Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-10-23

The eihcient administration of the present.
board Of municipal officers has put our ,;d..
walks into good condition.
-Mcssrs. Saunders & Peters have taLo,
the store on Main Street, formerly occun;.d
by F. A. Dutton, and have newly fitted it IN
for the reception oil their large stock Of Drx
Goods, Groceries. &c. A fine store, a iaro.
and well selected stock OF goods, and reason.
able prices, demand liberal share of patron.
age. See their advertisements
MIR. Atkinson finished his course Of
lessons in pcnmanship, on Tuesday evening
last one hundred and eight pupil. have
been instructed by Mr.. Atkinson. Two mi.
zcs were awarded for improvement during
the course. First prize to Mrs. j. Crippcn.
second to George Chamberlain. Best pcn.
man in the class, Miss Helen NJ. Eaton.
DEsERrER ARRESTED. -Gcorge H. Hutch.
inson. descrter, who made his escape from
Fort Prcble some three months ago, was ar.
rested ut Gardiner. on the 18th inst. Hut.
crimson was found at the hocfsc Of on. Of
his wives. lie was taken to augusta and
committed to Jail.
We learn from special ce.pa,ch h
the Bangor Wig that the iremen's tris, in.
Calais. the horizontal playing (through 80
feet OF hose) Resulted as follows Eureka.
Jciiers, Of Ess'port, loi feet Extinsuisher.
Zimmerman. os Calsi.. 800 Torrent, Hun.
neman, of Midtown St. Stephen, cog: Wash.
inston. Button, of Calais. 225.
CrTTrNc.-Wthn the last two years FL.
ward F. Frnk. NJ d. of this town. has re-
moved three legs and one arm by amputs-
ton. The last operation was performed
few days since on Mrs. Gray. wife of john
GRAY Esq by remosing diseased leg Of
four years standing. Mrs. Gray did NOT ap.
pear II ,ufSr any Inconvenience while gong
through the operation under the skillful
management Of the Doctor. Cox.
Deer Isle. Oct ~. 1865.
Pmt>pttrntA.-rh The official vote OF this
city is as nllows
Curtin. 4427l Woodward, 37,lo3.-
Majority for Curtin, ,0Si.
Among the horses at iii. New Haven
Fair WAS an old white fellow of h. .edats
age Of foriv serea He is Of the Canadian
and Indian bre.d and still vigorous,
cySec woman in another column pick.
ins >lmhuc Gr,pc-, for Spears Wine. IL.
an admirable. article. used in hospitals, and
hy the fret families IN Paris. London and
New York III preference to old Por: Wine.
Il il worth a trial, as II gives great satisiae-
tIon. II
The franchise of the Penobscot River
Railroad (storc road from Bangor to Nil
fattD was sid recently nj the fcn1b-cot Ex-
chang by L ; MARSHALL Clark. on execu-
ton IN favor Of Curth,i. Filrner OF View
YORK. Palmer takes the rad for ninety.
nine vrais IN satisfaction Of tsc execution,
amounting - ; ls,Os0.-I Hhy.
TuE CoIittroRkniP or PORTLAND w .
le4rn that tie ncrcl ants aud prominent
business men Of Portland have with gr-rt
unanituity expressed a desire that Ex. Gsv-
e7nar Washl srn sr.li rens-nt TO be cam
, dldate for the CoIlecta-sltp Of thu. District
made vacant By the Death oi Mr. Jerett-
/ Inc offer is hi.:h compliment to Mr.. Wash
barn. and a such very gratifying to his
ffiends in ,l.4 E.st The place is not re
garded as l,-ai hat asa state appointment.
There wasa l--s- Attendance at the
I rrottiux Park en- Wednesday afternoon, to-
witness. the contest between Rocsand Boy
and Morgan Drew for purse of 500. Tho
+ iruck Wa heavy. and u course not in con-
di,ien f r the tastes, :;nc. Morgan Drew
appeared I, be the general fis7oYite, but the
Bow beat HIM in three straight hsats Time
500. 81, and 2,52 We unders,srsi ee~-
siderable money changed hand. 10 euesc-
qleucc.-[ Hhig.
Some PEOPLE think that the draft has
/ been far more expensive meth Of pro-
curing men fur the army vts~ volunteering.
/ Il ha. not been - in this distric,. The suB
total o! the expenses OF the Provost Mar
.hai's Office in this dis,rie, has been 3 No 600
Over 400 men have been obtained for the
army and 500 900 Communication. The lat
ter out Of the question these 400 men have
cost tn government each but $25O.-Les-
iQOn Journal.
CLife is a casket not precious in it.
self, but valuable IN proportion to what
fortune, or industry, or virtue has placed
within it /: and how few think Of this.
HARRINGTON This celebrated Perfor-
mcr appears here next week a. will b seen
by advertisement going to pres. sant say
any more, but the mere announcement 10 al
sufficient.
EJ1Plow deeply heavy land that is in-
tended for corn Hext year, and leave
exposed in ridges The fros, will pulver-
ize the Jumps and otherwise prepare it fss
working in Spring.
GIVE notice that while the lady Of
pFisco, Of the Machias Union, got a pre-
MUM Of so cents for bouquet. at the
Agricultural Fair, the editor himself had
to be couten, with an award OF % cents
for cabbage.
CoSsrHprIoS CuRABIE.-Dr. Halrs
BALSAM is highly recommended By
citizens, whose names and residence will
be found in the pamphlets. giving the
most satisfactory evidence of astonishing
cures Of CONSUMPTION, by using this
medicine The afflicted should give it u