Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-28
State News.

In digging over the ruins of the
Augusta fire, Wednesday, a rat.trap was
found with live rat in it.
The house OF Asa B. Young -four miles
out Of Cherryfeld. was burned ut midnight
Wednesday night. Miss Guptill, Is wears
old, and young child were burned to
death. Others In thes house escaped in
| their night clothes and suffered Intensely
from the cold.
The recent purchaser OF the Aroostook
Valley Sunrise after an eight weeks trial
of il publication, has given up its publ
cation and turned back the paper to the
ownership of ID. Stickney & Co. It, pub
! LEGATION /, suspended until another pur-
chaser can be found or some printer TO be
had to publish IT,
From April lst TO Dec. 18th. the
Aroostook Express Company carried from
that county to Boston 2l57 boxes. cases
and barrels of eggs. averaging fly dozen
per package, making total OF l07, $50
| dozens, or .29i 200 eggs. At fifteen cents
per dozen, the biddies of Aroostook have
not only supplied home demand. but have
| put SlG,l1S,5O in the pockets OF their
Keepers.
The strength aud sagaciiy of the spar
lows was Illustrated in the gale of Mon
| day an Westseld when Que OF the birds
overcome with the cold, lay Il, lpless on
| the ground. and another, spying It's con
dtion. flew doSn, aud, taking 1t In ITS
claws, flew in the face OF the wind Ia
! warm, protected spot some 20 rods away,
" here the haliirozen bird revived.
! Capt. Gardiner. of Nova Scotia. went
| TO Southport tho past season, ami wss EN-
| gagged by the owners of the Schooner East
ern Clipper to take that vessel to North
4 Nat ft.Ht
good cargo of fish, instead of returning Ia
Southport with the vessel and Its fare. he
disposed of the fish at Halifax. ran the
schooner ashore, then sold the condemned
\ craft FOR $500, and cleared out with the
proceeds OF ship and cargo.
| 1t Is less than six months since the
| first lodge OF the order of Knight OF Honor
was established in Maine. aud already
eight lodges have beeu formed and are M
excellent working condition. On Tues
day last Grand Lodge for Maine was or
ganized at Lewiston. The subordinate
| lodges are In Augusta, Auburn. Bangor,
| Bath, Biddeford. Lewiston. Rockland and
Waterville. Geo. A. Callahan OF Lewis.
ton was chosen Grand Dictator The an
| nusl session will be held at Augusta on
the third Wednesday OF February.
-Calais, Dec. II. Three young boys
named Joel Carson. Eugene Butler aud
Fred Jameson, went out to \ash's Lake
cunning, last saturday, with the intention
OF staying two or three days. On Monday
they started for home In a severe storm.
and got lost, Butler and Jameson gave
up, and lay down. Carson Kept on until
he reached road. where he was found in
dying condition. by man. who carried
him TO a house. The other two were AZ
forwards rescued, but frozen so badly that
recovery Is doubtful.
10 Augusta, the Rev. II. W. Tidcn is
pastor OF the Baptist church. and is highly
esteemed, especially among the children OF
his Practitioners. Recently little five
year-old boy, who is a Republican true
blue and thinks very much OF the clergy
man. was abou. 10 retire, and closed up
his bedtime prayer with. % Lord, bless
father and mother, aud bless Mr. Tildeu;
o Lord, YOU know which one | mean
Bangor Wing.