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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21

To TUE HON. Judge OF Probate for the Count
OF Hancock.
D E>PECTfULLi represents Sarah Gordon. OF
IL sullivan. in said County, that she Is guardian
OF Mary e., Alice aud Ausustus Gordon, minors
Sullivan, deceased that said minors are seise,l
and possessed Of the following described real es-
tale, situated In said Sullivan. being a field stu.
sted between the county road and tide waters OF
Suliv an River, containing about six acres, and
that IL would be for tie bcueht OF said minor. that
the same should be sold and the proceeds the reoi
put out and secured to them on interest. Where.
fore she prays that she may be licensed aud au.
thorzed TO sell the same at private sale, an al.
vantageons offer Tor the same having been made.
SARAH GORDON.
Dated at Ellsworth, this slst day OF October. 4.
ID. 1876.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK. sss--Ceutt Of Probate. Dec. Term
A. u. ls-6.
Upon the foregoing petition, oriered. THAT
the "a nj petitioner give public notice 10 all per
sons Interested, by Causing copy of the petition
and this order thereon, to be published three
weeks successfully in the Ellsworth American a
newspaper publ shei in Ellsworth, that thew may
Bppear at a Probate Court for sail County. to be
held atjEilsworth. on the LIST " ednrsaay of Jan.
next, at ten OF the clock the forenoon. to show
cause. IL any they have, why the prayer of said
petit should not be granted.
Sg5p. PARKER TuCk, judge.
Attest:-CHAs. L, poRR. Register.
4 true copy tucst:-CHAs. 4. DoRR, Regr.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21
Weeds.

| The carelessness with which farmers
observe the increasing growth OF per-
nicious weeds is certainly remarkable.
As we write, we look out upon the farm
! of well-to-do Deighbor, whose fences
are hidden from view by broad rows of
weeds. the seeds of which cannot fail To
have been spread over many acres of
land, as well as MANY OF his neighbors
farms, and which will find work for him
and them for many years. This is not
singular case by any means. On the
contrary, il is generally SO wherever we
go or look. The Canada thistle, that
terrible pest of our Northern neighbors,
is being rapidly naturalizcd in The Unit
| ed States by our neglect. Broad patches
of ii may be seen here and there on the
road sides.
BY this neglect We are rearing a rtah-
er pestiierous and expensive enemy in
the midst OF our fields and gardens,
without a thought of the future trouble
we are laying up for ourselves. Ii it
were not that nature is most bountiful
and farmers work is abundantly recon-
pensed, the world might be in danger
OF starving by reason of the weeds which
rob the soil and the insects which de-
vonr the crops. No other business could
sustain such losses, and none bul far
mers could gain living in spite OF equal
| difficulties. We fear the time is APP
preaching when this neglect can be per-
mitted no longer; when farming must
be more thoroughly done or the business
will become too poor to yield a living
when the wastes must be stopped and
every economy must be practised.
What advantages of case and culture
we deny TO ourselves by the narrow
profits we submit to through our neg
lccts. What advantage do we deny to
our children by reason of the lessened
income we receive for our labor. We
labor, but permit the moth and rust lit
orally to corrupt the fruits of our work.
1t is not that We do not work, but that
our work, when done Is nndone BY our
enemies through our own neglect. The
work OF radiance hom these ruinous
losses is not difficult; it needs only 10
be persistent and preserving. Every
years work would be lighter from the
time it is begun. Let but beginning
be made, and a war waged against
weeds and insects. aud before long far
mers' profits would be doubled.-New
York Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21
AMERICAS AND FOREIGN PATENTS
r. II. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS.
For Inventions, Trade Marks, Designs.
TO State ST.. Opposite Knsv St.
BOSTON

