Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-07-26
LOCAL NEWS, &C.
The punderberg has gone 10 sea,

yesterday in New ork.
1t has been stirring time among the
! turner's for the past two days.
The profl>e prophcSying Of Il 'dry spclF'
has received a"wet blanket"
/ -Sponlthrins economic in what they
give the charitable in what they spend.
/ - Rev. Geo. II. IIcpworth Of Boston /,
preached for Rev. W. II. Savary, Sunday last.
n7-The communication from Orland will ap-
pear next week. 1t was received too late for
this issue,
Tho reader will find full account of the
Golden Welding" at Bucksport in our CO.
/ uinus.
1t il "gin the law to advertise lotterys,
so we dare not publish the Havanna scheme
sent us.
-Green Peas were brought into Our mar
kct on Monday. They sold for 500 per bush
el.
~ new Meat Market is being fitted up on
/ Main st. Heretofore there has hccn more
shops than meat.
KINDLY GREETED.-Thc sun was kindly
welcomed on Tuesday morning after an abb
scncc from sight Of four days.
We have noticed that an unusual num-
Der Of calves have been saved from the sham
! blcS this year by the farmers of the county
| This is well. II is time TO stock up the farms.
The two vetoes of President johnson are
his twelfth and thirteenth The reading ofhis
last one the Amendment Of the reconstruction
act, reminds one Of tho obstinate eleven jury
/ men.
Tho bill explanatory of the RECONSTRUCT
| ton act was passed over the veto, in the SEN
ate 50 TO 6, and the reconstruction bill 80 to
and by constitutional two thirds vote in the
! House 100 to 81.
-Gco. T. Dunn has returned from New
York with Il choice 10; of finc jewelry. of late st
styles. No plated or washed goods but the
pure article. II is worth while to examine his
small, but most select stock of jewelry.
The PorGy fishermen thus far have MOI,
had extraordinary good luck. The weather,
or tides, or winds, one or all these together
have not been propitious.
-Thursday, last week it rained; Friday.
saturday, Sunday, and Monday ditto. Large
amounts of grass had been cut. and the long
! spell of we: weather will damage all such,
more or less.
| IIo, FOR THE ISLANDS. - The Schooner
Frank PIERCE accompanied by the Steamer
| Express, will 60 on an excursion tomorrow,
| to Long islaGd or Newbury Neck. Will leave
the wharf ut one half past seven and will re-
turn at about the same hour in The evening"
See bills.
THE AUSTRIAN MISSioS.-IIoracc Greeley
says he is much Obliged for the co,npli.
ment Of. 4 Nomination Tor Minister to Austria
bat eoud not b. induced 10 leave the country
| 1t present.
y. II. stephens weighs Just 9G lbs There
Was not enough Of him 10 swing clear round on
either side daring the rebellion. Hi, body wa,
with the South aud his head with the North
DIvIpENp.-rha Portland Ga, Light Com
pahy Ia, declared i sem annual dividend offour
per cent, ifee from Govt rniaent taX.-i Irq4S.
The Ellsworth Gas Light Company has not
breathcd since it elected officers on marrow
saage" last year. The machine has run itself
and run the stock down 80 per cent.
| DRowSi:D--Wiliam Staples, sailor on
! board schooner Hattie Annie, WAS drowned on
! thursday last. While thu vessel WAS lying at
/ High lirad. His body was found yesterday in
Goetiein', Boom at Hampton. He Wa, about
Is ycars Of uge, and has friends in the vicinity
/ VI 0tttS y It'll " rug.
III 1T is stated thai Methodist camp meeting
I'm, year will be held as follows:
East LNermore, Sept. 9th
kcnurbunk. sept. ID.
last MdChiaS. Sept. 9th.
Phillips .ilaSe, Sept. 23l.
1t is reported that all the members Of the
Cabinet approved the veto message except Mr..
Stanton. The elaboration Of the southern
debt question WAS struck out 1t the instance of
secretary MeCulloch.
4 Mr.. Sweat, colorcd gentleman i,
canva>>lng the Cheraw district. south Coroli-
ma for member Of Congress. Most any cuIorcd
man would be an imprO> cment on the last
batch OF Congressman from that State.
! -Ba>,ompicrrc. French Ambassador 10
! Spain, Wa, telling Henri Quatrc how he enter
! ed Madrid. Il WAS mounted on the smallest
mule in the world" All" said Henri, what
an amusing sight. the biggest ass on the small
est muic Il was your mljrsty's rcnrcs IN,
| tative." WAS the rcJondcr.
! IA Young lady >chool-tcachcr. Of Indian.
apoll>, was. last Sunday, eudcavoring to inn
1 press upon her scholars the terrible effect, of
the punishment OF Ncbtruhadnezzar. she
told them that for seven years he ate grass lust
like a COW. Did he give milk" Just then a
small boy asked. We are not informed as to
! the teachers reply.
We heard Il farmer estimate the damage
to the hay crop by the late storm, in tho state at
a quarter of million of dollars. This i. too
| high in our opinion. Much of the gras, cut
lay in the swath and it being so green 1t did not
injure very much The amount actually spoil
ed cannot be large, while the extra growth for
the four rainy days make up for Il large part OF
the loss.
| g Governor Chamberlain accepts the in,i-
tat ION to meet the editor, and publishers of
Maine at Saeo on Thur, dav, sth August CON.
! aI.i@n!lly-lf not detained at Brunswick Ly
! previous engagements for CONNIE uceurnt
week. Mr. stevens Of the Bangor Times. will
deliver IN Grafton before the Association, and
MIR. David Barker, Of Exeter, Will deliver a
poem.
I'VE understand that the ceremony Of lay
! ing the corner stone of the Memorial! Hail
/ at the College will take place on commence
meni day at O'Clock. The Rev DR.. Babc0cl
/ former President Of the College, and Gen
iIaisted, OF Bangor, are to be among the speak
ers, EX-GoNernor Coburn is expected to dc.
posit the box IN the cavity aud al just the stone
IN its piace.-lW ateryille Nail.
~ won't pay two dollars and half per
day Tor help to get my hay" said farmer
within our hearing the other day; land espcc-
ia!ly," said he. "whcre men do not work bat
Ten houes for II day."
No doubt it is hard for farmer of the last
generation to pay these large prices; but W hat
must be the hardest thing to bear is to see able.
bodied men spending idly the first TWO or three
hours of the day, before swinging tn, scgthc
I hoy tt-n 10