Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-10-04

i''t4 o NlAAAtA 4s.AAtlftFE ~ NAtArl.
-Tne governor and council iu,pec: eel
the State prison Wednesday.
City Marshal Parker OF Belfast, nearly
lost hj~ life Wednesday by taxing b. mis-.
take dose Of Fowier's solution OF arsenic.
-rhc buildings Tor the Tanning Com
pany al East Machias are about finished
aud the machinery la position. II l. cx-
pcctri work viii commence this week *
tractIng iAnnIn from sweet fern.
An Of the offices Of the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Company In Msinr have
been closed except those At Portland aud
south Gardiner.
Policeman Hanson Of Portland hit an
eighl-year-oid boy On the back with his
cane, Friday, 50 sayagely that the boy Will
die.
The town or Norway has voted TO
raise a sum not exceeding 5000 70 erect
suitable county building. 10 case the couu-
~ ,eat be removed 10 that place.
atown meeting At MachIas. 1t has
been voted 10 pay the shore Line Railroad
assessment OF 81 80 81 when the town.
subscription is cancelled on the books OF
the company
There have lately been shipped f,om
Mechanic Fall, Two carloads OF canned
corn 10 san Francisco, one 10 Sacramento.
two 10 II. Louis and seven 10 Chicago
During the present season al the corn tac
tory, 1000 busAel, OF corn have been put
up, amounting to 10000 caus.
The Augusta Journal SAYS: Reports
come to Us from every quarter and from
business men who ought TO know. that
business throughout the country is revlv-
Ing IN nearly every department. Maine
WAS the last 10 feel the panic, and consc-
quent!y will be the last TO recover from Its
effects"
Tit Journal SAYS that farmers in Sid
ney are troubled aud prrplrxri with per-
sons breaking into their cellars aud steal
ing pork, and then going TO the fields ia
the night time and gging potatoes TO 90
with The pork They are bound to go the
whole hog or nouc."
The Argus says that the cattle 81 Mr.
Crowley vi Cape Elizabeth, are infested
with the Texa, Cattle bag These bugs
are OF d greehIsh color with any quantity
OF les sIth which they cling 50 close to
the unhappy cattle that ia order to remove
them it Is ~ times necessary 10 take a
small piece ot hide, too. they eat into
the animals ilesh aud By this means the
meat becomes infected. 50 that in the
nNeN vases VI StNftE Illness nave resulted
from eating beef from an OK on which
these bugs had thriyed.
The journal saws that on Friday last,
the family OF the late Gov. Cony. Of Angus.
IA, we're startled by a noise as though the
front part Of the house was tunbiing in
On ascertaining the cause ii was found thar
| partridge had flung itself against the
large pane Of glass In the front door, break
lng the glass. The glass was by IL
feet and cost $50 The partridge was him
self ruined for life, and was cooked for din
Ter the next day. the family dining on
sixty dollar bird.
DR.. W. S. Howe of Pittsiield has been
tired by the Maine Medical Society. on
| complaint OF three neighboring physicians,
for advocating and using homeopathic
remedies. The doctor asserts that he will
give to patients Whatever medicine he
thinks best fitted for them. be 1t ailopathic,
Homeopathic or eclectic, for the science of
medicine Is not 50 far advanced that "A
physician can afford TO stick to ore school.
And the Society votes that there is no
reason for expelling the doctor.
AT the firemen's muster In Brunswick.
sept. 70, fourteen companies participated,
ten of which were visiting compan mics.
The prizes were: For visiting companies
four silver trumpe.s, and for home COM
panles, silver ice pitcher and cup. The
Tempest of Richmond won the first prize
In the first class, playing 204 feet inches
secOud prize was won by Ticonic of Wat
erville. The first prize in the second class
was won by Massaoit OF Dsmariscotta;
the second prize was won by Excelsior OF
Auburn. The prize for home companies
was won by the Niagara.
There lie more ice moving on the Ken.
nebec now than any time during the sea-
son. Quite a number of vessels are daily
coming up river Tor cargOes si the "solid
comfort" or going seward loaded. This
temporary activity Is on account OF the ex-
haustion OF the supply on the Hudson. and
the return OF very warm weather. No
large lots of ice have been contracted for
the present season, the sales being chiefly
confined TO single cargoes. The houses
of the Consumers Company at Gardiner,
are being set In order for filling, next
winter.
SUDDEN DEATH.-Capt. Samuel Gross,
OF the schooner Commonwealth, waolDnnd
dead In the cabin OF his vessel at AOkutic
wharf, Rsckland, Saturday afternoon.
The Commonwealth sailed hence with lime
for Boston, Thursday, Capt. Gross and two
sons fifteen and twelve years of age. being
the only persons on board. The same
evening sigbs were discovered that the
lime in the hold was on fire, and the YES
sci was plastered up and the cabin closed.
The captain and his two sons remained on
deck till four A. NJ. when at the sugges-
ton of the father the boys lay down to get
some sleep. When they swoke at six. Cap
tain Gross could not be found. and il was
believed he had fallen overheard and
drowned. The lads brought the schooner
back to R0ckland, arriving Friday AFTER