Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-10-12

Benz. Franklin Bond. This Journ 4 was
Issued tor only about year. | have seen
number |. Vol. l. of small literary paper
called the" Crescent" which wns Issncd from
the Office OF the american" Eel 18th
1873. The american appears ti have advo-
Gated the re. election of pfesident Adams
the Eagle" was neutral in politics.
A Bluchll correspondent SAYS I'm
1880 paper was published here called the
BiaehiH Beacon and Hancock County Jour
nal, edited and published by b. F. Bond. /,
continued nearly two years. 1t was neu.
trail in politics al first, but became. Nation
al Republican,
From a Bucksport correspondent we
gather the following - E.s
I'm 1905 ". w. Clapp Esq came here
from Boston aud issued the first newspaper
called the :" Name GGcette" July 18th the
same Year. The paper was well conduct
ed for the time. Mr. Clapp being very
s,reDs Federalist, and his correspondents
s also, the Gazette ex rtcd powerful influ-
ence a favor OF that party throughout the
County reeeiTih. a VERY liberal support for
six years, lii 1911 Clapp sold out "a
MIR. Antnony Holland, who continued th.
paper ahoat var when he packed MP all
the materials of the Office and moved into
NV Brunswick.
The late Charles lowell Esq of Ellsworth
who was cariy connected With the press in
TINS CeHntr,and for suite time, in the Pros
pdctus Of the .Tadepepdaat Courier, which
was launched upon the turbulent sea of
newspaper life in Ellsworth Nov. Goth 1896
INDUCES in the following bright antieipa-
items -
The fact that here is no paper publish
el within 10 miles Of Ellsworth on the
W est. and 100 miles OH the Fast, together
with the increasing nro perity Of this section
Of the country, and the libcrality of its
inhabitants. all combine to produce a
belief that there is not. at this time III the
State Of Maine place which holds ont so
many Inducements 10 establish 4 new; pap II
at Ellsworth.
Mr.. Lowell entered upon hi work with
much zeal and with great courage and faith
iii his success, but he continued in the bus,
mess ldsslthan three wears. In his valedic.
tory to the readers Of the "-NOftbera States
man of Neyenber ISIS. winch Was com
antneed by An and expired on reaching its
cycle of 81 numbess- vol, l, he says -
in the autumu Of lS26 we commenced
the Publication Of the ,LtJet,che1enl CDur.er
Whieh was The hrSt newspaper Published
Of u. Adams. In lss9 we disposed oil
tnr interest III the establishment To the
Nessis. Hale, VINO published neutral pa
Pc, ~ ''.',I''s nj ~
published several years afterwards, from
the same office. BY Mr.. Robert Grant. aud
Afterwards " eF1At y II 'or, Ia iH't-
I,,l,.,,,, 800. ~, "a.
tlbiisAed By b. 4. Pike i e. Iu 1876 il
ieil iato The hdaa> OF o;hes> and was COLI
", " " y u P3'I-' y " Pu4lt> u
,,,,nt,s In tl,.. .,,,i5., nt. ls..- i ,,,5-G
idto tae hands Of JoSepA II. Jordan. who
published a Eelitral paper for about eight
H. m.,,'.,i, tHs- D,'i ",
took thr oil, 1n,i-r.I II Nth aootI,r,. .,t,l
commenced the publication Of the ..yoftb-
,',s;,.,, ,i'e sa.
of Oh. CJa,,is, n ls3;. tii,.-n nav. hc~, i.
sued from the press various other sheets
rllrPeftihg TO ne newspapers printed IN
i;ns;1'ni - '.',','-
&e.5 In reality al the nanrrS eyer iu5lisI
rdhn town up 70 this time are the 'Co1rief.
= le.ts'S1f, :. "a q q, '2ff"H' anu
ne IL 919s3 @! newspaper FURNISHING Ill
A4is 'ot''ly lfolA NV, 1913, WINCH the
'o'"seSH"" WI aisc"h'iliHeH' i one Oh S3d
mofa'HF. Next after the Nf"f' St"0n Wds
7he "Bee.' pGbiiHhed bE Joseph Al. Jordan.
/ his paper was issued IN the autumn OF
1879 anu continued iii existence less thah
TWO years. iae 'LidRr"e" f'eha"f" WAS
started ny lhe same gentleman IN June.
1871. ahu i've" ior ABOUT Three wears. ihe
NsAle gentleman coiiiiAfhccd another Jour-
nal called the "LdSffiR fFefhd" IN 1898
ana continued one or TWO years. We
III II utterly impossible to ascertain just
when The two last mentioned papers were
hrst Issued, or wlieh-to Il week they were
hiseehatiuea'
IN. October. 1851. Messrs. Couliarl {
Hilton came to Ellsworth from Bangor and
commenced the 'E1ls,-oyfh Uayu1L" Mr.
Hilton closed his connection with the pa
Der in about six months. Mr.. Cpuliar