Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-11-13

The Massachusetts, State Prison CON
tain> 800 cnnvic,s.
The New England tour Of Edwin Booth
Is row positively announced.
The composition Of ink has not chang
ell IN the last uine hundred years.
John Henry Cooke. the bare back rid
or. has gone to England to fulfil profess
sional engagements.
An Italian woman named Batocini. liv-
ing in East Newark. y. j.. was hurye,l To
death by 4 bear which her husband used
for exhibition.
In the course of the coming winter
! Prof. Aga>sz viii deliver. In Washington.
I series Of six lectures on the .Relation OF
I Man 10 the other Animals
The lafeS' advertisement of the New
/ York Hfraii is that James Gordon Bennett
/ i IN tit out an expedition for the purpose
of discovering the North pole.
james Parton has recently prepared n
/ brief life of the late Mrs. Parton (F4nny
/ Fern. which will shortly be published as
a memorial volume Of Fanny Fern with
selections from her best writings.
Dull times don't diminish the Interest
| OF New Orleans papers. just now they
are engaged in an angry controversy a. TO
whether the euchrr of a lone-hind counts
four points for the lone-hands opponent.
Nearly two millions Of salmon eggs
taken from California waters are on their
way 10 he Atlantic seaboard to be placed
! in Matching houses on the Delaware.
Schmvlklll. Susquehanna and Jane. Riy-
ers.
Up to iHe end OF October only 24o feet
of the licosac tunnel remained to be cnt
through to complete the work. The irst
estimate of the cost Of the tunnel was 81.
9Is.551. The actual cost will be between
el3 COG, 900 and sl4 1000. 900
NINE FISHERMEN DROWNED IN THE ST
LAWRENCE On Tuesday afternoon nine
fishermen were drowned from sail boat
of Simcoe Island in the ST. Lawrence riv-
err Three of the party were Seth Green's
men. engaged il, collecting hsh spawn.
The money contributed on election day
in New York in 20 out of 81 precincts, Tor
the aid Of the Memphis sufferers, foofs up
s4,342.3 80. The police of the different pre-
cncts contributed in addition for the police
force of Memphis.
The forthcoming marriage Of the Duke
OF Edinburgh and the Grand Duchess Ma
ria Of Russia 70 take place at ST. Peters |
burg on the l7th OF January, will be a
brilliant affair. Among the guests will be |
the Imperial Crown Prince and Princess of |
Germany.
"A Canadian has invented a method Of |
producing gum from the milk weed plant. |
and from flax and other seed. which con- |
sists in macerating and fermenting the SUBJ |
stances, aud then. by evaporating, reduc-
ing the resulting liquid to thick. gummy
mass. The gum thls produced is alleged
TO have many Of the valuable qualities Of
rubber
Joseph Arch has written to New Eng
land TO disspade agricultural labOrers from
emigrating 10 Canada, where, he informs
them. the daily working time Is from sun
rise TO sunset, and where the mOney-grrb-
bling farmers are anything but pretty OBJ
jects. being falloY in mind. furiowed in
lace aud low-bent in every way from con-
tinual toll.
"A crumpled little package was recent.
ly received at the Mayors Office in Mem
phis which contained five dollars and five
cents, nearly all in one. two, three and five
cent pieces. On the inner wrapping was