Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-01-26
I T E M S & c :.
Mans demands are Gods only com

MANS demands are Gods only com
mands.
The railway TO Jerusalem is nearly
completed.
California is successfully cultirating
peanuts.
--Charlcstown, $. G.. uses imported
rice.
JEFF Davis i, suffering severely from
erySipelas.
The latest wonder in Europe i, \
man who plays the most difficult music
upon piano with clothes brush.
Il New York surgeon extracted u
needle from an infant's hip by using
strong magnet
An alligator. xix feet long was found
i'll Licking river. opposite Cincinnati, day
or Two since. frozen into the ice.
Why is a lady of fashion like n
successful Sportsman: Because she bags
the hair-[Ex.
We ca attention to the advertise
ment of the Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance Co. Mr.. Dyer, it will be seen, is
agent f, I this company.
The completion of the census of
Illinois reveals the extraordinary fact that
the population has increased half n million
within the past five years, or nearly 81 per
ccntum.
The lumber Of whaling vessels de-
stroyed by rebel cruisers during the war
was Sc: barrels of oil destroyed. 1922
Value of vessels, about s.l50. 900: Of oil,
SjO0.00o. Full one half of the loss fell
upon New Bedford.
Some sixty thousand dollars worth
OF exchanges ON the Rothschilds. drawn
by Trenholm. the eX rebel Secretary of
the Treasury. were captured on the persons
81 Jefferson Davis and Postmaster General
Reagan, and sent to our Consul at London
for payment.-They have just been return
ed, endorsed no funds"
Hats are now killed by electricity In
Paris. Bits of meats and sugar are placed
on wires in connection with an electric
battery; the rats nibble and are forthwith
killed.
~ poor Irishman who applied for a
license 10 sell ardent spirits, being Qucs-
toned as to his moral fitness for the trust,
replied. "Ah. sure il j. not much of "A
character that man needs to sell rum"
More fires are caused by defective
c1imneys than any other way. Those
.c
thinly pastered inside and surrounded
with wood, are dangerous fiues, and
should be looked to.
RoBBERY,-The Piscata uis Observer
states that on Saturday evening. week, at
about o'clock, James Stinchfield. son of
Rev. Mr.. Stinchfleld. of Dover, was assault
ted shot in the leg aud robbed of wallet
Of no value. The robber escaped towards
dexter.
Silver Mining Regions of Colorado
with some account of the different pro-
cesses being introduced for working the
Gold and Silver ores of that Territory. il
the title of neat little work. which wa
find on our table. 1t is by j. p. Whitney
of Boston. Price % cts.
FIRE.-On Monday forenoon of last
week the house of Il. ii. Mace, ESQ.,. on
state ST.. near the Treats Falls, tooh fire
from defective chimney and was destroy
ed with nearly all its contents. A few
effects were saved from the lower rooms.
The engines arrived in season to save the
stable. Insurance $1,000, which covers
about half the loss.-Jetersoniaa.
SUDDEN DEATH. A. ii. Kimball. ESQ.
of Rockland, died suddenly in that civ
Jan. 18th. He had been spending the
evening ont, and on the way home com
planned of not feeling well. He died In
fifteen minutes after reaching home of dis
ease of the heart.
a Western farmer. who wished to
ehvest the accommodations of his industry i'm
nited States securities. went to Jaw
COOKIES Office TO procure the treasury
notes. The clerk inquired what denomina
ton he would have them in. Having never
heard that word used excepting to dis
tngushlng the religious sects, he, after a
a little elaboration, replied, well. YOU
may give me part in Old School Presby-
terlan, 10 please the old lady, but give me