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TO TIE nov. Judge Of Probate Of the County
OF Hancock
rrHE undersigned, Guardian or j. Is ie D. Ross
L Of BucksPorf, minor heir Of Hannah 4
lioss, late 81 Bucksport. ia said County deceased
respectfully represents that 81 ia minor IA seized
and possessed % the following described real "a
tate, via: Uae undivided thjrt part Of the home.
stead q said deceased which she lived At the
TING % her death, situated in BuGksport village,
4hd bounded as Follows. 70 wit East by land OF
West hy land q William Be1zley and SOUTH 81
alaih Street. That Il would be or the benefit ct
sala minor that her interest in said real estate
should be sold, md the proceeds thereof put out
" interest, or othcrwi used for her benefit ne
therefore prays thut license may 80 granted him
10 80 and convey the above described real estate
a. pnohe Or private sale according 70 the require.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
WASHINGTON. ID. c. AUG. IL, lA.M.>
Probabilities
For New England increasing cloudness.
slight fall OF temperature with falling bar
ometer, winds slightly to Sou;herly and
Easterly, followed by rain.
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Business Notices.

PYLE's DIErBr IC rkLERATus -Univrrsaiiy 90,
know lodged tHe best iu use. ssarh pound bear
The name Of JAMES TILE. Some genuine with
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SUMMARY.

SUMMARY.
Running Race. Mile Dash, Purse of $40. free
10 all horses.
g, A. 1reg0ry rs ch m. Lady Tightfoot mol
u u. Jordan n. b. z. John Gilpin ........ -
Jordan rs. c m. Kitty Clyde. drawn
Time ? s.
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City and County.
New Advertis TN e Mt. uhi. Week

Non esident Taxes-Town OF >arry
tArd u Thanks- Torrent Engine CO, No. ..
Petition for Divorce riadne l.. Buiiock
Challenge and kepiy-Hunneman Engine CO
No /.
Probate Notices
Petition Tor bIvorce- ilmna { Friend
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Bar IIarbor.
Buckspsrt.

