Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-01-12
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they arc discovering petroleum in Italy.
Tho thermometers in Nsv u.m,.h,.
marked thirty degrees below zero, Sunday. and
then gave out,
The ice floods the su,quehanna Arc in.
creasing.
Porto Rico has had q FRS, elias, earth.
quake.
Tho aggregate tax levy Of New York. /.
$4,000 90. OF this sum $500, QUO is for N.
state taxes.
Andrew c. Hatch, Of Bangor. hung him.
sclf in his residence, las: Frieay morning.
-ouebec rs much afflicted with smallpox.
scarlet fever and measles.
The slaughter Of wildcats in Connecticut; i.
said to be terrific.
1.-THE rich, said the Jew, "ent vrnison b..
cause 1t ish deer; cat mutton because il ish
sheep
james Watson Webb is said o look ,one.
ugly at the French mission.
The falls of St. Anthony { re rapidly reced.
ing ali disappearing.
The negroes Of Atlanta, Ga, have oreaa.
iaed a benevolent society.
Young ketoSum, the New York forr.r.
sentenced on saturday to Imprisonment. in
the state Prison. iou- years aud six months.
The Portland and Machias steamboat com.
p,ny wa, organized few days ago, James II.
Perlcy being chosen President, Vim. Toes Treas.
urer and Clerk, and Ross and Sturdivant Agents.
There is great trouble in finding an eslo.
gi,t for Abraham Lincoln. Holt and Stanton
both decline, and Henry Ward Bcecher is to b.
appealed to.
---Jsponicadom. in New York styles Edwin
Booth the melancholy Dane before whom alt
sentimental haarts fuiter. and whom al adore"
1t is estimated that every freedman in tho
South hs' cost every whi,eman in the North Eve
ihsusand dollars.
1t is thought that rice will never q gain 10
produced in any quantity in tho South. The
white cannot, aud the negroes will not eul.
tiva,e ii.
GoLbxS MAxis-Thcre Is no greater obstacle
to sucees in any sphere than trusting fer some
thing to turn w. instead Of going to W rk, and
turning up something.
The Freedmen. Aid Commission have not
less than six hundred teachers at the South, who
instruct fifty thousand pupils. They also conduct
twenty orphan asylums. and .hcir monthly exp.n-
liturcs Learly fifty thousand dollss.
IN Editor out South SAYS he never
dotted an / but once in hi, life. and that was
in fight with his cotemporary.
Mr.. William Madd X. Of Ellsworth.
slaughtered las; week, hog. aged nine
months and twenty days, which weighed
rs lbs.
Mr. Elandcr Moore killed one OF the
litter when IL Was Just nine months old.
which weighed 37s lbs. These were of tho
white chester breed.
- The weather has been intensely
cold the past few days. On the 9Th inst,
the mercury settled at 80 below zcIo.
This paper eHas volume l2. and
now ia time To send in yopr name and
commence the new volume next week.
with 800 TO Your credit
--Rcmcmbcr the I.vccum Lecture this
Thursday evening, at Writings Hail, by
Rev j. b. Crawford.
The fifth Lecture of the Course will DO
on Thursday evening next, Jan 18th. by
Rev. Mr.. Durnin. Pastor of the Catholic
Church. Subject, The Irish i'll America"
-fhc public ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
& t.n,, aaFp nr
first of January bills and about as trouble
some 10 dispose Of
-fhc newspapers are laboring under
a great mistake in publishing AN account
of one Ellen iIodgdon. Of kiscorh, as
being drugged in Boston.
The Chicago people are mystified.-
Two fingers of a mans hand came through
Il hydfaut On Lake Street, on Tuesday.
/ and no body knows the original owner.
/ PIRATES ~ THE CuINA SEAs.--I5arquo
/ Henry Darling, built IN Maine. arrived at
] Hong Kong, Sept. IS, from Swatow. Octo-
! Der 25. On her passage she was taken by
( pirates who, after trans shipped the cargo
to their own lorcha; abandoned the vessel.
i Captain Reed was killed in the attack.
In the first number of a new paper
cont west" the Editor returns thanks to
those who loaned him the necessary capt.
tai, and also dcyout thanks to Heaven
that imprisonment for debt has been abol-
ished in that state.
! REMEMBER THE PoaR.-Wc understand
that on Sunday last, poor family. about
one mile from this village. was found to be
suffering from cold and hunger. Some Of
our worthy citizens, however. on learning
their sad condition. took immediate meas
ares TO relieve them. We could wish that
the Oversecrs of the Poor of this town
would see that the destitute are cared for.
-Thc attention Of our readers is call
ed to the advertisement Of the Penobscot
River Express. in to-day's paper. This
Company is, We understand doing a very
large business. in this place, through their
gentlemanly agcnt-G. A. Dyer. Esq.
who assures US that all business intrustcd
to his care will be transacted in a prompt
, and satisfactory manner. Office. next door
below H. H. lIarden's. Main Street.
! The Portland Price Current says