Ellsworth American., 1876-06-22
State News.

The entire Franklin Home property in
Bangor was sold on Thursday TO Samuel
White. Esq, for s22.50O.
Ring, Baxter. Burton and Fitiell. four
>inewy Bowdoin students recently walked
from Brun~wick to Portland, a distance OF
twrnty-eight miles, in IA hours.
The apple crop at FIrmington Falls is
q failure The caterpillars are too many
for il. The same report comes from other
Franklin county towns.
-C. w. Winslow committed suicide al
Bangor, on Saturday, by cutting his throat
with a razor. Both jugular veins were
completely severed. Dependency and
lack OF business was supposed to be the
cause.
The carcass OF large black bear, shot
By Hiram Brown in letter B plantation
was on exhibition at Houlton Thursday
morning. Bears appear to be very numer-
Gus IN that locality, Il. .wo were killed
there last week.
The Age says that the barn OF 7. II +.
Cain Of Monroe was struck by lightning
during a violent thunder shower Saturday
afternoon, last week, and wholly destroy
ed together with 10 tons Of hay. moving
machine, and other farmin. tools. His
three small boys who were In the barn ut
the time were stunned aud one OF them
came near being killed. Loss 500 insur-
ed $500.
The term Of sixteen weeks at the
Maine Medical School, at Bowdoin Col
lege in Brunswick. closed Wednesday
Ii was the first Instance In the history of
the school when the class graduated aud
received their diplomas.
The Lewiston journal says a train
n ~ fhn Eartnip nj an branch nf aip
Central railroad was obliged to stop a
few days since owing to swarm OF cat
erpillars on the rails they were Obliged
to cover them with sand. This may ap-
pear big story to many Of our readers
but its veraclty has been proved. never
therlcss.
Thursday night of last week. Mr.,
William Lewis, an old resident of BAN
gor, was found dead on the Hampden road
about 10 O'Clock. between the house and
store occupied tby MIR. Hugh McGraw.
When he was first found by Mr.. McGraw.
who was going to his house tor the night,
life had been extinct but moment for
the body was yet warm. The cause of
this sudden death is supposed to have
been heart disease. as the deceased was
troubled with 1t.
The gold excitement has been revived
at the Olu Orchard Slate quarry. An as
say has recently been made of mineral
thought to be gold. The investigation was
made by Mr.. Bartlett OF Portland the State
Assayer. One parcel examined was found
to contain S225 per ton. The earth re-
moved from the shaft showed S22 OS per
ton, while clay deposit near the first falls
In the brook was very much richer-some-
thing like $1,000 per ton.
-Bilda, the little three-year-old daneb.
ter Of Chas. Fessenden of Brownfield.
strayed from her home " ednesday eve,
ming of last week and got lost. She vas
supposed to be drowned in Shepherds riy
er till 1t was most thoroughly searched by
torch-light for two or three miles. Find
Ing no traces of her the town was reused.
and soon more than a hundred men were
securing the woods in pursuit of the Lost
child They continued their search till
Thursday aorning at o'clock. when their
efforts were rewarded by finding the little
wanderer in an open pasture, more than a
mile from home, whittier she had roamed
through the woods and over three consid.
erable streams, and remaining without
shelter all night In the open air.