4 TIER extensive practice OF upwards OF
n Thirty years, continues to secure Patent. In
the United states also in Great britain France
and other forrIgn countries. Caveats SpecIuen.
tons, Assignments, and all other papers for III.
tents, executed on reAsonabie terms, with dis
patch. Researches m AIDE to deter inc the VALIDITY
and ability ofPatents of Inventions and legal
and other advice rendered in all matters 10
the same. Copies OF the claims OF any patent
furnished BY rcmitting one dollar. As.ixnments
recorded ia Washington.
No dge.ey IA tAe Uanf States possesses stsy.rto,
acs4,feS for obfatning Patents ascertainias tie
Pd:eEiabs!tfy Of Intentions.
All necessity OF Journey to Warrington to
procure Patent, an the usual gre at delay there
are here saved inventors.
TESTIMONIALS
lresard Mr.. Eddy as one ofthe mostcspa6Ie ana
S.eeesss! practitioners with whom ! have had
oneiAl intercourse. CHAS. MASON.
Commissioner OF Patents
i have no hesitation IN assuring inv entors that
they cannot employ a man mare competent md
rnarorfhy, anu more capable OF putting their
aPphcAuons IN n form TO secure for them early
aud favorable consideration at the Patent ONCE
EDMUND BURKE.
Late Commissioner OF Patents
MI ii EDDY has made for me over THIRTY -
plications for Patents, having been successful 10
almost every case. Such unmistAkabl proof of
great talent and ability on his part, leads me to
Recommend all invent to apply to him 10 pro
cure their patents, as they may be sure OF having
cases, and At very reasonable charges,
JOHN TAGGAET
Boston Jan. Is7a-Iyrl
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21

At q Court OF Probate holden at Ellsworth within
and for the County Of Hancock, on the LIST W ed.
nesdsy Of December A. ID. 1876.
dustin SELLERS. named executor In q GER
u tain instrument purporting to be the last will
and testament OF David Sellers, late of Deer Isle
said county deceased, having presented the
same for Probate.
ORDERED THAT the said named Ex'r give no.
tice thereof TO all persons Interested, by sing
a copy OF this Order TO be Published three weeks
suocessi vely in the Ellsworth American printed
In Ellsworth, that they may appear at Probate
Court, to be holden at Ellsworth on the LIST Wed
nesdAy Of Jan. next. at ten Of the clock in the
forenoon. and show cause, If any they have, why
the said instrument should not be proved, ap.
proved. and allowed as the last will and tesla
ment OF said deceased.
3w50s PARKER Tuck Judge
true Copy-Attest: CHAs. r. DoRR, Register.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21
DANIEL hlMBALL. Adn'r.
Ellsworth. Dece mber 9Th. Is7G.
STATE OF MAINE

To THE Hon. Judge ofProbate OF the County
of Hancock.
THE undersigned. A. y. Burnham, Guardian Of
l. Howard Is. Moore. minor and heir at law OF
Low ina Moore, late OF Ellsworth, in the County OF
Hancock. deceased, respectfully represents to
your Honor that hls ward the said Howard Il
Moore. holds an undivided one third interest IN
the Real Estate of his late mother, the said Low
ma Moore. situate In said Ellsworth, which inter
est has been appraised and returned into the Pro-
bate ONCE at said Ellsworth, that said wards
Interest Is constantly cepreciating IN said real
estate and that would be for the benefit OF his
said ward 20 have his interest sold therein and
the proceeds put 10 interest. Wherefore your
petitioner prsys your Honor 10 grant him license
TO sell al public or private sale his wards interest
in said estate.
a. +. BURNIIAM, Guardian.
Ellsworth, Dec. 9Th, 1876.
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK. So: Court of Probate, December
Term, A. ID. 1876.
Upon the foregoing petition. ORDERED, That
said petitioner give public notice TO all persons
Interested by causing copy OF the petition, and
| this order thereon To be published three weeks
| successfully In the Ellsworth American, a news
paper published in Ellsworth, in said county
that they may appear at a Court Of Probate to
be held at Ellsworth, in said County, on the LIST
Wednesday Of Jan. next, at ten OF the clock in
the forenoon, TO show cause, II any they have.
why the prayer Of said petitioner should not not
| granted.
| 5wjc' PARKER TUCK, Judge.
| Auest:-CHAs. p. DoRR Register.
A true eopy-Atiest; CHAs. =. DoRR, Register.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21
Established 1893,
American and Foreipn Patants