-Mes-rs. Colby, Emery s Co. are
buildin. deck-skow forty feet In length.
= The Jacksonville (Florida) Union
says that Mr.. J. e. Goodall Of Buckspor;,
will build five boarding houses on that
coast very soon.
Mr.. Amos Trundy received an ugly
wound on Tuesday 81 inst. While NOW
ing he Was struck by the ,cytAe of al 9th
er workman. which passed nearly through
his foot. 4 physician Was called aud dress
ed the wound
The steam dredge of Capt. Matti>on is
at Bucksport to do $40, 900 job, for which
( appropriation Was made by the last Con-
| gress. At least two months time will be
I required to excavate that part OF the Mid
/ die Ground" near the wharves.
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time q he, death, situated in Bueksport village,
ahd bounded As follows. to wit IA So by land OF
John Grant, North by land of Thomas Nh rphy
West hy land 81 William Be9zley anil SOUTH ~
sltin street. That II would be flr the benefit Of
| ssld minor that her Interest in said real estate
! snoud be sold, and the proceeds thereof put out
q interest, or othervi So used tor her benefit Uc
| therefore prays thut license may 10 granted him
to sc and convey the above described real estate
az pubic or private sale according 10 the feauire.
ment 81 tile Law.
EhEy Il. GARDNER. Guardian.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss.-Court of Probate. Aug. Term, A.
( D.. 1876
rpon me foregoing petition ORDERED That
\ sad ltHllouer give public notice 10 all persons
! interested, by causing 4 copy "a the petition and
I lhis order Thereon, 60 be Published three weeks
Z saeft slrely ~ the Ellsworth American, e news
I h'leT rubi-hed 10 Ellsworth Ia sand County IN NJ
theN may appear at Court 1T Probate Tor s9id
D County, f. lr he'll Ht l-woGta, GA tbc l-t We'd
I nH'4AY ~ S-p. EeNt, at tcD oi TIE clock I'll tile
inreErrn, 90 rtrw cause FL ane they hayr Why
me prayer 81 sait petitioner sbould 10, be grant
sra r,nrrn rrrF In3.c
Vt e-t; GEO. 4. DYER Ile-'r
ifUe eH'r-A ,.a-tt GEO 4. p1EE Eyl'r.
lp 1tia noN. JHdge ar Fraa.gc, NJ the county
ul .iaarn-G.
pHt undersigned Ea-enra Carney, Guar.lilu
4 N saty Ann Carac. aud Haed r Carney,
uHpr teus 10 ttalfi- Carney late of Ellsworth.
tt-lt. ltIt r'Iitsecl t1at e4Jl l!.rr Ann ant
'hyid y .aro owport IF one un iiyiIed iaurjh
rara oi iHc homestead e the late payld Carney.
-Hl".ot fh fa=vH. %. anil occupied lr Ellen
Carney 'oN ai s,l4 payil, subject ta her SIT
"i dow a.. fht r #o.I Pee ior thg interest of sail
HtH'r htHa. tfat ru4d property -huutI bs sa.I.
"H tHr therefore pry t.tt 5000 W4v obtain i
i.e a.' .lm .Hs Court ID se.l ihe s4ae sd public
EosAssN tAHSlr, Guardian.
STATE or MtT>E
5fANe .N, ss--tnurt oi Pf+n.tr, kur. Terra,
pou .rr fart going roug w Ordered. t.at thr
f+"t i'-t'iH1tt give EHN.f Hp..rn thereof
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not saying. but probably thinking.
II came because your horse would come
And II well forhode.
My hat and wig viii soon be here
They are upon the road"
l.,
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bNhsf hfsN tVHtaNttNs
| The races were all mile heats best 3 in to
harness. except Running Race. aud conducted
according to the rules of the National Trotting
Association.
The heats in the different races were trot,ed
alternately.
Lady Blanche of the 2.i0 class. lost shoe
| during the second heat and it not being re-
placed when the horses Were called for the
third heat. the running race was substituted.
We learn that the owner of Minnie. the win
ner of the 2.40 purse, contcmplates selling her
Namcle>s plainly labored under dis,dyau-
tage, his mouth being 80 sore that his driver
was hardly able 10 control him even before hi,
final lamene.s aud withdrawal.
Much dissatisfaction was shown hy the
crowd on account Of the ruling Of the judges
concerning Lady Hhitm1re. in the Sweepstakes
purse. The facts Of the case are these. When
the horses entered the home stretch. Bonner
had the pole. Lady Whiimore next aud Els
worth Maid outside. The LAZY passed ahead
Of Bonner and took the pole. and in 81 doing
crowded Bonner somewhat and in the opinion
of the judges. who then and there consulted
the rules of the National Troiiing Association.
these two things viz. changing position in home
stretch AMI crowding Bonner sanctioned them
in declaring her distanccd and they so decd-
ed which was thought unwarraut ably tcchui-
cal by the crowd
BY request OF parties interested. we print The
following question and answer from Wilkes
Spirit oil the Time, acknowledged everywhere
the bcs' authority on such subjects:
F-r,sa...-t a Nth O.. ..ru
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AT the Graduating exercises Of the
State College at 0rono last Wednesday.
the degree of Mechanical Engineer in the
engineering course. was conferred upon
Edward ID. Mayo, of 50. West Harbor.
Bar IIarbor.
The Hotels and boarding houses at
Bar llarbor are reported as filled " ith Wis
itors this week. \ few guests are leaving,
but larger number are arriving by every
boat.
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At Court of Probate holden at Bluehili, within
and Tor the County Of Hancock on the FIRST
Wednesday of Nov. \. d., 1875
WILLIAM BABBAGE. executor Of the last
w VIII ami ie stament of William Eabbage late
OF Deer Isle In SAID County deceased, having
presented MS second account of admin tra,io n
upon said estate for Probate:
oRDERED-That said Exr. give notice thereof
10 aii persons Interested by causing copy Of this
order 10 be published three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in
the Ellsworth American, printed at Ellsworth
that iheX may appear at Probate Court 10 be
held at Ellsworth, in said county, the list " ed
nesday oil sep. next, at ten OF the clock IN The
forenoon, and shew cause, if any they have, why
tle same should not be allowed
3wJ.' PARKER TUCK, Judge.
"A true copy-Attest; GEO. A. DYER, Reg'r.
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SedgWfck.
The school in Sedgwick, District No.
8, taught by Miss Carrie McIntire OF Blue
hill. closed July 2lst. after pleasant term
of nine weeks. The attendance during the
term was very good. There were fifteen
of the scholars not absent one half day
except on account of sickness.
Gosidsboro.
BURGLARY.-0n the night of August %
the store (in which was the Post Office
occupied by Geo. W. Tracy was burglar
iously entered and the money drawers OF
both store and Post Office robbed OF their
contents, amounting to fifteen or twenty
dollars. The thief, one Daniel w. Mcneil
on being accused. confessed the crime and
restored the money. He was afterwards
arrested and brought before A. F. Drink
water. Trial Justice, and ON pleading
guilty ordered TO find bail ia the sum oi
$500 tor his appearance at the Oct. Term
! of the S. j. Court. Not complying with
the order, he was committed to jail.
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July 81, 1875. ''''' "a ''''NS' '"af'''h'
STATE OF MAINE

