Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-09-28
LOCAL NEWS, &C,

Cotton is quoted So to 81 cts. Gold
IA is
Election in Pennsylvania Ohio and
Indiana, Oct. 9th.
-The State Iarse Fair is being held
in Augusta this week, ending on Thursday.
Mrs. John s. Jordan of Mt. Desert
died very suddenly the 18th inst.
We undertook to farm this year and
we stump the world to beat us on crop of
tceedS.
The vote in Gouldsboro was Cham
berlan lG4 and Pillsbury 80, not IS as pub
lished.
THE Ladies of Dist. No. 4 in Han
cock hold Fair. Oct Sd at the ruwnhouse.
See notice.
Hon. Lewis Barker has started FOR
PENNSYLVANIA to take the stump for the I'm
ion cause
There is a good deal of complaint of
potato rot. The trouble thus far has been
to find the potatoes. for water.
- Rev Mr. Hart Of North Yarmouth
will preach at the Baptist Westinghouse
on Sunday.
w cdnesday, weather n usual wind
gone South, aud the fog come to town.
Bad for the Fair.
III hot thr az. ia,
General Chamberlain aud the combined
majority of all the CongressmeiI. a, report
ed is 2j2.
Every Saturday for the week ending
Sept. Goth is the best one yet. This pub
lleation is growing better and better.
-Rumor says that Cen. Tom Thumb
will soon have another ThCub on hi
hands. -Bo,toa Post.
"A man in PHILADELPHIA was stram-
glcd by swallowing a tobacco quid. Ers
change
Served him right
THE United states has seventy two
rop -clads, France forty two. and the rnlcr
Of the wave, England, only twenty one,
-Gencral Rosscau was reelected to
Congress from Louisville at recent olce-
ton.
~ fine portrait OF General Grant With
wcll-lit weed. in hi, left hand and hi.
right in his trousers pocket is eu cXhibi-
ton in Now York.
At the NV England Fair held At
Brat,lcboro last week, the Sociery's purse
of $500, wa, won by Ethan Allen in a
straight heat. Time Us and 80.
Hon. A. j. Cattcll L,s drep chosen
/. :. Senator for New Jersey III place Of
Mr. Stockton who was uu.ca.cd last winter
Cattcll is Union.
-Gencral j. \. Couchhas been APP
pointed collector of customs of Boston,
aud George y. kinssbr, Esq Postmaster
of that city.
The Hancock County Musical Conveu-
ton. held in Bnch0pqrt ia>t week WIS en-
inently successful. We expect an account
of il for our ueNt issue.
Those in want of II Musical lnstru.
ment will do we'll to heed the notice in our
advertising columns III K. NJ. Mausur Mt.
EcrpoR.
The delegates 10 The Pitsburg sol
dcrS convention were arriving in great
numbers on the :Itll, and up to the evening
of that day over 5000 had arrived.
u The vote in Plantation No. 10, in this
County, was for Chamberlain 3. for Pills
bury 3. for +. y. Pike 6. This wiz do,
No. l0 gaining every year.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Boston Post heads his letter of the 23l
'S;nyth vs Weed. 1t seems that Yharow
Weed wapts Smyth REM wed from the n \ .
Colleetorsl.p.
-t;ood f.rmin-y aut!.qrities say. 4lIat
grass seed does not want to be narrowed IN
Grass seed needs light covering of ca. 81!
and should be rakcd III, or lightly cbyer d
IN some other way.
THE Board Of Trustees Of the lecture
Fund of the Grand division of Maine Sons Of
Temperance desires TO engage Il compe-
tent Temperance Lecturer Tor six months
from Oct lSt
- The Treasury Department In. $50
000,00 in gold in its vaults, more money
that. IT took to carry on .he Government
during Presidential term, "long time
ago
Altar fooiing W the returns of
the towns in II ncoch county las,
week and While striking of that issue
We inserted the vote of one town without
changing the footing.
We invite the attention Of our peo-
pie to the subject of having il Course Of lee.