Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-11-21
State News.

Belfast Jail la. been empty for ten
day past
MAINE STATE toLLE1g.-'Thcre Will be
an oral Examination OF The classes in the
State College at Orono at the close Of the
term. NOV. s9ih. The cla.As will be exam
incd Ia The forenoon. and should the
weather prove favorable there Will be a
IN ltary drill in the afternoon. in which
'-,'h s;s,",',ani..- 81 th.. tuhurn Cad..f- go"
participate.
Notice is given by several citizens OF
PaiIeh that petition will be presented TO
the next Leg stature, tina, part Of Pcnobscot
county lying north OF the south line OF
numbers two In the sixth. seventh and
eight ranges. ". T.. L. 5, may be annex
ell To the County Of Aroostook.
BLOWN AsHoRE.-The schooner .ssrdJA,
OF Brooksville, Captain Varnum. was
blown from her moorings near the Maine
Central depot by the gale Tuesday night.
aud grounded ON some rocks in the river
on The Bangor shore. hFrakirg her rudtlcr-
post and fastening ~ hear also that
two schooncrs are ashore IN the Nlrrows.
uut do no, learn their names.
An interesting aud important suit
against the Western Union telegraph com
pauy has been before the supreme court at
Augusta, a Gardiner firm claiming $500
damages on account Of a message they
cent Ia Chicago ordering 10000 bushels of
corn, by which 1t Was made to read 1000,
aud before the mistake could be corrected
cora had advanced tea cents per bu>h-l,
making them out OF pocket $500. At the
close of the testimony the fudge Unlimited
that he should instruct the jury thar the
telegraph company were liable for dam
ages, Notwithstanding the terms OF the cou-
tract between The parties usually found set
forth In the printed blank, OF the company;
whereupon the counsel OH both sides mu-
tually agreed TO Withdraw the case and re-
fer u I the law court for decision, not
only upon question OF law, but on the as
,e,sm, ut OF damage, If any were allowa-
hIc
Il,- Niie II settler al New Sweden ar
l
children, the other day. only TO fni that
her husband. who had sent her tickets for
the voyage. a lrW weeks before. had, in
the meanwhile, -icacncl aud died.
-henncbcc papers are recording the
mean men. The Gardiner Reporter says
there i a man In thai city who pays taxes
on $50. 900. and steals the reading Of that
paper every week. The Fairfield Chroni-
cal thinks it imprudsnt for "a wealthy
town>man 10 solicit puff for his favorts
horse who cannot afford copy Of the pa
per" These men serve a useful purpose
in furnishing subjects for paragraphs, and
examples to be Stunned by the rising gen
Grafton.
a BRILLIANT SCHEME.-It is stated that
the next Legislature will be petitoncd to
make membership of secret organizations
a ehallengeable disqualification tor sitting
| on juriss 1t wonld seem that IL is about
time that sensible people had outgrown
this sentiment, particularly when these
societies embrace SO intelligent and con-
SSi'bAtOhS ~ part vi oui
A decision has just been ren,i.red by
the Supreme Court OF Connecticut In rbe
case of Lydia 4. Aver, niece of DIR. Aver
/ of Lowell, Mass. against the city Of Nor
wich, by which she receives $500 for in
| juries received when thrown from WACO
in that city. The horse was frightened at
the nags OH canvass tent snd ran. throw
ing her out. The action was brought for
injuries caused by defect in the highway,
and decision was rendered that tow ms and
cities are liable for any objects upon their
highways which are calculated to frighten
horses Of ordinary gentleness.'
The Kennebec Journal says it is some
what curious, but such is the fact, that
after every election in this State sn average
of about half dozen town clerks, carefully
fill out the blanks for returns of votes to
the Secretary OF State in every particular
ere ,pt that Of giving the cotes Of their toens
Already four such returns" have been re-
ceived Of last Tuesdays election.