Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-08-05

The Winthrop bank robbers are still at
large
The agent Of the PASSPORT Gas Light
Company calls upon consumers to burn
more gas or the works will have to De
closed.
The Methodist camp meeting at North
port, commences August % aud continues
one week.
A lodge OF the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows was instituted IN BeliAst on
Thursday evening. July 20.
The Journal says that one OF the Bel
fast farmers has six Thousand thrifty cab
bages growing.
Maine has nine daily and sixty -four
weekly newspapers.
The meetings of the Reform Club in
Brh.ton continue to be characterized by a
deep interest
The people OF Foxcrof indulge in vel
ocp-de races. One rider made half mile
iu 2.34l-2 the other night.
The Free Press says Mayor Bryant
has offered $500 for evidence which shall
convict any person OF being concerned in
| incendiary fires during the year in Rock
land.
The valuation Of Belfast by the books
Is this year Sls2,9O0 more than last year
showing either an increase OF property,
| or assessor, industrious in ierreting it out.
The Penobscot booms are clear OF logs
| the fr.t time tor eighteen years. aud but II
! small stock below the booms. There have
been RATED this season about % OOO, 900
| feet.
MIR. Castle of this city. and the granite
companies tor which he manufactures pol
ishing machines, will send to the Centen-
| NAL Exposition specimen machines Of his
manufacture. They will be Kept ut work
| polishing blocks of Maine granite; a
! splendid advertisement for all concerned
! Belfast Journal.
They have an imitator of Jesse Pome-
| roy Ut Buck>port who on Saturday enticed
little boy eight years old to 4 distance
from his house and whipped him terribly,
/ until the appearance oi n third person saw
| ed him from further torture.
/ 4 po,i-mortem examination on the body
/ OF ranLborn OF Midway. who was recent
! ly Killed BY her husband. shows that he
administered chloroforIn before he struck
/ her with the axe, and that his story that he
Killed her in his sleep while dreaming OF
! fighting Il bear looks rather thin.
! The Gazette says that Mr.. Wendell r.
> Rice. Deputy Warden OF the Prison. la
| forms 1t that on the first of January last
! he made 4 canvass OF the convicts of this
institution tor the purpose OF seeing how
many OF them were willing TO leave of the
use OF tobacco and have furnished to them
some good weekly newspaper instead.
! SiXty-four were found to agree with the
Arrangement, and have thus far held 10
| the agreement.
| The gold mine at South WATERFORD,
seems likely TO be great success. An an
| alysis made by the State Assayer. gave a
fair per cent. for the surface. The owners
are sinking a shat. As they go down. the
! vein grows broader. and TO all appearances
| richer. They have Also found another vein
"A short distance away, which appears to
| carry quite "A quantity OF silver.
ALFRED, August Last evening about
nine o'clock fire was discovered In the
large shook and stave mills near the Port
land & Rochester railroad depot in this vii
lage. In q few minutes the two mill build
lngs were in flames. The town having no
fire engine. nothing OF avail could be done
to save item, and they were soon burned
To the ground. None OF the machinery was
Tayol,. lsLse Quantities Of shocks. the
ed. Among the machinery WAS a large
steam engine.
The loss IS estimated at SIS. 600. There
Is no insurance. The mills were owned by
ID. X. Hastings OF Fryeburg, David Ham
mond OF Bethel, and Eben F. Nutter of
Cape Elizabeth. Mr.. Hastings was remark
ing. not five minutes before the Dire was
discovered, that he must have the buildings
insured.