Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-09


+ still undecided
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln l. reported re-
covered and i now with her sister
The American rife team received n
public reception in New York on Monday
Miss Grace Stuart, granddaughter of
Prof. Moses stuart. OF Andover, made her
debut as IN actress at the Union SQUARE
Theatre in New York, Monday evening.
The freight train on the Worcester
and Nashua Railroad. due at Pepperell at
noon saturday. jumped switch at that
place and six cars loaded with grain aud
rags were wrecked aud the track badly
torn up for several rods.
The greenback convention in Detrui,
Was a failure. But fcH persons were pres
ent aud the proceedings were not Of gener-
al interest.
1t !, rumored that silver rnin instead
"f fractional currency IS to be the small
change IA circulation.
-tapt. webb swan from Dover to Cal
ais ~ side OF twenty-five hours.
Elisha Ma rill. who committed suicide.
in the lock up ~ Springfield. Mas. Thurs
day. formerly owned and carried on "A
>lOdIy mill IN this state. but its loss by
lire nearly ruined him. as the property was
not Insured \ short time since he forged
several notes at kceue and other places,
and was arrested Thursday.
BRUTAL MURpER.-At DAYTON, Ohio.
Thursday, William Dawson. late colonel
OF one oi the Indiana regiments wa -,
upon bN a notorious young rough mined
james Murphy. and stabbed ~ the ab1u-
men. from the fleets OF which he died in A
icw minute, afterwards. lie was an attend
ant AT the wedding OF a friend at the time
at Bulow's Hall. when Murphy and live
OF hi, companions demanded admission aud
upon being refused hv Mi DIw son. stab
bed linn. Murphy ni> arrested. About
800 persons gathered around the Jail Thurs
day night with tn. avowcd purpose OF
lynchlu. Murphy. but were prevented by
the entire police force OF the city.
Horace {. Hail of Jone.borough. a
prominent citizen of that town. received a
sun->troke on Sunday. He was in q wagon
alone. passing through North Columbia.
twenty miles from home. He was taken
home Yesterday He i unconscious and
In critical condition.
A Washington dispatch saws TINT no.
tie has been given at the Treasury De-
partmrut that certificates OF indebtedness
of $50 issued on account of claims OF the
States Oi Massachusetts aud Maine. for
money expedited during the war Of 1912
and trau>ierrcdtot the European and North
American Railway Company. will be paid
the l>t OF September BY the Assistant
Treasurer at New FORK. The m,unt Of
principal is SGls 900.
The next quarterly payment of pension
trs Will commence Sept. ith. This i the
year FOR biennial" examinations aud all
invalid pensioners whose pens lou certificate
does not contain the word biennial exam
inaiion not required" unless the certificate
has been issued since March 4th last will
be required 10 be examined before pay-
ment. The peusioner has the right to Sc
lrct the Examining Surgeon by whom he
will be examined. The object Of the ..bien.
NAL" examination is TO determine whether
the disability of the pensioner continues In
the same degree as when his pension was
allowed.
"A little daughter Of I. ~ Belden,
while playing on the sidewalk at West
field, Mass. on Wednesday. thought that
she recognized familiar face in the per-
son OF man who was passing, and ran ia
miliarly up to him and grasped him by the
hand, before discovering that il contained
a sharp butcher-knife. The child received
"A severe cut across the palm OF the hand.
and ran screaming into the house, Of course |
greatly alarming the women folks. Seeing
the little girl climbing the stairs, one hand
covered with blood. and u stranger follow
iuy with butcher knife in his hand they |
naturally inferred that the man was either |
drunk or u lunatic. So they shut and lock- |
ed the door and set up such yell Of murd d. |
er "a to alarm the neighborhoOi. They |
wer. d ally quoted, aud the gentleman |
explained the accident satisfactorily to the |
family.
New YORK. Sept. "a despatch 20 the
Herald states that the attorney OF the |
Flank of California says Mr.. Hills denied
that he authorized any statement that +x-
President Ral.ton had overdrawn his nc
count %, ZOO, 600. The assignment made
by Ralstnn OF his property to Mr. Sharon
on the morning of his death will cover all
hi. Indebtedness in every direction and
leave to his family about 81 100000 The
charged against Mr.. Ralston
was not personal. but that which had
srnwn out OF the aid the bank has already
given in LOAF to other industries through.
out the State, and which are to-day worth
more than the Indebtedness to the bank.
4 meeting of the friends Of RalstOn il
allied on Wednesday evening, with view
4 defending him against the charges made
gainst him. A syndicate has been forme
a the future control of the bank. The
Abilities are found TO be Gil 900 900 and
: nominal assets go, 900 .0OO-of this
"A OOO. 600 are good aud 81, O0O, 900 doubt
n Business will be resumed by the Bank
California between the 18th and goth