Miss Malone.
Michael Povich was arraigned in the
Ellsworth municipal court Thursday
morning, on complaint OF City Marshal
Silvy, for driving on the wrong side OF
one of the "silent policemen" He was
fined = and costs, from which he ap-
pealed.
Congressman Peters was guest of Sec
retary Of the Navy Daniels, with dis
tinguished party, with the president of
Brazil as the guest OF honor on board the
Mayfower Sunday, for a trip down the
Potomac and a visit to Washington's
tomb at Mt. Vernon.
A shower in honor of Misses Ethel
Brown and Ruth Goodwin was given last
Wednesday evening by the girls sewing
| club, at the home OF Mrs. George
/
out in the table decorations and in the
refreshments, was pink and white.
X. b. Holmes, who purchased the Glen
/ cove hotel buildings at Seal Harbor, with
( all contents, and has for several weeks
been selling off the furnishings, has sold
/ the buildings for removal and has
brought the remainder of the furnish
i ings to Ellsworth, where he is continuing
| the sale at the Aiken store on State
street.
/ The piano pupils of Miss Margaret
/ Dunleavy gave a recital at her home last
Wednesday evening. Those performing
were Karin Eliason, Sylvia Cushman,
Harriet Saunders, Madeline Dorgan,
Dorothy Crabtree, Madeline Round, Hope
Milliken, Janice Abram, Doris Wardwell,
Kathleen Grindal, Sylvia Grindal, Ferne
Richmond, Madeline Jordan, Eliza beth
l.innehan, Margaret Saunders.
The Bar Harbor & Union River Power
Co. has taken prompt measures to correct
the condition Of the public water supply,
to which attention was called in THE
AMERICAN last week. Saturday the
standpipe was thoroughly cleaned out.
DIR. King, the city health officer, says the
board OF health will also investigate the
tiltering conditions at the pumping
station, and recommend or order such
repairs or improvements as may be found
necessary.
The pardoning by the President oil
Thomas NJ. Bran recalls a murder at sea
ottwenty years ago, in which Maine and
Hancock county were interested. Or
July 49, 1896, Capt. c. l. Nash Of Harring-
ton, in command of the barkentine Her
bert Fuller, his wife and the seconC
mate, were murdered in their berths
The vessel put in at Halifax few day
later, with the bodies. Bran, mate OF the
Fuller, was convicted of the crime. He
was twice tried, the jury in the first trial
odering his execution. New trial was
granted, and at this he vas found guilty
without capital punishment. For the
past six years he has been at liberty Oh
parole. Capt. Nash was we'll known in
Ellsworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carleton Macy and David
Higgins OF New York are guests at the
Merrymack for few weeks. MIR. and
Mrs. Macy are friends of long standing
of Fred E. Cooke, and MIR. Macy spent two
summers at Shady Nook some years ago
NJ. Macy has been a "headliner" in vaude-