Ellsworth American., 1870-01-27
The Pat Mems Convention.

sons over 2ip lbs eacl. all SITTING IN a row.
laughing and growing fat over a good din
ner, the singing Of songs, and the telling
Of stories. The largest man present was
A. G. Haven Of Chelsea. who weighs 35t
lbs but this weighty male assemblagc was
beaten by Miss sylvia Hardy ofwltoH who
stalked into the crowd of lean men. car
rying with her flesh and bones weighing
366 lbs.
Portland is getting excited over the
coming of the fleet which brings the re-
mains ofGeorge Peabody. Admiral Farra-
gut Is to be master of ceremonies.
The Portland and Oxfoni Central Rail
road has now been extended through West
Minof. Hebron, Sumner and Hartford TO
the thriving village of Canton. a distance
of about thirty miles from Mechanic Falls.
II has cost about $4,000 or S2p. 600 per
! mile.
H-L. {. Etting. of fremont. mate of
brig Vim. A. Adams felt overheard In East
River New York on the 9th inst and was
drowned, SAYS our correspondent at Ire
mont.
The people OF Bath could not support
course of lectures and entertainments
this Winter and the committee of the
| Union Course have decided TO di>con-
time the remainder Of the advertised
list and so redeem the tickets sold, 80 says
the Bath Times
The consolidating railroads propose 10
spend 500. 600 in improving the equipments
OF there lines. aud not TO raise the iarin Of
rates Also TO put on night train between
Bangor and Boston.
Harrington was the name under whi Oh
Augusta was first incorporated. But the
neighbor> made fun ofthe name by the scaly
joke OF calling 1t Herring toicB. aud the
citizens had it changed to the present
cuphonious designation.
The Ladies' connected with the Bap-
tist Sewing Circle in Buehill, will held
Levee and social entertainment. At Town
Hal! ir Bluehill Village. on Tuesday even
ing Feb sth. 1870. good time /, aniici-
pated.
A LARGE CoNrRaCT.-Messrs Jos cph
wescoit Son, OF this city. propriotors of
the granite quarry At Bucks Harbor oppo-
site Rockland. have jus, completed a con
tract with the Illinois and ST Louis Bridge
Company to furnish them with dressed gran
ite for the bridge the Company are buiidiny
across the Mississippi River at St Louis
the granite foundations for the bridge are
not yet finished. and are sunk Al feet from
the top ofthe water. The granite has been
thus FAR furnished by parties in Richmond
Virginia. The nearest granite quarry hy
miles, into the State OF Missouri. The con
tract is a large one and speaks for the enter
prise Of the gentlemen named. The blocks
are taken from the quarry in a vessel TO New
Orleans. and thcr,, transhippcd up the Mis-
sissippi to st. Louis Porfiand .irgus
The length OF the shore line Of Maine
Is no: less than 5000 Mics.
The State Temperance Convention
the call for which we published short
time since. meets in Auburn on Thursday
and Friday this week Half fares on the
railroad.
Mrs. J. c. Tibbetts ofBrooklin made
two hundred and forty pounds OF but ter
from the milk Of one COW the past year
besides selling milk 10 the amount ofsl l5 90
A nice calf was also raised by the COW In
a former year Mrs. Tibbetts made Obs OF
butter per week for 26 weeks in success sion
from the milk OF the same COW
Mr.. l.. Hartman of Orland raised
Is bushels of onions last season. from two
square rods of land.
The Masquerade Party which waS
to have taken place this Thursday has been,
postponed until the Sd, of February.
-Messrs. J. A. & Carlton McGown have
purchased the stock in trade q. W. Bag
ley. II is reported that Mr.. Bagle intends
to open livery stable in this place in com
pany with Mr.. Forsaith.
The case OF Chas A. Hooper vs.. Syl-
vaDus G. Haskell, Mark ii. Lufkin. and ".
g. Webb, OF Deer Island has been lately
tried for the second time at the Supreme
Judicial Court in Waldo County. 1t may
be remembered that in 1865 we published
an account of the difficulty out of which
this case grew. Hooper and Collins quar-
relied and during the quarrel Hooper stab
Gpll vrif a Enif xx-ish
he was whiting at the time. Hooper was
then compelled To leave the Island. In the
former trial a verdict Of $500 was returned.
in the last $50. Jewett and BOYLE for
plaintiff Knowles. Abbott and Spofford
for defence.
The Sch. "Lookouf' OF Cherr, field from
Norfolk for Barbados lumber laden, sprung
leak in the gale Of the 9Th inst. and was cap
sized. She was commanded by Capt. John
Shaw OF Gouldsboro. The Captain and Crew
staid by her two days and then took to their
boat being fortunately picked up, upon the
night Of the same day having been three days
without food. They were carried to Havana
Cuba. Vessel partially insured.
The Gardner Home Journal would
naruiy De acknowledged as decent company
for that queer animal which Baalam be-
strobe when he went up TO curse Israel and
couldn't We mean In its treatment Of the
Governor and his message We are pro-
foundly thankful that the journal Is not
Republican paper.-Machias Republican.
The Biddeford Journal has a won
derf0l penchant for knocking ON the head
our public men and killing them las dead
as Julias Caesar. Last year it annihilated
the late Senator Fessenden, politically,
while later in the year it cut of the head
and quartered Governor Chamberlain, and
now II Is sdemOlishing Representative Lynch.