Ellsworth American., 1877-11-08
state News.

The sophomors and freshmen of
Colby University. had a rope-pull wcdnes-
day afternoon. in which the sophs came
of second best.
Two Bowdoin Sophomorcs have been
suspended for disturbing a Freshman
meeting.
- Elmer +. Fletcher. brother OF Mr. W
O. Fletcher. principal OF the Rocklaud
High School. was recently murdered st
Nandalia, Missouri.
Ten thousand FIVE hundred bushels of
potatoes. aud thirty tons OF starch were
shipped from Houlton last week.
The net debt OF Maine is s.. .l29, ,lo7. of
which only s25 900 had its origin previous
to ls6i. and that was incurred for the
".Nosstook War"
The Governor has noninAted Henry
Carmichs,l ot Brunswick for Stste Assayer
and Charles X. Mallard OF Rockland for
County Commissioner for Knox county.
Rev. II. NJ. Haywood of Liberty, put
90 in stove 10 kecpit from burglars 4
fire was built in the stove by a domestic.
aud now there Is no fear OF burglars Ia
that house.
The Bates Manufacturing Company Of
Lewiston have recently sent some of their
manufactures to Australia. where thcy are
highly spoken OF by experts.
Auburn will cxpeud. this sesson. about
e10,o1O In paying up old church debts and
Ia bsildins new church buildings The
Ionug Mems Chrs.tian Association Block
Will cost about sl6 90. and the new Free
Baptist Church about $1,000
The force employed ia the depart men,
o! construction and repairs at the hittery
navy yard has been increased nearly 80
L a..
the Tlcoudrruga. Ihirty-siX thousand
dollars Is allowed for tins department dur
! Ing the ne1l three months.
A CanaAn farmer rccently saw two men
attempting TO drive hog past his house.
| bot the brute was so obstinate that they
| told the farmer that IL he would Kill It tor
Z them they would give him half OF the meat
4 lie accepted the Offer with joy:ul alaCrity.
/ and not on.y Killed the hog but dr,- ,el Il
| into the bargain. ait.r which IA" stranger,
I drove away with their bali But when the
/ farmer went AZ night 70 feed hts own hn.
/ be- found the pen empty, aud II did not take
| hun Ion. 90 discover that he had Killed b.
/ own property, receiving hall OF 1t for. hi
I trouble.
The Iail sAy> that Mr. John Fl9nd
one ui the men shot la the "G ilman Dat
/ tie" AZ Naierviilc. la. been reported a
| great sufferer during most of the past
week. The shot has not bccu extracted
| from his leg, and promises 10 do him In
/ durable injury. The Others reported amnu.
/ the wounded are not Suffering very scr-
! ousiy.
The Press says that a gentleman IN
/ Limugton very early last spring sent away
a lot OF apples in barrels. IN one OF these
| barrels he placed note requesting tho
person who opened them 10 write him,
stating when, and in what condition the
! apple. were opened, and what was paid
per barrel. About three months alter
/ wards he received a reply to his note from
/ London, England, stating the apples were
! received in good condition. and brought
| about i've do.i-l> per Dstf,t The gentle
man who packed the apple, received about
81 G. per barrel.
kAsTPoRr- From q card published in the
| Esstport Sentinel, il seems that Rev. Mr.
Handy. formerly Of Ellsworth, pastor Of
the Methodist church IN Esstport. took oc-
casion IN a recent sermon 10 animadTert
| severely on the pTocce dings al picnic
supper 10 that town alleging that liquors
were taken into the hall and that seve raj
members OF the reform club got intoxicated,
aud in the course of his remarks styled the
ladies who managed the supper sea-ser-
penis and devi-hsh, The ladies referred
20 publish a card 10 this weeks Sentinel,
In which they deny all OF Mr. Hancy's al
Legations, and recommend that ip future
he try TO avoid such exhibitions OF bad
taste
Last March the Republicans OF Athens
INDUCED in celebration OF President
Hayes Inauguration. and la firing a salute
broke several win 'ows IN the house of a
Democratic resident. lie put in a claim
for pay iorthe damage. which was resisted
on the yr1urd that 1t wa- txorbitant aud
that large part II the damage alleged
wns npt the re>ult VI the hTins. The case
came 10 trial before Il Justice few days
since. and three days were spent In hearing
testimony AlInost every esident OF the
town testified on one side or the other, aud
much bad feeling resulted. After the tes-
tinony was out the case was sent TO the
supreme court ON questions OF law.
An action brought by Abner &. Gil
man against Marlboro T.. Woodcock. to
recover $500 deposited with him as stake
holder In MI election bet, came to trial in
the Supreme Court at Belfast. last week,
Plaintiff testified that he deposited the
III ney with Deit., aud on cross -examIn
alton adUitted that ii was a wager on the
election Of Samuel j. Tilden, whereupor
defendants counsel moved non-sait on
the ground that by law money deposited
for such purpose IL at nee forfeited tC
the city. The court sustained this view
and ordered a non.sut. Exceptions we're
; filed and the case goes 10 the Law Court