Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-04-15
every Tuesday and Thursday after

every Tuesday and Thursday after
noon
Family friction furnished the back
ground for a case tried in the ELS
worth municipal court yesterday,
when Leroy J. Davis of Trenton was
arraigned on complaint of his step
SON. Leland Hopkins, on a charge of
assault and battery. Mr.. Davis was
fined $40 and costs, amounting in all
to 5000
There will be a public supper at
the Unitarian vestry Wednesday eve
ming of next week, at $50. Follow
ing the supper, Mrs. Hoyt Smith of
Lamoine will give talk on Our Trip
to the Pacific Coast" and Mr.. and
Mrs Chester Klaus of Lamoine, VIC
lnists, will play, with Mrs. Neil New
man as accompanies. There will be
no additional charge for the enter
tainment.
Y The Ellsworth firemen scored big
hit at their minstrel show Monday
night, with an,attendance that taxed
the capacity of Hancock hall. The
show was good one, with sparkling
jokes and local hits, snappy choruses
and good specialties. 1t was pro-
nounced one of the best amateur
minstrel shows ever given in Ellis
worth, rejecting credit on the per-
formers and on Herbert A. Lord and
| E. G. Williams, who staged it. Many
remained for the ball that followed
| the show.
Donaqua lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will entertain visiting knights from
West Sullivan, Prospect Harbor, Seal
HarbOr, West fremont, North Sedg-
wick and Bluehill this evening. Sew
eral grand lodge officers will be pres
ent. Supper will be served at $50,
with committee composed of Frank
f. Moon, Herbert A. Ashe and Eu-
gene Smith in charge. In the eve
ming, the rank of knight will be
! worked There Will be music by a
six-piece orchestra under the leader
ship of Walter J. Clark, jr
The Five Aces of Bangor defeated
! the Methodist A. A. of Bar Harbor in
/ a fast game of basketball at Han
cock hall last Wednesday night. 1t
was pretty level going in the first
half of the journey. the Aces leading
by two points at the quarter and the
! Methodists by one point at the half.
| In the third period the Aces ran away
with the game, scoring thirteen
points to a solitary one for the Bar
! Harbor outfit. In the final period, the
scoring was even, but the Aces had
the game safely packed away on
ice-31-20
Ellsworth friends of Mr. and Mrs.
/ Edward 3. Mears Of Bar Harbor were
! shocked at the news received last
week of the death of Mrs. Mears in
Rome, Italy, where they We're spend
! ing the winter. The news was al
| together unexpected, as recent let
ters told of their plans for sailing for
| home soon, with no intimatiOn that
| Mrs. Mears was not in her usual good
health. Mrs Mears was the daughter
of the late Charles and Frances
Symngton Ferguson of Philadelphia.
/ She leaves, besides her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. B. Estes of Peton,
Wyo. and son, Bryant, Of the U. S.
army.
The work of clearing the lot at the
corner of Main and Franklin streets
! for Charles H0lZ' new bakery build
| Y,
build twO-story and basement
building, 80 by 65 feet. The rear and
side walls will be of brick, while the
Main and Franklin street fronts will
probably be OF asbestos shingles,
! though that has not been definitely
| settled. There Will be two stores
| fronting on Main street, one of which
will be occupied by Mr., Holz There
will be a shipping room in the rear.
The entire basement will be occu-
pied by Mr.. Holz for his bakery
plant On the second floor there
will be dwelling apartments. of eight
or nine rooms, which will be oceu-
pied by Mr. Holz
. I'rhe rumor, first heard few
months ago, is again current, that
| the Maine Central Railroad Co. is to
discontinue passenger service be-
tween Ellsworth and Mt. Desert Fer
ry, but ne official confirmation of the
report has been made Some weeks
ago announcement was made that the
usual boat service around the island
would be discontinued by the company
this summer Now it is reported that
passenger traffic between Ellsworth
and Mt Desert island points will be
handled by large motor busses. For
many years business at the Els
worth station has been increasing, as
more and more people from the island
and other resort towns have left or
taken the train here to avoid the
ferry trip. OF course the automo-
bile is responsible. A report from
Bangor predicts an official announce
ment of the change soon.
There was an interesting hearing
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