Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-06-23

Early in June the Sherman Steel Com.
pany accepted a Charter granted by the
last Legislature and effected an organi-
cation by adopting requisite regulation,
and make choice of officers as follows:
W. II. Pilsbury. Clerk, +. Swazey,
T.. +. Sawyer. e.. Biodget, l. A. Bush
and A. +. Page, Directors. and 4. Swa-
zey, Treasurer.
The President 10 be chosen by the
Directors.
The Company is chartered with "a
500, 900 capital aud are authorized to
increase it to 100000. The works are
not yet in full operation; but are making
1890 pounds of fine steel per day. We
have capacity for three tons; but shall
make only ton and half: but thi, we
cannot do till two more Hammers are
put up.
We have also recently organized the
"Bucksport Savings Blnk"-accepting
Charter. adopting b. Laws aud electing
officers as follows:
W. II. Pilsbury, Geo. W. Herbert. :.
Il. Swazey, John Wentworth. and John
Sllsby, Dire ctors, who. AT "A meeting sub
seqnenilv held. elected ". ii. Pil>bury
Pre- sidcnt and Geo. W. Herbert. Treas
urcr. the Treas. being ex o iii clio Clerk.
Still more recently, the 10th. inst.
the ceremony of Decorating Soldiers
Graves has been attended. The pro-
cession made up OF the Post. Schools
and citizens, escorted by the Bangor
Band and the Torrent and Delugc Fire
Companies, marched through several
streets 10 position upon the ascending
ground near the Seminary and the
Cemetery, when and where after the
reading Of the Roll of Honor the inter-
esting ceremony of Decoration was
performed, after which brief but very
appropriate address was delivered by
Gen. Mattock. of Portland. The serv-
ices were accompanied by Music
Vocal aud instrumental. PRAYER was
offered bv Rev. Mr.. Hutchinson and
Tie Bcncdiction pronounced by Rev.
/ MIR. Mardcn. Daring the exercises,
Sargent was stunning us with some
forty minute guns from Font Knox.
The ladies-holding in trust money that
they had accommodating for several years
to be used in commcmoration Of our
fallen Heroes nad Just in season for
these services complete | the erection Of
a noble Monument at the cost of about
S,sp. The Plinih. with the motto sour
Country called. we obeycd = the
Roll of Honor engraved upon il, and
the shaft are of Scotch granite finished
in the highest style. The base is OF
Quincy granite. The Enclosure is OF
Mount Waldo granite, very fine stra-
tum. vastly superior for finencss and
color To the DEMONSTRATING very recent
Is been opened. don't know how any
stone can he preiter than the scotch
granite, or take ON 50 beautiful and per-
feet polish.
The entire elevation j. about twenty
ieet, and the proportions are >vmmet-
rical.
This morning. commcncin. before
hour. the most brilliant and cont innou-
display of lightning that ever witness
ed. At first. though brilliant enough
10 see To read. il was 30 distant thai The
thunder could not be- heard II con-
tinued for full half hour. Il 30
charged the Telegraph wire that it
entered the Office il iprSa. war. il
melted down the machine and set iirr.
By igniting pile OF papers hanging
against the wall, through which il burnt
aud was not discovered till part Of the
building (Bradley's Block was filed
with smoke. Fortunately. although it
must have been burning some three
hours, il was extinguished without
heavy damage TO building Or Stock.
Drs. Hewens X Chaffeu-excebt Mr..
Bradley, We're, l suppose, the greatest
losers. y II a.
Bucksport, June 20.