D.. 1875
tpon me foregoing petition. ORpERrp, That
said petitioner give public notice 20 ain person
Interested, by causing copy 81 the petition amt
Hls Order Thereon, To be Published three weel $
saeetsslrely ~ the Ellsworth American q news.
iaper published 10 Ellsworth, Ia said County IN NJ
lHeE may appear at Court of Probate for said
county, f. e he'll Ht l-Wotja. GA tbe l-t We'd
n'r+AY ~ ~. EtNt, 50 cen oi TIE clock III tle
l.ft"'nh, 90 nlrW cause, if any they have, why
me prayer 81 sait petitioner should rot be grant
1--WE PNGRrE TICK judge.
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THE RUNNING RACE.

This twas an additional attraction. it being
somewhat of a novelty in Ellsworth, and much
fun was anticipated. 1t was mile dash. free
to all horses aud purse Of $40 was offered
Three hors es were entered but only two ap-
peared Kitty Clyde being withdrawn John
Gilpin drew the pele. Lady Lightfoot being sec
ond. The word was given and the fun COM
menced. The horses were about evenly match
Ell and the drivers hung to them for dear life,
plying the braid and hallooing themselves
boarse. Lady Lighfoot took the lead at the first
quarter and held it, John Gilpin behaving bad
ly and on the third quarter taking to the woods
amid the laughter and plaudits of the crowd. his
driver being unable to restrain him; but
"stooping down, as needs he must
Who cannot sit upright,
He grasped the name with both his hands,
And exc with all his might"
1.-THE horse who never in that sort
Had driven been before
What thing upon his back had got
Did wonder more and more;h
But finally the driver got him on to the tn acl
again, too late for any chance in the race, and
brou ght the festive John back to his owner
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03
rs HOpiniOn hOf Hus.

Chicago has a new Unitarian preacher,
the Rev. Brooke Herford, fresh from
Manchester, England. OF course the
reporters were after him shortly after
he arrived, to ascertain what he thought
of Chicago generally and the Chicago
newspapers in particular. A Tribune
reporter sounded the immaculate Her.
ford on the subject of the city papers,
expecting him, no doubt, to express his
admiration of the peculiar methods of
Chicago journalism. Here is the brief
conversation on this subject Reporter
-"I suppose you have noted the diff
ference between American and English
journals since your arrival, if not be-
fore ?" Mr.. IL yes. I have
seen nothing so far in which the dis
tinction was 80 marked as in your pa
pers. They combine the elegant with
the inelegant, and blend blackguardism
and religion in any way that would not
be tolerated in England" Reporter
"Then you do not have the very best
opinion of American journalism ?"
Mr.. H" give you Americans due
credit for your enterprise and industry
in gathering what you call news. My
education, however, is that much that
is Published in the average American
daily press is not worth the trouble,
while much more is unfit to be printed
or read, while another portion can in
no way be properly called news. ="
Reporter "You may have noticed
that the publication of sermons once a
week is feature in Chicago papers ?"
Mr.. H" Yes am so told. That is
never done in England. The religious
press, even, prefer other matter" The
Chicago reporter retired crestfal1en.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03
A Marvellous Piece Of Finery

