Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-04-03
State News.

| Thirteen divorces were decreed q, the
last Term of Knox County C.uu
| -wiiders oh cloth factory in us,lowe,,
employs eighteen Wen. aud nskes one
| thousand yards OF carpetine per dsy.
| A Booihbay boy named Decker. six-
teen years old, Ia 8 feet I inches tall. and
weighs PA pannd..
! Hon George ToIman. the new State
Prison warden, is To take possession OF the
State Prison April 1ttb.
Tn. dwelling Of Mrs e. J. skinner OF
Lewiston. was burned Friday inor.ing.
Loss about e3ooO; Insured $500
Thomas Reed. Eco. oss Of the mos,
| prominent ship owners OF uneh. ksd "A leg
broken rrc-r'iy bv the rusnlns awsy ot
| his ha's- Tie rsrro~ly escaped with lie
After tw' days balioting u Wells,
| the Republicans elected their capdi-
dates over the combined Democraf-Greeu-
ascAers by average matorities OF co
On Tuesday Afternoon. tic a5ih ut D..
| the deeliin- house and addition occupied
/ 10y hiihourue Z Bowk.r. at West sumner,
was consumed by lire. Csnse supposed Ia
be defective fue. Insured for $500.
The tann-ry o. North Waterford ow ned
| nv Jas. o Stafford of Boston. wa totally
| DESTROYED by hre Thur.day night Loss
| about 5000; Insured With Boston roinpa-
nle>. amounts not asceuaIned. The stock
| OF hides etc. in the buildipg was ,Sry
/ Large
Mr.. Nsthan II. stanwood died In 81 NV.
hogan Inur.day 81 the age of g. Year.
| tujrr President Grant he was Sup.r,is.r
ct internal revenue tor the district Of Ala
bama and Mississippi. Subs.qu.nily he
was assistant postmaster at New Orleans
His sister l. the wife of Senator Blame.
The annual session OF the Grand Lodge
| OF Good Templars OF Maine will be held a,
Lewiston. April 9Th and 10Th. Reduced
rates to members Of the order over the
| railroads. There are nearly 80 lodges
| and Il .oon Good Templars In the state and
| the order was never tn a more fiou ri shlnc
| condition.
The Quebec, Capt. Dale, sailed for
| Liverpool from Portland. "wednesday
evening. She took &c 600 bushels Of grain.
| 1000 bushels oats. 800 sacks -four. 80
barrels -four. <.6oo pack ages cheese. $50
barrels potash. 500 bags seed. 100 tons
miscellaneous. The cargo was valued a,
| sl20 900.
Rev. Charles 4. Allen OF Dover. y
IL. has accepted the call OF the Unitarian
Society OF Brunswick. At n salary OF 81 800
aud will commence his labors on the ars.
! Sunday in April. Mr.. Alec i. graduate
| Of Harvard College. aud Of the Divinity
School. and has htd the additional sdvant-
ages OF foreign travel and study.
MIR Dockendorii completed the arte.
sian well la Goss. Sawyer 4 PseAatd's
yard. at Rath. Tuesday of last week having
strucx a large vein Of water. The well l.
T, seventy three feet deep. and IN two hours
eight hundred eslions we're pumped out.
Mr.. Docksndorn commences . we'll In Goes
s savers yard. 10 few days.
The Portland Press says: A despatch
mentioned the ARRIVAL In irons at New
YORK. Of Charles Thompson alias Owen
Hughes charged with the murder on the
high seas Of Henry Williams. second mate
81 the baFque Niphon. The Nippon l. a
Bath vessel aud Al the time of ID. murder
vas on voyage from Cardiff 10 Eio.
MIR. Joseph Ttcosub OF Franklin. y.
IL. has lately presented TO Mrs. j. u. Lin
cola Of Brunswlck. portrait OF Der broth
er. the late Hon. Vim. Pit Presenter. IL
i the work OF Constantine Brumidc. an
Italian artist, aud Is no; only a wooderful
liAsne.. but excellent A. swork OF art
-Mrs. John Bapiis, Zoliver Of Oldlown
Is - years old aud the mother Of seven
teen children. ten girls and seven boys
within the last year nine new teeth have
grown to their foil sire from her upper and
lower Jaws She Is cutting the teeth now
What i most remarkable In thi. freak Of
nature is. tha, Mrs. Zpllver Is sick a. each
new tooth pushes % through her gums.
The Journal say, tssi Councillor
Brown and Mrs. Df. Qainby. visitors TO
the Insane Hospital. made . night visit to
that Institution on Tuesday. yIsitinx IA,
in, a a
pAiicnts at night These nigh, visits are
made unaun"unc~i hu, tho ~ntumiuec Ia.
never Yet bcrn able to deceit anyihIn.
vruug, or 10 suggrs' ass change witaUu.
being coupled with al once.
Franklin MnHy. n uItlyc OF Sears
mont. Tor some time pasi a Tc-i,lgnt a;
Mice. Michigan. died suddenly IN that
town from an attack of apopisxy. on the
18Th int, AZ the age Of - wears Nj
MuEIy wa a graduate OF Middleton Cl,-
iegc. Conn In ls93 lie studied la~ 18th
the late Judge Alfred Johnson and with
Hannibal Hamliu. Mr. Nuzly removed
TO Michigan 10 1916, where be resided up
to the date Of his death
During the past winter pair OF seal.
have been frequently observed upon the
shore between Belfast aud Ssarspou. On
Monday OF last week. Mr.. Paul Dclano. Of
SrAE-poft, got Dear one OF the seals, sute
/, va. at some distance from the shore. iy
Ing upon the snow. aud Killed Il by a shoi
through the head. IL proved 10 be lesbsle
OF the Greenland OF harp seal ,auety,
weighing iour or i've hundred pounds. IL
was accompanied by = young one. iew
honrs old. which Mr.. ID. easily captured.
/ IL i gentle Aud Ascctionate little fellow.
and takes is diet OF milk from the hand
/ several tiuies a day.
A son OF John Jones OF South Thomas
| ton. aud his step-tiaug hter. Mss Eising.
| children OF about II years OF age, were ter
riblv bitten by a dog Thursday. Mr.. and
| Mrs Jones were Ia Rockland, and the chill
dren were preparing 10 follow them 10 a
, team. Miss Rising had taken her place In
| the wagon, and the boy took hold OF The
/ dog - lead him into the house. not wishing
/ IL To accompany them, when the animal
/ turned upon him aud bit his arm. Young
/ Jones grsppl,d with the dog aud threw 1t
| down, and Miss Rising got down from the
wagon TO help him. But the brute got
| away from him and biz both children sew
eral times on the arms and body. INJECTING
| terrible wounds. A young man who saw
| the occurrence got gun and pot \
charge Of shot into the dog. which did not
! XIII him but drove hun away.
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| The Ne,c Puritan, NeU Es9ldsS I10
Hundred Years Ago, published By HasPsr 3