Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-10-03

able to apprehend the thief. This
morning he found him in trap in
his henpen. 1t was a great horned
owl, which Mr.. McGown promptly
sentenced to death, and executed
sentence with shotgun.
At the annual meeting of the Maine
League of Loan and Building Associ-
ations held last week in Waterville.
.. w. Tapley, secretary of the ELS
worth Loan and Building association,
was reelected president
Martin j. Thorsen and son Leon
left this week for Boston. After a
few days there, they will drive across
the continent to Los Angeles, Cal.
where they will remain through the
winter, and perhaps Locate perma-
nently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ara G. Strout of Bar
Harbor, Mr.. and Mrs Harry White
and son Edward, and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Eldridge and daughter Mar
guerite of Bucksport, were week end
guests of Mrs. Eldridge's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Seigars.
The peoples popular program at
the Congregational church next Sun
day evening will be stereopticon
lecture on THE Lure of Alaska" set
ting forth its scenic beauty, the con-
ditions under which the people live.
and the need of Christian service
there.
Capt. Albert Closson has resigned
his position as warden for the Sea
and Shore Fisheries, which he has
held for eight years, and will leave
tomorrow for Rockland to take COM
mand of the schooner Storm Petrel
Mrs. Closson and son Kenneth will
accompany him.
Good progress is being made on
the Main street bridge. The first
concrete was laid Saturday, in the
foundation for the first arch. The
excavation for the eastern pier of
| the bridge has now reached ledge,
| which is being cleared for the first
course of concrete.
The annual fair of the Methodist
society will be held tomorrow at
! the church vestry. A New England
| dinner will be served at noon The
| fair will open in the afternoon, with
an attractive display of the usual
|
| served, beginning at $50 In the
evening State Librarian H. e. Dun
mack will lecture on '"The Quest for
Lost World"
| The October term of the supreme
| court for Hancock county will con-
| vene next Tuesday, Justice Phil
brook presiding. The grand jurors
| will report for duty that day at 1O
| o'clock, and the traverse jurors at l G
a. m. Wednesday, There will be nc
| naturaliZations at this term, as the
| federal law provides that no natural
| iZations shall be granted within
| thirty days preceding general
| election and there will be a general
election in Maine on the 4S-hour law
on October Is.
| A delightful evening was, spent at
| the home of Judge and Mrs. Henry
| Martyr Hall Monday, when recital
| was given by Mrs. Frances Hamblin
| of Boston, pianist, and Miss Florence
| Ellsworth of New York, reader. Both
| of these ladies are artists of rare
| ability, gracious in their response to
| encores, and the program rendered
was pleasing to all present The
| ladies generously donated a percent
| age of the proceeds to the city clock,
| to which Mrs. Hamblin and Miss Ems
| worth added personal donation of
| $1-each.
| A travelling man lost years
| growth on the temporary bridge in
| Ellsworth one day last week. He
was driving across the bridge at slow
| speed, when something went wrong
with the steering gear and the car
| swerved suddenly, breaking through
| the wooden railing on the south side
| of the bridge. There it stopped,
with the forward wheels hanging
over the twenty-foot excavation
made for the eastern abutment of the
new bridge. 1t was a pretty close
| call, and the travelling man looked
as if he realized it.
I The reorganized Hancock County
| Fair Association of Ellsworth will
| run it's first horse trot on Columbus
day, Friday, Oct. 12, at the Mountain
| Park track in Bluehill, the use of
which is kindly donated by the Han
| cock County Agricultural Society of
Bluehill. The proceeds will be for
work of improving Wyman Park, in
Ellsworth, where fair will be held
next year There are three races on
| the card for next weeks race--a
free-fOr-all, 2.30 class and named
| race. There is agood list of entries,
| and some lively racing seems as
| sured.
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