The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
has recently made a marvellous pur-
chase, in the shape of q bedroom gar
niture of point d'Alencon lace, which
was originally manufactured for Marie
Antoinette. The approach of the rev.
olution prevented the unfortunate
queen from becoming its possessor. 1t
was afterward bought by Napoleon /.
as bridal present for Marie Louise,
and was again sold after the hundred
days. After many vicissitudes, this regal
piece of finery has at last found its way
into royal hands once more. 1t COM
prises Q set of curtains, counterpane
and six pillow covers. The lace is as
fine as the finest founces ever worn by
q royal bride, and the pattern repre-
SCENTS baskets, wreaths, and clusters
of roses and lilies in high relief in del
icate net which forms the background
of that most splendid of all modern
lace, the point d'Alencon. The price
for this marvellous garniture was only
25, 200 francs (35, OOO) 1t has never
been used, none of its possessors since
the days of Marie Louise nave ven
tured to display such a piece of royal
extravaganza, therefore it may be Con-
sidered as great bargain for its new
purchaser. 1t was suggested that it
might one day return to France in the
possession of q new empress, the Grand
Duchess Marie being the lady to whose
daue liter 1T was recently reported that
the prince imperial was to be bo trothed.
But the grand duchess unfortunately
has no daughter, which is a slight i'm
pedlment to the projected union.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03
Ostrich Feathers.

The raising of ostriches for the feath-
ers, which forms so important feature
of the stock in trade of the milliners
nowadays, appears to have become quite
an industry on the Cape of Good Hope,
whittier the business has recently been
attracted from up the country. A cor
respondent saw a flock of twenty of
them pasturing in a meadow near the
observatory, and was surprised to learn
that they were valued at $3.50 each.
They feed on grass, like cattle, and re-
quire but little care. Usually they are
tolerably dociIe, but at certain seasons
they become irritable, and will some
times go as far as even to attack any
person who happens to approach their
vicinity. In such cases they do not
use their beaks, but kick forward at
their antagonist, and, as their legs are
very powerful, aud the middle toe ter
inmates in a sharp and massive claw, if
the blow strikes home it is sure 10 in
fiict severe and not unfrequently
fatal wound. When enraged they are
not very easily driven off, and one of
them is a dangerous adversary for an
unarmed man. Singularly enough,
notwithstanding their long legs, fallen
log or fence q foot high is to them an
impossible barrier-they will never try
to step over it. Each bird yields from
$3.50 to $3.50 worth of feathers per an
NUN those from the females being
gray, and those from the males alt
black. except a single white plume
which grows under each wing, and
which is the most valuable of all. As
in addition to the feathers O number of
Young birds are reared each year, and
as the cost of keeping the flock is small,
it will readily be seen that successful
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03
Spiritualism Materially Explained.

Mr.. Francis Gerry Fairfield, the au-
thor of "Ten Years Among Mediums, F"
has theory that the so called spiritual
phenomena are caused by a diseased
condition of the nervous system. He
states his position, in brief, as follows
First, that there is no pathological diff
ference between the frances of mediums,
the induced frances of mesmerism, and
the frances incident to epileptic and
cataleptic attacks; second, that spirit
seeing, as illustrated in the cases of
Judge Edmunds, A. J. Davis, Mrs.
Woodruff, and mediums of that class,
is a well-marked symptom of a single
type of nervous and cerebral lesion !;
third, that this lesion develops as one
of its opponents peculiar sensory and
motor aura Cor atmosphere), which, en-
tering into intimate molecular relations
and contact with surrounding objects
within circle of greater or less peri
phery, eventuates in the phenomena of
clairvoyance in cephalic, and of table
tipping, rappings and the like in vital
temperaments. Fourth, that this aura
is of nervous origin, and consequent
upon molecular disturbance of the
nerve-centres, developed by nervous
disorder. That as such it is more or
lc56 6uDlGCb W buc tOhblOh VI bAC 1uc-
dunn. Fifth, that in its motor aspect,
this nervous atmosphere is correlated
with light and susceptible of transform
alton into luminous clouds, into spec
trail apparitions and other objective
phenomena. Sixth, that in its sensory
aspects it enters into intimate relations
with nervous organism surrounding it,
is impressed with their thoughts and
transmits what they know or remember
to the brain of the medium. Seventh,
that both groups are morbid nervous
phenomena, having their cause in ner-
vous lesion, and their physiological
basis in reflex excitsbility of the nerve
centres. Eighth, that, therefore, there
is no occasion to refer them to the
operations of an hypothetical psychic
force, ner to the Intervention of de-
parted spirits. Mr.. Fairfield sets forth
a formidable array of verified facts in
support of the different phases of his
theory,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03
Civil Marriages in Germany.

