Ellsworth American., 1874-07-30
State News.

Snow has only lately disappeared
froui the crest OF Mount katahdin.
AT the Free St. Baptist Church, Port
land. reocntly. Rev. DIR. Shailer baptized
eight Swedr~.
A big dsht took place at Mattawam-
heag, TUESDAY, between nine Indians and
several river drivers. in which the former
were defeated.
Major Davis. ef the Pennington Chron-
icle wa- attacked with bleeding. soon after
hi. arrival home from the editorial ,Xcur-
sion. Saturday night.
There is one factory In this State Tor
the Manufacture of kerosene aud lubricat-
ing oil, naptha. gasolene aud parafiine. II
Is situated In Cape Elizabeth. and the value
OF the product this year i returned At
S35i,jOu.
1t i now supposed that the fire At he
Boston and Maine House at Old Orchard.
caught from cigar carelcssly dropped in
some rubbish.
A party Of Indians camping at Cape
Elizabeth. have white child with them.
The child says She was stolen from The
whites some Zine since, but does not know
where.
On Saturday night the new school
house n Erreport. Was set on fire ia the
boys hall where the incendisry had gained
entrance by breaking a window. The fire
was cxtingu>hcd but not till $1,000 damage
had been done. The cost of the building
wa, sl2.5po.
NEWSPAPER CI.NGE.-rhe Press states
that the Chri>tian Mirror .ha, been purcha>-
ed by the Rev. b. L. Snow of Portland
and Col. +. L. Shaw OF Paris. and will he
hereafter issued from the Press OF Il.
lhurston Il co. 4, an eight-pasc pa
per.
The following Maine boy. were in the
University race al Saratoga last week:
Geo. NJ. Warren OF Deer Isle. pulled the
third oar In the Wesleyan crew: ". IL.
Downs OF Berwick, pulled the bow oar
for the Wesleyan boat; Charles .. Gates
OF kenuebunk. the stroke oar of the Dart
mouth crew.
Capt. {. {. Chase of Portland. who
last winter saved Little girl who had fal-
len overheard from one Of the Allan steam
ers from dzowning. has received from the
father OF the child, James Beaumont
Chief Warden of the Central Prison. To-
ronto, a letter informing him OF the thank
OF the Royal Humane Society of England,
Inscribed on vellum and signed by the
Duke Of Argyle. are in Toronto 10 be for
wardcd 10 him.
SMART oLD Y.-The Register saws
that Mrs. Marie Porter OF Paris. made
with her own hands in one year five hun
dfed pairs OF pants, for which she recciy-
ed from thirty-fiyc 10 forty cents pair;
taking the average il would amount To
$3.50. Besides doing all this she did her
house work i1r eight in the family. manu-
featuring the milk of four COWS into but
er and cheese. looked after. fed aud rai>-
eel siNty-iive turkeys, forty chickens ana
twenty-seyen goslIngs.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the Bangor & Calais Shore
Line Railroad Company was held at Cher
ryiield on the 18th inst. aud the follow inr
named gentlemen were elected directors:
James w. Moore, Seth TIsdale. Chas. L.
Brown. John &. Talbot, Geo. Walker.
Gideon Mayo, Samuel \. Campbell. Lew
ellyn j. Morse, aud Joseph T. Grant. No
other business of public Importance was
transacte ted.
The Belfast Age says: The new
enterprise of a steamboat route, between
this city and Brookssille, is meeting with
success beyond expectation. The steam
er Pioneer has a good list of passengers
daily. and she will hereafter connect with
stages for Sedgwick, Sargentville and
Bluehil, The owners are making prepar-
ations 10 keep her on the line throughout
the year. and cargo of coal tor coainy al
the end of the route is being landed at Cas-
tine.