Ellsworth American., 1876-07-13
State News.

gone out OF the liquor business within the
past year aud A half.
Asa Al. Hurd OF Acton has a duck
that celebrates the centennial by laying
three eggs in one day.
Norway Flour Mills, Ia which II. NJ.
Bearce, Esq, is large proprietor. are do
ing large business. During the past year
they sold 30, 900 bushels OF corn besidcs
-four shorts and other grains.
Capt. ;. Il. Packard. who has received
the Republican nomination Tor Gourruor
ia Louisiana. i native OF Auburn, where
his mother now resides. He was a captain
in the l2th Maine and served throueh the
war.
The congregational Conference. which
has been Ia session at Portland. Me. ad.
iournrd afer voting To hold the next an
nuai mrrtin. At Calais, The Maine MrvIi-
cal Association adjourned. having ,.ecird
Dr- T. r. Sanger President aud fixed upon
Lewiston s- tile place ior the next annual
meeting
In the L. =. District Court IN Bangor,
on Thursday the grand jury brought Ia "A
number Of bills. The case against {. VI
Wc>icou aud &. NJ. Libby OF Gorham tor
passing counterfeit national bank notes ia
Saco and Biddcford was certified up To the
Circuit Court In September.
The Journal says that a quarterly
meeting OF the Maine Industrial School for
girls, was held at HallowelI. on Wednes.
day. The school Is full to ovcriiowing aud
the managers have decided TO make AN ap-
peal 10 tn. public for another school build
Ing 10 afford them enlarged accomoda-
tion>.
The Hon. Edward O'Brien OF Thomas
ton has presented his native town $1,000
10 be used aS permanent fund. the inter
est to be devoted 10 the assistance OF the
deserving poor. The town holds a meeting
next Saturday to act upon the mattel.
BowpoIS CoLLEGE.--Thc Telegraph
says that Hon. =. T. Benson has re- sigued
the presidency of the Board Of Oyerseers
OF Bowdoin College. Among the attrac-
tions OF commencement week AT Bowdoin,
will b. an exhibition of twcnty-six vlabo-
rate drawings la the engineering. depart
ment. under Professor Vo-e, besides four
hundred specimens OF geometrical draw
Ing, aud models illustrating the applica-
tion OF gcometrical projection 10 engineer
luz construction.
AT a meeting OF the Maine Telegraph
Company in Bangor. Wednesday, The iol.
lo~iu. board of directors was elected: A.
". Paine, j. a. Smith. Albert Holton, WIN.
j. u
Merrill OF Portland; T.. r. Littlefield OF
Winterport. Ata subsequent meeting OF
the directors \. ". Paine was elected
president
1t !. reported that vein of ore has
been discovered near the shan ia the South
WstSrboro' gold mine that looks exceed
ingiy promising. Gold can be seen quite
plenty with the naked eye. This vein i
but few feet from the one that was work
~ last summer, and l. probably The main
vein. IL i well filled with mineral matter
and contains beside, gold, 4 portion OF
copper. Ii looks promising Tor mining OPP
eratious-
-During the ilring of the salute at Ken
nebunk. ON the Fourth Mr. Jeremiah Web
ster. au esteemed citizen OF that place,
lost his life by the premature discharge OF
CANON. lie was engaged in aiming
home a charge when the gun, being heat
ed. discharged. throwing the rod complete
ly through hi> body and u,ansi.n. him ia
u irightlul manner. lie lived but = few
minutes after the accident lie was about
80 years of age, aud leaves "a wife aud i've
children 10 mourn his untimely death.
A little girl named Bridget Gllnn, e
years old, came TO Bangor on the Boston
boat, last week, with the expectation Of
meeting her aunt OF the same name OH her
arrival. Not inding her she slept out We'd
nesday night and on Thursday she went
out on the Odln road where she was found
and taken care OF. The fact was reported
10 the City Marshal. who had her properly
taken care Of.
There Is now living ia the town OF
Washington a Frenchnan named Shepherd
who Is ll9 years of age. lie still walks
without cane aud has not given up work.
lie has several sons and daughters, who
have large families, and his great-.rrat-
grandchildren number fifty. A daughter
- years old, has just come on from Mlchi-
gan 10 take him home with her. Mr.. Shep-
herd was in the old French war and IS
row making an ofJrt 10 secure 4 pension
from hi, government.
The Name Baptist. Convention. re-
Gently held at iiai!owell. adopted resolu-
lions recognizing intemperauce as among
The greatest OF the obstacles hiudering the
progress "f the gospel, declaring in favor
ni t'.ia, abstinence by the individual and
Prohibition by The state, expressing grati-
tude L" God IN view of the shcess of the
inendins the Use oil pure unadult. rated
uniermented juice Of the grape In the
administration OF the Lords supper.
The A-pre>ident of the Conundrum club
pcrpHfalrs another atrocity. viz: What
l. that That which no man wants, which. If
any man has. he would not part with for
untold wealth." "A bald heal.
preparation which meets want lie yer be