The Berlin Staatsanzeiger publishes
a royal decree laying down the particu-
lar conditions under which the imperial
law on civil marriage is to be applied iu
the Prussian monarchy from the first of
March. The manageable age of the
adult male subject is fixed at not under
twenty years, of the female at sixteen !;
but exceptions may be made by lawful
authority. The consent of the father
is necessary before wedlock up to the
end of the young mans twenty-ffth
year, and the young woman's twenty
fourth but if the father be dead, then
the mothers is required /; but if neither
parent be living, that of the sponsors.
Sects that, under local customs. use no
sponsors, are released from this last
restriction. And where there is law
full guardianship, in the absence of
parents, by family council, it's author
ity is recognized. For children born
ont Of wedlock the mothers consent
takes the place of the fathers !; and the
child of legal adoption requires the
consent, up to the full age, of its
adopted parent In all cases of refusal,
after the first limit of manageable age
is reached, the son or daughter has
legal appeal to the district court. The
forbidden degrees are of course those
recited in the original act of the impe-
rial diet. Widows cannot marry, with
out legal dispensation, before the end
of the tenth month after their former
husbanv decease. None of the spe-
cial restrictions now existing as to the
marriages of military aud civil Prus-
sian officials, or of foreigners residing
in Prussia, are to be affected by the in
PRODUCTION of the law, but all othe i'm
pediments existing under former local
laws are repealed. Violations of the
restrictions prescribed are to be pun
ished as offenses against the criminal
code of Prussia. And, finally, all dis
power is for the future to
rest entirely in the hands of the state.
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03
The Worth Of Life.

Life is no commonplace matter it
may feel so when we are disappointed,
when we are wear;ed with labor, or are
disguised with meanness, and then we
NAV say with the Jewish preacher,
" Vanity of vanities, all is vanity "
But myself, how often in my more
cheerful moments, and at those more
thoughtful seasons, when my awakened
faculties have made me most truly man,
have I been awe-struck and breathless,
whilst the great mystery of life has oc-
CURED to my mind in sudden vividnessl
In such moments what miracle have
felt myself Excepting God himself,
what is there more wondrous than the
existence Of the infinii e; than this birth
of feeling, thinking. and active life,
in our bosons. which n short time eince
sere inanimate, insen.ate dust What
thought is there more wonGrOus than
this, that we are living souls, abroad
and active on the face of q world which
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-04-03

HAVE A SrEcIALTY.-The sooner peo-
pie begin to comprehend that practically
there is no business, calling, trade, or
profession which any one man can mas
ter in all its branches in a lifetime, the
better will it be for every individuals
prosperity. We believe that half the
failures in the great struggle for a
livelihood are due to the trying to do
too much-trying to fulfill all the re-
qui1ements indicated by n name, be-
cause their father did, but forgetting
that, in their fathers time, that name
included an aggregate of labor of very
different extent to that which it now
encompasses. Every day as it closes
leaves the world richer in knowledge.
and the aggregation of many days pro-
duces a store of learning which in
ereasea vastly the quantity which the
beginner must ,aaster ere he mp
proaches proficiency. A couple of CEN
turtles ago all that the world knew of