Established S6s,
American and Foreign Patents
GII.MORE 4 CO., Successors TO CHIpMAs. Hos
MER Co, Solicitors. Patents procured in all
countries. No FREs IN ADVANCE No charge up
less the patent Is granted. No fees for making
preliminary examinations. No additional fee.
Tor obtaining and conducting rehearing. Spec
lal attention gwen to Interference Cases before
the Patent Once, Exten slons before Copxress
CATION appertaining to Inventions or Patent.
SIND siAMf TO GILMORE b Co. FOR PAMPHLET
OF SIXTY PAGES.
Old Bounty Land Warmth
The last Report Of the Commissioner OF the
General Land ONCE shows ,s9- 500 acres Of
Issued under act of 1855 aud prior acts GIL
MORE 4 co. pay cash for them. Send by regis.
tered letter. Where Assignments are imperfect
We give Instructions TO perfect them.
Arsars Of Pay and Bounty.
OFFICERS SOLDIERS, and SAILORS of the late
money from the Government OF which they have
no knowledge. Write full history Of service and
state amount OF pay and bounty received I'm.
close stamp to GILMORE 4 CO., and full reply
after examination. will be given yos free.
Pensions.
All OFFICERS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS waundea
rupured, or injured in the late war, however
slightly can obtain pension by addressing GIL.
MORE h co.
Cases prosecuted by GILMORE 4 co, before
OF Claims and the Southern Claims Comm ssiou
Each department OF our business Is conducted
in separate bureau,under the Oh arge OF the same
ee1peme s a, parties en,poyed by the old firm.
GILMORE co. Is thus secured We desire h
win success by deserving il.
address GILMORE d. CO..
WAsHISGToS. ID. c.
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Pauper Notice.

NOTICE Is hereby given that ample pro vision
aS,ha naS Deeh msae oy the Oyerseers of the Poor
- me Csy OF Ellsworth, for the support of he
roSr Of said city and all persons are nosied thai
sGppIies furnished or credit given 70 anv psnpsr
seers. ''os $50 ovsE'
WIN b. MITCHELL. ov.e...,.
CALVIN p. JoY. 81
H. b. MASON -,
Ilswerth, jane 5th, is7e, ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21
prubate notiees.

To THE HOY. Judge Of Probate Tor the County
81 Hancock:
s1'HE endersigncd administrator Of the estate al
Frank srrene, late OF fenobscct, in sail
tounty, decreased. respectfnlly represents thai
the goods and chattels, rights and ere dts OF s.d
decessed arr not sufhelenf 20 paw his lust aebt
and charges % standardization. by The sum OF
three hsnared dollars. Wherefore your petition
er fray- your Honor 10 grant him a License &,
sell, ~ uhhc OF PRIV ate sale, and convey all OF
ths real estate OF the deceased, ftncls,.iinr the
retersiSn OF the widows driver therein to sAfisty
said sSess and charges Of dministraiion.
MARK ~. GRfNDLE.
STATE OF MAINE
HANCOCK. ss.-soart OF Probate, December
Term, A. D.. ISIS.
tpcn the foregoing petition, ORDERED - That
said petitioner give public notice to all persons
Interested by causing copy OF the petition aus,
this order thereon. 70 be published thrce week :
sncoe@siSely IN the Ellsworth American, a news
paper published IN Ellsworth, In said Couaty.
that theJ msy appear at n Court OF Probate for
said County. TO be held at Ellsworth. on the ls,
Wednesday of Jan. next, at ten OF the clock the
forenoon, aud shsw cause. " any they have. why
the prayer OF said petitioner should not be granlei
PARKER Tuck, Judge.
Attest ;--cHAs 7. DoER. Register. 3N50s
A true copy-Ai,sst CHAs. T.. DoRR. Register.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-21
Centennial Reduction in
Advertising.

Three thousand, two hundred and city dollars
worth q newspaper advertising, at publisher.
scnednie rates, given for t70V, and three months
note accepted In pay ment from advertisers Of ~
spohsioiity.. printed list. giving Name, Char
acter; Aetdsl Daily and Weekly Circulation, and
address. Apply 70 Geo. r. Roweil To. News
paper Advertising Agents. II Park Row, NY.
6mos43
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-28
A s S AY OF c.
AND
BULLION MELTING ROOMS

