Ellsworth American., 1877-05-03


The Maine Republican state COM
mitee will hold meeting in Augusta nexi
Monday evening.
Blymoud boasts "f a boy thirteen years
old who j six and a half feet tall and
weighs one hundred aud forty pound,.
Hon Warren johnson. for several
wears Superintendent Of the schools of
Maine. died AT hi. home IA Newton. Mass.
saturday night
4 Bath man la, iu-, Illustrated rapid
transit by getting divorced from hi~ vii.
ia one day aud having hi bann> wiki an
other woman published on The day follow
ing.
The verdict given 10 the Dwight Par
kcr ease. v. the Portland Press Company,
for injuries received from falling down the
ELEVATOR, wa> 5000
Mr. Frank segou. OF Brighton, while
-hovcl.iug ashes from the iaunery ash
house last Tuesday. Tell head.oug on to
the mass Of glowing Goals and Was very
badly burned.
The Calais Advertiser -ayS that men
who lrn that vicinity for California are
coming back A. ia-t a they can get back
The prospect for employment j. full
good. If not better in tn. East rhan la tue
West. 80 those who have tried il say.
The Press say, that farmers and trad
er- ia Name ought To be warned al once
against sending produce 10 unknown par
ties IN Massachusetts. Nharpers are get
/ ting large amounts oil goods from Maine
that Will never BE- paid Tor
-InU. :. Circuit Court at Por,aud,Fri-
/ dly. Charles \. L'bDy postmaster, WAS
| iiled twenty dollar for barteling postage
I stamps for merchandise, 10 increase hs
/ commission by large sales of siamp,.
The whig ,ay, that two ice houses
/ containing Two thousand tons OF ice be-
I longing 10 Rowe Emery u Ffaukfort.
were consumed by ire Tuesday night.
4 Los, aboII $500.
SWEET FfRN.-Thc Republican learns
/ that parties from Ellsworth have associated
I themselves with capitalists in Cherryiieid.
Z also iu East Ma>chia>. for the pdrpD>e of
erecting factories for extracting tie tam
ming properties contained in sweet fern
aud alder. In East Machias twenty
thousand dollars IN stock was subscribed
in a fcw hour.
Winthrop Morrill,. second serctman
Dl W ditfN lltt. tAttil>lNt!t dZtt iit III
ing. left his house Friday morning. o>trn-
,i5y for work on the farm. liI> body
| was found Saturday morning under q Tree.
| with ga.i in the throat, SEVERN. the
! carotid artery. His razor was wing be-
side him. Upon the tree he had written
several messages to his family aud friends.
| IL wa. undOustly a case OF suicide caused
by business embarrasinents.
There passed through Bangor Tuesday
! three carts. with canvass coverings ar
ranged: like tents upon them. Oac con-
| taiu-l nav for the horses th1, drew the
! wagons one the household 9uOd-. aud the
otter numerous progeny Of children OF
/ all sizes and ayes. The travellers started
from Victoria county in the Provinces.
and had thus coHe two nuslfed gi,>.
They were bound tor Kansas. bat could
not tell how soon they wound be able To
yet there. Tney succeeded ia travelin 9
day.
TIE Mlsons and American Shipmas-
ters at Cienfuegos. contributed a sum OF
! $50. 90 above the expenses of preparing
the body of the late Capt. Bracy, TOR trans
portation to Maine: which they send a
token OF regard and sympathy to Mrs.
Bracy. with a letter of coincidence from
the American Consul $4,000 in Spanish
gold paid to Capt Bracy after settling at
St Jago. was not to be found after his
dtcease. and it is supposed was stolen by
a seaman left temporarily in charge OF
him during his sickness.