Ellsworth American., 1875-05-20

There is reform club organized at
Monson with $50 names on the pledge.
Mr.. Herbert White has leased the Ban
gor trotting park for the season.
The Free Press says that scarlet fever
prevails at RoCkland.
There are 10 oranges OF Patrons OF
Husbandry in Maine. with membership
OF 700.
New Sharon reports a snow drif in
the highway IL feet deep on the sth inst
That's lingering.
Mrs. McCurdy, called the oldest rcr-
ron in the state, died at Pembroke, Mon
day, aged II years.
Hon. G. G. Stacy, Secretary OF state,
is improving slowly, although vet unable
to sit up.
A loose wheel caused nine cars OF A
freight train on the European and North
American Railway, at Great Works, Wed
nesday. to run on the track and down an
embankment. No on0 was injured.
-Notwthst anding the heavy vote at the
last election against maintaining "A liuuor
agency in Rockland.th City Coun,i we'd
nesday chose Thomas I Tate liquor
agent.
There were no less than five fire alarms
In Belfast last week, and fire bug is
evidently hbout. The mayor has offered a
reward oi 5000 and the National Board of
Underwriters $1,000 for his conviction.
The Machias Union saws that some or
the substantial men of that town have ex-
pressed Willingness to subscribe literally
to stock ~ woolen mil. They think a
small beginning ought to be made soon
Mr.. L. W. 7. O,good of IIallowell. who
has charge of the little steam saw on the
Name central Railroad. sawed a cord of
wood IN Bangor recently in five minutes
This Is said to be the fastest time on record.
The Lewiston journal quotes Mr.. G..
y. Hoyt a. stating that Il model of his per-
petual motion machine has been run con-
tlnualIy Tor eight months. He is building
machine for the Centennial exhibition
and until that time the machine will not be
on exhibition.
The tallest person ia New England is
said to be Charles II. Holmes. Esq. of
Topsheld. Mass, son of the late Hon.
John Holmes OF Alfred. His height is six
feet eight inches.
The town OF Rowland is free from
debt and has $500 in the town treasury
has no doctor. no lawyer. no minister and
no pauper, and has not paid one dollar for
the support OF the poor for the past ten
years.
They intend to celebrate the centenni-
al Of the first naval battle of the Revou-
ton. at Machias. June 18th. The program
me Will be arranged in few days.
-Ex-Judge Tapicy. the counsel for
Wagner, the Isle OF Shoals murderer, has
applied for another writ of error. on the
ground that the court proceedings wer e
unconstitutional.
BROwNvILLE. The Brownville people
are hoping for railroad this summer. A
survey Will be made as soon as the condi-
ton Of the ground will admit. Only SlO.-
900 the aE.ount necessary 20 secure the
railroad are wanting.
AT Eddnston Bend two men made
$24O in five days last week. catching sal
mon In drift nets for the Bangor market.
"A horse of Mr.. Brown, of Chesterville
ran three miles with carriage and was
finally stopped BY falling through n cul-
vert on the railroad track to which he had
taken. Strange to say, horse or carriage
were not much injured.
A new temperance paper is contem-
plated in Bangor called the Crusader. Its
frat prospectus made prohibition one of its
principles. but in SECOND it was With
drawn.
The members of the Penobscot Bar are
to present to Hon. Jonas Cutting, for q
years an associate justice OF the Supreme
Court, valuable silver tea set, consisting
of six pieces.
The Commercial says that the world
renowned Daniel Pratt. the great Ameri-
can traveller. paid the students OF the Ban
gOr Theological Seminary visit Thursday,
and after dinner fayOred them with a har.
angaei
A sale Of Maine menhaden oil was ef-
fected in Fall River ON Saturday. 10 one of
the largest manufacturing houses, of up
wards OF 5000 barrels, comprising nearly
all the stock in the first hands in the cOurf-
try.
The annual commencement at the Ban
gOr Theological Seminary occurs June I'd.
and will be Interesting rs usual. The