Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-12-22

| glanced from one of his ribs and finally
lodged near the vertebral column. The
boy fingered in great agony for about
week. dying Sunday Dec. IL.
-Four com plaints have been made by
ladies. against Mrs. Sarah \ Leavitt of
Shapleigh. for selling toxicating liquors
and keeping drinking house and tipping
shop. and She has been bound over to the
;. }. Court. in the sum of $500.
Oscar h. Grant. who recently died at
Washington from the effects of chloroform
belonged in South Berwick
i. \. Salisbury * Co.. of Lamoine. in
their mill at Partridge's Cove, have
sawed the past year. 700 NJ. slaves. 80
. VI. long lumber. GO NJ herring boxes.
and manufactured 1000 barrels. This mill
is tide mill so situated that vessels come
to the wharf, directly below the mill. TO
load They have not yet hauled lumber
more than a mile for their mill.
The Austins OF Lamoinc have shat ont
by dyke the tide from about eight acres
Of marsh AT Partridge's Cove.
-schr. Lamoine. Capt. y. King. lately
made the Passage from Bucksport to New
York in four days.
On Gouldsboro point is an old house
once the residence of Gen. Cobb. The
house was originally of one story. but an
addition has since been made one and
half stories in height Not far from this.
but farther down the point. are three
houses built by Col. Black. Mr.. Richards.
and Mr.. shaw, agents for the Bingham
purchase. These houses are each two
stories high; the largest and middle one.
about forty feet square. and it i finished
above and below in four large rooms. with
hall through the centre of each story.
The timbers Of these houses are of best
pine large enough for a mill. If the out
side was ever painted it shows no signs OF
il at present The Gen. Cobb house is now
occupied by two families, and each of the
others by one. IL these houses could be
set down in the Irish quarter Of some Of
our large towns. they would soon be
out Of place where they are.
Arrangements are being made for
Christmas observances NJ Hancock both
at the corner. and at the church on the
East side of the Neck. 10 take place on
Monday Eve. the 26th.
\ NOVEL CLERICAL REQUISITE. Smith
avl
town Of ;. met the Rev. Mr. r.. q well
known circuit-preacher. After sing out
OF ear-shot Of the clergyman. .Ione, re-
marked. jestingly' Il wish had been a
Methodist minister" Thunder" ex-
claimed smith. won are deficient in every
requisite but one What is that," wa-
the eager inquiry. Small ability" roar
ed the heatheni>h Smith. much to the cha
grin of his companion. who regarded the
joke Il, complimentary. neither To himself
in particular. nor TO Methodist parsons in
general.
Mr.. Peter l.. Hill i teaching i dancing
school at Falls Hall, sullivan. +. 4.
Noyes will commence n Juvenile dancing
school this week. at Tun's Hall. +. SuIli-
van.
Mr.. Joshua Dunbar has purchased the
house and lot in sullivan. recently owned
and occupied by the late Edward Fi>kc.
Mr. :. Il. Chilcott of Sullivan slaugh-
tered i pig. Dec. sth. eight months old.
which weighed 3e3 lbs.
The citizens of sullivan held q LcVcc
AT the town-house. on "wednesday eve.
Dee. 18th. for the benefit Of Rev. Alonzo
Morrlan. Mr.. NJ. is Obliged to give up hi
school at the Fall-. on account Of i'll
health.
Mr. Edmund Bean has lately returned
to sullivan. his native town. AMER an ab-
-ence of a number Of years in California.
-Schr. Rescue. Capt. Thomas ii. Bun
kerr of Gouldsboro. in beating up the river
at Milbridse. in the fierce 'norther of the
18th inst. carried away both masts. The
wreck was sold the following day. 10 r.
Sawyer, Esq. Of NJ.
The Bangor Wing says petitions were
appointment Of several gentlemen TO differ
ent places of political trust. in the eXpec-
tarion that general change will be made
in that vicinity on the 4th of March.
The Wing says the roads east and
north are in such bad condition that the
stages generally fail TO connect with the
railroad in Bangor. No prospect of ice in
the river for at least week.
The mistake Of a young deacon causes
a sad mishap 10 an old deacon. Deacon
Munroe. of Parkman. bought some hides.
the other day. and left them in pile by
the side of the road. in front of his house.
Soon after the purchase. deacon Samuel
Coburn. veteran Of IS winters. came
riding past; his horse took fright at the
| hides capsiZed his sleigh and ran of at a
furious speed, jumping fences &c. Deacon
G. escaped uninjured. but the horse Is
badly injured. if not ruined.
The business of changing the guage
on the Belfast & MOOsehead Railroad is
being pushed rapily as possible. consider
ing the unfavorable weather. Twenty
miles of the track have been changed
and it is believed the work will be ac-
complished this week.
There has been made at the mill of
Arthur Boothbay. in Buxton. eleven hun
bred barrels of cider the present season.
DIR. N. r. Wentworth. of kittery, by
the breaking Of An axle Of his carriage.
was thrown out of il a few days since. and
struck his head against railing at the
side of the road. stunning hun for few
moments. He has since recovered and Is
L. drIfio