Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-10-03
Senator Blaine has gone to Iowa to ad
dress the Republicans of that state.

| Senator Blaine has gone to Iowa to adj
dress the Republican. OF that state.
-Thomss W. Xix, Jr. of Rockland. Is
candidate for Warden of the State Prison
Work will be commenced on the Bar
ron Memorial church in Dexter imme-
diately.
/ Scion Chase began his hundred dol
! lar-a-uight Greeuback lecture tour at
| Chicago.
Gov. Newell Neptune Of the ras-ama-
! quoddy tribe OF Indians. near Princeton.
| died last week
Levi Wss.. prominent citizen of
| Columbia Falls. died Thursday morning.
! Found dead in his bed.
4 The greenbsckers are talking Of Mr..
! J r. Turner Of Portland. proprietor u he
! N'ic Err, for the Secretary of state.
The Hon J. -. Hall. formerly con
Decttd "iIh the Portland Press, i now
| publishing the Fdrgo Republican IN Dako-
IA Territory.
| Austin Buck OF South Pari. commit
| ted ,uicid" Saturday morning by taking
arsenic. No Cause known
The Wing reports that by the yivln.
away OF staging al brrnGtou, Tom. +
| Higgins was seriously blurred.
The Wig says that H. H. Leonard,
/ Esq has recently received an order from
the East Indies for two OF his celebrated
6shing rods.
| BowpoIS toLLtGE The fall term at
! Bowdoin College bcga last Friday Thtr-
! ty->eScn Freshmen were present At prayers
\ The Junior class has an addition OF three
members.
The drug store OF Burrows 4 East
[ man, South Berwick. was entered by burg
I lars last Thursday nish'. 4 large amount
/ of fancy articles snd cutlery were taken.
! No clue TO tho perpetrators.
| "A large saw mill in Upper Saltwater
/ was burned last sunday night Three
! quarters werc owned by General J. :.
| smith ~ Bangor. and one-quartcr hy W.
/ T. Pearson ot Bangor. Los, $50 OO0. in
I sured $4,000. Probably !nccudafy.
The n,hIng schooner Mary Anna. 81
4 Cau.den, Me was lost oil Norman. IL
4 and September is, by -pringiug al,ak.
I She VA, valued a. $500; Insured IN the
I Portland Mutual for 500 The crew e.
( capped 10 boat.
I Joseph o. smith, Esq, Of Augusta.
/ Deputy secretary Of STATE. hiss purcha.c,l
/ of Mr.. &. \. Woodbury.. The ~omcrsct r.
+ I'rf@r newspaper property at Skowhe-
gan. aud that paper vii hereafter be pub
| lishcd by him.
Last week there was launched a
twelve hundred ton ship by Carleton, Nor
wood Il Co, at kockport, named Richard
far,ou- owned rs Carleton Norwood s
Co. capt. Cheney Packard. who viii com,
naud her, Richard Parsons OF New Or
leans and others,
Rev. George G. Crawford. Po,,ma>-
ter OF Bruu.wica. Vas found dead IN his
room W",Iuc-Iny morning. having cut hi,
throat wiki a razor. lie has had some
symptoms II Insanity for some time Mr.
Crawford was highly esteemed. aud til. f..
event casts gloom over a large circle Of 4
tricud.. He leave. family.
At The annual meeting Of the Name F
Pathological society held Ia Lewiston (
Last week, the following officers were Cho-- /
en-. President. Harry ingalls,. Wi-ca--ct; I
Wee Presidents, james taylor belgrade f.
Granville FrruaId, Harrison; Trra~'r. II. 4
Mclaughlin. Bangor; Scc'y, G. d ~lw-
yer, Wi-cassct; Executive Committee
SAINT Role Portland; G. :. Pope. Man
chester \. ;. sawyer. Cape Elizabeth
D. \. Robinson, E,q. the recent able
and popular principal OF the Bangor cram
mar school il about 10 90 - Brua.wtrA
where he will connect himself with Boa
dom College, as instructor in the gymnas-
Jun. and at the same time pursue the study
OF medicine. Mr.. Robinson l. admirably
qualified for the position having been 4
leader OF athletic sports a. well a. a -chol-
ar OF rare attachments while a student at
Bowdoin.
The Machas Republican ,ay-: \
yodng man about l. years OF age, named
White. OF 'hcrryhcld, committed suicide
By hanging In that town, last week He
was fatherless and worse than motherles.
and hi. home. II home he had, was not
much Ike Heaven. Blows upon his head,
received 10 somc way, were suggested a.
a cause OF partial Insanity and consequent
dependency.
The Grand Jury ia Rockland. las.
week reported six indictments as follows:
,has. III. Williams, Thomaston, forgery.
three cases; W. Il. Andews utterIng
forged cheeks WILDER VI. Thomas, Cam
den, compound larceny; two liquor cases
and one assault and battery. The case,
OF Williams and Andrews are the eases
Of forged checks on the German American
bank, OF New York, passed on the Geor-
yes, Thomaston and RockIand National
banks by Andrews who got oil safely with
the proceeds and Is still at large. vii
liams was put on trial.
4 Local RIP Van WINKLE.-The Bel
fast Journal says: "On Saturday. as Mr..
Daniel Haraden was standing at the door
OF his business place, an Old man, clothed
In tattered blue army coat, and leaning
heavily on cane, approached, aud fixing |
his solitary eye on MIR. H.. said-'Can you
tell NE where John Merriam livcs:"
Why was the reply, "he has been dead
these forty years." Has newell where
Is sam. French sam Jack son, and John
Haraden:' 'All dead" was the reply.
The old fellow proved to be a man named
Lynch, who 80 years age was truckman
In Belfast. and has wonderfully reten-
tive memory OF the leading men of those
days. Of all the scores whom he inquired
tor, but two survive-H. o. Alden aud
William Quimby. The old man, who was
trampng from Nova Scotia to Massachu-
sets, had stopped to view the scenes OF
his early manhood. But there was no one
To greet him. Save the two named, all
had joined ''the silent majority
The Journal reports that Turner W
Whitcomb, employed as gardener at the {
Insane Asylum. Augusta, and Miss Foss, !
a table girl at the same institution, have
been found guilty OF adultery. Whitcsmb
was married less than Two years ago To
one OF the attendants at the institution, a ! ,
very fine woman, who until within few ,
days was ignorant of her husbands guilt. !
A few weeks since lie took Miss Foss TO a /,
boarding house, where he represented her ,
as his wife. Sunday the 18th, Miss Foss
gave birth to a beautiful boy Three DAYS
after. Whtcomb carried the child away.
and that Is the last known of it, On the
2ls:. Whitcomb absconded, the facts be- I
coming .uown. Miss Fo-s has been taken ,
home by her father-n-l.w A warrant !
was Issued for the arrest OF both parties
on the charge of adultery. The woman .
waived AN examination. aud gave bonds /
Tor her appearance at court. The affair {
has been carried ont with great efirontery
and shrewdness, completely deceiving the
officers and employees at the institution.
-ComInittee on instruction OF the i
Maine Teachers Association, 1873 and ~
w j Corthell, Calais; j. ii. Hanson, Wa .
terville; g. A. Robertson, Augusta; II.