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

Iii reported that United States
sloop of war has arrived in Boston with
% eases Of yellow fever on board
- We areiudcbtcd to lIon J.. NJ.
Merrill L. s. Senator for valuable pub
doe.
-Thc October term Of the Supreme
the 23d INST,
-Presi,hnt Johnson has apWiptcd
Thursday the both Of Nov. as day OF Ma
tionsl Thanksgiving.
~ l,,s,,Ndive ire occurred IN W,scas-
set on'fuesdkU, destroying fifty buildings
and causing loss Of 1000. 600.
Tile Hancock Conference Of Congrcr
gational Churches will commence it, semi
annucl session at South West lIarl..,r on
/ Tuesday next.
livery Saturday for The week en- ing
Oct. 18Th. reed. II has articles from nine
or ten foreign Magazines. and increase, in
interest.
a halter in New York advertise.
tia, Watts on the a.ud" is of treat i'm
puriancc. but what's on the head is Of
greaicr-a sentiment worthy of the pru of
Canine.
QCicK WoRK.-Thc schaancr Forester
Capt. Remick. made the trip FROM Fills
worth to Portland and back in three days
and four hours. unloading her cargo of
twcntyone hundred sugar box shocks. at
| Portland.
The New York Tribune circulation
for last week. including all its issues
amounte | to the enormous number Of 49,
$50. The rate of advertising for the Week
u issue is one dollar per line each inser.
ton.
Hon Alexander Rice. of the Third
District. city Of Boston, positively declined
being candidate for re- elceiipn. Gcncry
fwi,chell Esq, was nominated.
a. 7. Harden & Go. want Ever,
body to take notice that they have new
and full stock Of goods ready for cn>toIu-
chase.
iE'"Will our reader, in tie &c my take
no.icc OF the meeting pf the Trustees of tic
Hancock Agricultural Society; and also the
/ copy Gf the progra mmc OF 1862 advertised
ior by the SECRETARY.
The election which took place in
Penn. Ohio, Indiana and Iowa on Tues
I day chose sixty .Aenbcrs Of Congress. The
contest was Very earnest aud excited one
The rcsnlt We give elsewhere
APPOINTMENT w. G. Cr4,+y t. q has
been appointed Collector ofcustom, OF Bel
fast: Mr.. john Haa,com collector Saco
has L. kinb,.ll surveyor at Portland
and Hon. " j. ANDERSON Sixth auditor OF
the Treasury ut Washington. in place II
Hon. Isaac y. Arnold Of HI. removed
SEIZuEE-We learn from s. X. h, c.
eauy Esq, Collector Of the District of Cas-.
tine. thai he a seized the Schooner Wa
!,uiIa OF Stockton with cargo Of good,
which Belfast par,ic, were attempting. Ia
Struggle into TINT Port. valued at 1900.
We have received the catalogue oi
Brunswick College for issiii T. We Judge
that the college i in n prosperous enud-
tlnn. In the Medical Department, there
are students, and in tie Literary de-
partment l2i divided rs foi!ow..- Fresh.
men, b, S"phonnres 81; iuuHrs - and
Seniors "a We notice in the Freshmen
Class, the names Of four Young gentlemen
of Ellsworth, and in the SophomGrcs one.
We notiee by the philadelphia Press
that Hon. Lewis Barker was obliged to
leave Pennsylvania, where he has been
! speaking for a lew weeks. u. the Press
says with marked success. for his home on
account Of the sickness of hi. little boy.
Mr.. Barker has hecn on the STUMP in
this and other States ut every contested
election iar the last four years, and such
SERVERS should Receive some recognition
fran The party.
-Thc Custom iinasc has been newly
painted aud VANISHED inside, and some
needed fopa,rs made for Its preservation.
We are pleased to notice these improve.
mcnts. fos when tlr pnbiic buildings Of a
place are aila~ ed to hoax .i,ahby aud rusty
'.r the want of a little care and the cxp,n
ditufc Of a few dollars, the Influence i. bad
on the place. We don't Ike the politics
OF the new Collector, any pay, bnt we
have M man in our village whose habit. Of
aesu,oss aud order are better developed.
aud for these good personal traits OF char
acter he should have credit.
THE weather for more than n week
has been free from rain, "Wednesday and
Thursday. last week. were uncommonlv
cold and dreary. The heavy frost- did
some damage in many localities. where
due CAPTION vas not lad to remove nearly
mp vegetables. Sunday and Monday
xeFe particularly fine days.
Farmers arc busy gathering their crops,
end many of them complain of the potatoc
rot; hut as there was q large amnnnt Of
this root planted. the crop must be supple
fIe continuous heavy rains must have
bpay had far su.urinu in, ,,no1 A.