Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11
I T E M S, & C.

The city election of Bangor occurs
on Monday next.
will our friends send us early re-
turns of the town elections. Please also,
when YOU can, send the amount voted for
public schools, repairs of highways, &c.
-Thc Bangor Wig says forty-iye
cases of small pox have occurred during
the present winter in the towns of White
field and jefferson.
ELLswcRTII, March 10th, 1864.
If the person who has taken twcnty-si1
copies of Petorson's Magazine, within the
last fifteen months, from certain house
ON Pine Street. does not wish exposure.
that person will please either to return
these copies or the pay for them. n.
THE communication of our friend
calling attention to the general laXity Of
public morals, and duties of public teach
ers, is necessarily deferred until next
week. The writer must excuse US from
making the attempt to condense what is so
well and pointedly said. We should only
spoil the communication.
ANrIcIrArING THE NEws.-Thc Bangor
Times SAYS Ellsworth has elected Union
town officers by dccise maiorties. This is
only Il little ahead of the -" times" We
have held no election yet, this spring
When We Go, expect to give our Bangor
contemporary the privilege of announcing
a decisive Union success.
Our near neighbor. s. W. Perkins.
has purchased the vacant lot between the
stores of II. & $. X. Whiting, and Joseph
Friend g. Co., and will early this
spring erect store upon the same for his
own occupation The lot is 90 80, and
fronts Main street. 1t is every way
desirable lot. The price paid, Sl300,0o.
If YOU are i'll want Of some good
.Jewclrv. call into George 7. Dumas. Main
Street and examine those Gold and Silver
Watches, Chains, Pins, Rings etc, which
lie has just received from New York. He
has a large variety of very pretty patterns
of the varou, articles of ,Iewclry and say,
he feels safe in advertising this as the
incest lot ever before offered in the Els
worth market.
THE Home Jo4faai, Gardiner, pro-
poses to increase rs subscription price in
May, from @l,5o to $500 per year. The
Editor, who ty the way il both witty and
wise, SAYS with beef At - CTS, per h..
lie can't afford to make \ paper for =
dollar AMI II half year" We think SO toe.
To obviatc this difficulty we have taken to
mutton which we get for cts.
We are under obligations TO Hon.
W. p. Fcssendcn for 4 copy Of the Report
Gu the Resources Of the United States,
presented TO the international Statistical
Congress at Berlin, By Hon. Samuel +.
Hugges, and the Report in relation to the
International Agricultural Exhibition Il.
Hamburg, by Hon. Joseph A. Wright
MASQUERADE BAII.-We call attention
to the announcement in this week. paper
of a Mask and Masquerade Bah for the
benefit of the Sanitary Commission. Sucl,
Bali will be a novelty in this place and
PROMISES TO be a magnificent affair. Some
rich incorporating costumes have been
procured, and by their brilliancy will make
a.plendid spectacle in the Hall. These
costumes are representations of historic
aud classic characters. of ancient fashions,
and of different natona!itics. We MAY
expect to see next Tuesday, the Scotch
Highlander, the French Courter, the Ger
man Peasant, the Italian Troubadour, the
Turk and Chinaman, and representatives of
other nations and ages, all dancing our
modern Yankee dances, in the utmost har-
mony. All the masqueraders will wear
masks thus preserving a complete incosnito
but at the supper table the most startling
disclosures may be expected. There Will
be any amount of the richest fun and ex-
citement during the evening.
The Sanitary Commission is in pressing
need of funds 10 carry OH their noble work
as their treasury has recently been Obliged
10 answer very large calls from our armies
Tor medicines and hospital stores. We
trus; our people viii be liberal. The diff
ference in the price of tickets is owing to
the expense the masgueraders incur in pro-
curing their costumes.
TgThe Portland Press seems to think
Ii ihat L. !, L