Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-07
State Items.

= lhr ncrcur, at ALA, 90 Tuesday was
I ten DEGREES hc'oA zero
calais send. $50 "a tu,. Wisconsin
I sufferers by lire. \ ha"d-"u contribu-
I tion.
:. Kingsley i. teaching at the South
I district in ". Gouldsboro
The Free Press records the deaths. in
/ Eocklaud OF tHo old and we'll known oiii-
scns, v. II. ThorndiAc and George Lind
I -
\ movement i being made 10 remove
the shirt-iown of Somerset county from
Norridgcwock to SAowhcgau. The matter
j. To- be brunsh, before the pcxt Lcgisla-
turc.
AN">--.he .idroo1'e saw thar at Arson
there were tour or i've inches ~ snow.
wiki mild weather aud good ,lcighns
The lumhcrmrn are Improving thc time 10
/ nii!ug their teams for the wo,-l,. Business
i getting lively ia that direction.
a BANGOR despatch OF Friday night
says the c"ld weather still continues
Thursday the thermometer ranged from /
70 To- above zero. At noon Friday 1t rose
to- ~, which : the hIghcs; point reached
since Monday. The river closed wcsines-
day night, locking IN five vessels, but the
steam ting. cui a channel aud released
them Thursday, amer which the river
I'll q Z. . 4 -.
earlier than last year. and the onl, time
since 1874 that Il ha- closed prior TO
December ls,
r"ETi ANp.-Thc ITcss state that Col.
l. l. VI. >wcti broke cord ID hi. leg
sunday night. and will be unable t. 90 oui
far ION" time. The country team, came
int" Portland, Thursday. Ia iull force.
every diver thinking that hi, own would
b. the only onr. on account Of the - ere
cold. and In consequence price, Of poultry
cA>ed of from the day before Cumbcr
land Co. Medical Society met "Wednesday
lpr. T. stone Of Dc"ring. va. elected
l'rcsiden, for The ensuing year. Dr ".
W Greene has rcgaine,l h!, health.
The Portland Airerfisrr saws that the
application II the Portland. Saco and
Portsmouth company Is not the only re-
quest for RAJ road charter that " III De
made this winter. Some OF the solid m-n
Of Bangor will ask for charter to build
a railroad from Bangor through Ellsworth,
Chcrryfeld. and Machias TO the eat line
Of the State. with branchc, 10 Lubec and
CaStine. and with the right 10 form a CON
nrctiou with the Peuobscot and Union
River Railroad. or any other railroad.
There will also BE- petition. which Bangor
viii oppose. for \ charter tor 4 road from
Dexter. through Dover. Foxcror. and
S-bec TO Brownvilie and another for q
road from Cas,inc along the coas; To
Calais.
PENNINGTON - The Pr,s learns that
Tuesday there wa. excellent sleighing AT
Pennington. A gentleman driving TO
Perkins Plzntation Monday found the
roads drilled 20 badly that he had to put
hi horse up and walk nearly a mile. a. 1t
was impossible 10 get through the roads
being drifted so badly. Samuel Farmer
Of Pennington. intend. entering into the
breeding of fancy horses. lie will bring "A
celebrated stallion from Kentucky. costing
him nearly $4,000. Mr.. Fletcher will
commence operations in his factory very
loon. lie received the first consignment
Of two car loads OF gypsum from the
provinces last Friday. which will be ground
into plaster. His stone will all come from
the above place. The Little Blue school
| commenced its session last week with forty
two scholars. West Pennington l. TO have
depot.