Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-06-01
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS.
Item. ahOat Town.

Item. aboat Town.
See notice of teachers wanted.
Cool Soda at wiggin's a Hopkins.
Pine and spruce Streets are to b.
widened this summer.
DIR. Fitzgerald, according 10 the Port
land papers, drives four in hand.
-George Z. Dutton. Esq. has taken an
office in the Granite Block.
The Small Pox has made it, appear
ance a; Hancock. Only one case Is re
ported.
Geo. 7. Duuon. Esq, of this city. was
appointed commissioner OF the L. :.
Circuit Court. at the April term.
The new Schooner. William II. Arch
er. at Grants ship-yari Ii Is though, viii,
he launched next SATURDAY. This vesse,
i a. &c tons new measurement.
-McGown Brothers have removed their
stock of harnesses etc, to the store for
merly occupied by IT, Mason. and propose
." DO business at that stand.
Theodore Spear, sailor on the Sch.
oriole died very suddenly last week
He appeared in hi, usual health. and ga,
hearty dinner. hut died shortly afterwsrd
Capt. Nissan writes III that his boa,
will come here if the Ella does not take
the route. He will ascertain at once II
the Ella i coming, and if not. expects to
get here the last Of next week Capt.
Murch. Of this city, has gone TO New York.
and will act as pilot Of the boat.
This Street Sprinkling business Is TO
use classic phrase about played out =
The dust on Main and Water Streets Is
something less than six inches deep. and
when the wind blows seven DAYS In a week
il compels the jewellers on said streets TO
live with closed doors aud spend all their
time in brushing furniture and growing
thereat. Ii this can he depended upon all
summer il will be quite cool
supervisor Parker ". Perry. Of North
Carolina reports to the COMMITS sioner %
Internal Revenue. that he attended the
' Scotch Fair In Richmond County. In
that state, held on the lsih inst. about
i've miles from LAaren.burg. for the pur-
pose of preventing the sales Of oontraband
whisky and tobacco. and he had with him
four revenue officers and an escort of for
~ United States soldiers. The result Of
the expedition was the seizure Of Eve bar
rels II brandy. two barrels Of whisky. xix
horses and three wagons and harnesses.
\ number Of old Confederate soldiers and
bushwsekcrs were on the ground. Who
were very defiant, and threatened the Of
heers aud soldiers. The coairaband good.
were taken possession u and bound ever
to appear at the June Circuit Court n Ra-
leigh. The desperadoes On the grours.
showed revolvers aud .hot-gun- and but
for the presence Of the soldier the revenue
officers would probably have been run of
or killed
ELLswoRrH's LUMBER BrsrxEs. Is OF
considerable importance. The returns for
the year ending June. $50. show the total
amour, of long and short lumber manu-
featured for thai year TO be a little over
,ixiy-three millions, valued al s.33. 400.
OF this SaS3.sO wages of laborers con-
sumed $3.50 300, besides the personal labor
OF many Of the smaller operators. This
lumber business, though small In COM
parison Of values, Is of such 4 nature that
Il affords large profits to the operators,
and n great deal Of employment 10 work
men. The cutting Of the logs. driving
them TO the mill. saving them. hauling the
sawed lumber to the wharves. the shipping.
etc. etc. keep many hundreds busy the
year round. Almost the entire material
prosperity of Ellsworth results directly
ron the saw-mills. The largest lumber
Hall. who manufactured Last year nearly
nilse millions Of lumber. and paid out go. =
ob In wages. They are still young men.
The other largest operators are Messrs.
j. L. G. II. Grant. Messrs. John d.
Hopkins & Co., Seth Tisdale. b. F. Austin
and Warren Brown. Besides these there
are many smaller operaf ors, who are in
creasing their business every year. This
Business Is rather ponderous In one sense.
The operators begin TO make arrangements
for putting teams and men in the woods
BY the first of December. These men and
teams have to be paid and fed during the
winter. In March they come out OF the
forests, and as soon as the spring rains fill
the streams the driving begins. If al
goes well the drives begin TO arrive at tn.
mills by the last Of May. when the SAW
Immediately begin upon the logs and turn
them into boards and other timber. Will,
the drives" are coming down the mill
are working up the balance of the old stool
OF the previous year. The operators dc
not get any returns from their winters
operation until June. when their frs
eargoes are sold. 1t thus takes nearly q
year for the business to make enc turn
from investment to realization. and the
month of June Is the pivot OF the year
Everything is made payable in June. All
other business Is affected BY this cause
and June becomes the general payday
among most elasses.-lEx.