Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-01-17
General News.

| Florida hotels are now serving shad.
green peas and toni toes.
| The people Of the limited States con.
sums abou, 90 900 600 worth Of tea annu-
ally.
New York City, Dec. 81, At nearly olIS,-
coo 600.
! There Is great excitement 10 Laconia.
n. H., on account OF the liquor iprosecu.
tons. All the apothecHries have been ar
rested and bound over for trial.
| Just At the time when America il
thinking VI taking the Bible out Of the
schools, England Is issuing, 10 detached
parts, an annotated edition OF the Bible Tor
the use Of schools.
| Speaker Rtpdall Is greatly praised be.
| cause Oh New Years day his loaded table
had on IL nothing Intoxicating. He believes
that total abstinence Is right.
| A new fog whistle WAS lately tried At
Bristol. X. l., and In jus, four minutes amer
the fire Was lighted. |, gave blast which
was heard ten miles distant.
| The coinage during December was
gold, - 33S 800; trade dollar, e5s9, $50 :,
fr.etionary silver. el.4Is GS!.. v6tAI, IS
| 343 .0s3
Tie effect of the nre in the Riverside
Press will be widely felt, for all the admir-
ers OF the Atlantic will feel aggrieved at
the delay Of the February issue.
The fret government. ship with goods
for the Paris exposition, will be ready to
receive goods At New York, Jan. 20. and
will sail In the nrst week In February.
The Governor Of Mass. SAYS the cost
Of education 10 the State. Is els. 81 per child
from i've to nteeu years Of age. They
could all be sent to the county academies
At that tuition.
John Dixon says he proposes to tow
the Cleopatra needle 70 England from Fer.
rOl. Spain. sbont the 10Th inst. The litiga-
ton as TO salvage has been arranged.
Senator Blaine. Eugene Hale and ex-
Secretary of the Navy Robson. who have
been spending some days at the Hot
Springs, Ark. left st. Louis for Washing.
ton jap. 10. The party are In dee spirits
and good health.
The Congressional Directory shows
that out Of 1853 members Of Congress. only
l9S'ar natives OF the states which they re.
present. Only one state. North Carolina,
10 represented entirely by native born citi-
zens, while the delegations Of ten states do
not contain . single native.
Marshall, the original discoverer Of
gold in California. IL still alive. He lives
at COloUa, on the American river, where
thirty years ago he made the discovery,
and where he has always lived since. The
place WAS then known % Suffers mill.
Marshall accidentally made the discovery
10 the race Of saw mill he had built for
Gen. Suffer,
Eighty three mardersrs paid the death
penalty In this country during the year
1877; and Of these forty seven were white,
thirty -four celored, one An Indian. and one
. Chinaman. Pennsylvauia furnished six.
teen and South Carolina twelve Of these
penal executions, and New York State but
three.
The Sermon Of Henry Ward Beecher on
the subject Of future rewards and punish.
ments, concerning which there has been
such gross misrepresentation, Is published
In full 10 the Christian Union New York;
Of December 18th. Iii Is entitled, The
Background Of Aystsry."
"A Washington letter says intemper.
snce among Congressman 10 increasinx,
and hence the recent action banishing Il.
QuOrs from the Capitol. The resolution
unanimously passed BY the House makes Il
= crime. punishable BY ans and imprison.
ment, to sell or give away intoxicating II.
quOrs In The building.
The yield Of gold ard silver in the
States and territories during 1877 vas &C.,
800 900. being an excess Of o. 500, 900 over
1875. OF the greatest previous annual
yield. California gives on, $50 900 gold and
o. 600 silver; Nevada, e4e0, 900 gold
and ~ 80. 600 silver bullion.