Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1920-03-10

The ladies of the Catholic club will
give st. Patrick's sociable in X. of
Z. hau, Wednesday evening, March
II, at o'clock. The entertainment
will consist of cards and musical
program, but the feature of the eve
ming will be lecture on st. Patrick,
by Rev. Father German, pastor of St.
Joseph's church. 'fhe public is
cordially invited.
Rev. r. B. Mathews spoke at the
union young peoples meeting at the
Baptist church Tuesday evening, and
gave review of choice portions of
the book of Romans and an interest
ing exposition of the closing chap
ter, which was highly appreciated by
the good number of young, folks
present.
B. T. Sowle has announced that he
will make speciality Of abstracting
titles. Mr.. Sowle is a member of the
Hancock county bar, and recently
completed a term as assessor of taxes
in Ellsworth. He retired from the
life insurance business some time
ago, after twenty-five years of it. and
will now devote all his time to the
AZ anu upotA dStihS.
On account of the absence of the
pastor this week to attend the inter-
church pastors conference at Ban
gor, the prayer meeting at the Bap-
tist church, Thursday evening, will
be in charge of lay workers. HI. w.
Dunn will lead the meeting, and
Mrs. Donnell will have charge of the
music. Mrs. Means is leading in an
effort to secure an extra attendance
and make new comers welcome.
Fire at the Ellsworth green
houses, MissM. A. Clark, proprietor,
shortly after midnight Monday night,
did damage estimated at from $500
to 5000. The fire started in the
potting and shipping room, some dis
tance removed from the furnace, and
from some cause unknown. The
building was Quilted, and will practi-
cally have to be rebuilt, as may also
the side of the greenhouse adjoining
1t. Some cut flowers, packing ma
terials, etc, were destroyed, but
practically no damage was done to
growing plants. There was no in
surance.
There are many cases of influenza
and grip colds in town. Eben War
rem has been seriously ill, suffering a
relapse after apparently being on the
road to recovery. Mrs. Warren also
has been ill. James E. Lynch and
wife have both been ill, but are re-
ported as better. Harry C. Austin
has been confined to the house the
past week, but is better. Mrs. John
Higgins is i'll, and reported as i'm
proving this morning. Miss Martha
j. Barron is i'll at her home in Dol
lardtown. Miss Persis E. Meader of
the same community is reported as
recovering from an attack of infiuen-
"a, and Mrs. Horace H. Meader, in the
same home, is i'll.
The Ellsworth A. A. basketball
team won claim to the county cham
pionship last Friday evening, when
it put it all over" the Radio team
from Bar Harbor, which has issued
a challenge to Ellsworth or any team
on Mt. Desert island. The Radios
scored the first basket, and looked
happy, but it wasn't long before they
were sending out S. o. S. calls. The
final score, 55 to %, tells the pitiful
story. Next Friday evening there
will be another challenge game at
Hancock hall, Ellsworth A A. being
the challenger this time, and THE
Harps" of Bangor being the opposing
team. There will be no dance after
the game.
At a meeting of the Ellsworth
Athletic association last evening, H.
l.. Stratton was elected secretary and
treasurer in place of Harold A Rob-
inson and L. C. Fortier, resigned. 1t
was voted to start a membership
drive, and that the membership fee
should remain at 50 until the next
meeting. Voluntary subscriptions
aggregation $55 toward the club ex-
penses were made during the eve
ming. Other important action was
taken regarding house rules and
membership. Every member inter-
ested in the welfare of the associ-
tion is requested to attend a special
meeting next Tuesday evening.
Byron E., son of Mrs. E. G. Nash,
died Monday at the home of Mr. and
MRS. j. II. Macomber, where his
mother made her home. He had
been in i'll health a long time but
h6pI pSISlSleuIly at WOrh, ana llCIIe
more than three weeks ago took
position in Vermont, which he was
obliged to relinquish on account of
his health, arriving home only last
Friday. The deceased came here as
a boy, when his mother assumed the
management of the Western Union
telegraph office here, and was gradu-
ated from the Ellsworth high school.
He learned telegraphy, and had
worked at it in Ellsworth and at
various places in the West. At the
outbreak of the war he enlisted with
the Canadian forces, and went over
seas, but his health broke under the
training, and after months in the
hospital in England and Canada, he
received an honorable discharge, and
came home. He had worked much
of the time the past year with his
mother in the Ellsworth office He
leaves one sister, Mrs. Arthur How
ard of Dover, Me. He was twenty
eight years old. The body was tax
en- to Harrington yesterday for inter