Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-10-07

| a horrible death this afternoon. lie went
below tn oil some machinery. and 1t Is sup
| posed slipped and fell between the belt and
the big driving wheel His neck and back
were broken in several places, aud both
nrms torn from the sockets. Every thread
of clothing was completely stripped from
his body, He leaves an aged father and
mother, who were dependent upon him Tor
support.
A limblc-s body has been seen in the
water near Milwaukee, and ii /, .urmi,ed
that 1t may be Dbuald~ou's
a resident Of New London. Conn. is
aStonishin. people by musical perform
aucc> upon a piece OF small wire attached
10 nail aud held between the thumb and
Fingers. lie can So play piece OF music
upon this wire that 1t will sound a. though
played 10 two different places aud in two
different keys al the same time. aud so
softly that the tones can scarcely be heard
one foot tom The pet former.
A New York paper SAYS that a wom-
nh Ia Troy, ''determn"d To love somebody
has en>narcd a poor cid man who l. iG his
'2i year. aud who had 10 borrow some
clothes ia " ar at the wedding" This a
poor way to reward magtani,nity. \ wom-
AN who would marry a man a. old and a.
poor a. that. t. IA heroine. aud deserves At
least not 10 be inaligncd.
wAsHINGToN, Sept. 2a-Whilc the In
terual Revenue receipts this month are sat
isfactory to the Treasury Department those
from customs are less than those for the
corresponding month last year. There now
remains only SIS 900. 900 OF the new per
cent. bonds tor negotiation. No further
call for redemption OF Old bonds will be
I'm lie. lem I,,,l ~ nh.rr ri IN
The new
BITE or THE RArTLEsNAKE-A post
Office agent travelling in Texas tells OF the
successful use of the gall of a rattlesnake
A. an antidote for the oite OF that reptile.
In the case spoken OF, relief was almost in
Simultaneous To the patient. who wss with
Ing In paroxysms Of great pain, rapidly
swelling and becoming purple. A friend
OF the writer. who spent several wears In
California and New Mexico. saw the same
remedy successfully used among the Inli-
ans in the later country. In one instance
an Indians dog near the camp was bitten
IN the nose BY large rattlcsnake. The
Indians Immediately opened the reptile aud
administered the gall. The cure was rapid
and cnectual.
TwEED's LIFE IN LUDLOW STREET JAN.
He sees nobody but his family, his phys-
him daily aud his counsel about a. often.
1t /. customary at the Jail when, for con-
venience, prisoner wishes to be put ont
In the pure air for a few hours in the com
pany OF an officer 10 grant him that privi-
Ie2c for u fee not fixed, but assessed ac-
cordlng TO the amount OF the bail, in de-
fault Of which he Is held-a Kind of dis
counting OF the risk involved. Mr.. Twecd's
ball is fixed at %, 900 900, and half days
liberty in his case would be scheduled at
about 500. lie has only avaied himself
Of this license once, however. having no
noneylas one Of the order of-arrest officers
says, for anybody but his lawyers. This
solitary instance was a few days after his
arrival at the jail. when he went home for
two or three hours. When he left Black
wells island, Tweed spent the nj :ht before
going To court, whence he was sent to his
present quarters, at his house In fifth aven-
tie. For that attention TO his comfort he
has paid nothing yet. and is not expected
10 pay anything. His familiar figure is
doubtless one element of his indisposition
to go out as 1t would inevitably be recoy-
nized in any public place. lie pays $50
week for his Accommodations indoors,
aud the cost OF any wishing he may wish 10
do before he gets out OF Jail. which he
thinks will not be more than six months
A NEWLY DISCOVERED CAvE-A Day
export, Ia, correspondent OF the Chicago
Tribune tells of the discovery of a remark
able cave on an island In the Mississippi.
the floor of this subteranean cavity, which
had undoubtedly been made thousands of
wears ago. was thickly strcwn with ashes,
the charred remains of bones, and a sub
stance which they took 10 be dead leaves.
first wetted, then pressed together, and re-
sembilug in color aud soldity, the cake
from oatmeal. Among the dry ashes they
picked up three tusks about the size OF
bOar's teeth and still lower. the boat-hook
came in contact with hard substance
which proved to be skull. brown AS poll
ished walnut, perfect in every respect and
of extraordinary size. On further examin-
inatiOn, almost a complete skelton was
discovered. But the most singular part
came to light in the hardened and almost
petritied leather straps, broHze buckles and
wooden leg which continued the right
extremity. that leg having been removed
about midway between the hip and knee.
This is "A very interesting discovery, prov
Ing that knowledge Of bronze was among
the learning OF the aboriginal Americans.
and that mechanical surgery in these days
was equal at least to the adaptation of a
timber extremity.
The TRIAL OF WEsTERvELT.-The scenes
in the Philadelphia courtroom on Monday
when Westervet was found guilty of the
conspiracy of Mosher and Dougless in the
abduction OF Charley Ross, were of pecul-
lar interest. The counts upon which West
ervelt was acquitted charged with kidnap-
ping and harboring, and concealin: the
child after the kidnapping. The three up
on which he was convicted are the cOnspi-
racy counts, and are the third, fourth and
fifth in the DILL of indictment. The third
charges him with conspiracy to kidnap;
the fourth with conspiring to extort mon.
ey by threatening letters. and the fifth with
cOnspiring to defraud the child Of Its liber.
ty. The prisoner appeared greatly un-
nerved when brought into court. He looked
weary and haggard and his swollen eyelids
showed traces of long continued weeping.
His wife came in with the two children be-
fore the jury brought in their verdict As
he kissed her and the two little children,
hi- iortitudc gave way and he burst into
tears. Mrs. We>tervelt stood ~ the door
Tor a few minutes, holding him by the
hand. both weeping silently; she then left
the court room, feeling that she could not
endure the final ordeal. When the verdict
was given. the prisoner, who had bowed