Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-12-10
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--- Congress faetoH Monday. This T. short
session, but no doubt It will be busy one.
"A Daily will be issued III the Kcunchec
.Jurnat Office during the session oftho Legislature
Our edition Of last wee, was all eXhaus
ed before Ill new subscribers were supplied
We print some extra copies this week, and
think enough to supply the demand.
a13g-Do not fail t. commence in this number
to read tho story Brought u Light" Ii Is
q good story and viii run through some dozen
papers or more, and will be worth reading.
We learn that the citizens OF Deer Isle
are agitating the question Of separation from
Hancock county and annexation TO Knox Co.
We have no objection TO auneXing the people,
lint should pr efer thattbey would leave their
noIitics behind them. --R0c&{apd Dem.
two steamers the America and the United
states eollided near Warsaw, between Cincinnati
and Louisville, and near one hundred lives were
lost
Tho body of Amos 'Kelton a well TODD farm
or in dorchester, Mn. found in n field in the
town OF Canaan, the same stato with his
throat cut and with marks Of violence.
--Gtrani's official majority in California is
j06. Owing to an error i'll printing the name
of Il candidate, one ofthe Democratic nominees
has obtained 4 certificate, but the matter will
70 before the supreme Court.
Messrs. Glidaen It Rowell retire from The
sunrise and hereafter rs formerly that paper will
be conducted by Daniel Stickney Esq. Success to
al parties now and lately connected with the
Sunrise.
Mrs. Stevens, wife Of James stevens,
ngcd about 70 years, slipped down on Sunday
morna&Gnd broke her leg. Il was very slip
p, ~, it will be r COLLECTED ON that morning.
The telegraph announces The important
Gact that there is CONSERVATION among the DEM
ocratic members of Congress, because the he
gro member ofthe House, elected from louisi-
ana. will have to select scat OH that side of
the House because the Republican side is full.
The col. red members name Is Menard.
rp~Wc expect to enlarge the imericdn at
the commencement of the new Volume, in Jan.
We are having SOME paper made Of Il larger
size. and have ordered new type Dc. &C. 1t
takes time. to make ail these changes. and
costs money stoo. At the least we shall have
nut ont 81 900 by Jan. DO those in arrears
wonter why we insist on their paying
size.
Tho New York Herald is making c7bnet
FIR General Grant. BY his arrangement, Charlcs
Francis Adams is TO 20 into the State Department
senator sherman into the Treasury, Horace e'ree-
Il, Into the Post onire Department, stanton 10 =
10 Iurlantl T. Il. Washburu "a France, General
r,,ylins to spain senator Wade to RHs-ja, Mot
I,, Ia Austria and Bane ron to remain in Prussia
WrsroS's PROGRESS Weston made hut p
miles Yesterday and,spent the night At Blddetefd'
n, has become quite lame. 1t wa his intention
10 have reached Wakefield, y IL. last ntght, 2ol
miles zion, Bangor, 50 that h. was about to or -
mile behind time last evening. y later report
from Bid1eiord says Weston is still detained there
and hints al financial difficulties a. the cause,
Daily Adrertiser.
Henry Ward Beeehcr and Charles \. Dana
have been practising with yeloepedes, aud New
York reporters arc 10 unkind as to say that they
are awkward at the business.
The Mig says that Howard A. Cteaylahd
WI, 1t time IN Jail for breathing into stote
in Ellsworth, and escaped by the wttnes that VA
10 appear against him being bought on Whose
store did he break into and who was honghi
of? Who can give the informtaon3
Our Fur Traders and TraPPers, in lifting OH
here. find Ayers medicines one ef their most pref
Table article. OF iraHt. Around siars Lake sna
tine wild regions OF the norla. The IUttH-
kuaA1 their uses and have an abiding laitlt 81
them. They say. "Ayer-srcat Hediriue-rnr'
rex man. and his remedies Tor the diseases from
which they suffer will eiten bring forth their stock
OF kins even quicker than wampnm rnln, or i1-
nac'o. sayarcs are not fools If thcy are unsophi
!. tt,.. t.F ,fs.T1 h ton.
Montreal Pilot.
ABoUr lows Tho mills have about al
been closed for the season. One or two saw
are still running.
The river is clear OF all ice. an there is moth
ing TO hinder the arrival or departure Of vessels
Most OF the lumber has bcca shipped, and
upon the whole, the season must haze been .
= prosperous one for lumbermeu
The latter part OF last week the lumber-tesm'
were departing for the woods, and for the win
tcr's work. in large numbers. che travelling
was good and the weather not unpropipious.
The Boston Corr cspondent of the NeH
Yorv Evening Post thus describes Emerson
SIX new lectures. and the other notabies Wiz
have entertained Boston audiences:
LECTURES.
Emerson has lately completed his six dis
courses in "a cheerful little hall under the Ire
mont Temple. Two OF them were super-eX
celient, two excellent and two not at all bad
His voice is a, clear and ringing a. it was thr
" years ago and he Is as alert in thought an
action N when he first appeared in public.
The speakers who have attracted most atten
ton this season in Boston. have been Motley
Petroleum V. Nasty" Or. Chaplin, Ann
Dickinson, General Fitzpatrick and Phillips
Curtis comes next week, aud the sound Of hi
eloquent voice will be most welcome in TIA
Music Hall
The high priest of shakerism, Frederic
Evans, came from his mountain home in /,
banon a lew weeks ago TO enlishtcu Us toucl
ins the principles of his order. Those VIII
heard him speak, praise his method and Ii
manner highly. He was accompanied on III
platform by several "Brother.' and ''Sister>
who sang ut his bidding several shaker tunes.
Tho temperance Meeting on Monda
evening was not 50 'uliy attended Is the pr
ceding ones had been, ON account OF the storm
y. A. Joy ESD, was called 10 the Chain, NJ
y. X. sawyer made Secretary. was vote
that new officers be chosen ut each meeting.
was also voted, that the meetings close by II
o'clock.
Remarks were mace by Rev. ". II. Sayar
DR.. Pulsifer, n. A. joy, Rev. Dir. Tenney,
A. Emery and Mr.. Cole. As we have devote
so much space TO the former meetings III
one must 20 unreported The next meetiI
will be next Monday Evening.