Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-31

The United States signal observers on
the summit of Mount Washington have ex.
perienced some severe weather OF late. On
the morning OF the 18th the thermometer
was ~ degrees below zero. Last Friday
IL was III below, and the wn,l velocity at
noon on that day was l20 miles an hour.
Some Young men IN Vienna have form
eu matrimonial league. Every mr,nber
oil The league must be the cor OF II inan Of
property and must ple.Ige himself To unarry
"A poor girl. one wbs has neither dowrv nor
expectation. aud must forfeit 10, 600 Ilorius
II he violate. his pledge.
A Large prairie wolf was started near
Gih.on. Ill. recently. and chased ten miles
i'eiore he was captured. The Sport was
b. gun by single horsenan. bur. like
oali OF snow In rolling, took on reinforce
menis as 1t continued. Fifteen hunters
were ia at the death.
A Canadian official report on iunary
says about MY per cent. oi the iilut> OF
large towns in Canada are the children ui
dtunkards, while "A loug catalogue OF Other
diseases IL given as especially common
with the same unfortunate class. The niar.
rage OF first cousins is strongly denounc-
ed as productive OF idiocv and insanity
The talnt from the mother j. far more FREE
4.
Mr.. John Forrest and a patty have
uaverscd The only extensive region IN
Au-tralia which remained to be explored.
crossing from the western coast T. the
Overland Telegraph. lie aud his compau-
ions Travelled nearly 1000 mir-, Keeping
close to the 20 h parallel of latitude. Much
OF the country was Of tie poorest possible
description. and Tor GOO miles the party had
To force their way through forest scaulily
supplied with water.
"A train at ears on the Illinois Central
Railroad encountered huck ui wild IuTA.
eys. the other day. the conductor station
ed himself on the pilot. ana when the train
caught up with the flock seized 22-pound
gahhirr by the leg. The bird wa, - strong
that the conductor had the utmost d.fIi .ul
~ IN rctainin. his hold al the enginc. but
he tuall' conquered. Half dozpn other
turkeys were Knocked dead BY The smoke
stack.
There hid been lynchIng near Pad
ucah. ny. and little boy named Arthur
Holmes had been one Of The spectators.
For days ail.rward the evrut was ulper
most ~ his mind Taking hl, yntu.-i
lister of into the woods lac suddenly
whipped ont rope. adjusted a uou>,.
around her neck. put the line over he unb
of - Tree, and pulled her Oh her feet Al
ter >u>peudiug her a few seconds he let her
down about hali ch"krd To death. aud was
>"icinnlt adiufing her t. confess to- steal
Ing horses when the father appeared A
sound spanking closed the >c-ur.
AT Newark, on SATURDAY,. Weston ac-
comph>hrd his great f.a of walking 500
miles IN ,iX DAYS. He Compri,.d hi. TASK
az IL. 40 4. NJ. haviu. twenty minutes Ia
spare. His last nile was made in eleven
skt.n IL
cishi miles were walked uy"r without taA-
ing single rest. ili> performance AZ the
ci"~e was witnessed hy 5000 persons and
tremendous ei.ihusiasm prevailed. r-prc.
tally toward thc close. Afterwards hc re-.
ceived a grand ovation.
The Boston journal SAYS that private
adVicrs from Michigan. received in Wash
iustuH. are to the effect that Nj chan.
der Will be beaten In the caucu, for m.
Srnninr>hip. aud that even should hc car
~ I'll" raucu~ he will b. beaten by "A bolt
~ the Granger element. which 4 thorough.
IL organic d. We observe. also. that the
Detroit Tribune says: "Ihcrr are pub.
ii>hrd la ihi> State at this time lO6 news.
paper, which are pron"uncc,ily republican
aud about twenty others devoted To lncai
Interests" but have republican lcanin.,:
up In date but thiry-~iN OF the wtnlr uum-
Der have pronounced IN favor ut Mr.. Chan.
dlcrs reelection
BIC INVENTION. Lord. ihc famous
map man. who mad" all the maps for
General Grant aud thu Union army. cert.
hcaic> OF which he published. hat jn>r iu-
vented a way ot geltins 4 relief plate from
steel 30 a. To print Ll'yd'S Map ~ Afncri-
can Continent showing from ocean To
occan-on "ne entire sheet 81 bank note
paper, iONJO inches large. on a u .til iuy
a n.
tor the wall 50 a. to stand washing. and
mailing anywhere ia the world tor -
cents. or nuyarni, shed tor ~ cents. IN.
map -ao"s the Whole United States and
Territories M a group. from surveys to-
1872, with "A million places Oh H.. such A.
towns. cities villages. Mountains Likes
rivcr.. streams. .pll mines. railway sfa.
tio1S. &c. This map should b. ia every
h"l>c- SEMI - cents to ihe I.iu,d Man
company. Philadelphia, aud YOU w.ll get
a copy by return mail.
MING kALaK,UA's F,uILY-h gentle
man ~ Ne" "a tnp-hiTc. vino wa. a resi-.
dent OF the sandwich Island, iur sixteen
Years. furnished TO the Keen. S.stia,I III.
following Ills father, name wa, Kan
aakca, and rs mothers krohokuiole-
both Of pare HlvAitIu blood. AM each
descended from families of"atcis o. ihr
fathers side. KIM halakAut descend "a
rom one Of the old line OF Ki.g. OF the
island ut Hawaii. and hr has thr .cuelia-
- Of hi. family Tor illuy generations
back. The Statement. Tint he j. tAn an'y
survivor i tqIaliy r"dicu'pu,. ipl.k 1
aUd kcuhokaiblc, the father AMI mrihrr.
died a few years since. and Tia. survivors,
are His Majesty David kuiktut. PCnrr,s
Lydii kamthaclII. Princess Ntjlm Ij<r-
Ike. Hi Royal ilishuc-. William Prt
LcleioAaloAu, the heir apparent t. thr
throne oI Hawaii. Tir KIN was eIuc-t.
"a a Honolulu by Mr.. ard Nj, A ;
C"oAe. teachers VI tn ROYAL school. a,
also we're tii. LAT three rei.niIs KING.
kamehamrha Nv. ktmchlm-hl V.nnI
l.nnalil", t." immediate predecessor OF
HIS MIjesty ils,aut.