Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-31

Edison. the inventor, is seriously i'll at
Menlo Park.
A Chinese Sunday School has been or
gained In ST. Louis.
The Duke of Devonshire lately made
100000 by the sale OF thirty short-horn
cattle.
A daughter OF Brigham Young has
become an actress, under the name of Ce-
Gil Grey
The President will soon issue his proc
lamation fixing Thursday, Nov. IS a. a
day of thanksgiving.
The senate committee on Territories.
authorized 10 visit the Indian Territory.
will assemble at ST. Louis. Nov J.
1t is reported that the marriage Of
Prince Bismarck's daughter with Count
Rantzan will take place the 9th Of Novem-
Der.
The Amer of Afghan, Is IN the field
with 80 600 infantry. 1000 cavalry and 300
guns, including battery of Armstrong
guns.
Herr krupp still preserves among his
immense workshops in Essex the little
richeiy hut In which he first began work
as a machinist.
The owner of Hopeful" has been Of
fered s22,5O0 for him, by some horse fau-
cers OF Chicago, but declines to part with
him for less than So, 900.
John ID. Vacelet, his wife and two sons
were murdered near Nincennes. Indiana.
early Thursday morning. a farm hand
IS under arrest on suspicion.
Surgeon J. W. TAYLOR has been ap-
pointed surgeon general of the Navy. in
the nlapP (,ripr rafiraI
the next senior member Of the medical
corps.
The special agent of the Treasury at
Chicago, Friday morning. seized mall
package containing 923 precious stones,
mailed at Ceylon TO a party in Keokuk
Iowa.
John Carpenter, who stabbed the
young lady in st. Francis Xavier's church,
New York, short time since, stabbed him.
self on Monday morning and will probably
die.
Pierre Provost who was in prison at
Nncennes, Ind. for the marder of the
Nacelot family of four personss last Wed.
nesday, hung himself in his cell Saturday
night.
The news from the Arctic whaling fleet
to Sept. p, is that up to that time not a
whale had been taken except one by the
ship John Rowland. The fleet is cruising
about Herald Island.
-Bayard Taylor has undergone dan
gerous surgical operation for dropsy, re-
sulting in the extraction of fourteen litres
OF water. lie is improving. though he has
been seriously i'll.
"A dispatch from Pera says that the
British Vice Consul at Bouryas was seri-
ously assaulted by Russian officers. The
Russians refused TO allow the British man
Of-war Condor to go to BouIYas.
The guests at the Maplewood board
ing house, Gilmanton, n. Ii. were treated
to fresh green peas on Wednesday, the
dainty vegetables being the product of
seed raised from seed sown in April last.
William b. Astor's country place on
the Hudson, near Rhinebeck, contains
about eight hundred acres, and gives en-
ployment to forty men during the whole
year He has one hundred and ten horses.
AT BenwOod, West Virginia. A. Pat
terson had the top OF his head blown off
by the accidental discharge OF a gun on
the shoulder of Thomas Sproul who was
walking ahead of Patterson. Both were
aged l3.
The preliminary trial of Hartwell, the
conductor whose negligence is alleged to
have caused the late terrible disaster ON
the Old Colony railroad, resulted in his
being held for trial for manslau2hter in
bonds of $4,000.
The troops captured $50 Cheyennes
under Dull Knife in Nebraska Tuesday of
last week, disarmed them and took away
their stock. But afterwards the Indians
broke away, and at last accounts had not
been recaptured.
wright Co., OF Glasgow. have failed
with Liabilities amounting to S. ,OOO, 900
Assets small. The downfall OF the syudi.
cate IN the grain trade is expected. The
business outlook in England. Scotland and
Wales is reported very discourapiny.
Cardinal Cullen died suddenly on
Thursday afternoon in Dublin. He has
been IN poor health since his return from
Rome In February last. He leaves a large
fortune The Catholic citizens of Dublin
VIII wear mourning for . month.
The yellow fever has 90 far sub.ided
that IN many Of those places where it has
ragged most fearfully, the deaths from that
cause are now less than from other causes.
Ala societies have disbanded and phys.
Clans and nurses have returned to their
homes.
On Thursday afternoon General James
;. Whitney and Mr.. James p. Tborndike
OF Boston. attended . meeting Of the bond,
holders If the Boston Water Power Co.
They separated about I O'Clock. Mr..
Th0rndike fell dead 1t 43O in the AFTER
noon, and General Whitney died At 6 80
II. MI. OF the aamA day