Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-05-15
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LOCAL NEWS &C.,

Friday, May sth there was snow
storm, which continued most all day.
The East Maine Conference will be held
at Machias, June 1lh.
w. =. Hartman Esq. of Belfast, was
selected as a delegate to the Chicago Convcn-
ton, at the Convention held in Belfast last
week.
"Wednesday of next week the Republican
National Convention meets in Chicago, TO NOM
mate candidate for President and Vice Presi
dent.
We have a nice stock Of env elopes and
bill-hcad paper, which we will print TO order,
i'll good style.
The people of Augusta have start 4
Washingtonian Temperance movement. \
lively interest in the cause says the STANDARD
being manifested in the movement.
-The Western fever is raging badly in
Maine, but more than one halt that go there
get sick of tout West the first year.
California papers say that no more peo'
pc are needed or can.be supported in the set
tied portions of that State. What will they do
WITH the last lnstaincnt, now on their Way
thither:
~ great revival WORK Is IN progress AT
Fort Fairfield. One week day afternoon The
merchants closed their stores 10 attend prayer
meeting .-Aroostook Times.
DIR. Parclier took down the Partridge
house Oh Main St. last week. II one and IA hall
story house, and remarked tina: he should
think more than a ton OF nails was used in lis
erection. and that it was almost rs much labor
/ to take il down rs 1t was to erect it.
-Tuesday was an unfortunate day for field
work on Impeachment, for the Washington dis
patches say, that one Democratic Senator got
drunk and his friends had to lock him up
while Senator Howard. Republican, WAS Sick
at his lodgings and could not get out.
a Writer in tho Portland Press says, tina
since March Goth theie has fallen in that Cit,
inst two feet of snow, and tn / there has bee.
five snow storms since that time. This writer
says since Sept 30th there have been Sc snow
storms.
Tho weather pleasant and Spring-lillc
the first OF the week.
The New York Post estimates thu
amount of railroad capital held in New Yori
city, at one hundred AMI eighty millions of dol
lars.
Tho Canadian government has agreed to
fix The tax on American vessels fishing in Gu
madam waters at $500 per ton. The three
warnings heretofore given to American YES
ses to be dispensed with.
--Seere,ary Seward has received ofiica
notice Of The release OF Maggie, Nugent, Leon
ard. Lee and Titzgibbon the Jacmel Packe
prisoners.
Mr.. PIKE on PROTECTION The Cougres
sionai news Yesterday gave Us the spectacle o
Il Maine Congress nian standing fiirly am
squarely for repeal of the prohbtory law SC
far as to admit the importation at nomna
rates OF all such articles As enter into shi
building. We are glad also that the discussion
took Il turn sufficiently broad as to allow of IN,
quite general interchange of opinions between
Eastern aud Western men. Mr. Pike toul
good ground. and we hope we may never fine
New Enga unreasonable again on The tariff
question. We have asked ''pro,ection" til
we have killed our foremost interest. From
this time out let us be asonable.-[PorIlant
star.
The request "let us be reasonable ;" is oppor
tune. 1t is high time to look at both sides o.
this tariff question, and it is evident that Mr.
Pixies views have been modified by expe ri
ence.
: STEAMER KATAHpIy.-It is stated that TIL
Cambridge will come ON the line, arriving
here on wednesday next, taking the place o
the katahdin which will be taken of for u coup
lie of weeks to be paint d, after which she vii
resume her place and run in connection will
the Cambridge according to advertisement.
i Wig.
A COSTLY Cow.-A cow case was dispose,
OF in the Supreme Court, on Saturday, by be-
ing entered neither party, which has been be
fore the Court about SIX years. during whcl
time one of the contestants has died, ant
the co Is of the suit have amounted to one hun
drcd and fifty dollars. The value of the COW
was twenty dollars. The old story, of tw,
parties disputing over COW while the lawyers
MIXED her Wig.
Weston, the pedestrian, now threaten,
to walk from Bangor Me. !, TO St. Paul MINI.
and back to Buffalo, n. Y, in all 5 600 miles
to be completed in one hundred cons equity,
days. The main stakes are to be for $4,000
and the tsial is to begin on the 18th of August
and terminate on the 56th of November.
Those eminent men, pr. James Cia~k, Ply
stefan to Queen We Ola and DIR. Hughes Bennett
say that consumption can be cured, Or. Vista
knew this when he Uncovered his now wide1y
known Balsam of Wild Che ry and experience has
proved the correctness oil this opinion.
The all.gone feeling which people some
times speak of, is caused by want of proper
action Of the liver aud heart. These NAV he
assisted, and the bowels regulated by Parsons
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