Ellsworth American., 1877-12-06
state N ews.

-Diptheria is said to be raging fearfully
In Oldtown.
= The fall term OF BAies College closed
Friday.
The free use OF City Hall has been
voted the Maine Educational Society
which will meet In Lewiston Dec. 26th to
2sth.
The storm caused rise OF seven feet
In the hennebec. The Androscoggin has
not been so high before s!Rce 1869.
A young man OF Lewiston had 81. 900
fall to him" the other day, but lie keeps
peEging away at his trade Just a though
nothing had happened.
A Dispatch from wsreryille to the Press
says the decomposed b,-dv OF man was
found la the kennebec river opposite this
place. this morning. supposed 10 be that of
\ Log driver who was drowned last spring.
1t has not yet been identified.
At 1ogus Soldiers Home there was
grand Thanksgiving festival There were
ssoked = half ton OF turkeys. y big pork
er, two deer. besides other good ihiugs.
10 the evening there was performance ia
the hall BY Ii'e amateur company belong
ing TO the bone.
The Whlg hears that manganese has
been discovered ~ Dover. aud that il is
being sent TO the haihadln Iron Works. to
oe used In reducing the iron ore. NJ.
Robinson. New York chemist, !. now at
Dover IsakIng some lnve,tlgatinns.
A skunk entered house In Auburn
and took refug. 10 the furnace The own
cr shot the Intruder. The family moved
out. aud are sincerely mourning for the
decreased.
-Governor Connor OF Maine las ap-
pointed Timothy B Hussey Of North B,r.
WICK. Ira ID. Slurgis OF Augusta and Mel.
son Howard OF Lewiston Trustees OF the
Orphan Asylum a. Bath.
The Press saws that notwith1andIug
the fact that Mr.. Moody has stated that he
VII not be able TO come TO Maine this sea
son, q committee has been raised 10 take
measures 10 induce him to assist ir aseri-s
OF r. r'ligious IJ-.tlngs, to be held the pres
ent winter.
-Ar. AlonIo Taylor has discovered a
large body Of ore. supposed to DO tia. Ia
Wales. The ore is 10 a vein cig ht inches
10 width and appears 10 be nearly free
from any other substance. On the adloiu-
lug fsrm OF Ar. Jewell there hiss been
found large veln Of graphite.
AT = town meeting la Paris It was
unanimously voted W instruct the select
uen 10 send agents To Augusta aud to
take such ether measures a, la their iuus
m-nt issy be necessary 70 defeat the pro.
l-ct VI removing the coustry-scat from
Paris 10 Norway.
The Argus says that Capt. George T.
Bunker OF the Portland barque Alexander
Campbell, togetf er with his wife and child
was chloroiormed while asleep on board
MS vessel 81 PhIi aiclphIa tue other night
and robbed OF $3.50. The robbers were
pursued by the mate. who snapped his
revolver d, them several times. but the
cartridges failed 10 explode
The practice OF opium eating has in
creased enormously Ia Maine. and more
morphine Ia sold 10 that state than Ia any
other In the Union in proportion 10 ts
population. This Is said 10 be owing 10
10 the enforcement OF III. liquor law
-Erchange.
There Is no truth 10 the above parsgrurh
which Is floating 10 out of-state exchanges.
Dillsent inquiry OF druggists ID this and
other states shows that the sales OF opium
In this state are no larger than In other
states-snd not ss large as in states having
larger city population. Unques.ionably
the sale aud use OF opium have within a
-" 1919 ihticdccu III tiH5 country. Out
not more In Maine than elsewhere. # Ls,c-
istoa Journal
Bowdoln College catalogue for 1878
shows total Of ia students in the college
proper. The Senior class numbers II; the
Junior 25; the Sophomore 2S; and the
Freshmen So. The total number Of vol
umes In the various Libraries connected
with the college is $500. The summer
school OF Science which was established in
1876 for the purpose OF giving the teachers.
graduates Of colleges and others OF both
sexes practical Acquaintance with sci
snce, had It's full quota OF students and
has thus lar been . decided success.
II would like pair Of pantaloons,' said
. meek-looking young man who lately
called at clothing store Ia Lewiston
Maine. The trousers were produced and
the customer got into the bihircated gar
ment, and pronounced il fit. Il would
Ike 10 try on vest" he remark ed and
he seemed pleased with the vest. Had
the hrm = good coat?' A nice coat was
ntted TO him. "And An OvercostY' He
Was clothed 10 very natty over-gament.
As II did not purport to tit very well. the
gentleman In waiting was asked 10 go and
Ind . garment a little larger The gar
ment little larger was brought forward.
out no meek customer wa there. He had
slid out Of the door noiselessly, and slipped
into an slleywsy. He left his old clothes.