Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-03-17

telegraph operator. who hal sent mes.
sage 70 Norwalk family to meet IA expected
si..or . the Depot it'll the : horse" blum
on the arrival Of the train the visitor found
that desired vehicle awaiting to transport him
to his destination.
The Boston Transcript says itness before
the legislative committee on fisheries, Oh the
2Sd ult., stated thst the fancy fishing clubs that
make BuxxArd's Bay Summer resort do not
cstch fish enough to pay tor the whisk-y they
drink.
Jealous young Cincipnatian. who n few
evenings ago. climbed upon . fence to peep
INTO the parior to see what other gen tleman
was calling on his betrothed. was mistaken
for burglar lie will never climb that fence
again.
The old line Of battle ship Ohio. st Charles
town Navy Yard. returned from her first snd
Only cruise OF three years IN July, 1S4l-
twenty eight and hall years ago-and has
ever since successfully defcd the gales and
waves At her present moorings.
4 girl Of eighteen. OF Hannibal. No.. was
dissuaded from proposed -lopement by good
spanking from her mother.
movement Il on foot in Congress to settle
. liberal pension upon Miss Ida Lewis. the
famed heroine OF Lime Rock Light.
A Boston newspaper says Patrick s. en-
more. the Coliseum hero. Il writing a hisfor y
ofthe - Pcace Jubilee" We hope Patrick Will
let us know the number OF poor widows and
orphans benefited by the Jubilee Somebody
says the number was 900, 900 900.
A man has been arrested in Michigan Tor
selling whisky to mere boys. who were skating
till some Of them had 10 be carried LONE. The
fathers Of those boys ought TO have had a tenn
porary d. Of insanity the next time they meet
the rum>eller.
One firm In Washington Market. New York,
Al -
does . business Of half million year.
Calcutta was Illuminated recently In honor
Of Prince Alfred. and an undertaken emblsz-
oned = welcome"' over his door.
A coiored female was baptized in East Green =.
witch. Y. l :. LAST sabbath, and shc went into =
| sort oftrance state Immediately following and
the services Of three men were required to
hold her.
stephen York. OF Rochester. n. H.. recently
received four days imprisonment in the county
jail for refusingt TO paw his axes. Al the end
ofthat time he paid up. and was released.
A Cincinnati reporter woke up bridegroom
at q hotel In this city II get the particulars OF
his wedding. He owes 4 ncighborin: apothe-
| cary any cents for court plaster.
II Is said that the hard times now prevailing
In California are creating bitter feeling against
| the Chinese, and evil consequences feared.
| In San Francisco riot is greatly feared, rs
the consequence would be most terrible, result
| ing in the massacre OF all the Chinese.
A fellow In Michigan earns his drinks bv
swallowing ten penny nails. The liquor out
| there il strong enough To dissolve them and
| prevent injury.
An Indiana young lady Is in the habit OF
giving her bcaus into the custody OF the police
when they persist in sitting up too late.
rural New York paper urges that the
notices OF marriages and deaths should AWAY,
be paid for. because one is an advertisement OF
coparinership. ClimitedY. and the other is d
notice Of dissolution, and business is business.
| The draw OF Warren Bridge. CharleStnwn.
was opened. on an average. once An hour dur
ing the entire year Of 1859. The whole num-
Der Of vessdls passing up and down was s6i3.
| The public debt was reduced q 800 900 in
| February.
| The people Of Weston. No. having recently
| hung an innocent man for horse stealing. are
now raising money to get him gravestone. =.