Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-10-23
Various Items.

Lord Lyttou's new play is called :. Thisi
Sea Rover"
tIeenan won $4,000 on The Sar.toss
races.
PATHS husband owes over 600, 900 franco
Lester Wallack drives afour.in hand at
Long Branch.
Victor Emanuel is trying the Bsuting
system,
A niece Of DR.. Tying is the belle q
Wilton, Connecticut.
Swinburne is going to write thsnody
on the Menkcn.
The Rothschilds have come into posS.
ession Of tho finest blue diamond in Europe
Thus far Mrs. Gaines has recovered
only Sl5.0DO of the property Of 45.O0O.O00
awarded her by tho Supreme Court.
Fanny Eisler. who was horn in Vienna
| in 1911. is still living ut her villa near
Hamburg.
Alfred Smith. late of Hartford Cor.
ncc'icut. LETT over 100000 to religious
societies.
Mrs. Rachel Posey. . revolutionary
soldiers widow. died at Valley Forge. Pa,
last week. Six generations vi her dxeen1s
anus were 0L the funerals
Cornelious Masten Of Plympton. c. W.
cut eight acres Of oats bet cen sunrise
and sunset. a week ago, taking an hour
and half for meals.
| Apropos of the heated term. 4 BostsR
gentleman writes: Last Saturday my
mOther-in law came on u visit. In short
time it became so hot l was obliged to
leave home."
! Chloroforming ladies travelling by night
in railway cars is among the most recent
amusements at the fashionable watering
places. going and returning.
Victoria Sardon, now ia nous, says be
wrote eighty articles, plays. poems. ETC..
before he could get publisher. and dur
ing the first two years did not get . 500
for literary work.
Some Of the Western papers are pub.
fishing a speech Of Mr.. Pile Of Missouris
with the heading "Pils on tho Fundia4.
Bill" Pile on tho taxes" has been
the prevailing sentiment for some time
A monument to Thaddeus Stevens. il
honor Of his services in establishing the
common school system Of Pennsylvania. 10
suggested, a d it is proposed that the
money shall he raised by voluntary con-
tributions from the schools.
The Papal Zouave who rote to PruGt
sian paper a letter complaining Of his
treatment, an extract from which We puN-.
lish the other day. has been sentenced fos
the Otfense to six years penal eervitude.
BY hard work, the Prussian Minister was
enabled to get the sentence commuted one
half.
The Second Adventists have Just held .
grand National Camp Meeting at Spring.
field, Massachusetts. 1t seems they 0aa.
age to keep up their hopes yet.
The Boston Journal says silver and gold.
en- anklets arc coming into vogue with
short dresses. Tho daughters Of Zion
were reproved for " wa alking abroad with
tnkling ornaments about their feet" and
the daughters Of Boston having worn bells
in their ears, will soon initiate the old lady
who rode to Banbury CrOss.
Some enterprising Philadelphian has
taken out patent for the man ufacture of
wooden shirt bosons and collars. the ma.
terial being til. same as that now used ID
: ''papering" rooms.
An American Spirtualist, advertising .
searcc at Goslar. Europe. and Offering t0
es ablsh communications bet ween persOus
in the place and their dead relatives. has
been sent to Jail for three days, and order
ed to leave the city after the expiration VI
his sentence.
Charles A. Dana and Brick Pomerov
are discussing, what became Of kbe
Lincoln's soul
Eighty seven American scamen who had
deserted from whaling vessels were sent
from Fayal last November by the Am-ri.
can Consul in Portuguese brig bound for
Boston. She has not been heard from.
Sven thousand acres in Tennessee have
been bought for Swiss immigrants,
Thirty-nine men. weighing four tons.
had a clam bake in Connecticut lately.
, The second annu i scssinn Of tho National
!, Labor Union will be held in New York On
the 2lst instant.
The newest jour lal in Frunce is called
" Bed Bugs in the Rutter."
Philadelphia slaughters two hundred
! dogs week.
. More than one hundred acres Of land in
the vicinity Of Lyons, Ionia county
Michigan. ere planted with peppermint.
and one thousand pounds of pure oil have
been made thus fur this season.
: he most dashing turnnuts on the New.
r port avenues are driven by women-youug
y and pretty. The dresses Of these females
q Jchus are snow white, trimmed with blue;
Il their hats are made with imperceptible
q crowas, but have broad brims. aud the
y exquisite gloves they wear are beyond all
. description in their taste and variety.
- An English jou nal says that the poems
II of Adah lsaacs Mcnken, ca!ied Infelicia,
I: will be pub ished simultaneously in Lpn-
n don, Paris and New York. they are
somewhat Of IA religious cast, and are
dedicated to Charles Dickens.
! >purgeon recently rchuked certain at
his followers who declined to interfere in
:, politics, on the ground that they "wess
;. not Of this world" This he argued. waa
= mere metaphor. You might AS well."
/, he said. :. being sheep Of the Lord, decline
;, to eata mutton chop. on the plea that il
=, would BE- Cannihaisn.''
. The saloon Of the wicke,lcst man in New
,. York has zen crow led nightly since hs
is was written up.
, FATTENING CATTLE Flttening AMI.
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