Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-07-18

to cali al The Office and settle w have some o.I
accounts that Will be very soon passed over io an
Attorney wso a better collector i1an We are.
SAG"
The new vessel in Erp, >hip,ari j.
nearly planked.
Hall brother are LAYING th- founda-
ton, for Touring mill
-Eev. q. +. Cox Of Newton Thc.lo.i-
cal Seminary. will preach every sunday ~
the Baptist Church until september
The hay scales which were the bright
ct ornament Of the square have been re-
moved to the coal yard on Water street.
General Mcdowell and family are al
Bar Harbor. occupying rooms al the Rock
away House.
Mr.. hnowlton's letter in which he
declines 10 serve as an eIector. will be
found on the second page.
Three stages arrived from Bucksport
on Saturday afternoon with evenly di.tri-
buted loads Of passenger and dust
The framework OF Coomb's new block.
al the eastern end of the bridge. is COM
/ pleied. The building j. to consist Of four
! stores on the first floor.
The camps. cattle and hay sheds Of
! Warren Smith at No IS in Hancock county
! were burned on the fifth day of July. Mr.
Smith had a crew of men there peehng
/ bark
He Is not dead but VANDERBILT. In this
/ vicinity the many admirers and friends of
/ Daniel Pratt. the Great American Travel
Ter, will be reoiced 10 know that this truly
great man is still alive and has been lee
turing in Massachusetts, upon the World
in Nutshell and the Continuity OF Man
afacturing Woman from Mans Rib" His
remarks are said to have been fearful As 10
their depth and length.
The Water Sprinkler i, in capital re-
pair and some fifty or sixty dollars have
been already raised TO put il to a practical
use. A hose from the new ,team-mill j.
soon to De laid at low-water mark and
then the sprinkler can be filled at any
time Of tide
besides the weekly. tri-weekly and
semi-weo KY mails, five daily mail. arrive
and depart from the Ellsworth Postoflice.
except on sundays when there are only two
daily mails. Our two efficient clerks have
five hours OF work at night. beside, the
day duties. and yet this i, ole of the poor
est paid offices of is class in the state.
hf IN her fs.uf Ia.
of the new roads parallel to State St. and
much of the lumber going to the wharyes
goes by way of High St, Pine. and the
new roads above mentioned. State and
( Water streets are of necessity rough and
extremely dusty resembling that little path
, way which is described a Jordan is a
hard road to travel. | believe Nobody
would blame anybody else for preferring a
smooth road TO travel on. but now that
Water and State streets have been demon
allied sy teams, its pity that the demon
alZatlon can't be confined TO those streets.
On last Thursday afternoon Nelson
!. Brigham and his wife OF - Washing.
, ton County, formerly residents of Cherry.
field, mt with a terrible accident on the
, road between Jonesport and Columbia As
nearly as We can learn they were driving
down steep hill near Columbia, when the
; horse stumbled and MIR. b., refining him in
i broke the bits, frightening the quadruped
into gallop. which ended by his running
against some obstruction and throwing Mr.
B., and his wife down steep embankment
Mrs. B., was killed almost instantly. hel
e back and one leg being broken, while hel
f husband was severely injured. To max,
the disaster complete the horse after clear
+ ing himself, attempted to jump a ston,
\ wall and met the deserved fate Of death By
means Of one of the thills.