Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-07-31
State News.


robbed 81 $50 10 money.
There 10 talk OF establishing u glass
factory At Brunswick. Mr.. Henry Bsgot
native OF France, is the protector.
Madame Patterson Bonapsrte willrd
81 400 to buy herself a monument. which
Is shortly t. be put up over her grave.
The name of Cha.e's Chronicle. til. or
igtnal greenhsck psper IN Ibis State. has
been chsoged TO "Greenbsck Labor Chron-
icle."
Moody +. Stickney. who for msny
wears has been cashier OF the Merchants
National Bank In BANGOR. la resigned on
account Of ili-healih
MIR. =. Bartlett smith. eldest son Of the
late Hon. y o. J Smith. died quite sud
denly At his residence IN Deering, wednes.
day, Ia sn spopleciic III.
Last week. Tuesday. the republicans
Of Wstrv hing DOT a campaign tanner
bearing the name OF MIR. Davis aud the
motto. Honest Money"
&C. H. Bartlett Of New Portland. Dot
his mill men st Sots gathering potato buss
from his tieid OF about three acres They
collected more than a busheI.
simon II Fo... who ~as born Ia Drx-
ter and who went TO l.~sdv,lic about yesr
ago. with lew hundred dollars. is nov
rated a. worth nearly million.
Nahum NJ Griffin 40 invalid rg.d <cy
eniy-four. formerly Of stockton, omitted
suicide at Belfast Wednesday MOI ~. by
hanging. The cause was ~ health
Joseph Baker. E.q. OF Brewer. died
vers suddenly Wednesday OF paralysis. at
I the age of 50 years. In years past he car
FED on very extensive lumber business
Charles DIN of BrownvIlle, Ne, while
At work IN the slate quarrles at Monson re-
Gently. vas struck in the back by a falling
stone weighing 100 pounds. and had sew
eral ribs broken.
Hon. Vim. q. PArh OF Honolulu, the
| marshal OF the Sandwich Islands, with his
dsug are visiting Augusta Mr. Park
ha. been for twenty-five years prominent
official ofthe Hawaiian government
The Auburn school committee h..
elected Mr.. Frank II. Bartlett. graduate
OF Bates College. class OF 1878, assistant
principal Of Auburn High School. 10 place
OF Mr.. Hurd. resigned. at a salary OF $500
Mr.. walker Disinc. the eldest .on Of
Senator Blaine. has entered the law firm Of
Davis, O'Brien & Wilson, OF ST. Pau.
MINI, as a student. This nrrn Is one OF
the most substantial law firms Of the north
west.
One day last week Mr. John VI HI of
Exeter, Who will be 50 years old urx,
month, took his scythe aud wed Que sctc
Of grass 10 the forenoon and sith hand.
rake and fork put II up 10 good shape III the
afternoon.
Mcguire, one OF the Bowdolnham Bank
robbers, was released IRON Thoma.ton
PRISON "wednesday. Ills sentence was fl
teen years but the usual CO, % va. allowed
for good behavior during his term Of in.
prisonmeni-
-toloncl Chase and Rev. DR. Beard.
pastor ot Plymouth Church, Syracuse, y.
y. sre on their way to the woods OF
Maine, travelling on horseback The dis.
tsnce - $50 miles. and they expect to cover
IL In ten days.
Mrs. Ella Dyer and Ida Grove, OF
hnlshivllie, Cape Elizabeth. Nc. we're ar.
rested for shopllfting. Four hundred dol
lars worth Of goods we're found In their
houses. Their Expectations extended over
several months.
The ~ic OF Peter S.b,cy Of sidney
died at her house Tge.day nigh, VI l..t
wees. after an liincss OF only three DAYS
Dr. Bessey. Who attended her. pronounced
her disease TO De a. near cholera az the eli
mate would allow
The O5s~rv<r hears .hA, the Wisiiman-
TIC Thread 60. has purchased several thou.
sand acres Of timber land. mostly Nhltr
birch, 10 the viciuiI, % >ebec LAKE, anI
propose 70 erect a large factory for IT.
manufacture OF thread .pools
Mrs Jane Wilson Of Edsecomb. aged
% years, returned 10 her home recently
amer spending the winter 10 Boston He
fore leaving the city she celebrated With
Others. her daughter. 75th birthday a, the
hoSne of her daughter. July &.h
The family Of Henry Il Spinney d
South EIioi, were badly poisoned few
days s.oce By ealing cooked string bean..
which had seen grown among POTATOES. on
which liberal -psinsling OF Par. green
and plaster had been used to driyc away
bugs.
Mayor Ns.a ii Augusta, ha. received
from Martin MlllmoTe. the eminent artist
author OF the soldiers monument on Bo.-
ton Common. and OF the Lion OF .ucrrne"
Al Colby University. design for the pro-
posed soldiers monument 10 be erected ID
Augusta.
During the thaudcr shower last week
Tuesday night. the building. OF gofu- W h.
liams OF Wells. were struck by lightning
and burned HI. horse persisted 10 the
flames, and Ave or ..x tons Of hav were
burned ~ the stable Los. 81 go: Insured
for o. 900
MIR Eben ID. French Of GarlauI. "a.
poisoned by potato bugs recently lie had
been gathering them from b.. vines and
turned some bot water upon them, aud
was quite SICK at.d badly swollen from in
haling the poison tha, evspora,ed from the
bugs lie Is recovering.
The Lewiston Machine Company ba.
one hundred and ffiy ulen 81 work. and is
driven with orders The agent nnds IL dIf.
hcult 10 obtain a sufficient number Of skill
ed worxmen. In spite OF the fact. which the
Greenback speakers gravely state, that
there are 1000 no meu out OF employment.
In February, 1874, T. p. Burleigh, Of
Linneos. sued the james White estate Of
Befa., In equity. Ia 1875 the Law Court
sustained the ball aud declared the estate
subject 10 the resulting truS claimed.
Hon. joseph Williamson was appointed
master 10 iiX the amount. aud bis report
has just been accepted BY the Law Court.
The amount due with costs Is over $40 co...
A man 10 Bangor recently learned tina,
his daughter. girl of l6, had done some
thing which was very distasteful to him
lie was greatly enrsgcd. and Selling 4 knife
declared be would kill her with IT, She ran
for her life and took refuge In a neighbor's
house. The father followed, and, although
the door bad been locked, he attempted TO
kick IL down. Thinking that her father
would succeed Ia getting in, the frightened
girl jumped from a chamber windoW. q dis
lance OF twelve feet, TO the ground. In so
doing che broke her ankle. but managed to
get into the house Of another neighbor.
and the father was thus foiled in his At
tempt.
The Supt. OF the coast and geodetic
survey lssues the following notice to mari
ners:
Information having been received at
this office Of the existence Of q dangerous
rock between the outer Green Island and
Green Island Rect ct Casco Bay, Me,
Lieut.. +. Morer, U. s. n, was directed 10
examine the locality. He reports having
found bearing n. +. 81 Z. (magnetic,)
distant quarter of mile from the north.
ern extremity OF outer Green Island, a
rock. which will be named Johnson's Rock.
II Is but few yards in extent. The least
depth OF water WAS found 20 be sey en- feet ,
deepening rapidly to six and eight fathoms
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