V'HoMAS PRICE tFoRMEELY OF THE
i san Francisco Assayins and Refining
Works. having fitted up the old iacifc
Mail building, No. 52i Sacramento street,
c. rneI of Leidesdorff. us an Assay oilice,
Chemical Laboratory and Bullion hooms, l.
now preUarcd to make assays OF the precious
and usefal metals and their ores as well a.
complete or Partial ana yses OF all the miner
ais. sats, waters or other substances that
may be- desired, aud is prepared to receive
Bull II fo~ melting into Bars, refining. part
ins aud coinage, special attention being paid
to the tr, atmont OF bar Bullion, and he hopes
that his long residence ard experience in his
profession will entitle him to a r, asonabl,,
portion OF the busHess of his friends and
the pEblie generally. myl2-3m
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
The Mortified Tragedy
100000 AIRES i s'se} Ssos "n (; d ' inn:
GEo RwRIGHT. Minneapolis Mimi

IT elegraph. Railroad and Express business Taught
! Good wages earned while learning Situatiofs fur
nished. Send stamp for circular. address Western
Union Telegraph Institute. Box 30. p eport. III
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
Potato Flour.

Few persons in the United States are
aware of the demand for farina, or po-
tato flour, and of the almost unlimited
extent OF the market that can be found
for this product, which is simply the
dry, evaporated pulp of the ordinary
potato, the whittier, and more free from
black specks, the better. It is used
for sizing and other manufacturing
purposes, and W tn the aid Of precipi-
tatiOn and acid IS converted into starch.
In Europe it meets a large and increas-
ing demand, il its primitive state, as
potato flour, and in Manchester alone
10000 tons are annually sold, and as
many more would be taken if put into
the market. When calcined it is used
largely for silk dressing and other
purposes. AT this time the quotation
for potato farina in Liverpool is a lit
tie over cents pound, while wheat
flour is about l6 cents a pound, so
that the potato flour is worth nearly
double that of the wheat, at the pres
ent rate. Consignments to Liverpool
are solicited by the brokers there. who
promise to take all that can be fur
nished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
Queer Divorce Complications.

from the Albany Argus.
In the Special Term, before Justice
Ingalls,. an application for alimOny and
counsel fee was made on behalf of the
defendant in the divorce case of Peter
LouckS agt. Margaret 4. Loucks. Both
parties are of middle age. and were
brought up as neighbOrs in the town
of Gallatin. Columbia county, where
the defendant, when still very young,
was married TO Il man named Potts.
By him she has had three children,
now aged respectively 10. %, and 81
years, all of whom are married. Some
five or six years ago, as was alleged in
the course of the argument, Loucks
procured for Mrs. Potts a divorce from
her husband, and in 1872 married her.
The husband took his new made wife
to his own home, where his sisters and
mother also resided.
In September. 1875, she left him,
and. proceeding to Hudson, brought
suit for her support, and he was obliged
to give bonds. Later still, she COM
menced an action for limited divorce.
and in an application for alimony and
counsel fee. one of the arguments adj
vanced for a liberal allowance was the
fact that she was about to become a
mother. Daring the pendency of the
motion it was alleged she had given
birth to a child, the fact being attest
ed by the certificates of two Hudson
physicians. The husband, it was
claimed, suspecting the child business
was trumped mp for the occasion, in.
stitutej an investigation, and proved
10y the certificates of two other physi.
clans that the woman had not been
confined. lie also showed, as was al
legged, that the child WIS imported
from a New York hospital, and with
the aid of cOnfedeT;,tes male to repre-.
sent her own offspring.
The result of the exposure was that
the snit was withdrawn. and the par
ties once more resumed the marriage
relation. The reunion was not lasting
however, and within q short time
thereafter a separation took place
LOucks then commenced the present
action, alleging that the woman has
been unfaithful.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
RECORD OF THE NEWS.
Political, Personal and Foreign Do
ings and GOSSIP.
The slonx Campaign.

Col. Stanton, paynaster, L :. a.
who commanded the volunteers and scouts
in General Crooks recent campaign, snd
Major Randall, who commanded the Snake
Indians, have boil returned TO Cheyenne
The latter goes at once to Sydney, to go to
Fetterman and take part in the approaching
movement north. Colonel Stanton returns
with funds TO pay OF the expedition and lie
northern posts in this department, about
sixty companies in al. Gen. Crook remains
at Fort Laramie, organizing a new campaign
against the Indians, and he will not leave the
field until the work is done. Fresh troops,
consisting Of the 18th cavalry, under General
Mackenzie, and infantry under Captain Pol
lock, will he put in the field at once. A
depot OF supply will be established at old
Fort Reno. The troops Of the recent expe-
ditiOn are now at Custer City, under com
mand of General Merritt, and viii wait new
supplies Of clothing and equipments there.
Lieutenant Luteirtz, Sd cavalry, and one or
two others who we're badly wounded, were
left at Crook City, in the Black Hills, with a
medical officer, and viii come out as soon as
they can bear removal. The cavalry horses
are much worn, and many Of them were
eaten at a feast. Five hundred fresh horses
viii he required.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12

