Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-12-04

VI As"e"ccA. - eucctuouy closed. enO all
the upper Hudson boats have gone into
winter quarters.
Nashua hasTtwo landlords who deduct
large per cent. from their rent bills to
mil hands Whose hours Of employment
are cut down. Honor to them!
When Sharkey LETT the Tombs, he LEFT
directions. In . note to the War.ien. that
his old clothes should bsix,ven to the Com.
mlssioners Of Charities. for the poor.
james r. Osgood 1 Co. Of Boston,
propose to relinquishiths business Of mag
azine publishing, they have3sold their peri
odicals. the Atlantic Monthly and Every
Saturday, to Hurd 4 Houghton.
The Rev. Mr.. Orsay. q Methodist
clergyman Of Branford, Conn, is frescoing
his church with his own hands. The work
evinces skill and good taste in the works
man.
For killing Capt. Norton at Seabrook,
the Supreme Court has fined the Eastern
Railroad g 900. and, like Judge Davis In
could not make ii more.
Vermont has 1888 farmers, three
florists, l22 gardners and nurscrymen and
seventeen stock drovers. and, according 10
the Rutland Herald, which ought to know,
hundreds ofpretty girls and grea, many
darned fools.'
The Western potato crop is a failure.
and this favorite esculent brings high
prices. selling in Chicago at sI.25 Der
bushcL
AT Little Rock, Ark. the - ult., the
prisoners in the GAINESVILLE Jail over
powered the guards and captured their
arms. An alarm was given before they
got out, and the citizens OF the town sur
rounded the Jail. One Of the prisoners,
sid. Wallace, who is sentenced TO be
hanged on the I'D of next month, fired a
donble-barreled shotgun at two citizens in
the street, severely, if not fatally. wound.
my both. The citizens then took posse sion
OF the first floor of the Jail. put five kegs
OF powder in It, laid train for some dis
lance. and notified the prisoners that unless
they surrendered in thirty minutes they
would blow up the building. Amer short
parley they surrendered. throwing their
arms out OF the windows As one OF the
guns struck the ground II exploded, the
charge slightly wounding three persons.
Wallace and another prisoner were brought
here last night and lodged in the Peniten-
tiary. Wallace will be hanged next month.
lie has killed quite number Of men,
among them the late Hon Elisha Meers.
Circuit Judge, and is the most de spcrate
character In that section Of the country.
Mr.. George +. Robinson, who was in
strumental in saving the life OF Secretary
Seward, when attacked by the assassin
Payne. on the night of April 18th 1866.
was presented with the medal awarded him
by Congress in 1871. The medal, which
was made at the Philadelphia mint. Is val.
ued at sl'loo. On the diverse side OF the
medal, Mr.. Seward is represented living in
his bed with the curtains drawn. Stand
lng at the side OF the bed is Payne. with an
uplilted dagger In one hand and with the
other clutching the throat of Robinson;
on the reverse side of the medal is a bust
OF Robinson; above his head wreath of
flowers. and on each side the following in.
scrption: For hi. heroic conduct ON the
lith day OF April, 1865, in saving the life
OF the Hon. W. II. Seward, then Secretary
of State of the United States"
A case OF the most abject poverty was
reported by Boston police officer Thurs
day. The officer had his attention called
to two half-clad children, wandering about
the streets with bare heads and feet. in
search OF cold vlctuals. On investigation
he found thai these children had brother
and sister at home In bed with no clothes
to put on When the two became chilled
and tired they went home and changed
places with the others, who then donned
the rags and took their turn at begging.
The mother was widow, and was Obliged
to leave her children and go out to work.
She earned three dollars per week, Of
which two had to be paid for rent, and one
dollar was all she had left to feed herself
and children.
POSTAL CARDS TO GERMANY. An ar
rangement has been entered into between
the United States and Germany for an ex-
change Of postal cards between the two
countries, to go into effect Dec. LIST. The
postage on cards sent from this country to
Germany is fixed At two cents each, pre-
payment of which is to be made by affixing
an ordinary one-cent stamp in addition to
that printed on the card.
The editor Of a Minnesota paper has a
buffalo robe which was once the propertv
of the Sioux chief Son Of the Sun, wherein.
on are pictured all his battles, scalps and
other trophies. He is going to use it as
means to brighten delinquent subscribers.
A couple of Ingenious little boys at St.
Cloud. Mimi. lately amused themselves by
Milling schoolmate's mouth with snow and
tying handkerchief round his jaws to keep
them shut, and the Coroner's Jury could |
scarcely agree whether to call it choking or |
drowning.
The Boston Advertiser In noticing the |
members of the last Congress pays the
following well deserved compliments to
the Maine members.
John Lynch OF Maine was a valuable
member OF the House, exceedingly industri-
Gus and an intelligent counsellor and au.
thOr1ty on great variety Of nuast;ons
John A Peters Of the same State was
one OF the most popular men on the floor.
both for his good nature and his decided
opinions.