Ellsworth American., 1876-05-25
State News.

bAth engage a female orator. Mrs.
Agnes \. ilouSh;on. Tor It, Decoration
DAy.
according TO the Pari, Register gold
has been found iu West PAri-.
Complaints of the scarcity OF hav oc
casioned 10y The backwardues~ cf spring
come from different parts of the State
Thomas Joy had a vessel Il about five
tons stolen from \. +. Ame-'s wharf.
Rpcklaud. Fria, morning. No clue has
yet been obtained
A match game II base bal. between the
Bates aud Bo"doin clubs was played On
saturday last. resulting in a victory for the
Bates c!ub, by score OF 10 o.
Bartlett Smith, wcll.;o do farmer Of
lioulton. committed suic idc early last sat
urday morning by cutting his throat with
a razor. Domestic trouble was the prob
able cause Of the sad riIar
-Judtr knowlton Of Liberty was bad
ly kicked last week by his horse. and is
confined - his house aud will be for some
time 10 come by reason of the injury re-
ceycd.
4 coffin containing the remains of
little girl Inferred 4 wear ago were ta,en
NJ the other day At Oldtpwn. when il was
found Ia rae BODY ittl .,-nplet~ly turned
to stone AMI req Iirel t.-ral men to lit
it.
The plot of ground between Colby
University aud the depot AZ Wa,cryilc. l.,
I" be- Handicapped and planted with shrub
berry, al the JOINT expense or the railroa
company and the University.
The Age says Mrs Mary. wife OF
Parker Je~ett. formerly OF Belfast died al
thenoa. Illinois. ith Inst. aged -. She
was the daughter u John Cochran. one Of
the early settlers Of belfast. who wa, one
OF The number who threw overheard the
British ,ea 10 Boston harbOr at the com
mencemenr oi the revolutionary war.
A correspondent writes 10 the Whip
from Pa>>adumkeag that the mail carries
are no" transporting the mails in canoes
aud trudging along part of the way on
foot. just A. they used to when the couatry
between Rowland aud Passadumkeag was
first settled. This state OF things is
brought about by the carrying away OF
bridges and inpa, sable condition of the
roads for teams
While : u Gl 20 aul two other
men wttc p.lufr1 - th" Ship In Carter's
yard. Belfast. Monday the staging ON
which they were sanding gave way and
fell with crash. Gillian was thrown on
~ bh7 ihNh~ pll tiit -tipFf Aill DaIlf Drnt--
ed hut the others fDrtuuttely escaped in
jury.
Capt. James Arey, 4 soldier OF the
war OF 1872, died at Vinalhaven last week
aged about s. years. He was one of the
original settlers oi the town and has al
ways been known a. AN honorable. up-
right man aud good citizen The only
surviving one Of these veterans in town is
Mr. josiah Inserson.
A correspondent of the Lewiston jour
nal write, that last Tuesday Mr.. Bert
Shaw of Buckfeld took his own life by
blowing out his brains with gun. He
left note AT his uncle's where he was
stopping, saying he was going out TO shoot
himself. and that he had lived AS long as
he desired to. 1t was found after he had
left the house. He has wife living in
Hartford.
Charles NJ. Herrin Esq. prominent
lawyer at Houghton, was found dead in
his office last Thusday. He was bora at
Exeter, and graduated at Bowdoin Col
lege in 1855. He was a man of good lii
erary taste and very able advocate. He
belonged to the Masonic fraternity.
A company from Belfast contemplate
charteriDg yacht aud making a trip to
the Centennial. A yacht can be chartered
for $40 day that will accommodate a
party of twenty. 1t is proposed to visit
New York. Washington aud the Hudson,
as well as Philadelphia.
The annual commencement ofth- Ran
gor Theological Seminary will occur June
2-1. Professor Thayer of Andoyer Sem
mary will address the rhetorical society
on Monday On Tnusday the examina-
tons take place: on Wednesday the grad
uating exercises. Professor SewslI will
deliver his inaugural ON Wednesday.
Mr.. George Paine of Eustis, age about
80 years. on Thursday last. while driving
logs on Tim Brook, got his feet and I.gs
so wedged in between log and the ledge.
under the water up TO his brea.r. that he
could not be relieved until the men went
fouf miles and hoisted the dam and drew
on the water from the brook. When re-
leased he was so chilled and injured that
he died
The Journal says that Chaile. Page
who escaped the other night frn,n the In.
sane Hospital. on Friday nj ht la.l. ,top-
ped at house of 5. NJ. Grant at Eat New.
port. He escaped in the night time In
the morning sheet from his h..d vas
found suspended from his chamber WIN
dow in the second story. by mean, CT
which he let himself down, and started
OH, apparently In the direction of Bangor.