Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-04-29
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81 illt l. H.i4itIG. N3l4iI.F.T t
estimated At from iweniy TO one Auul.'!.
OF the 7p'o men employed ;a 'hr
Gloucester fishing vessels 5".D are from
the British province.
-Colorcd People ia Georgia own prop.
crty worth sf.cnp,uo.
-Foriy-eisht gambler aul . quantity
Z q material w.re captured by the police in
Boston saturday.
six thousand tons Of iron are T. b. U.s.
81 in the coustru.i ton Of the Centennial
building.
\ new twenty cent silver coin &, soon
to hc issued from the United state, min:
a: Philadelphia.
There are thirteen profc., oual base.
bal. clubs lu the field thi, season.
The Boston city council la. voted
$4,000 towards the centennial celebrAii ,n
on the lsth Of June next OF the battle "f
Bunker Hill.
At recent mcr,iu: 0fthc Centennial
board ot huauCe. IL was announced that to
flils complete the ,ork ava ho4r ,h- *
ren>c- {" the end. -. 800 ooo Will be need
ed.
TUESDAY 4U,h last, the Boston Herald
printed 1872 .5s7 quarto sheets, the weigh,
( OF the paper used being eight and a quart
er tons.
John >te,son. Of The Howard Athe-
naum. ostUn. has purchased the Adam
{ hotel ia that city, and j. To remodel il aud
! build theatre in the rear.
Daniel O'Leary walked ll6 miles lu
twcu,y-thrcc hours aud eight minute, n
+ Philadelphia. Saiurday-the best time on
I record.
Newark, y. j.. disputes with Brook
+ ism her TILE of city OF Churches. having
lOO w.th a population OF l25OO0. Will,
Brouklyn. with population closely AZ
/ preaching half million. has only 25j.
/ The homuppAthi,is have at H.; won
thci. twcuty-ouc years f-ht ia Michigan
the Legislature having just passed q bill
creating 4 homeopathic college Ia conuec-
tion with the Michigan University.
Both branches If the Loui.i.ul lr,i-.
lature adjourned SH4s "a, OIL SATURDAY
Very few 1t any OF the reform measure,
were finally passed. In senate. b, a
vote OF j. 10 II, postponed the resolution
su,pending Auditor Clinton from office.
The "C.ty OF Homes" Phiadclphl,
has oarued thi, designation. a, j, contains
GO.U0 more dwelling houses than New
York. and 10000 in exces. Of Boston.
John Harper. senior member of IT,,
frm nt Harper Brothers. publishers. dice
on Thursday evening. after q prolonged
Illness, in the .9.h year OF hi age.
The spelling mania had its origin in a
match al GrcensbuTg, Ind. on the Goth 81
jane last. In all OF a ca!Qred church. rne
spcilcr, were old folks. tic book u-cu Ma
an Old We1,ter's spelling book, aud tht
lat >pelier went down on the Woid .1drl
liam.
II j, expected that all the stone woI
of tie ucw Brooklyn bridge Viii %,
finished hi, year. Ihe work on the caule,
can 20 on independently OF the wnr, OF
the piers and anchoragcs. aud il i pp.~itl
that The bridge NAV be ready tor u,c b.,
The summer of ISL.
There were 22.l vessels bri.t H. thi
country ia 1873 aud ~ 1874. nothw.th,taud
Ing the depression OF business, the humble
was 2l47. The highest number before III,
war was in 1855 when It reached 20i1. III
The hige-t number Of steamers built ia anil
year before the war was PSI in ISL; Ia,
year the number was 4Oi. The tJ;ai tnn
mage built in 1859 was l5G. col in lstl
was i52.725.
The total length of the railways in m
United States i nearly seventy-iye thou
sand miles. or over 'hree times the diane
ter Of the earth. II would occupy pas
senger i've mouths time, travelling nish
and day continuously, al an average spec,
of 20 miles an hour, TO 20 once over all Q
our railways. Al an average speed OF tn
fastest ocean steamers il would require oy
er eight months time.
Attorney General Williams on Thurs
] IA rall !. -.
dent, to take effect the 18th OF May. Tn
resignation is not yet accepted. Tn
friends of Mr.. Williams say he designs re
turning 10 Oregon and entering into tn
, contest for United States Senator Ii i
rumOred at Washington that Secretar,
Bristow will be transferred to the attorne
generalship.
That project tor a huge college u
music in New York city is a trfle neare
toward taking positive shape, but the din
air of mystery hangs round il still.
bachelor. name unknown. more than s
years Odd. bag actually made an endow
ment of 81 ,0UDUo5 and signed will be
queathing $1,000. 900 or so Daring life
interests TO relatives IN $3.50. 900, to th,
same future institution.
The total number of accidents repor:
ed on ell the railroads in the country dur
ing March last was l22. whereby II per
sons were killed. snd73 injured. lively,
accidents caused the death Of one or NOR
persons, 26 others injury but not death
ana -. or 50 per cent, of the whole, ar,
recorded Us causing no serious injury t.
any person The lumber OF accident:
falls far behind the record OF February
and was exceeded in January.
fHE TWENTY CENT CoIN.-Tne design
for the 10 cent silver piece authorized B,
the last Congress has been decided upon
The diverse contains sitting az1re o,
Liberty. with the word Liberty inscrib,
ed on the shield. the whole surrounded by
thirteen stars, and beneath the figure the
date ''lSs2." On the reverse the figure OF
an eagle surrounded BY the inscription
| ssTInitel States of Amariea - aud han..,h