Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-03-04
State News.

A ton OF snuff j. annually consume In
La, ision in dipping" chiefly by women.
= :! he medical class at Bowdoin College
y ,-r-c large. numbering about seventy
five.
Pardon has been granted BY thu Gov
error and Council 10 Mctamc of NV
Brs-~ ick. a convic. In the State Prison
for larceny.
Ats temperance meeting IN Auburn
last Sunday rs persons signed the pledge
-Benncr. convicted Of arson a October
TEN 81 court. escaped from M.chia. jAl
Fidav night.
The stone cuttcr, OF ok Island.
Maine, have forwarded sN3 10 the striker,
- FAN River.
The spring term Of the Main" Wesley
n seminary, at keni'~ HI. commences
March sth. and continues thirteen weeks.
The stock AMI fixtures 81 the dcfunct
Daily Globe At RockIaud, have hcen pur-
chased by the Gazette
On Tuesday OF last week. atcam In which
Cutter .Sibey OF Belfast. aud Two ladies'
we're riding on the ice IN Peuobscot bay.
broke through. ant the whole party mar
-owly escaped drowning.
CENrESSIAL-J. H. Mcmillan Of Bid.
deford has oecn elected president Of Mun-
Centennial Commission. Ia place OF L. I.
hImbah, resigned.
BowpOiS Continuation Carl >churx
has been engaged by tn" Senior class 10
d.liycr his lecture entitled Educational
Prob ems" ia Brunswick about March
18th
Two young sons OF Samuel Morang
o Piu.ton, on wager. sawed with com
uon wood saws. two cords OF hard wood
1t one hour aud forty minutes yesterday.
The wood was birch and maple and cord
wood, each stick va. cut twice. Smart
nys.- Ken. Reporter.
Ira ID. Sturgis. Esq. OF Augusta, has
made contracts In Southern cities for the
sale OF 80 OoO tons OF kenncbec ice, aud at
fair price. Hi, would seem ~ indicate
that the business l. not 50 dat a, the pub
liz have been led 10 suppose.
At Portland on Friday there arrived a
little nine yeas old girl on her way alone
from Pennington, Ninn.. to Searsport,
Maine, her only credentials being letter
from masonic lodge, stating that her IA
ar. when living. was u member in good
sanding, and that sh. was an orphan.
With the srtle,sness Of youth, when asked
how she got along. she replied. "Everyo one
have met have been Masons."
Among the remarkable articles sport
ed n Monday evenings centennial tea par
/ - ~ Lewiston was an ancient linen hand
Aerchief carried by :. ". Cook. Esq. Il
was originally the property .of his wif.'s
grandfather, Squire Adams or Pennington.
IL IS nearly century old is made OF the
| sorest aud finest linen, aud the dainty
stitching in the true and even hens is no.,
often equaled in these days OF sewing ma
chimes. The dimensions are huge, il meas
urius more than a yard square
The meeting at the Maine Baptist Con-
yentiOn Board, 10 Augusta, on Monday
afternoon and evening. were OF a very in
teresting character, Cler.ymcn were pres
ent from Portland and Bangor and inter.
venius places. The receipts % - h,arI
from ordinary sources, durin. the last
quarter. were about $1,000. In addition to
this. requests 10 the amount OF $500 were
made to the board during the quarter An
| appOrtIonment of the money va, made To
| the small churches aud iof the support or
churches ana for the support ct ms. iona
| missionaries IN the home field The pros
pect. before the board are very promising
! Within the three years Of the Rev. DR.. Eic-
| her's administration Of the affairs OF the
| board a. secretary. its permanent fund has
| Increased from 5000 to So. 900.