Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-10-30
State News,

The third trial OF Jason Scribner for
the murder Of his children began at Augn.- |
Ia Wednesday
A statue Is to be erected In Por,l,ud To |
the late Admiral Alden. who was a native
OF Portland
The Iowa STATE Regisser saws B,atpe's
speeches were worth ten thousand votes 10 |
the republicans OF that State.
The Commereiai learn. th,, tn. build
iuRs belonging To r. s Lang. IN Eunpid.
we're destroyed by dre wednesda. night
Mr. George Winyatr. a s.lI known
and highly esteemed citizen 81 Cherry field.
died Suddenly an the wharf at Mitibritye
after iesving the steamer Lewiston. Wed
nesdav
) W. Matthews. ESQ , Of Hampd.n. Is
lh"N'ng over the ground IN Arnostook.
with View 10 establishing a weekly repub-
mean paper At Carbon, II sufficient encour-
agemeut Il offered
Geo ~. Robbins, ESQ. Of Eas,po,t
member Of the House comes to Augusta In
that capacity FOR the third consecutive ses-
sion. and Is probably the oldest member
elect. being seventv-thrre
The funeral oi Ex-Msvor Moses NJ.
Bn'l"r. Of Pn'tlsgh. TOOK place ut 3 o'clock
triihv afternoon 'ran III" First Parish
church. Rev. Or I'm ,lIiciafilv. The
Cumberland Bar and the city government
attended IN a badly.
The ECh9 ~avS ot Colby University
matters: Prot L,ford has recently invent
ed apparatus Tor illustrating the form a.,
the moons orbit as II accom- mics th,.
earth around the sun larger ,orarorv
aud apparatus are needed.
Messenger Knox. a wel-know stal-
lion. owned by &. r. Warren of Portland.
Is sick with congestlve fever at the Sacn
House stable, In Saco. lie Is not expected
to live. lie has record of 30. and his
owner has refused $4,000 for him.
The Argus says that at meeting OF
the corpofators OF the Acton Silver Mining
company the following officers were elect
ed President, Hon. George Walker; Sec
rotary. John :. Morris: Treasurer, 4. A.
bennett. The company ia located In Acton.
has capital Of $500 900 divided into shares
at dollar share.
The Belfas, Journal says that Rev.
David Foster Estes. formerly pastor OF the
Baptist church In Belfast. Will return home
from Germany about the first OF Novem.
Der. Mr.. Estes has been studying in the
Herman language and otherwise qualifying
himself for the ministry. IL il hoped that
he NAV again settle 10 belfast. a. the Rap
list church l. now without n regular pas
tor.
Probably the oldest OF the early Amer
tcan statesmen now alive il Pclrg Sprsgue
OF Name. He IL - years Of age aud entire
~ blind He was a member Of the United
states Senate from lS29 to 1885, when
Webster, Clay. Calhoun aud Benton were
the leaders OF that body and he was
member OF the national House OF Represen-
s.Ht
Of the United States District Court OF Mass.
achusctts from lsti 70 1851
The Wig says that the lumber bust.
ness i Improving this fall. and the meI-
chants arc all feeling Ia excellent spirits
The price % spruce Il nov higher than Il
has been Tor two years. aud the indications
are that !; viii 20 considerably higher 10
the spring. For some time past the dealers
have teen obliged TO take orders at almost
any price, but many of them are rejecting
numerous orders that they don't care To
MI. prcfertiug To hold their logs until next
season.
The J0urHg! says that Mathews Bros.
of Belfast, contemplate the enlargement
Of their sash and blind factory hy au add
lion 10 the second and third stories. ola
projection Is By 70 feet. The season Is
cow 50 far advanced that work on the an.
mex Will not DC commenced until spring.
lhrr factory i not large enough for their
present business. The Mes-r- Mathews
say that at no time since they have been In
business nave ines done 50 much general
work a. at the present..
The Argus says tina, Bath man owns
two horses HIS wife each morning gets
up at } O'Clock. goes to the stable, chops
up the fodder. feeds the horses and cares
for them, leads them TO water goes In the
house and builds the kitchen nrr. gets
breakfast for her licgc, who has been sleep
ing the sleep OF the hlrst. At noontime she
IA --..-- -~ss ~ The horses while hor
pine 4 very smart woman ,,.-uh,,
shall ~. say Of th. mani
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$3.50 ''H ""'eu pace ne
ne toia"rrciiG says that case Of
n'gh"Ay f"oocty y reported from Wash
oorh- MI M'Iirr' The owner OF the starch
factory A'hohrH. came 10 Caribou Ia
GET 'hte" thousand dollars, intending to go
PACK mat evening. but vas detained ull
next dAs- i"o men were on the way
nome "heh gong through the woods they
were confronted by TWO men with loaded
searching tlEfn DNf mile /. ypInH
whlch they 'oas' togtihet with a bottle Of