Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-11-21

The Bangor Wing reports the sudden
death OF Daniel T. Wood. Esq. of that
city. Mr.. Wood was over as years of age
and has been engaged in business ia Ban
gor 43 years. Heart disease Is assigned as
the cause OF his death.
Silver has been found In Camden on
Jere McIntre's farm in limestone forma-
ton OF qusrtzte. Boston parties have
bought the mineral right and will go down
seventy-fve feet aud expend $1,000.
A petition for the pardon of Isaac n.
Cox. of Bowdoinham. now IN the State
prison under sentence for the crime of
| manslaughter. will receive hearing be-
fore the Governor aud Council on the 4th
Of Defender.
-Elman Dickey of stockton Iaate OF the
bark +. W. Carbon. who one year ago was
Imprisoned at Buenos Ayres, for shooting
man IN suppressing mutiny. has been
honorsbly discharged and arrived home.
He is mate of a New York ship
The trial Of Jason Scribner for the
murder of his two children in May last.
took place In Augusta last week. The de-
Tense was made on the ground of SANITY.
The jury returned verdict of murder in
the first degree. having been out only an
hour and half
old. arrived AZ his home In Brunswick on
Tuesday. last week. from the western par,
| of Kansas, walkin. the whole distance say
| 1900 miles. except an occasional ride for a
short distance. Young Hall was on the
road two and half months.
E. c. Burleigh. State Land Agent. has
| in his possession the Discharge of soldier
| bearing the name of George W .hington.
| and written by the hand OF the Fa.rcr IT his
| Country. The discharge was maj out ia
| job Lunf. a Revolutionary soldier at ihe
9th Massachusetts regiment, who had
| served seven years. four months and eight
| days. II is dated June Sth, 1888 It wa.
| found among the Mars HUI deeds, filed Ia
| the land Office as evidence Of receipt oil
| deeds, under resolve of the legislature oil
Massachusetts. Lunt lived in Georgetown
| Me. in 1906.
At a meeting OF the T.. Il \. A. Bond.
holders in Bangor last week the following
resolution was passed:
! Rcsoircd. That II is. in the opinion Of
/ the holders OF the Land Grant bonds pres
ent At this meeting, Of the highest import.
| ancr 10 all the holders of said bonds. that
/ a railroad be made a soon as practice
| BILE from some point on the +. 4 y 4
/ Road near Bancroft or Dauforth To connect
[ N ibuilpu WIN rue Ne" BFuNsAsNk ROAD
/ when extended there from Woodstock
| The resolution viii be more fully lis-
| cussed at the annual meeting in December
/ A train was thrown from the track on
1 the New Brunswick Railroad. near Flor.
enceviiie y. b, Thursday nigh, by bun,
| die OF bags getting under the passenger
/ car. The train was thrown down an en-
/ bankment ifty feet. The passenger car VA,
/ burned. aud the smoking aud baggage
/ cars also totally destroyed. The killed
are y Perry. Ptesque Isle; Mr.. Hacker
1 Fort Fairfield, News Agent Beatty Fred
/ crICkton, and woman whose name Is ur,
! known. The seriously Injured are Con
/ ductor letxs, brakemen Dow, PHILIPPE
1 and Kent. Others not badly injured
I The Wing says Mrs. Eliza A. liar,
( low. widow OF the late Capt. John Harlow
/ OF Bangor. died Thursday at the advanced
/ age OF nineiy-oae years aud eight days
/ having been resident OF Bangor tor over
/ eighty years Mrs, Harlow was born 10
/ the province of Brittany, In France, and al
! about the age 81 ten years, during the
/ reign OF terror made her escape from
[ the country, with her mother taking pas
/ sage on board 4 vessel Of which Capt. llar.
+ low was master. Captain Harlow took 4
/ great Interest In the young gin and tOoS
/ care Of her after her ARRIVAL Ia thu, coun.
/ ~, and upon her arriving at a sufficient a e
made her his wife
/ The Journal says a Belfast man. wh,
had been down in the Provinces; boat fish.
/ ing, started from Point du thene ten dAy,
ago to 20 home by rail. Ia changing car.
eleven miles west OF the starting point
he missed his train, aud another man il
/ his party rode on carrying of hi- ticket
/ The Belfast citizen then trampcd 10 II
Johns where he shipped for St. stephens
From the last named town he walked a
the way to Belfast distance OF one hun
dred and iorty-two miles. lie was on,
week on the tramp.and arrived home Mon
| day evening having walked from Els
evs,h chat day