Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-03-06

Petitions bearing the names of more
than coo women Of Maine were presented
Ia the House at Augusta, II day recently,
asking for the right OF suffrage for women.
The steamer Cambridge which has
been plying this winter between Providence
and New York City, made her last trip to
tho latter place on saturday. and will now
be repaired, and got in readiness for the
coming season on her old route.
The annual session OF Washington
County Teachers Association. met in
Denny on Friday of last week. The
profession was represented by twenty
from Machias. eighteen from Calais aad
vicinity. with few from other tows NAM
bcfing in all about toriy-iise from abroad.
This i the way the PASSPORT Sentinel
reports an accident in the woods: One
Mclaughlin was brought from the woods
last week with hI, toes situated differently
from what they were when he went in; he
had nine in hi socks and one In hts pocket,
the result of the axe-ideni.
SINGULAR AND FATAL Accident
Tuesday afternoon. little daughter OF Mr..
; mucl Boothby, in Lewiston, ran out to
the dn)r for moment. While standing
upon the step. an Iciclc dropped from the
roof ami struck upon her head. iujuriug
her - that -hc died within an hour She
va, fur YEAR old
4 resident 81 Bangor. Ne has Just
received a Japauc-c tcu-ccut scrip. The
note ! made 81 heavy yellow III p-per.
about . ~ BY ! l.. inches, aud j. printed
iu black with '.tca-chc-t letter iuaScry
tasteful manner. I pom one end 9. stuck a
peculiarly shaped adhesive stamp. printed
.u purple with a curious arabc~.,uc design
n WLi,h The word, Imperial Trcr-ary -
Il. Three seal. are imprinted On the note
iu ret inA. ana altogether L y. curiou.
looking affair % eycs accustomed "a I nclr
sans grccnbacks.
DE>EENEn ArFoINTNENT- The appoint
ment Of ". T.. :. Whitman. E.a.. Of An.
2u-'4. the able Maine correspondent u ihe
Boston J0sraH. 70 collect aud comp lie M.
industrial statistic, Of Maine. under re-
solve Of the late Legislature. i a most ex-
csllent one. Mr.. whitman's long experi-
euce IA collecting news and statistic. ana
compiling them for the pres. admirably
hi- him for this work OF gathering the
statistics Of our manufacturing, mining and
other industries. aud other facts bearing
upon our progress as a state. The publi
eaton of such statistics can but hay. n
tendency TO awaken new interest in our
advantages as manufacturing State.
The Portland AdreHiSer is severe up
on our late Legislature. 1t says:
The bill providing for biennial sessions
was defeated in Augusta Friday. The best
argument in favor of such measure /,
the course of this Legislature and its i'm
mediate predecessor. The state could dis
pense with the services of such BODY for
several years without any serious results.
The majority of the members are happy,
now that they have killed off all measures
looking for the improvement of our rural
schools. That is all they went to Augusta
for, and it matters not to them if the har
bors of the state do require the oversight
OF 4 responsible board to look after their
condition. The defeat of the bill to estab-
lsh Board of Harbor Commissioners Fri
day was one of the most unjust acts of the
session.