Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-10-12
State Items.
Typhoid fever prevails In Owls Head

ehitor Halnlin has arrived home iron
MS long tour among the Pacific States.
-Nessrs. z. Pope vose and J. b. Porte
pave purchased the Rockland Gazette. an,
VIII hereafter publish it.
Rev. f. F. Borchers has been dismiss
cd al MS request. from the pastoral care q
.i'f congregational churches at Nor,l
bFid2'on and Harrison.
/ -bangorcans expect to be supplied with
I pure water from HAT Case Pond bv jul,
next.
ne Wig says Adjutant General Muir.
T raw ha- borrowed 100 tents from the Stat,
of Massachusetts, which. with the la
owned by Maine. will give $50 tor the ac-
""mmodation If the military at Bangor.
on the 18th.
The Bangor banks have declared semi
annual dividends as follows Farmer.
National. per cent; Eastern. per cent.
hc"du' heag National. ) per cent. Mer-
camille. PAR cent. Bangor Savings Bank.
; - per cent
BnwpoN toLLtGT.-Six ladies' have
applied for admission TO Bowdoin College
ami their requests are being considered.
There j. hardly any prospect. however. of
the admission Of ladies at present
The Boston Trdrellsr states that with
the present payment the large manufacture
Ing corporations in Lawrence change their
base Of labor. and each employee will
hereafter be paid for his work bv the hour
instead Of the day. receiving pay for each
hour and part OF an hour Of labor. IL will
be at thc option Of the employee as to the
number IF hours he shall work This i
intended 10 settle the question al short
iino la'Wccn the corporations aud their
h.I
~t..arl King made a balloon as
rl rn he Agricultural Fair grounds
~ ll.H MA. y. H.. Thursday afternoon.
accompanied 10y Prof. !. II. Huntington.
OF MVUuf Washington fame. and Mr.. I.u-
Their l.. Holden of the Boston .Toaru1i. and
in an hour and twenty-,even minutes AFTER
starting. landed in safety at Bridyton In
thi, State
The journal says that the gates at the
niicd States Arsenal in Augusta, are Kept
open To allow parties who wish to do so.
10 drive around the beautiful grounds.
There are now tweniy-cighi enlisted men
at the arsenal; 100 barrels u powder are
stored ia The diHcren, building, appro-
priat"'l TO that purpose; and about 1900
stands al arms. Thc>ei arms of the old
fashion pattern. will be exchanged. A. soon
A. the Government; adop.- a new pattern.
-Mc--r,. I. n. Il \ ". Han. have I.ur-
chased the New England Rrguiafpr, and
united i with the Portland .HJnitor news
paper which Ia, been enlarged
The Argss saw that the question of the
expedieuey "f building the branch road
already chartered from Bridg;on to Gainbo
Fall II uoH being discussed by the people
Interested 20 that locality. 1t j. stated on
good authority that an town, through
which the projected route viii pass are
liberal ia their "ffer- Of ain.
The Arya, say- that the horse Camor..
which wa. I'D ln Boston the other dav for
sl5.pn. after showing a mile In , % wa,
bred hy Mr.. Levi Atwood OF Portland.
He wa- a Knox colt, after the old General.
and Wa -old a, auction when two year,
old to Nj. L. o. Conan, for 500.
The 1dr>rttser says tina, the will of the
late Hon. Woodbury. Davis has been iilcd
ia the Probate office ia Portland. In Il he
bequeath> all hi, prop"riy to hi wife and
daughter for their use during their lifetime.
and on their diseases. If any be len il /. 10
b. divided into fiNhs rwo-hfth> 10 be- III
Vid'~l equally between his two brothers.
onc-iif,h to 90 To the children OF his sister.
and the remainder to b. divided equally
between the American Home Missionary
Society and the Female Orphan society
Numerous petitions. which find abundant
signers. are in circulation asking the ap-
pointment OF Joseph W. Symond- a. Judge
Of the Cumberland Superior Court when
il fret became known that there would DE
vacancy in the office, Mr.. Symonds de
.
urgent solicitations. consented
The Telegraph says that further di,-
covery of the loss Of bonds in the Pciep-
scot National Bank was made on Monday
last. About three years ago. Capt. X. l..
McrryInan OF Brunswick. master of the
hip Gen. shepley, placed three $1,000
government bonds on deposit with Mr..
Rogers for safe keeping. Subsequently
Mrs. Merryman took out one, leaving two
on deposit. On Monday morning. Capt.
Alfred Merryman received letter from
Capt. X. l.. Merryman. still at sea, notify
ing him of the fact. in the case. He at
once went 10 the bank; an envelope was
found inscribed with the name of X. l..
Merryman. but the bonds were gone
Capt. Alfred visited Mr.. Rogers in jail, on
that day. but got no information from him
as 20 the disposition of the bonds. Mr.
Rogers rcmarking that after he got to
Thomaston he would write about the mat
ter. The parties al Brunswick interested
in the introduction of air COMPRISING
power. have commenced TO put up a build
ing on the site formerly occupied by the
Colbys. on the east side of the Brunswick
end Of the bridge.
What Colby Thinks Of the Troubles in
Utah