Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-06

iast on Monday next.
Charles Bradlaugh and wilkie Collins
will lecture in Portland the coming WIN
ter.
DIX Island Is TO furnish the granite
for the Philadelphia Post Office. at the
rate OF fifty cents per foot
Some Aroostook people have imported
coal for the excellent reason that 1t is
cheaper than wood. even IN that woody
country.
-Twenty-four vessels. with II tonnage
of 74ss.2 %, have been built In the Belfast
district during the present year
Indictments have been found against
John True Gordon. three for murder and
one for assault with intent to kill.
Mrs. NJ. ". Campbell. the lady lectur-
er on Woman's Rights. is lecturing In the
Eastern section OF the State. and giving
great satisfaction.
S. L. Pullen. Esq. of the Portland
Press. delivered n very Interesting lecture
at kent's Hill on Friday evening on the
ehbJctt VI NuUTaHt.
A farmer in The Western part Of the
state realized. the past year. 500 from Il
single acre Of sweet corn. at the canning
factory.
The largest heifer in the State was
raised by Samuel Foxcroft, Esq, OF New
Gloucester. She is .our wears old and
girths over seven feet-the size of a large
OK.
The Press says movement is on foot
to establish Diarymen's Association in
this stare. and as besides the great number
Of private establishments there are more
than twenty cheese factories in csSfnl
operation in Maine, the project Will doubt
less be successful.
Portland and Cape Elizabeth are dis
cussing the question of annexation The
annexation will add 300 Ia Portland's
population and 81 200, 900 to her property.
Meetings are being held. and annexation
seems pretty sure to come
There have been scyenty-one babies
born in New Sweden since the COLONY was
founded. There are now one hundred and
nnety-two school children between the
ayes OF four aud twenty-one. and thirty
ycung unmarried men on the township
otter twenty-one years of age
-Shipbuilding has been very active in
Cherry field and vicinity the past season
and the shipvards wear an old time ap-
rarancc. In the Chcrryfield district
there have been launched the past season
i"zen large vessels, Others are now in
process OF construction, aud even more
tiHn the number named will be built IN.
next season
Mr. Scott, OF Isleshoro'. mate OF
Schooner Ella, which was lying at one OF
tie +. II y. a. whsrves at Bangor. tell
rom alon last Thursday morning and
struck upon the pumps, breaking several
his ribs and suffering severe bruises
The Press tells a good story OF a
aewly welded couple. The bride went on
toard the John Brooks In Boston to see
rr father IAN officer Of the bnat' and was
cirrlcd 10 sea. The vessel put into Cane
Am from distress OF weather. the lady
Vas rowed ashore. and returned 10 her
husband. who had employed the police to
fnh her
= npt. Gideon Bolster of South Paris
who's" case of bleeding tooth a few weeks
ago. caused such surprise. has been grad
1ally sinking, until Monday week, when he
died, AZ the bleeding wa, stopped. il wa,
toped that new blood might be created
and the system be built NJ again. He wa,
about - years Of age, and a highly re-
spected citizen
The Journal says that Belfast can take
re premium for the smartest woman in
the State. An old lady nearly seventy
years Of age has lathed the entire inside of
her house that is building on Union street
and intends to make herself useful pener-
ally until the same Is completed.
"A couple of men employed on the
Buck>port Il Bangor railroad stole a suit
Of clothes, worth about s25 90. of their
clearinghouse keeper in Bucksport. We'd
nesday evening, and sloped for Belfast.
They were arrested Thursday. the clothes
recovered, and the thievc, delivered mn Ia
the Hancock County officials Friday.
Ezekiel Kellogg. of Robbinston, is
now brought TO the front as the champion
old man OF the country. Tie ancjen, how
IS 81 years Old aud is sim fan Of yioor
MS summers amusement was 10 clear nm
acre OF ground of hi. boulders, besides
attending TO the daily needs of 1000 cab
bage plants. Until within a few wears ola
Eek has taken his eleven O'Clock daily
but ne "swore off," fearing it might bring
him 10 his grave before he had attained
his Tooth birthday.
The Continental Mil In Lewiston
$1,000 spndles is nearly completed and is
expected TO 20 into operation in few
weeks. There are but few SO LARGE fac
tories In the country. The Androscoggiu
Is the next largest mill in Lewiston. hay
Ing $4,000 spindleS. The Barker mill. n
new factory on the Auburn side, Of some
Zo'ooo spindles, is receiving its machinery
and Will soon be In operation.
The AXE MASUfAcTURE.-The mann.
facture of axes form an important industry
IN this State. The heaviest business is in
West Waterville and Skowhegan. In the |
former town there are three establish
nents which this year will turn out over
s3o0.0O0 worth of axes while In the latter |
own there are four establishments which |
Will turn out about $40 900 worth, max
ng total Of nearly half a million dollars
worth. These axes find market as far
West as Washington Territory.
five Age.
The Argus says that on the 18th inst
Andrew j. Maynard of Lowell, late pri-
'ate in the 10th Massachusetts Light
stepped into the photograph
'allery attached to the Military Asylum at
rogus. of which he was an inmate. and
Turing the absence Of the artist, entered
lis private room and took from a shelf a
,ottle which he suonosed conta;,ad ,Ioo