Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-08-14
State News.


/ A sou of William Connors of bangor.
/ fell down an embark meat Thursday And
| received very severe Injuries.
Prof @. II. Kicker. recently Of Hills
dale College, Mich. was elected Thur.day
principal OF Fryeeurg Academy. and has
| accepted.
The new .ardine factory at Passport
will employ from so 20 100 hands constant.
iy. IL i an enterprise OF great value TO the
. community.
Hon. y. ". Fogg ha. been deposed
from The GrceRbsek state Commute. be
cause be denogBees the trade and dicA.r
srrangemen, with the Democrats.
The trustee. Of Tie North An,on sAr-
Ing. Bank have voted = div nd sufficient
Ia MAKE up ninety per cent. on the amount
OF d'posit.. iseludIng Interest up to ocIo-
Der last.
The Cofporals Veteran Guard Of fny
member. ha. just bosn organized al Fox
crnfi. with three ht ITO democrats for
officers who will vote for Corporal Dasi.
"a September.
During the month OF July sne haudrci
and ihlTiy-.lK vessels passed up through
the =. & n. 4 draw bridge at BANGOR
TIL. J.. ain of eRy-.lI vessels over the
Arthur szundrrs OF C.lals, va. sIiscov-
e'cl dead Ia hi. bed on Mondly morulug
OF lat week loGng >aurder. Ia. bcrn
10 feeble state ef health for the pas .lI
month. ~iih a bleeding difficulty OF The
lungs.
i, 1. reported that the Bael.port aud
BAuSor railroad wilI pas. i"lo ne~ hands
October LIT. a. Toe lease OF the h. s y. A
railway expires al that date. IL b. also re
ported thu. the road ~il DC changed 10
three feet gage.
-wstae.slay. J. Boiler outraged ve.la.
daughter Of MAiiary kcarncy OF Carbon.
aged ! years. thursday the whole ,osn
turned out ia pursuit. lie "a. taken a. ak
O'Clock. bat u sss necessary TO shoot hi IN.
The soaHd 10 probably fAi.i.
The rorA CUanIy Republican Coavea.
t.on made tho folio ~inz nominations SEQ
atoTs, j. W. Dearborn, Charles L. Emery.
George u. Wakefield; Clerk Of Courts,
Amos J.. Alien. Treasurer. Charlie. q
Wells, tommis .ioncr. Richard y. Good
win.
The Maine Press Assoc AZ Ion will leave
Portland on Ihrtr AanGAi excursion on the
llih Of September, goins through the
" bite Mountains by the Portland and Og-
densburg route. aud proceeding to SiasAta
f.lls. The trip will lake eight days. aud
the COS, is estimated At SIS.
In Fori!.ni haroor. Friday. Frank II
Bean of Point Village. ,Ape Elizabeth. fell
from the head Of the forema.I OF the sch
George willard" Capt. q. l.. willard.
master. and was Instantly Killed by strik.
Ia. on his head and shoulders on the deck
lie formerly resided 10 Lewiston.
After a chase OF a mile Without cloth
Jog. cxcep, a shirt. aud whhou, arms.
Joseph Piummer OF Durham. overlook asd
arrested Two burglars. sAS sere seli
armed. and ~ao asoAr hIl.i while stealth.
7 from his cellar. They gave the names Of
WATrea Jesn Del aBd Charlie, Harry u Bos-
I too.
/ The Importer says the big jan OF To-
I oc 90 logs on Larraiunk Fails a. solou
~as broken last week. Z. ~ 90 logs goIns
/ oui al once, which Is said to have been a
grand sasht- IL took sixiy Eve men thir-
teen days 10 break the JAu and get the re ar
| over Carra,unA Fails. A porilon OF tho
ledge ~As removed by blasting.
| About eight miles OF the So sdy River
Railroad has been graded. There hs. been
trouble about getting the irol purchased 10
AAssaehusexs, injuuctions having been
obtained against tAki1g u up. New iron
has been contracted for aud Is nov srriv.
Ing. when the Hue 10 graded to Stroax the
rails will be laid a, once to that point.
Republican nominations made 10 Peu.
ooseot county Wednesday: Senators. T..
worth, Bradford; Samr II. Matthew.
Hampd.n; Lloyd W Drase. srripgn.id !:
Clerk OF Courts. Jas. H. Burgess. Bangor /;
County Attorney. Jasper Hotchins, Brew
er; County Treasurer, J. H. Slcker.on.
Bangor; County Commissioner, Ira ID.
Fish, Patten.
There Is SO much competition among
The starch factory people In Aroostook
| c"uniy, that they are Offering two dollars =
barrel Tor potatoes to be delivered this fall .
and Ia tnA1y cases paying one-half Of this
In advance, notwithstanding the largely 10.
creased acreage planted hi, year. The
price paid last year ranged from seventy
I'VE TO ninety ceuts barrel. Hard times
these Tor Aroos,ook farmers!
Joseph Temple Of Webster. aged 81
years. y months. and Betsey, his wife,
lmAiden came Rickew) aged 81 /; were mar
ried 10th OF February, 1907. and have lived
kindly together. husband and wife, on the
same farm they now are. ~ year,, 8
mouths. Their children number sixteen
teu OF whom are living-7 sons and )
daughters tie 10 the oldest person ia the
town. and years older than any man 10
FTeepott
The Boothbay Regissev says: Zone OF
the crew OF the schooner Willie O. ofSouth.
port. OZias PiDkhsm. master, while fishing
on Bank Qaero. broke the handle from {
jug and threw II overheard. They came
home. and about four weeks amer returned
on another fishing trip. and caught . cod
nsb, with the handle In him. which he AL
| ham Di- ~ a.
Ing for them to bring him the Jug. The
jug and handle can be seen at the Custom
House"
The Washington Republican County
Convention WAS held Thursday It Nschias.
4. b. Harvey was President. Forty -ose
towns were represented by one huncr red
and nine delegates. The nations were
all made by exclamation - follows: Sen
ators. Austin Harris, East Mzchias, Alden
Bradford. Eastport; Commissioner, Robert
T. Campbell; Treasurer. Ignatius Sargent,
Maehias; Attorney. Charles b. Roun ads,
Calais. The mass nesting In the afternoon
oiled Libby hall 70 hear Senator Chandler
tie vas Introduced by Mr.. Harvey. His
opening was directed to the Greenbaekers,
sheir objects aud Aims. He predicted 4 fail
for the party and their hnal overthrow.
The Neses says that 10 Harrison, the
otner night, married man returning
h0meward from an Interview With his m.
lawfsl beloved-sn unmarried young lsdv
was rostsn-egxed BY . band OF indig nant
eoWnsme0. The party followed him d Dr. st
on toot, dsschsrging frequent volieys Of de-
esyed eggs; then they took . team and fol.
| Iowed MIN - rear guard(C for quite =
| nuWoer Of miles, until be WAS Ouce more
| In the bosom Of bis family" Instead,
however. Of obtaining that swess synpeshy
10 trouble which man II Woat TO EXPECT
/ from the vile Of bis bosoo, his better half,