Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-12-23


'auao'e morse drowned in an old well.
son of Mr.. Richard Paine OF Eden I'D
MS shoulder dislocated on Tuesday q,
last week
he Report Of the Commits siouer of A.
rienfure for lssss Is received by the favor a,
liner Clerk II the Department. We hive ex
'"''hra ms i~p"rt n. well ~ our limited fine
WIZ permit. and think BY Ear the mos, vain,
bic one yet printed.
Bro. Moves Of the York County Inse.
'Thaen' has added to bi. ofice a t'riorlc r,
sine Tor prspeiiinx hi. printing pre s-... there.
up"h ne oesiows praise on Ericsson the success.
'"i inventor OF The hot air. Engine. We mr..
glad for Bro. No,e- aud the world that rric..r
hNed. and t,r Rro. Noes especially tbs, liz
business -ue"e-s permits him TO IA chase n
new moiur
-Res- II. NJ. Eaton. who i a native
OF this county. a most all know In this re-.
gi"n' has been in the employ Of Mcssrs
Lane Little of Portland. wholesale
dry goods house of established repufstiop
TOT lair dealing. since Apr, Is, 1896 ) He
has visited Eastern Maine forty six times
has sold ?. 500 bills Of goods in the towns
between Cas;ine and Fast Marhias. has
rode with his private team during the time
1000 miles. and in the cars aud by stage
5000. and has no, met with an accide -.
He has during the time preached for six
different denominations 100 times. and has
given q temperance lectures and four
Fourth ofJuly addresses Has written for
different newspapers s5 articles. and been
at home six days ofevcry month. Mr.. Ea-
ten Is now sc years old. and looks A. If
there i still good deal Of hard work in
him.
Key J. T.. &. Sawyer. preacher poliii-
clan. temperance lecturer. and would be
Grand Mogul OF the Good TcmplarS Of
Maine while living in Providence. n. / l.
having trouble with the Riverside EcLo
The owners OF the Echo In the exercise "
sound discretion concluded to dismiss
Mr.. SAWYER from it, editorial charge.
whcrcupon Mr.. =. pitches into the present
editorial management with the hcartinc>s
OF good hater.
The inhabitants OF the island OF Mt
Desert appear TO be in earnest In providing
good school accommodations. 4 strong
impulse in the right direction was given in
l-63 by the erection OF iine School house
In the Hulls cove district by Capt j. l. Ste
vens Of Gorham. native Of the district
at a cost Of soc. He also furnished
large globe lamp for the desk. and four
bracket lamps with fixtures. at cost OF
81. also since that time paint for the house
worth $50.
The house i 3JX26 n. - feet high in
the clear. with sitfings for about ~ schol-
ar. In the front ofthe house j. a marble
slab with this inscription.
ERECTED. and presented TO the Hull's
Cove school district. as a token OF affection
for the place OF his nativity. by Jonathan
Isnatious Stevens. ls63
Only an educated people can be free
Capt Stevens has since deceased He
lefl the following provisions in his viii -
5000 in Androscoggin county bonds In
trust 10 three ladie, OF the district. the
annual interest to he appropriated a. fol
lows First year 10 repairs on the house;
second. 10 lengtheB the school. third, 10
prov ide preaching by an Episcopal clergy
man fourth. to provide an entertainment
for all the children under Il years OF age.
in the district and also after the decease
L..
Burgess, the interest 10 DC expended in
preaching above.
Minister Buriiugame has received on
cial notice that the Chinese government is
fully satisfied with the action Of the En-
ba>>y. ofwhich Mr.. Burlingsme j. the head.
This confirms previous reports 20 that effect.
Isn't the girl who Is waiting TO be mar
ricd ready maid,- No, waiting maid.
john Mccarthy was killed by VIII
liam Logan in Standish on Friday in
drunken row These men were at work ON
the Portland ami Ogdensburgh railroad.
The failures in the country from Nov. 5ih.
ls6s to Dec 18th same year. were s+2
against 699 same time this year. He also
adds These figures speak for themselves.
Another fact is that before the war all the
large jobbing houses In New York bought
their goods on credit-often a. lon. a.
eight months-and had their notes out to
very large amount. Now, all Of these
houses buy their goods on thirty and sixty
DAYS
A merchant OF New York city writes
10 the Post on the recent failures in that
city. and says
take the liberty 10 state few facts
which think you ought TO know. Ny bust
ness relations are very extended, as We sell
goods to alt the wholesale houses in nearly
every large city from Portland TO New Or
/ leans Thus far failures among our custom
ers are very few-less than last year. With
/ in a few DAYS have talked with two of the
4 leading clothing houses in New York. and
/ they both tell me they have less failures
/ than usual among their customers.
/ B W Thomas Of Eden has his front
ward surrounded be- hedge 0S-bnek thorn,
which proves an etfectuai barrier TO all In
,ruders, and is very pretty in summer.