Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-05-07

Work on the Bucksport and Bangor
railroad bridge crossing the Penobscot in
Bangor, has been resumed. Several of the
piers were finished last fall, and being very
heavy and substantial. little fear was felt
from frost or ice, but both have been at
work.
President Grants veto OF the anane,p
bill Is commended by the London Press,
the Post stating that 1t deserves fully as
much applause and gratitude as the vic
tories of Vicksburg and the Wilderness
aud that President Grant has once more
saved his country IRON II great peril.
-i'he fruit on Mrs. II. Il. stowe. orange
plantation In Florida has turned black. and
the people say that Providence has reward
ell her love for the black by endowiny her
oranges with the favorite color Adjoining
orchards make the usuai display OF re
splendent golden fruit.
The Danburv New. Man saws. tha, |,
has particularly depressing effect 10
observe a delinquent subscriber clierriuly
drop the coveted cash into The collection
bat, ito propagate Christianity aud Moral
Sensibiity among the benshtcd inhabi-
tants of the Pacific Isles"
The old aqurduct logs uncarthed in
fremont street by the workmen who are
Ielaying the water-pipes IN that thnrouh-
fare have been Ia position upward ~ forIv
years. anu the fact that they are apptEa,t-
~ as sound az ever up-pt- the ttcury that
wood will speedily decay In a SANDY ct
graveliy soil Boston Journal.
-Cremaiionists nj. advocating -conomr
In ground room. They say il repaired wo
hundred and two acres 20 inter the 26D.-
613 persons. who died in the United States
ia 1870. whereas the bodies, il burned
would have feriilized an area live times a.
great. But. for all thar. IL will be "A long
time before the average citizen can look
with satisfied complscency npou the crane
vine in his back yard fructided by the ashes
OF some iamented ancestor.
The annual iron prolnc. oi the world
is 216.5O0,OO) cwt. England produce.
more than one-half OF the whole amount
North America about onc-fiith. France
about one-twelfth aud Belgium about one
twenty fourth, these four constituting the
great iron producin. sections of the globe
Joseph Waltz the New York murder
er was hanged at Hudson y. Y. Friday.
The day before he murdered his keeper.
and 1t was with difficulty the populac- were
prevented from lynching him
tt ltf NEW I ON Assem-
bly, of the compulsory education bill, isa
notable act OF legislation. II require, that
all children between The ages OF eight and
fneen years shall be required Ia attend
school or receive private instruction in The
common English branches nj least four
teen weeks In each year.
In 1907 the island Of New York was
purchased for 81, which would seem, in
tfa..n faf sEf "A.
to be a toerably good investment. but H.
instead OF being laid out IN that amount of
land, the same SUN had been deposited in
savings bank, not all the assessed value
OF New York city and state, with the as
sessed value of the state ofC Connecticut
thrown IN. would to-day pay the bill
An historical curiosity ha, Just been
placed in the museum OF the lnvalides
namely, the suit Of armor which Charles
VII. presented to Joan OF Arc, and which
the heroine went 10 deposit at st. Denis at
ter having been wounded under the walls
of Paris. Ii Is composed of steerpia,ss.
weighs about fifty pounds, aud in every re-
spect resembles the one in the Pierrefonds
collection. which the Maid Of Orleans wore
at the moment when she tell into the pow
er OF the enemy in making "A sortie from
Compiegne.
AT tue dinner given In New York on
Friday night 10 Mr.. John Roach. the great
ship-bu!ld"r. enthusiastic words on the re-
vtval OF our ship-bnildtng and the pos
sibiiities OF the future were spoken Of Mr.
Roach himself made the confident asspr-
ton THAT ocean, going irou steamers of any
class, ton for ton, quality for quality. can
be built at a. low cost this day on the
Delaware as on the Clyde, aud the gdyan-
tase in all respects Is likely TO turn more
and mora In our favor Is time goes by
A Connecticut school teacher In ps-
per recently read before a Teachers In.
stitnte suggests that, pupil Of each sex
De placed at the same desk and allowed TO
assist each other in their lessons, and al
the end OF each month permitted to select
new partners II they desire. II was claim
ed there would be less trouble in govern
ing school. more tidincss in the pupil,
appearance and greatest ease Ia ,hcir con
versation aud Intercourse. which would be
OF much advantage when they become
men and W. zen. 1t was affirmed that
where the experiment had beer tried it had
been attended with success