Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-06-20
LOCAL AFFAIRS
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chowdel is provided Free trans
portation will be furnished for the
children of the Sunday school, who
will meet at the church at a. m. If
the weather Thursday is unfavorable,
the picnic will be held Friday
Commissioner Parsons, of the In
land fish and game department, held
a hearing in Ellsworth last Wednes-
day afternoon, on the proposed
special regulations for Narraguagus
lake Last February, it Will be re-
membered. special order closing
this lake from September 5 to June
| 5 of each year, and to all except fly
fishing, was issued by the depart
ment Protest followed, and the case
was reopened, the hearing last We'd
nesday being the result 1t was de-
cided to close the lake from Septem-
Der / > to May Is, and reduce the
daily limit to five pounds, or not ex-
ceeding fifteen fish. The restriction
of bait fishing was removed.
Chandler l.. Hagerthy and Miss
Clarissa Louise Strout were quietly
married by Rev. George S. Brookes
at the Congregational parsonage
Saturday forenoon. Interested
friends of this popular young couple
had hong been trying to learn just
when the marriage would take place,
and were feeling jubilant Saturday
at having discovered CD that Satur-
day evening was the time set. While
they were delightedly planning how
best to give expression to their in
terest, Mr. and Mrs. Hagerthy were
rolling along toward Portland by car,
the knot having been tied in the
early forenoon. Upon their return
they will occupy the Maurice Emery
house on State street, recently pur
chased by Mr.. Hagerthy.
Arthur B. Mitchell of Ellsworth
and Percy B. Russell of Lamoine
and the two houses at "The Mar
rows" and win open there soon
first-class tea house. Later a dance
pavilion will be built. The sale of
this property takes it out of the
Thompson family, which has owned
it for considerably over 100 years,
title going from Nine. deGregoire to
a Mr., Mayo and Immediately after
ward to William Thompson. The
price paid for the property as named
in the original deed was Fifteen
Spanish milled dollars or one dol
lar an acre. The first house on the
island was built by William Thomp-
son more than 100 years ago. For
more than seventy-6ve years toll
bridge was maintained at the island,
which formed a natural stepping
stone from the mainland to Mt.
Desert island 1t is to be hoped that
the new owners will retain, in the
name of their tea house, something
of the historical interest connected
with the place. Thompson Island
Tea House" and 1.-The Narrows,"
have been suggested.
There was a serious fire at the
Ellsworth steam laundry on State
street Sunday afternoon, resulting in
a loss of several thousand dollars.
The fire apparently started in the
northeast corner of the main floor
of the laundry, and had gained con-
siderable Roadway when it was dis
covered. The fire was confined to
this room, but was hot while it last
ed. The ceiling and walls We're part
lY DuEntu out, lldCulutlN pdbiS b"lii-
aged, and several hundred dollars
worth of clothing in the laundry for
cleansing was destroyed. The loss
on the building is covered by insur-
ance, but on the machinery, the loss
on which cannot yet be determined,
there was only $1,1O0 insurance.
The Campbell Printing Co., whose
office is on the second floor, met with
considerable loss by smoke and
water. H. b. Estey, owner of the
building and proprietor of the laun-
dry hopes to have the laundry run
ming again in ten days or two weeks;
He is serving his customers as we'll
as possible this week by sending
laundry to Bar Harbor, but hopes
that local customers will withhold
their laundry so far as they can:
He is thankful that the fire happened
as it did on a Sunday, when there
were fewer clothes in the laundry
than on any other day of the week