Ellsworth American., 1876-04-06
Reform Clubs are flourishing all over


ton OF Bath is at least 30 per cent. create
than in 1870
The spring catalogue OF Bowdon Col
lege shows the following summary; Med
cal students 93, Seniors 43, Juniors &c
Sophomores %. Freshmen 33,-Total 2lI
The Whig says that there are SO ia
mates In the aims house, Bangor, and tn
overseers are providing food for about 90
men. women, aud children outside
The ice is out of the Machias river an,
navigation is open.
The kennebec rose eight inches Mon
day afternoon. and was rising slowly a
nightfsll. There are no serious apprehen
sioss of a damaging freshet.
A little daughter a Charles Loring. re
siding in Portland. was severely bitten b,
an enraged cat a day or two since, the an
imal biting through the child's wrist.
The girls of Pennington nave organ,
lied temperance aid society with Miss
Addie +. Smart as President. About TWEEN.
ty have already joined this little band OF
workers.
The wife of an Auburn man recently
ran away. taking all the portable house.
hold furniture and bank-book having a
credit OF $500.
There is a remarkable religious inter.
est in the Bethel Church. Portland. Many
sailors have been converted. Sometimes
all present seem TO be moved by one spir.
! Il.
The Telegraph says that the +. b.
| church building. at Brunswick. Just cover.
| ed in and shingled. was thrown out Of per
pendicular nearly foot. on Tuesday week.
| The chmneys on the south college were
! blown over.
| The journal says there have been ~
cases of small poX and varoIoid at Me-
| chanlc Falls and vicinity, and six deaths.
! At the present time there are about halt
dozen eases of small pox. Means have
| been taken to prevent any further spread
| of the disease.
Augusta, March 30.-Governor Connor
has nominated =. T. Burleigh as laud agent
and John F. Anderson as railroad commits
| sioner. The council adjourned this morn
Ing till Tuesday next.
The Democrat says that the snow
storm Monday night and Tuesday Of last
| week was very severe throughout Oxford
! county. over foot of snow fell and the
| roads were blocked full
Portland ladies rode QUITO the Head
Light in the great storm OF the 2lst to see
t"S % 'I.aAc'N o,' s'u'' ne s'ght was mag
"'''oeh' o'' on' ue'c' p''ou'
-Iommodore George III. Prebleha been
I detailed p special duty 10 collecting mate
rial for history Of the kttery Navy Yard
since IL organization.
Two towns IN Maine are IN this differ
eht condition Auburn has $4,000 OF un-
| pald taxes and mas TO borrow money TO
pay current expenses. lhe town Of Han
over Il Tree from debt and holds State
bond of sl6Uolthe interes Of which pays
al 'h' town eApehses'except school taxes.
- nc I. ;. supreme Court has decided
~ tAe hthtucAv election ca'c. tEat the
fenrFA' erection law. under which certain
I "ht'c parueS were indicted Tor Interfering
win the exercise OF suffrage by the col
oreh voters. j. unconstitutional and void
IL The bfant Parish case the Court decided
ne enforcement act to be unconstitutional,
mus ailrining the opinion of Justice Brad
icy j" me '""r; beIo"
-lhr Belfast aye says: \ gentleman in
this city who is an admirer OF fancy
poultry has been trying an experiment in
haichIns e-GS. lie placed number ia =
niche "i chimney, where II was warm,
I"1Nih2 them there durus the day and at
nighi lliced them IN small box, carefully
/ surrounding them with cotton, and took
the box 70 beu win nun. lie repeated
the operation several days and over had {
OF them have hatched out aud the chickens
aresdoiug well and VIII make "iIy" Of II.
In the possession Of Mr.. Isaac uu.>ry
OF North Berwick 4 an ancient clock man
ufactured in London by vs.. Toinilsou
which ha- been owned n the llusScy fam
I'y onc hnndred and nifty thrre years.
Besides the hours ahd minutes o. the day
II gives the day 81 The month, and j. IN
good running order Il was evidently an
expensive time keeper
4 man of hor.rs belnuui,,y N dennis
Jrnkyn broke through the Irr on a stream
! hrtw,eu uf th, / lincoln l,k,. ~ M,n.
day Ia~t. and before thcy could urocure
/ AID ID ~, them out. thry were 50 chilled
that they both died loon after heinz re-.
cued from the water. Mrs Jcnkyu. who
was With her husband. remained with the
horses. above the water. while her husband
went to Lincoln village, a distance Of
about three miles for assistance.
G.putxrp Anril Isa,r p,pa a man
! ahour 40 ycar. OF a0e living Al Searley'.
/ Mills in Chelsea tbren miles from his
citv. shot and Instantly killed his wifi, ear.
/ lv his forenoon Amer dray,i,g her hodv
/ out of Tho housa into tho ,,oods he ~
turned 10 the bon.e and cut his throat
1 with , razor naLiuv a fearful yroun1
! which will nroba,ly nroye fatal. Pace
( has heen in n,or health and circumstances
/ for some rirne and II il believed he was
/ insane when he committed the deed
| They leave Ave chilIr.n tho vounne.r a
babe three weeks old
-Tbe kap,.hac Iorr,aI savstba,
( : WbItn.y ~ .nyus,a has ho,,Ia ~, al.
I ar,itIars IL ~. ,roca.s M batchin,, which
/ Ia. gathered from ana of M. frnit ,r.a.
! rhey exbihiraa II si,,rs ~ ljta untiI ,hav
v.r. III, ma IN. hn,Ii. ,yb.n ,hn,. co,n.
m.ncsd III dev.Ion 'rhe ,rni, ami fnr..,
,raas IL M yicini,y ara li,.r,II,- coy.r.1
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1 f,nmd encircling the Iimhs M he ,nls q,
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,',a ,hr-,,. h.,n H., ,,,. s,,,,, III, ,ljs ,oas
rn, da.s,r,,,. ,hon, th.v shn,,Id ~ bnrn,
/ T. IN. Inots az ,bough III ,raas ,vjIl ha
! iiter,II, .,rinned ,ha nv, s.ason
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NOW ever y DbuF WHO Nlsl-s ildlo"cli sees