Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-10-29

-t'enerd Banks la, been nominated
Tor Congress by a Charleston peoples
meeting.
brigham Young, health &. reported
very poor. and hi lille i, be.lcyci 10 be OF
short duration.
Christian X. Ross, father II thc ab
Quoted child. Charlie Ross. +, reported In
asinAing condition.
Thirteen tons OF barnaclcs were recent.
~ taken from the hull Of al iron ship after
six months voyage.
Isaac II. Bailey. yarmouth" OF the
Press. has been nominated tor Congress
in the llIh New York district
DR. J. c. Aver. the pill man. Ia. > .eu
nominated for Congress by the Hrpnbli-
can OF the .th Massachusetts district b. a
vote Of u to - opposed
AT 4 winery" in Sacramento. Cal.
grapes are purchased for slj 4 ton and
are crushed into wine at the rate or thirty
tons a day.
Booths theatre. Nev York. will be
sold under foreclosure November 3. aud
the friends Of Booth are making Efforts 10
have the theatre remain in his hands.
Mis- Syk". = sophomore OF Michigan
University. yp.ti.t ..r " .-k ,nI
therefore attempted suicide Jy lodging
three cartridges IN her head. She viii get
well IN season for examination.
Physicians are NOW speaking u tie
rutuious effects on the nervous system of
many of the perfumes In general use. and
frequently .. flowers IN the sick room
Michael Murphy of Jersey CIV. has
been found guilty Of the murder OF Mrs.
Hughes on the ls,h OF April last. aud sem
fenced TO be hanged
A grave digger in Manchester. \. H..
boasts of having dug $500 graves during
the twenty years lac has been gath
ering them in"
The people on Cape Cod are maxim.
fortunes Ia the por.y fishery this year;
10000 barrels We're taken in and about
Proyhcetown harbor by steamers last
week.
Gov. Dix OF New York is seventy-iiye
years Old. He was in Exeter Academy in
the class with JareI sparks aud J. ". G.
Palirey. lie i hale. hearty aud vigorous
as a man ct iify
FISH STORY. \ Vermont boy can.ht an
imneasc picAcrel which bro&e the lin.
and disappeared. The boy fell into the wa
ter and sank To the bottom. whereupon his
brother grabbed him by the hair ami pull
ed him out, only to had the lost pickercl
firmly cla>ped in tue boys arms.
Over three thousand deer have been
Killed near the headwatcrs of Mad river.
California. within a year, the skins only
being used. Legislative action i. called
for 10 put IA stop 10 such wholc>ale slaught-
er.
--Mr-. SItori> will return to the White
House this winter a the guest of her
mother. Colonel Fred Grant aud hi, bride
Will also, II is said, spend much OF their
time there during The approaching season.
A successful balloon ascension wa.
made from Cincinnati Monday afternoon
by Prof Donaldson, accompanied BY a
bridal party of six persons. About a mile
above the city the marriage ceremony was
performed. The balloon landed safely
about three miles from the place of ascen-
sion.
Whales are still numerous in Vine
yard Sound. The spouting OF ten was
counted at one time Friday. Four in all
have been shot and have sunk, but none
have been recovered. These whales are
attracted by the large quantity of English
herring In the Sound upon which they
feed.
1t is stated that the late Alexander
Dumas lett an unpublished romance of
thrilling interest. The work is the do xry
little girl in whom Dumas felt great
interest, and, dying poor. he could give
her no money. he bequeathed her the ro-
nance. believing that after his death its
value would be increased, aud provide his
protege with handsome income.
-Runeberg an aged Swedish poet, has
for several years past been studying the
habits of birds. especially in regard to the
cause of migration. He concludes that the
longing for light is the sole impulse which
causes the birds to vibrate between north
ern and southern lands. They seek the
richest light.
ELABORATE SPITE The Lawrence
(Mass.) Sentinel says that a number of
months since a Haverhill man desired some
accommodation Of the Boston and Maine
road. but was refused. This action SO pro-
voked him that he determined to get square
by some means, and at length, noticing
that there was no draw in the railroad
bridge near the city, he determined 10 put
the company to the expense of building
one So he commenced building a schoon-
er Of about 200 tons at point above the
bridge. and now. as il is nearly ready to
launch, he will soon load 1t with legitimate
freight, sail down to the bridge, and de-
mand passage, which the railroad people