Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-01-19
state Items

| state Items
Mr.. \. Mortimer. or Waterville, has
been appointed Chief Engineer OF the Kan
sas City and Memphis railroad. and has his
! residence AZ Springfield. Greene Co. MI.
souri,
It j. estimated that the proceeds Of
the ice harvest on the kennebeo river last
winter was 81 900 900. Additional houses
are being erected, ana measures adopted
to double the business the present season.
The Androscos il Pulp Co.. at rops-
ham are turning out 4 ton Of pulp per day
! anu are putting in Machinery t. enable
them TO double their product
Boston IS rejoicing in the Rain. The.
| greatly needed ain has continued with
some Interruptions since YESTERDAY I'm, +,
heavy fall Of water /. required 10 prevent
the threatened scarcity Ia the city. The
ruin extends north and east and ha, out n,
end to -leishins.
-Thoma, Lombard Of Augusta. is
building thirty ive box cars for the Main.
Central railroad. Mr. L.. has lust turned
| out hfly box and platform ears for the Bos-
ton and Albeny railroad.
The express train from Augusta to
Bangor Beals coudnctor) j. 10 leave the
former city at O'Clock A. NJ, instead of
as heretofore. This change viii make
the train more convenient than before
The Journal says. wood is drug in
kendall's Mills and watervlle. 4 farmer
from Winslow recently hauled a load tn
Waterville, but not being offered his nrico
o1o'e TO hendaiFs Mills, where he could
not get so good nm offer as at WaterviIe
lie drove into mans dooryard threw it
on and lei In disgust, not even stoppino
to ask any pay for it.
The Bangor Wig states that Mrs.
Dunroe. the younger of that city, ATTEMPT
ed TO commit suicide on Thursday nipht
by cutting her throat with a razor: bur be-
fore she had inflicted more than a slight
scratch, her resolution failed and she laid
the deadly weapon aside. She had an in
tervlew with the overscers Of the Work
house Friday, and promised 10 leave OF
drinking and behae ybetter in the future.
We learn from the Machias Republican
that an exciting case In relation TO a SUP
posed VIII, came before the Probate Court
OF ashlnston county last week Judge
tuck OF Hancock presiding. The que ,tion
was on the petition of NJ. f.. OBJ Harding.
| and Harriet OBJ Walker, praying that NJ.
L. BBrien, widow Of Joseph O'Brien latv
of Machias deceased. should be cited to
appear before the court and show reason
why she should not produce the will of
said deceased for probate. Administration
| had been granted upon the estate of Mr..
OBrien, more than a year ago. and the
| Will question has been postponed tor sew
| eral reasons. IL was chal ged by some OF
the heirs that fherr was Il Will in the hands
OF Mrs. O'Brien which disposed of con-
siderable sums for specific purposes. and
which Tor OBVIOUS reasons, she had sup
| pressed, thus givin. the whole estate to
herself and her daughter. There were
ether details not necessary TO enter int ,.
| The hearing last Saturday was on the
petition for a citation. After the evidence
was all in, Mr.. Bradbury, of Portland, for
the defence, commended that it was neces-
| sary TO prove the existence OF a legal and
valid VIII, as set forth in the petition, be-
fore they were bound TO reply. MIR. Walk
er Tor the petitioners. contended that 1t
was not Will they were to prove, but
they were in pursuit of a Will known to
have been In existence at the time Of the
testator's death; which was in the hands
OF other parties, and therefore could not be
shown to be legal until found. The court
ruled that the petitioners were obliged to
| show the existence OF a legal and valid
Will before the citation could issue. The
petition was dismissed. Petitioners ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court.