Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-06-24

Belfast purposes a centennial tea par.
ty at layford Hall, on Thursday and Fri
day. the LIST and ID of July. One ofthe AT.
/ fractions will be nice China cups variunsly
/ decorated, and tea served by thirteen Young
ladies in costumes representing the thir-
teen orisi al colonies.
On Tuesday the regular passenger
! train from Pennington to Lewiston was
passing quite rapidly around curve on a
| high embankment, when the locomotive
! struck an OK that was standing on the
track, tossing him fifteen feet into the air.
hurting the animal like top down the
steep embankment and doubtless killing
him Instantly.
-llartly Green and son of Dead River
trapped monster bear at Flagstaff few
days since. The skin was seven feet five
inches long and weighed fifly pounds.
They took tiity-siX pounds of fat and left
a much more on the carcass. which they
left in the woods. They think the bear
would weigh not less than five hundred
pounds.
One day last week the men making ex-
caVationS for the extension of the Oxford
House in Fryeburg, unearthed a human
skeleton, in a very good state of pre-erya-
ton. but evidently long since inferred. 1t
49, AFhhh IA i N4Atiil- IpsAuit. was
undoubtedly the remains OF an Indian.
Another skeleton was found in the vicinity
a irw years ago, and as this was favoiite
resort. it i probably that the remains are
tho>" OF an ahorigine.
The Governor has issued the death
warrant of James VI. Lowell. the vile
murderer. the execution Ia take place at
lhoma>ton. July 30th. The Executive
Council meets July 9Th, when the case is
decided. and unless COMMITTED. the eXecu-
ton takes place aS above. Ii is under
stood that a majority of the Council favor
the rommutation To imprisonment for life.
WATEENIIIE.-The Mail says that they
came near making Il bonfire OF the Baptist
church at Natcrviilc on Monday. The tin
nerS. who were n work on the roof con-
Meeting the new ve>try with the main
building. went To dinner. leaving their
heatin. apparatus ON the roof. from which
the wind blew a coal that fell among the
dry chips and >havings below.
CALAIS, June 20.
SIX Young men named Joseph and Will
liam Mcclellan. Hugh Kelly, two brothers
named Timer ana a sixth man name uu-
known. belonging in Musksquash, n. T..
WIRE drowned al Point Lepreaux last FRI
day night There were large number Of
boats engaged in salmon fishing, aud It i
supposed that the gale which occurred
that night caught them unprepared. The
boat which contained those mentioned was
t"Wed into LepreauX this morning bottom
up. There are number of boats still
missing and il j. feared a number of others
have lost their lives. No bodies have been
recovered a yet.
4 the train from -. John on the Euro.
pean and North American railway was
leaving Lincoln Wednesday afternoon il
was brought 10 a halt about half mile
from 'hr depot by an army of caterpilars
that had pro-emptcd several rods Of the
track. They came from poplar grove in
the vicinity. which they had dc>roilrd of
it, foliage. leaving the trees a. naked a.
lu mid-wiu'cr. The train men were oblig-
al 10 get out aud sand The track IA the
Of the catcIpillir> rendered the
IRON too ~ipprIy tor the diiving-whecl>
of the engine 10 take hold.