Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-02-07
state News.

MAINE DAtEYMEN's ASSOCIATION -
The Fourth Annual Meeting Will be held
a, SoG,h Paris. February IL and IL. ISIS.
with South PAri. Dairying Association. in
Andrew, Han. Meetings AT 10 A. VI
aud +. NJ. daily. Knox and Lincoln
Railroad will sell excursion tickets for one
iarc. Maine Contra. tor one and oue-third
fare. and Grand Trunk for one fare. 10 all
members Of the Association Tickets
cd from II Ia l6 inclusive Board a. the
Andrews House for 81 per day. This
promises to be one Of the best aud most
profitable meetings yet held by the asso.-i-
alton. All interested In Dsirviug are cor
daily invited u attend. Ample facilities
viii BE- provided for exhibition OF Butter.
Cheese. Dairy Utensils and Supplies
Contributions 20 the exhibition solicited.
Come over the Maine Central r. r. 10
Danvillc Junction. then M the Grand
Trunk e. South rAris ] l. Nelson. Pres
iicnt, Winthrop. Maine. J. ". Lang. See
rotary. Brooks. Name.
The Rockland Courier Il discontinued
a French woman named Corro died at
Fort Kent !Ast week aged LOO years.
Mr.. Brown Treasurer 81 Monmouth.
l. reported to have my>teriou-ly disappear
ed
-of43 iron-clad clubs organized Ia som
ersct cuuniy. - are 10 successful opera
ton.
The record Of the cape Elizabeth light
keeper shows a los Of p vessel. near that
point since lsi+.
John aud stephen Shortwell OF south
Newcastle. have ktllsG tScuty-srvcn foxs.
.iuce October Last. aud Jane, Slortacll
has shot seyenty-fye partridEes.
->yarsport wants 4 shoe factory and an
agent has been sent 10 MaNachusstts with
authority 70 offer liberal indacrment, 10
some manufacturer 70 locate there.
a large hennery III Belfast owned by
James Mitchell. was harmed last week.
Loss $50; Insurance sjso
Prot Packard 81 BoNdoiu. wAa exam
incd LOngtsiinw tor college I'm gives iu-
struciiou In Batter" and .Paler." To re-
site e. him i looked forward - a. a special
privilege.
Fairfield lambermen report good pro.
gresS made thus fAr III thr woods. where.
with twelve 10 fourteen inches 81 .upw. the
prospect Is good Tor the ~ia'-t'- operation.
lee .--.4. ). % Robinson s col. cut
one thousand ton, OF ice from keui1.s.--
stream in four dav- time. The ice &. about
eighteen inches thick.
Mr. Geo NJ Reed. lately 81 B!ueh.u III.
A.I ,nerly II R5-,on. Ia. been appoint
81 government Inspector fnr the State
War aud Navy Department granite JOB be-
ing cut al Nina'hayen.
The Portland school CJmmitt-. has
passed an order requiring the principal, OF
the various schools 70 report every month
the number Of pupils on whom they have
Inflicted corporal punishment aud the rea-
sons therefor.
Col. Thompson Of Portland. recently
received from the eastern part OF the STATE
two fAwus. which bad been captured al the
zane time their mother had been Killed bv
a hunter. They have since been adopted ~
a Gov, and the thTr- are constantly seen in
each Others company.
MIR Daniel VI. Spencer OF winterport.
was very seriously Injured last week by
blow from an axe. lie was splitting wood
aud the axe caugh: IN clothes line.
Asa :. Clark's dwelling house at Wells
Branch va burned Oh the 2ilh inst This
wa. the old garrison house" built about
one hundred and forty years agp. The
house was insured 10 the Wels Mulusl for
500
John c. Robbins. formerly keeper OF
the American House In Augusta and more
recently OF the Biddeford House brought a
=
bins claimed that Br, ant loaled about his
house 70 the annoyance Of his guests and
himself, and sued him for three years rent
al So per week. Defendant claimed that
he was only helping nil up the house and
make a show OF business. The Jury failed
TO agree.
Mayor Harnin OF Bangor i trying 10
induce some Of The silk wesyers OF SwiiZer-
land and Bele iuIn who are ont OF work TO
emisrate 10 Bangor. Prof Ernl United
States Consul at Basic. the greatest silk
and ribbon manufacturing city in the
world. has written to Mayor Hamlin, and
says he thinks that Bangor would be a very
good place for silk weavers. and will do
what he can to induce some TO 90 there. A
favorable letter has also been received from
the United States Consul al Belgium.
The Belfast Paper Mill Company is
about TO close up its business In that city,
and abandon the making OF paper there for
the present. perhaps never to be resumed
by them. The reasons for this step are
partly the insufficient supply of waer, and
partly the great depression OF nanufactur-
ing. There have been three mills in ope.-
alton Ia years past. This will be a serious
misfortune to that city. as quite an lmpor-
tant business had grown up on the stream,
employing many hands, and many OF them
have built houses in anticipation OF permsn-
ent business.
The Press says that at Tenants Har-
Dor. Tuesday. Sarah Meservey, wife OF
Luther Meseryey. was found dead In her
house with her hands tied over her head.
The house was in confusion aud her cloth
ing BADLY dlsarrangrd. 1t is thought she
must have been dead five weeks. AS the
house had the appearance Of having been
eli hal t.4nU A, nf n.
quiet lady, aud the nelghbors supposed she
had gone TO Thomaston visiting. Her huS-
band Is sea-isring man, homeward bound
from Vienna Md. Inquest will be held
Inc theory is that tamps were The muir
lereTs,