Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-04-24
State Ne VS..

IheS nave mum soctahiesN In Lewis
ton. for the benefit "f religious societies
The Maine Convention OF Uniy.rsslis,s
will be held ~ I.e"i,tpn on Tuesday befor.
the last FRIDAY of june.
james Savage. the Belgrade wifi. kill
er. has been removed from the iail ~ An
gusta. To the Stale Poison.
The cattle disease known ms ..mur-
RAIN has broken ont "a, Columbia. Mr.
Eric Smith has lost four cattle AVID Mr.
Columbus Nash has two SICK.
By spending s%7l FOR school books. i,
Ia estimated Auburn. the past wear, III, in
creased the Attendance on public school.
by NJ least one hundred aud fifty pnpiI-.
The bond OF the urw Wsi den at rb,.
| Stat. Prison Is not deemed correct b, he
Governor aud Council, aud IL must be. cor
rected before he csn enter upon his dutir,
The Wig OF Saturday says: The first
P-nobscot salmon OF the season "A regular
beauty weighing about twenty -onc hounds
was ON exhibition at Cars market y--,.r-
day
The Maine Baptist Missionary Cnnvcn-
tion aud the Maine Baptist Educational
Society will meet in Bangor IN the last
| Tuesday in June, with the First Baptist
| S.icieiy.
The house owned By r. NJ Sabine, and
i"cst"s In III. suburbs at Bangor. occupied
hy Perry Barnes, was burned Srpnlav
morning ut 1 o'clock. Pan of th. Ion-e-
| hold goods were saved
TIN. Maine Conference viii hold IT.
, 55th ,e,-i"u ln piuc St church. Portland
beginning on "Wednesday. April sd. aud
continuing Into the following week Bis-
| hop Foster will preside.
-Murchle 4 Sons of Calais, have beer
filing large order for lumber at lsir prices
| for the times. IL Is 10 be used Tor building
AT. elevator in jersey City. -Four million
ieet OF all dimensions were required.
Capt. George NJ. Nichols, a we'll snown
and much respected shipmaster. who died
while on trading voyage on th~ coast of
| Africa, at Cape PALMS.. Feb Il. aged Is
years, WAS a native OF Freeport. Ne.
1t is reported that young LACY died IN
Belfast recently. Of diphtherla. and the au-
thorities OF Bucsspor. her native town.
| forbade her relatives removing herremains
/ to that place on account OF fear % contsg-
/ Ion.
The wife OF Deacon James Cleveland
/ of Skowhegan, vas found dead In her bed
| Thursday morning. Heart disease was un-
| doubleday the cause OF her deatt. a. her
general health was good. The deceased
! MAS 81 years old.
( --Messrs. Emerson. Stevens Il Co. have
completed rebuilding their axe and scvthe
I factory which was recently burned at West
Wstervlle, and have already commenced
/ operations. The firm have order, ahead
aud will run night and day.
There is a little boy in Ma,hia.por,.
who has the following living ancestors :
} lAfheF And fnnsh.r yF.u.If,shar nj
two grandmothers. two great grndlsthers
and three grcai-grandsothers and one
gresi-vrest-erandmoth
The President has nominated Thomas
Mason for collector of customs 4 Bangor
Senator ilamiiE will oppose his confirms.
unn. but a. Mr. l.add oi Bangor. il favor
able 10 him he Will probsbIy be confirmed
Mr.. Mason 1, = retired merchant
Mrs. Susan b. Longfellou. widow OF
Nathan L"ngfellow late OF Mathl,.. ha.
just received her pension a. the " idow OF
4 Nathan Longfellpw, who served n the Ms-
chias company In the yeats l..s TO ISIS
She i the first person In that vicinity
whose pension has been allowed under the
act OF March 9th. ISIS.
The ANIMAL session OF the East Maine
/ Conference of Methodist Episcopal
/ churches viii be held IN Dover. ~ Plscata-
gus COUNTY. commencing on Wednesday
the 7Ih OF May. and continuing through the
/ Thursday. Friday. Saturday aud SUNDAY
following. The celebrated Bishop Foster
will be present and preside over the Con
ference.
Friday evening NJ. John Rogers. Of
Dunmure. Phipsburg. was ascending the
hay NOW In his barn tor feed Tor hi. cattle.
when he fell to the barn floor. and was in
stanily Killed. Mr.. Rogers once before tell
/ In similar manner, breaking both his legs
and was once severely injured by falling
from Il load OF hay between yoke OF oxen.
/ r aiming iaCJ6Iy "a, U~-u un,v,4 az
i, PASSPORT by Messrs. Pike 4 Fabens OF
Boston. George K Ray will have charge
OF the factory and will commence canning
/ HOLSTERS a. soon ss the lobster season com
mences. lie will also can corn, squash.
. blueberries. etc. In their season ard tx.
poets 10 be able 10 keep the factory 10 OBJ
Grafton the year around.
William Allen, the convict about 10 be
tried at Hartford. CT, for completely la the
murder Of prison official there. Is really
VIM. smith OF Bangor. and is supposed to
have been concerned in the famous silk
robbery AZ Bangor Ia ISL. Williams &
Getchcll aud j. +. Rine~ 4 Co were the
parties robbed. The goods were recovered,
but the robbers escaped.
The l-hins nrm. OF Rruihhay are n.
/ ting their vessels Tor the season. work
and The most OF them have gone. few
! have gone south for mackrrel, but the mos 1
To the banks Tor codn-h. aud the prosp
Tor the season l. better than It has been Tor
.Omr !esrs. The low price OF fittings anJ
the fair price Of hsh. WITH an average
catch, will give good profits.
MIR Isaac NJ. Emery OF kenncbunk-
port. has half-cent coiG- OF 1900. 1904 and
1906. aud one Washington cent OF 1891. be
sides many other old American coins, both
copper snd silver. He has also one Roman
copper coin of the time OF Marcus Antoni-
hu-, about 100 years old, aud one copy OF
the Bay Psalm Book improved. together
with many otl.er relies OF olden time.
Mr.. Sewall II. Crane OF Winterport
died last week, Monday, Al the advanced
age OF "a. His sickness has been ono OF re-
msrAabie abstinence from food Just tx
weeks ago he was stricken down with par
alysis of the ght side and bowels, the left
side being entirely unaffected. The nigh,
previous TO his sickness lac ate very
hearty supper. and since chen, during the
entire SIX weeks of his s,ckness, be has no.
taken .iuurishineut to the amount OF half a
cupiuli.
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