Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-06-13
Local and Other Items.
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Hon. Eugene Hale i in town.
Spruce street is being sidewalked.
A long list of disasters to vessels will
be found in the marine column.
d. p. Jordan. Esq. i, building small
vessel at the mouth of the river.
The petition that Hancock Hall be used
as place of worship on Sundays was
granted.
Prof. Stone will be at Hancock Hall
Friday aud saturday evenings this week.
Davis * Son have just fhished line
hearse for the town OF Lamoine.
The Bar Harbor Il Mt. Desert rele-
graph line has been extended six miles
from somesville 10 : W Harbor. and direct
communication with Ellsworth was made
on Tuesday.
The best of clothing ready-made OF
made to order. can be got at o Moran.
opposite the City Hotel. Mr. Moran hav-
Ing moved into large store has put ia a
larger and better stock which can be
bought al low prices.
Look out for the cows and dog. keep
ing the first in pastures and the last H.
censed, a raid i to be made on them
soon.
The Hancock Go. Society OF Spiritual
i.ts will hold their fifth >cmi-annual Con
veniion at Ellsworth. July 9Th and eth.
The Democratic Caucu, Ia choose del
esaie, 10 the State Convention will be held
a, Hancock Hall on saturday evening.
Capt. Algernon Flood. Monroe Il.-
gins and - Grindle OF the schooner Dcx-
ter and all belonging in Surry. were
drowned during the late storm.
OWN. to a difficulty about obtaining
paper the -iiaer-an could unt Ice issued GA
Thursday this week but We can promise
our readers il wont occur again for a lon.
time. Give u railroad
CONFERENCE.-The month bid- fair To
b. month OF political conventions and Of
rainy weather.
twill be noticed that the State Comyen-
ton occurs the 18th at Lewiston. and the
Congressional Convention in this district
the 9th inst. at Ellsworth. The Phila-
delphia Go invention i now in session and
no doubt will do it, work well. The Con-
eressional Convention comes earlier
than was anticipated. but we presume the
time has been agreed on by those interest
ell.
There will be religious services held n
Hancock Hall next Sabbath at two and
half past six O'Clock l. NJ, BY the Free
Baptists. Seats free to all. and all are
provided for.
A correspondent writing from Swans
Island says that on the last day of May
there was a curious exhibition of mirage.
Each vessel sailing by had another vessel
its counterpart Immediately over il but i'll
verted. the hull uppermost and the top
masts almost touching each other
The schooner Georgia, Us years old. J
Capt. Samuel Alley, jr., of Ellsworth. sank
in Newburypor harbcr, in the fearful
storm Of Wednesday. She had 10000 feet
of lumber on board, consigned to Hall
Bros Boston. Ne insurance. Her cargo
of lumber was sold for $3.50.
AT Republican Caucus held at Ham
cock Hall on Tuesday evening, the follow
| ing delegates were chosen TO tend the
Republican State Convention at Lewiston
John d. Hopkins, n. X. Sawyer. Geo. A.
Dyer, Daniel Adams. c. G. Peck. Harvard
Greedy. Royal Tyler. Robert +. Campbell.
Ambrose Campbell.
On Wednesday morning James Cock.
/ lin had his right arm cut to the bone while
at work in Browns Mill. Al the time OF
the accident he was working a circular
saw. and having shut it down as he sup.
posed leaned over TO reach the oi-can
when the sleeve of his coat caught ant
dragged his right arm upon the saw DR.
Hodgkins was called and immediatel,
| dressed the woundi
The City Government at the mee,in.
on Thursday evening voted to appropriat,
two hundred dollars tor the Celebration OF
the lth OF July; to build a sidewalk from
Water street on Pine street to the Bap,is
Chureh-Or Steam-mill hill as it is bette
known-to appropriate money TO build
hearse-house. and sidewalk on Spruc
street.
CAUCUs.-A caucus of the republican
voters of Rockland was held at City Hall
Tuesday evening. u. \. Mortland, Esq
was chosen chairman and J. +. Cilley. Esq
Secretary. Delegates were chosen as FOL
lows;
To STATE CONVENTIONAL. n. Keene.
ii. Burpee, Cornelius Hanrahan, Philo Thur,
ton, Joseph Greenhalgh. j. p. Wise. W. .
Wood, ID. \. Mortland .. 5. Andrews, A.
Cobb, J. p. Cilley, Robert Anderson, c. W. .
| Cobb.
To CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONAL /
Spear, \. A. Burpee, Edwin Sprague, 5.
Bird, n. A. Farwell, Timothy Williams.
ALTERNATEs.-Francis Cobb, S. n. Hatcl
Robert Crockett, j. $. Case, W. H. Glover, .
|. Bird. c. X. whitney, Geo. NJ. Brainard, o. .
Conant, Joshph Emery, Azariah Stanley.
The following resolution was submitte
and unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Hon. EUGENE HAL
our present member Of Congress, though Il
Youngest of the delegation from our state, !
his marked ability has proved = worthy ass
eiate of his distinguished colleagues: that b
devotion to the interests Of his District and ii
State, and his faifhfulness TO Republican pri
ciples, entitle him to our gratitude; and that "
by requesting our delegates here elected, as "
: hereby do, to aid his nomination for a thin
time.
We learn further that at eaucuses a
E ready held In Waldo Co. the delegation