Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-06-20
Local and Other Items.

Local and Other Items.
| in politics.
Mr.. Armor lectures at waverley Hall
I next saturday evening.
The Democratic Convention at Bangor.
! Tuesday. declared for Greeley.
The steam whistle at Petit Mcnan was
ont Of repair last week. 1t has been put
! in order.
/ The currant-worm is eating up all the
leaves of the bushes. No one knows how
10 destroy the pest.
There j. to be 4 reunion of the men,
ber> of the Eleventh Maine Regiment in
Bangor the 2Gth OF this month.
Hon. L. Hale attended Ratification
! meeting at Cherryiield on Tuesday. and
addressed the people assembled.
senators schurz. Fenton. Cooper Of
Tennessee and Alcorn OF Mississippi. are
a, present stopping in New YORK
Judge Tapley writes sensible letter
decliuias to be candidate for Congie>> nj
the First District.
All quiet at the College Chapel ia Wa
terville at latest accounts. The bcligcr-
entS are quie>cent.
The Boston Herald says "a small au-
dience was inside the coliseum. but a huge
one ont>ide. At the opening Of ceremonies,
-. Il Rcdman. esq. delivers an Grafton
atwe>t Trenton the 2.ih. The people Of
that town in tends to celebrate the .,h Of
July ia good season.
They have woman sexton in Chicago.
and the complaint against her j., thar she
reserve, all the best graves Tor the young
men.
1t i stated. not on very good authority
that gen. Dix is TO be removed from thu.
Presidency OF the Erie Railroad and Gen
eral Mcclellan appointed 10 the position.
1t j. said that Hon. james NJ stone OF
kenmebunk. will receive the nominate
for Representative TO Congress ia the FRI
District
Miss Carrie Is. Homer of Bucksport.
has been appointed TO a clerk,hip in the
Pension Department at Washington. Mis-
Homer ha. been successful school teach
er for many years.
Capt. Henry &. Bunker recently made
tip from West Gould,boro TO Rocklamd
discharged a cargo of wood and returned
in forty-eight hours. Who can beat this:
There were more girls and boys out
on Tuesday evening than we have seen
promanading the street, At one time for
the season They took no umbrellas with
them.
MIR. Andrew Armour Will lecture at
Waverly Hall, on Saturday evening, June
/ I'D, commencing at o'clock. precisely.
| Subject What is Truth
Please come one and all.
Both great and small.
All O'Clock at Wayerly Hall.
/ Teachers especially invited
The Argus wants the party that sup
ports Greeley. TO take the name of Demo.
| cfatic hePuOiicane. why not put the
horse before the cart and say Republican
| Democrats, and then the name will CORES
pond to the ch0ge.
A stranger in town said TO US vester-
day that Ellsworth i queer city," He
first visited the Jail and found no inmates.
and then inquired for temperance organi-
cation and found none; he found no police
men nor any drunken men on the street.
and then came to the conclusion that our
people are unlike those of any other city
that he has visited.
Even George Alfred Townsend, bit
ter enemy OF President Grant and repub-
licanism, acknowledges that the private
NOR ais of public men in Washington. were
never so good as now. There never be-
fore were so few drinking men in Con-
gress.
The Ellsworth Quarterly Meeting OF
Free Baptists held its June session with the
church at West Surry, June l4-l6. 1t was
season Of interest because the Great
Head of the Church was with us to own
the efforts of His people for the advance
ment of His cause. Over sl9 90 were con-
tributed for Home and Foreign Mission. :
Strikes are the order of the day. all
round. A large class Of laborers don I
want to work only eight hours "A day. and
demand a reduction from ten hours to this
number. We don't waut TO work at all.
nevertheless we have always been Obliged
TO work from twelve to fifteen hours per
day TO keep the wolf from our door. and
expect TO fight it out on this line while we
live.
MAINE MEDICAL AssOCIATIoN.-At the
late meeting of this ASSOCIATION. held al
Portland, the following officers We're elect.
ed:
DIR. A. P. Snow of Winthrop. President
LIST yice-President. DIR. +. II. Harding Of
Ellsworth. I'd Vice-President, DIR. ID. l.
Lamson of Fryeburg. Corresponding Sec
retary. DIR. W. B. Swazey of Cornish
Treasurer. DIR. 7. A. Foster of Portland
Standing Committee. Drs. J. NJ. Bates Of
Yarmouth. B. F. Sturgis of Auburn. ii. II
Hunt Of Gorham. G.. W. Foster of Bangor
j. A. Richardson of Pennington.
Publishing Committee, DIR. c. o. Hunt.
T. Dana. H. n. Small. of Portland. A {
Hamlin of Bangor. and A. Mitchell Of
Brunswick.
Resolutions were adopted deprecatine
the use of alcohol except for strictly medi.
cal durpeses.