81 ssgsEEgss pat. Rocking Horse and
4 Rolling Chair. &ew and splendid Toy for
8 children Dealers send for Illustrated price list
5 French - Myers. Cincinnati. Chic.
. Wantee Commercial men t. sell IL by photograph
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
Vitality Of Weed Seeds.

venture the assertion that the eff
forts usually put forth to destroy the
chickweed always result in increasing
the pests. for the stellaria family, of
which there are seven or eight yarie-
ties, possess the power of ripening
their seeds; if need be, before they are
half matured in size; so that when
the plants are chopped up by the hoe
and left to die on the surface of the
soil. millions of these seeds will ripen
sufficiently to retain the terminating
power, aud that, toe, when the seeds
are so small as to be- scarcely visible.
The S. Media, as botanists name the
chickweed that infests our gardens,
produces seed as hard as shot. The
same, too, may be said of the purslane
and many other weeds. If these
weeds be merely taken up and carried
TO the dung heap, the seeds will not
rot, if in an ordinary compost, but will
he brought back to the garden where
they will grow again. To fight weeds
effectually, they should be chopped OF
pulled out as soon as they appear
above ground. and should be at once
removed, not to the dung-hill, but to
some separate limbo in corner, ex'
pressly set apart, and there undis
turbed let them severely alone year af
ter year to rot on the surface of the
ground.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
A Fortune from n Lamb.

While on his fathers farm a lamb
was presented to Erastus Corning, and
this gift laid the foundation of the CO.
lossal fortune of the house of Corning.
When the lamb had grown to sheep,
it was sold, and the proceeds were in
vested in oranges, lemons, etc., which
were retailed during the clerkship in
Troy, and the profits, together with the
slight savings from hissalary, amount
ed, 1914, to five hundred dollars. lie
then obtained a clerkship in a store.
His employer at once discovered his
ability, and young Corning soon be-
came his most valuable clerk, and ul-
timately partner in the concern.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12

idvIcCs from Seryian sources say
that the Servian forces under Generals Tcher-
nayeff and Papovict simultaneously attacked
the Turks and drove them beyond Tuschitza.
during the eng cement the Seryian artillery
fired seven CaisSons OF gunpowder in Turk
ish ammunition depot. The explosion
caused fearful havoc among the Turks. On
the other side It IS reported that the b;..tle
was glorious victory tor the Turks. The
Turkish army was 81 day under FIRE from the
whole line OF Servi3n red0ubtS and batteries,
which stretch III semi-ciFcle TOR twenty
miles, and have hundred guns mounted.
In the afternoon the Turks assumed the Of
fersive, and defeated the SeTvians, inflicting
enormous losses. a Paris dispatch says no
importance Is attached TO the decision OF Ris-
ties cabinet. Peace negotiations are actively
progressing. Servia's conduct is believed to
proved merely from desire to influence
mediation favorai lie 20 herself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12

same farm, to which fourteen tons OF
manure were applied, produced thirty
six bushels of wheat and thirty-six
bushels of barley; and with two hun
dred pounds of phosphate, it produced
forty-eight bushels of barley. This
again shows the value of manure in
England, and the increased fertility of
1t through the application Of manure,
and any farmer knowing the cost of
manure in his locality, may easily es-
innate whether it will pay him to use
1t or not, bearing in mind always that
1t is much cheaper and easier to keep
up the fertility of the SOL, than to
bring it back, when once it is impov-
erished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1876-10-12
Experiments in Fertility Of Soils.

Mr.. Lawes, of England, made e&per-
iments with soil owned in one family
a thousand years. He sowed a piece
continuously to wheat for twenty-sey-
en- years, with an average crop of fif-
teen and five-eighths bushels per acre.
4 piece in barley nineteen years gave
twenty bushels per acre, and apiece in
grass gave two thousand and six hun
dred pounds year. This yield repre-.
scented the condition of the soil. with
the ordinary cultivation and rotation
as practjsed; but similar land of the