Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-01-31


son OF the year
A son Of Hon. l.. A. Emery received
slight flesh wound over the right eye, Will,
coasting on Tuesday.
A small child OF T. Bresnahan scaldet
its face very badly. Tuesday, by tippin.
over q dish Of hot tea
The Attorney General and his wifi,
left for Augusta on Monday. They intend
TO be absent ten days.
The weather indications. Tuesday and
Wednesday. were that the backbone Of
summer has been slightly fractured.
Our lumbermen are taking advantag,
Of this little spell Of sleighing, by sending
supply teams on runners To their camps.
A single line OF loose boards would be
preferable to the ankle-deep mud on the
walk leading past the Tisdale place on
State street.
There is considerable interest mani
tested in the temperance meetings, con.
Quoted by the Ladies Aid Society. Sunday
afternoons.
The stages, TO and from the City. Eas'
and West. continue To run on wheels
They have used runners abou, four days
this winter.
Father Herbert Blojgett Is intending
to ofilciate at the Catholic Church 4 wees
from next Sabbath. He was formerly al
apprentice in this Office.
The Union Gospel Meetings continue
70 be held At the same place. The largest
number in attendance was on Sunday
evening al Hancock Hall.
The temperance lecture. which was to
have been delivered By VIM. p. Joy, Esq.
at the Falls on Saturday evening. wa.
postponed on account Of the storm.
If you wish TO be sure that your leite,
suaIl De miscarrIed use a blue envelope
and pale ink because II is almost impossi.
BILE to read such an address 10 the night
If people knew how announcement il is
for Post,nasters to find stamp upon the
left side OF an envelope, they would b,
more careful to always put ii on the righ'
hand corner.
Elsewhere will be found an article OF
''the Money Question which should be
read by all beginners 10 the study, and i
would no, hurt(f) those considerably sd
vanced In the study.
In the early part Of the winter no lesi
Z fnnr pa,frae Of AannAs mar.
upon the bulletin board II one time a, III,
Post Cffice. Now ii is the least mentioned
local Institution that there is in the city
The night stage, last Thursday, VA,
Is hours In going 10 Bangor. The storn
WAS so furious that the driver was obliget
10 put the horses in barns twice while th'
drifts were being shoveled.
Deputy L. ). Marshal Marble, passed
through this City Tuesday. He went to
S. W. Harbor, where he was 10 sell .!
auction on Wednesday, the schooner Au
rora, seized by the Collector Of Customs
for this District.
The Anna S. Nurch dragged ancho
and went ashore at Tenants Harbor dur
ing the late gale. She lost about 10 fee
CT her after keel, chafed her bilges anC
broke the rudder braces, being damage
about $50. She now lies at d. p. Jor
dams wharf.
The Janitor OF Hancock Hall not bein,
warned In season, = large crowd Of mel
and women were obliged to wait some lit
. tie time about the hall door before obtain
ing sdmittance. Although many wen
away, the body Of the Hall was full, an
the meeting very interesting.
The method Of supplying preaching
: by weekly contributions was introduced i
the Unitarian Church OF this City fe,
months ago, and Is reported TO be sue
r cess. The Congregational Church 10 med
{, tatIng the same plan. It ID said to b
! much easier 70 pay . small sum eacl
Sabbath, than the whole At one time.
Monday evening there was consider
able sliding upon Main street. A bob
containing half q dozen boys went tn
whole length of the street at lightnin
speed. From q little commotion anon
the boys it was thought that the polio
took the matter in hand. Whether the
. did or not. it is certainly hazardous spoI
= to slide one OF those heavily loaded "bobs
y into the most busy part Of the city.
The snow which began to fall Las
: Wednesday nooa. made somewhat Of .
apology for sleighing. aud the bushes
man began to rub his hands quite gles
u fully, but the rain OF Saturday seemed
disappoint him. He entirely gave u
Monday morning, because Of the war;
rain About noon fakes Of snow wer
" seen aud before night there were turtle
y evidence of cooler weather. As the una
y Ter now stands there 10 q smooth bar
= bottom and pretty fair sleighinx.
HI. b. Jordan, who u numbering ]
), No. IA Township. lost q horse last week
by drowning He drove upon the streaI
aud rolled OF TIE top logs Of his loA
which broke the ice and the whole teal
went down He as 5000 a. possible
}. caught hold OF their heads AID Ssve Oh
II most attention to the better horse. And
d johnson s. which he saved Before bel
y could be obtained the other horse VI
j. drowned II was . white horse that N
d Jordan had purchased Of John Harrima
!. about . week before. H
i A esstsin gentleman attended tn
d services At the Congregational Churc
e Sabbath forenoon. and nsaeps6 70 -
y mon ON morality. II he afternoon h o
itended n BlpeI6 ChuscA and listened