Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-12-01
LOCAL AND STATE ITEMS.

II. VI. & b. Hall have lately purchased
-ha Eastern half of Number ~ about
-e4rn thousand acres We believe
The dam for the Skating Park. at
fiesrd-
What j. the reason that Ellsworth can
81 have TWO mails day from Boston as
sseur has:
Rev A. r. Benson OF Buck sport ac-
" a call in the Baptist Church in IVES
r44lA giving sermon at the Unitarian
...-..I. collection OF forty dollars was
r> np in aid Of the new Unitarian
..a ~ Pennington.
-N-v, pr. Tenney will deliver a lecture
rung men. on SUNDAY evening. \
No.. q invitation i extended TO the young
NJ. NJ Ellsworth. ITO lee there"
,iur -pondent ''Munson'' invok.s
MI ",l 4daGe let well enough alone, in
--4to rance legislation.
READER. i the i'aericdn you are read
a borrowed one: If 50. please send
h au dollars and have the american sent
!. tnfr address. Il will read. then much
t,c..rt YOU.
Most of last week il was very muddy
~ l4r streets. and we noticed some people
ot III Investigating turn Of mind. trying 10
oui whether there is a crossing from
lt-,r Block 10 the Post Office. Ii was
--">trd that the ''mud-digger" NIGH,
Y uroyed TO good advantage in the
-->4-eh.'
Rev. Vim. q. Holman. formerly pas
- h. Baptist Church of this city. en-
-- upon hi, duties as pastor of the Cen
.-..i Fails X. |. Baptist church on Sunday
NJ. tDili uli
Vim. II. Black Of this city has SPLEEN
coit AFTER the celebrated thorough
Mr. horse &C admus owned and imported
4 Nj. obeliah Whittier of Vienna. Ne
adnns" i a perfect animal. in form and
ION. color. chestnut. Mr. Black :
#tt when IL months old. weighed AS
-h--. and i a beauty every way. His dam
I. - blood.
since making some comments on the
Calais cmbroglio. we have been favored
with another circular. giving the other
e, This i one Of those eases in which
outside parties should not interfere. We
think
Our fremont correspondent informs
v hat quite number of citizens Of that
Town. met last Saturday and formed a So
tirfy to be known AS the Union Christian
Association. for the purpose Of hiring and
a. Hg goDd minister. 4. {. Lopaus was
M4ar president: VIM. Heath. Secretary
r. lark. Treasurer: {. NJ. Holden. VIM.
rg.
MIR. John Rich. of fremont. over 20
years old. slipped from seaffold in his
h4ru oue day last week. and fell ten or
twelve feet to the floor injuring him quite
severely.
An estimate has been made of the
aInncy expended on Mt Desert Island.
abroad. per year, for schooling. and ii
amounts 10 more than So 600 No less
ih4n 500 i spent annually at the Normal
school al Ca>tine.
4 company from Salem are to build a
few >tean-inill on the site where Durfee
aui offin's mill was burned last Spring.
a. fremont
->chr. John Somes Of Mt. Desert. made
;Ar run from the wharf in Boston TO wharf
81 4lAis. ia twenty-seven hours. says the
4Iai- ldrertis,r
Mr.. Norwood. Of Winter Harbor. ha.
earned during the present season, fishing
jH,t outside the Harbor in dory. about
500
Wilson Fernald. of Gouldsboro. aged
a. Was lost overheard on his passage from
Rpchland to New York.
-Messrs. Stevens & Lewis. Of Lamoine
arr building store at Winter Harbor. in
lending TO remove their business to tina
place. Mr.. y. NJ. Pendleton has also bull
a store in the same neighborhood.
F. W Cleaves. of Gouldsboro, and +
Preble of Sullivan. have bought the nous,
and blacksmith's shop occupied by Geo
Everett. at Franklin.
Mr.. Sherman Smith of Steuben has in
vented machine which. with a gang o.
circular saws cuts 20 laihs at once. II,
has one now in operation at Tunk stream
IN >teuben.
The Portland Packing Go. have re
built their factory at Prospect Harbor. OIL
the site of the one burned last spring
The new one is larger and better arranged
than the old one, and will employ abou
~ hands. thereby adding much to the pro
ductive industry of the neighborhood.
The Wing says according 70 the new
arrangement the new mail leaves Boston
Al Il As p. m. reaches Portland at ant
Augusta at O'Clock, stopping at the lat
ter place over night and arriving here OIL
the next mornings train at $50. From
Bangor, the mail CLOSING at 2 O'Clock,
starts at p. m, stops over night in Au
gusta and arrives in Boston at noon the
next day. to be delivered in the afternoon
When the New York mail fails to connec,
with the first train. the new mail will
bring the Matchmaker here at 9 80 .. m.
instead of :36 p. m. as heretofore.
An Insane woman. calling hersel
Fanny Corey. 90 years old, and born il
Deer Isle. has been wandering about neal
Lewiston. and for several days has beer
III the lookup. The police are as vet un
able to find hop roSidonco