Ellsworth American., 1874-11-26

-Posimaster General Jewell j. t. per-
sonaiiy inspect all the leading postoillce
/ in the country.
The damage To the Eastern r. r. bv
the collision at Salisbury. ioots up to
about 5000.
-Four Intoxicated sailors. while goip,,
from the dock at Portsmouth In wherry
10 their vessel in the lower hnrbor Wed.
nesday evening. were drowned
The Daily Telegraph announced that
the infant son OF the Duke of Edlnbnrr
has been christened Albert Alexander.
The railroads have volunteered to
transport all donations contributed
through the State Relief and Ati society
OF Nebraska free OF charge.
HOLSTERS have bcen successfully in
troduccd from this side of the continent
In the Bay OF san Francisco. They were
unknown In the waters OF the Pacliic
A Mormon bishop named Dana Ia,
been arrested Tor participation Ia the
Mountains Meadow massacre, over aite.tI
years ago. when about l51 enisrani, were
! murdered IN cold blood
J Charles Eliot Norton. lrc.nrcr on the
, history of the tine arts OF Harvard Colic.c
J i seriously H.
-Rrv. ". II. II. Mnrray told a Boston
! reporter that he expected to leave Boston
I Ia about twenty years.
The trial OF Count Won Amin haS
| been sc, down for tn, 9ih OF D.cctn.cr
I next The police have been Withdrawn
J from his house, but he l. ordered 10 re
1 main 40 home.
The Emperor pf Russia has conferred
! upon Dr.. w II. EI-~cll. better kto,yn ip
this country as Ball Ran Russell. d" the
| Commanders Grade OF the Franz josef
Order. Dr Russell was juror on the see
hon Of the jury OF the Vienna Exhibition
which reported on small arms.
The main features OF new plan. on
trial IN The British Navy, for raising sunk
| en ship- are closing hermet.eally the
ha ehes and sl openings IN the ,pFrf
pats and pumping DIVA air Ths air
thus introduced rises toWArl the unsler
| side Of the deck. aud not beins alie -
escape prc->e. the water dlwn aud o4t
through the holes made IN the ship, bot
tom. The vessel by this means viii be
rchd'rcd buoy ant aud rise - the surface
There were seven test vote, On III.
salary grab bill Every time y 4. Bans.
of Masstchu-etts. voted for the htl Four
| Times Dan Voorhees,. OF Indiana voted tor
| the bills the other three times he did ua.;
vote IA al ait. Three time, Fernad, Wood
| OF New YORK. voted for the bill: the re-
malllin. -four times he dosei. The-c are
the three men that are mentioned In con-
neciion with The Spcaser-hip by the Demo
crazy CInclnnai Gazette.
The Washington correspondent ul the
Boston Advertiser says that gentlemen
OF high standing who has spcn; much tune
III Florida Tor the past two years and /,
well acquainted there. brings the infurina-
| lion that men in .f 49,. t.,,, i,, 80,
claims for slaves, actually paying "a,
therefor. In some eases 500 apiece has
been paid fSr such claims. ANON. others
engaged In This business 1, ex-senator
lusee This means a rail on the United
states Treasury. but the fellow, engaged
IN ihs speculation ought 10 know that 40
party ia congress Mii ,Vcr d4g. to- a1vo-
cate the pay ment OF these claims.
That little dre kindled In a coal vein
NJ Pht-burg 10 warm the dinner OF work
men proves very serious. IYhe fire has
spread into the coal veins. a core sppu-
daut say>; the ulttnt'r result Ut this sub.
terauean lire can hardly he told a. pres
ent. Milo Of improved propc rty he on
tie hull and In close proximity t. these
burning mines aud, should any sctiin" OF
earth occur at any point. the result would
De most disastrous. Efforts will ~ made.
10 conquer the name by sapping and min
Ing. but II will take molths. aud perhaps
years, to extingui>h this mas, or burning
coal. much OF which i burning hnudred.
VI feet below the surface
From Maine aud Oregon the fish com
ini>sioners during the summer season Sc
cured 1000 900 salmon eggs. which were
distributed ia all the rivers of the land that
run To the ocean. Prof Baird also sue
ceeded III obtaining eggs Of the land lock
| ..ft. .s.tu ..FI al.
species oi salmon, though now fresh wat
er. is supposed to have run up thith.r
from 'h" ocean. IN never 20 have return
ed. They are a small il>h. weighing from
three To eight pounds, but very the eat
tns; iJOVJ OF these eggs have been Sc
CURED and distributed among the rivers
of New England and Michigan that run
into lakes.
a LONG WAY RoUND.-Thc Trov Whiy
relates the following:
We have heard much OF the wonders of
cable telegraphy ia outtunuins time ami
abhIhilating space, bat an aneei1i,. IT,
lated I" Us last cyrniny by Nj W. T.
Phillips. assistant agent of the State A.
sociatcd Press in New York. who i on a
visit to this city. surpassed everything
We have ever heard. 4 gentleman OF the
Western Union Telegraph office, at No.
li5 Broadway, New York, was sitting in
the cable room. when telegram from
Philadelphia. destined tor Paris came
over the wires. Tnis message. like all
others for France. was To go over the ca
Bile via Duxbury. Massachusetts, The
operator called Duxbury a few times and
then said: ''fhe fellow is asleep. evident.
"; but the cable meu are always awake !:
II have TO get one of them To 20 In aud
wake him up So he stepped 10 another
| aIs.sE LID LAT
land. and sent the following message
TO cable operator. Duxbury: Please 20
and wake up my own true love- This
message Plaster Cove hastened 20 send
across the ocean to Valencia, Ireland,
who. IN turn rushed" IL TO London:
thence II was hurried to Paris. and still
onward to the European end ofthe French
cable at st. Pierre; the operator there
flashing 1t back to Duxbury. In less than
two minutes ny the CLOCK the message had
accomplished its journey OF some eighty
thousand miles. by land and sea. as was
evident by the clicking OF the instrument
on the Duxbury desk. which licked That
Is nice way to do; go ahead. Your own
true love"
In INCIDENT OF OVERLAND TRAvEL.-
Among the passengers by the westward
bound emigrant train which arrived yes
terhay was q Mrs. W. 5. Crediiord. an
aged lady from Alfred. Maine. Poor, fee
bic and alone, she bsd left her home to
cross the continent on an emigrant train
TO see her children residing in this state.
Two grown daughters awaited her at San
Jose. and her son had gone up the road to
meet her. He found her worn ont with
the fatigue Of the protracted journey in q
comfOrtless emixrant car. and very weak.
Abont six O'Clock in the evening she re-.
clined her head on his shoulder aad fell
asleep there. jus. after the train left
San Leadro 3 gentleman, who had got on
the train at thar place, noticing soue-
thing peculiar in the attitude and appear
sDce of the old lady, approached her seat
and inquired, ..What is the matter with
that ladyr "Hush," replied the young