Ellsworth American., 1869-04-29
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS.
Supreme Judicial Court.


Judge did not arrive until the afternoon.
The Court was opened at 3 o'clock.
PRAYER by Rev. Mr.. Savarv. The Ju-
rie, were sworn, and then proceeded
t5 elect their foremen.
The Docket was then called. There
qrp 6ni entries. and n the cases were
called. many of these were marked Tor
trial
Aaer Tie l>t jury had come in, W.
II. Card was excused from further at
tendance for good reasons
FIRST Jury Foreman. John l..
French. Bucksport John Baker. Brooks
willie: A. i Bennett. Hancock; David
Bram>com. Mt. Desert: a. W. Clark,
Ellsworth f. :. Cole. GOuld-horo: John
\. Cotton, Orland: John Clements,
Prnobscot Wallace Coggin>, Trenton;
f. ". DYER, Ea>ibrook; IL 4. JOY.
Ellsworth; W. l.. Wilson fremont
second Jur, -Fnmman. Israel >to-
SIR. Orland: \. h. +. Lunt. fremont;
VI ,-e, Mcfarland. Brooklin: Isaac y.
Nur'h. Ellsworth: Alexander McCas-
lA. Nurrv: samuel r. Moves. Castine;
F. :. stevens. Bluehill: Alfred Swazcy.
Ba-k-port Downing simpson. Sulli-
van; Benz. E. Sargent, >cdgwick; Sol
alnon : Thompson, Eden; Bcnj. J.
Warren. oti-
t,r.lnd jury the same n at Oct. term.
W. DO not yet the names.
The Abbo;i-sprague difficulty has been
settled by the shedding OF little black ink.
Thi- i-w0n.
We ak the attention 81 our readers to
Nj. White, advertisement Bangor. That he
,cll, good gooi. we know b. testing sample
,nI a, >ome Of oar people have been in the
habi; Of sending to Boston 70 similar store
ilr thc~e good. why not now lend TO Bangors
v hy not try what draining will do for water
street some more good causcwsys might
Aylp very much
onr market j. supplied with lob,ters and
fresh fi.h.
Wsier street Is receiving coating of bro
'ncoth paving stones. but mu,h better than
mud.
Hon. Elcnezer knowton. will not un-
der any circums tAnoe allow his name 10 BE-
used A. the Temper ance candidate for Cover
uer. Mr. knowion i one OF the best men in
the state. and l. always sensible and judioiou..
a. {. Phillips ESQ. Editor OF the
a -
consul al Fort Erie. Canada
-Holder- Of bills viii bczr in mind that
the liability OF The following State banks to ~
deem theIr bills will expire A. follow MAJ
Net Bank. Bangor, September p. lSa; Lin
coin Bank. Bath. January q. $50, Bank OF
the State of Maine. Bangor. February /. 1870:
Auburn Bank. Auburn. February II. $50;
M,rn- BanS. DIm,ri>coiia. February -.
$50, Orono Bank. March -. 1870.
--">hingle weddng,- are becoming Fash.
onable in Iowa. They occur rnen the hr.t
o..iid l. Old enough 10 spans
The Gardner Journal .ays that bi ick.
are scarce on the kennebec. The people
there must not use them IN their has ih.n.
-Cap, J Langley. has bough, the homc-
stead oft1oreuion Young in East Trenton Tor
Slioo cab.
sHRI~K.GE or TnE EaRTH-G-ologicAl
evidence ha- been brought forward To prove
tlA; the earth j. shrinking in -ize and that the
time OF rotation Of the earth ha, decreased
even within historical reccollection. The pa
icr- very gener1lly express anxiety for the
iaie OF Rhode Island in view OF the alarming
intelligence communicated hy the Seoiogi.ts-
VII il effect Little Rbody~ - n. 10 Shake
senator sprague over into Conneciicut'
-Kev J. {. sawyer Is 10 have the edit
ora charge OF the Rirerside Echo. abd the
Bath Times .'vouche-- for his logical abii-
i.y' aud tempe rance" in discussion. Nous
rcrroAS.
OUTRAGE on MAINE VFssrL.-Maine Nes-
sc- arr peculiarly unfortunate in the West In
dlc-. \ New lo.k dispatch say that on the
l.; inst. the schooner Ella W. Prnnell Of Ma
chia-. Maine, while IN British waters. of the
Great B1hamA bank. wI- nred Al an | brou sht
10 by a spanish war vessel, AMI her papers and
cargo examined. Finding the rennriI had
noihtng coutrab and aboard. the >p1niari- per-
nlit-d her 10 proceed upon her voyage without
iurtlcr nole.ia;on.
Loss OF ENGLISH VESSELS. The schooner
4lA,ka OF 81. John loaded with piles bound
for New York went ashore on Black Island on
Tue day night the 2olh, and biged. The
de,k load WAS thrown over board, and the
be damage
Another vessel. big hailins from St.
hut-, gut, bound TO 81. John. went ashore on
Great Duck Island, the same night and i, a
,1tAl loss. Sold al auc lion ior si.0
The Schooner Walliu, Of - John was
wrecked on Heron Island. near swans Island
and three men were drowned. BY the names
VfGeorgc Thisscl end. J.me- sanderson, and
the name OF the third man not known. He
va 4 spaniArd. jacob Enaith fractured his
.eg badly.
Captain sprague of swsn'- Island found 3
rId1-r on Shore, ami he manned vessel
aud went out and disc o,ered the balance ofthe
crew on Heron Island, they having been with
out food or e "a hours.
At meeting ofthe Stockholders Of the
MI Desert and fremont telegraph company
Henry Clark WAS Elected President and Capt
Abraham Richardson OF fremont. A. J. Whit.
ing OF Mt. esert. directors. Capt David
Brsnscom Treasurer. e q. salisbury clerk.
Most Of lbe stock i taken up and the line will
o in operation by the first OF Jaiy.
We lately received letter which had
D.. N mis-ent 10 i. August Mimi, aHd whi h
bore he following in n heavy hand from tho
rate z. NJ. ai II Augusta: send thi. 10
H4iRe. the State OF Pine trees. pre- fy girls
sud Goldfish. Do YOU uuder.taDdS We CUES.
Ihey did for i came si-a.ght after that.
i Standard.
The Rev. Mr.. exter. Bapti,t. resigned
rs pastorate Of the Baptist church in Cslai,
aud preached his farewell Sermon on sunday
LIST week. The Advertiser says. in view ol
his seventeen year. Of labor in thz; city, an1
The amount Of good dope in the various walk.
Of .'riszte life, As well in his professional
calling, ''th2t the whole audience VIII hesrl
hi. farewell and knew Of his l1bors must have