Ellsworth American., 1874-06-18

The Machias Republican thinks that in
that section Mr.. Perham is the favorite for
United States Senator.
There is a merchant In Portland who
has not missed church attendance on Sun
day for Is years.
The Maine State Pomolosical Society
will hold IT. annual exhibition In Portland
Sept. u.
-rhr currant worm appears to be in all
parts OF the State.
A desperate fight between two stall
lions occurred 10 Bangor the other dav.
IL was necessary to knock them senseless
before they could be separated. One was
ruined.
The Unver>alist society at Hallowell
has invited Miss llanes, a theological
student ut Canton, TO become It's pastor.
She has accepted, a nd will eater upon the
duties Of the position in July.
Ira \. Beals of Lewiston is under
bonds to amount ot So 500 for cmbezzling
the money and stock of j. W. Mctlutfce.
jeweller, at whose store he was a clerk.
lie says he couldn't get his pay and
thought he would take Il. His pee cnlations
amount to several thousand dollars.
The following are the Maine students
who graduated at Newton Theological In
stitutc last Wednesday: David r. Estes.
Paris hlbanus X. Guerney. Cape Eliza
beth; Henry ". Hale, Ellsworth; VIM.
Libby. I.ivermorc; Silas L. Pcndleton,
Camden; Orrin X. Hunt, Waldoboro'. Mr.
Guerney will 20 to n foreign ield. Joseph
II. Taylor of Hartford, Conn, will settle in
Bluehill.
A correspondent OF the Lewiston
Journal writes: Mrs. Alyira j. Bicknell OF
Canton. made last week one pound and
six ounces OF butter from five quarts Of
strained milk. The COW ia half Jersey. II
any butter makers can beat this let Us
hear from them.
A frS day. s;ucc 4 traveller VA, pas,
In. the house ola Mr.. Eaton, Of Eludep,
when lie was attacked by twenty seven
dog. His cloths were torn from his body
and he was severely bitten before help
sufficient To rescue him came 10 hand.
The contract for buldlng the new
bridge across the Androscoggin, at Lewis :
ton, has been awarded 10 the Watson Man
ufacturing Company of Patterson, y. Y,
for forty-three thousand dollars.
Widow Jean W. Ferguson. the oldest
lady, and one who has lived the longest In
Belfast, and who bids fair To live To see
~" country t"nt-riilsi rsi~fira tsb. eni oy.
ell her 9sth birthday the 9TH inst, sur
rounded by sons and daughters. grand
children and great-grand children, To the
number of twenty -one When she first
went To Belfast IL was almost a wilder
ness.
Hon. William McGilyery in alightlng
a m h.,
wharf at Seaport, Wednesday, caught his
heel In the reins and fell, aud one wheel
of the vehicle passed over his right wrist
and one of his legs, bruisiug him severe
~. The horse commenced backing, and
had II not been for the prompt assistance
OF the bysta1ders would have thrown Mrs
and Miss McGilvery into the river.
TEMPERANCE CoNvESrIoS.-rhe State
Convention of Reform Clubs met In Gar
diner Thursday, and encouraging reports
were received from the various clubs. In
the evening a mammoth mass meeting
was held In johnson Hall, which was pre-.
sided over by Governor Dinghy. Brief
speeches were made by the Governor, ex-
Govcrnor Perham, j. X. Osgood, Francis
Murphy and others.
The Annual Meeting of the stockhold-
crs of the Bangor and Calais Shore Line
Railroad Company was held AZ Cherryiield
June Sd. After consultation. il was voted
to adjourn 10 Wednesday July Is, To meet
At Cherryfield.
Letters were read from parties giving
hopeful assurance Of material aid in the
construction ofthe road, but nj present no
positive agreement or arrangement could be
entered upon. At the adjourned meeting
In July ii il thought matters will assume
ueurife fnru, .a AZ n rI NJ
and other officers will be chosen with a
view Of assuming practical work. Ma
chias Union.
The Democrat says that bears are very
bold at Bancroft. this season. Last Friday
one attacked and killed yearLng heller
OF Mr.. Suffers, ia Bancroft, within q very
short distance OF the hoase. sabbath last,
as the family of Mr.. Albert Kelley we're
preparing for caurch they heared the
cattle b-llowing ia the field near by. A
little boy going out u learn the cause,
saw "A bear following aud striking al .
two year old heiier. Returning 10 the
house lac informed the family OF the fact,
when young man. George Kelley, went
out and succeeded in driving the bear
away, but not until the poor heifer was
fearfully lacerated. Pedestrians are often
followed by them. Two ladies walking
l -
ed by one the other day, for some distance.
DIo LEWIS on TEMP.RANcE IN MAINE.
DIR. Dio Lewis writes to the Cincinnati
GdSette that he has recently spent week
In Maine examining the results OF the pro-
hibitory law. In Bangor. Hon. Lewis
Barker informed him that there were three
hundred drinking places In that city-a
greater proportion to the population, DR..
Lewis thinks, than can be found in any
town in Ohio. He adds:
Il am sure the friends in Ohio are
sufficiently interested in the temperance
cause to send q committee to Maine to
spend week or two investigating the
workings Of the prohibitory law: and
am sure they would be amazed at the facts.
And vet did not see an open drinking
place while l was in the State. There is
no doubt that the traffic has been driven
under cover, and there is not shadow of
doubt that the consumption OF drinks In
the State Of Maine is enormous
Among the appropriations which have
passed the House in committee Of the
whole. are the following for the coast OF
Maine:-
For building y lighthouse and fog signal |
At Avery's Rock, Aachiss Bay, ei5. 600; |
for lighthouse aud fog signal at Egg
Rock, Frenchman's Bay, el5, coo; for = |
Keepers dwelling aud MOnhegan light sta
tion. 5000; for lighthouse at Portland
breakwater. e60OO s~r
List q Patents
Patents issued to Maine inventors for
the week ending May 26th, 1874. Re
ported BY VIM. Franklin Seayey, Solicitor