Ellsworth American., 1877-12-13
state News.
-peer are Gnl,e pLen., 10 Oruno

deer are quite plenty 10 Oruno.
A petition 8, circulating In Augusta
praying for the abolition OF the common
council.
-Aphaas I.yon i, the oldes, lawyer ia
the State aud Hon. Chafle, Stet,on Is next.
his jIuior.
Il, j, estimated ,hA, 5000 viii hardly
repair the damage on roads aud bridges IA
NORWAY. cau.cd oy iuc la'' storm.
Hon. > dn,y T,,alm ua, been con
iifmcj by the Senate Inspector. In the Port
land custom house.
The committee on instruction Of the
Mainc Teachers Association. Will meet la
saeo, Friday and saturday December IL
and a.
--ih-re were III .s67.74J feet OF lumber
surveyed 4, Bangor duriRg the year ending
Dec. l., A. compared with ll5.l2l .lJl Ia
ls76, and l5j C5S.l29 In ISIS
MIR, susanna Clark of New sharon.
celebrated her l02i birthday on saturday
last. She belongs to a long-lived race, her
mother having lived 70 be 90, and her
grandmother lO3.
The Governor aud council threw out
the vote of the town Of " Washington tor rep
Hiram Bliss. jr., j. therefore elected repre-
sen atiye from that town.
Last Saturday uight there wa. quite a
cuHilagration in Lewiston About 20
families were made hpmcirss and -four
stores wef" burned. I.p.. about So. 900.
Mostly insured
-J,-hua kHcry. Of Benton. for "a years
resident of the West, In. lately sold a
Ill f,. IL e
OG0 Mf Emery has sent East S. 600 as II
ciit to his invalid brother now living In
Benton
Mayor Nash Of Augusta offers s50U
reward for the arrest of the burglar who
broke iuto the house nf Hon. Lot VI Nor
rill. of Augusta. TuesdIy night. and Sc
verely wounded the watchDan therein.
E. F. Gnss Esq, Of Auburn, ha, q
deed executed ~ Massachusetts in the
time, ol the Third George. A few days
since he accidentally fell upon commits
sion To Captain Freeman dated 1924, and
signed by Governor Paris.
The reform clubs of this State met in
convention at Winthrop, Wednesday. A.
T.. Otis of Winthrop, was elected president,
and B. c. Torsey, OF Winthrop, secretary,
Two hundred and three delegates were
present.
The official returns on the vote on the
proposed constitutional amendments al the
September election. are a. follows: For
the electoral amendment. 20540; against,
% 242 For the municipal amendment,
$500; against. 5.S32.
A portion OF the $50, 900 appropriation
for Fort Preble will be expended in alter.
ing the Gguns mounted in the fortifications
TO rifles. Ii Is probable that a new surgeon
will soon arrive TO take the place lett va
cant by DIR. Franz, who was ordered away,
aud that Lieut.. Pope will soon receive pro-
motion and another officer be ordered here
TO fill the vacancy.
Walter >. French. who was Master OF
the steamer HnroD, was ii native OF Maine.
| He entered the Naval Academy. July 2f
| 1866 and graduated as Cadet Midshipinan,
| June q. 1871. He received his present
| commission as Master, August 81. 1879,
| aud was ordered Ia the Hurou, Oct. 81, fol-
| lowing He was among the lost in the
wreck OF the Huron.
The Observer saws: NJ. Robinson, a
J New York chemist. ha. been investigating z
| the prospects Of the mineral wealth oi
| Dover for few days past He exanif I'd
| the immense bed of Of magBne>e on the
| farm OF Mr. Hiram Rogers. which was dis,
covered by Dr. Jackson some 10 years
! ago. Mr.. Robinson is quite positive tina,
| there exists In our very midst vast guam
| tlty OF iron ore. which with manganese foi
| purifying and the imiBenee r'r.-sss aa very
| Land tor smelling, peculiarly, a,iaWs ru,
| PLACE foi Iron Works surpassed by none
| other IN this country. We understand that
Nj Hngers has received an order for the
delivery of ten tons of manganese for tria
| at the Kathadin Iron Works.