Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-01-07
General

-Ex-senator Morton hasped the stto'
Russian mission. cat.
The Boston CommonG have sei.'
voted to take water from Sid r;yer VIM
for city purposes. The estimnl stis Oh
50 800, 900
The largest ca ch Of mScls ,,.,r girl
ma,ah b, p,i,co Edw,rJ r .isn,ver Bat
n,a,, u.s. ,,,ln 49, sa,snn hyast- mai
man. who took 80 700 Ioo
The Pope has condemned the h, d;rt
universities as dangerous to fait ,,y,
mortal>. and young Catholic unders 80
yates are in quandary.
In pamphlet by DR.. Carter Btak =,
is stated that the lakes in the norlhoaA Va |,
Iceland are surrounded by prinrose-cota 90
ell mountains OF pure sulphur.
The fisheries on the coast OF ScotlaIp,
during the past season have yielded NOR,
than eight hundred millions of herrinG.,
aiiordlng au unusually good harvest to the
people. rs
Scotland has G5ll pauper lunatics who
cost the public an average OF 81. "a pei
head week. Those who are boarded out
In private families cost less than hali
what those cost who are provided for in
public institutions.
An investigation into the affairs of all
the larger post offices throughout the
United States has been ordered tor tae
purpose OF asccrtaiung wherein the eX-
pen>es ot carrying on those institution
may hc reduced.
Grand military maueuvres on the lar,
gc>t possible scale, are to oe held in
France and Germany next fall. The
French army will be comma nded by Mar
shall MicMahon, aud the German forces
by the Emperor William.
The severity of the weather in Scot
land may be inferred from the fact that
snow in some places is l,iug two feet deep
on the higher ranges of hills. Il depth
which has not been equllcd since 1888.
Sheep are suffering greatly from inability
to get at the heritage through its frosty
covering.
Smoke aud vapor have for some time
been seen issuing from Bald llll at No
Fav>tou. VT, and the snow has been melt
ed for an acre around. though il is two
feet deep in tie vicinity. Responsible
persons who have examined it declared il
to be i volcano on a small scale.
drunkenness and crimes resulting
thcr-frnm are 50 prevalent in Liverpool.
England that the ministers of all denomi-
nations in that town at a recent meeting
appointed Friday. April 80. 1875. Il, a day
Of humiliation aud special prayer for the
nations deiivrrlncc from the great curse
OF intcmpcGance.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston has given
$500 TO be distributed in prizes at the iu-
tcr-colirgiatc literary contest.
An agreement has been entered into
between thl. government and Canada by
which mail matters from one country to
the other i 10 b" forwarded and delivered
free. upon prepayment of postage AT the
established domestic rates of the country
OF origin. II j. the desire of the DEPART
inentS OF both countries that a similar ar
rangement be made. rs soon as practica-
bic. with respect To the money order sys-
tem. The treaty was signed Tue>dlv
Montreal reports another case where
the Catholic clergy have refused to have il
man buried III cOu>cCrated ground The
deceased WAS the victim OF murderer.
Notwithstanding the sad fate ofso
many Arctic explorers, several hundred
men have already volunteered for the new
English expedition, which is to start next
Spring.