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

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month ~ February. y 90 conversions.
The steamer Newfoundland. ~ Halt
fax. fr"m -. Johns. N. f., reports the
coast clear OF ice.
The Woman Suffrage measure va. a. :
fcaicd in the Massachusetts House. Friday.
by vote of - to -
-,iapsn 4 meow manufacturing boots for
sale 10 the United States from leather
brought FROM American port
The shipment IL American oysters to
England i now raf5ird on Ia the extent OF
from Zoo TO 1900 ha'tc's day.
Ia Wurrmher., Grtmauy. the ancient
custom survives Of repeating the Lords
Prayer At the toiIiug at the vespes bell.
-Abuut 50 600 hav. already been con
trbuted for the relief OF the widows AMI
orphans OF the Gloucester ti>hernep. lost
on the Banks
The Massachusetts, House. r. lsy. by
vote of III TO -. passed to be ct tossed
the bill providing for biennisl sessions OF
the Legislature.
Patterson, y. J.. now produces as fine
dress silk as any place 10 the world. Three
quarters OF all the silk goods made in
America are made there.
Prince wAldcmar, third son OF Prince
Frederick William OF Prussia. and grand
sou OF Queen Victoria. died suddenly
Thursday mornir Z, OF d,phtherla.
The New York Herald remarks that
the fashion for ladies' hair has not changed
this spring. They will continue to wear
Interrogation marks on their forehead-.
Now We have t. The old Senate OIL
GERS were removed because the ex-ofticials
who went out in 1851 to break up the Union
have returned and demand their old places
aud must have them.
Little Wolf and his band OF Cheyenne
Indians. numbering 70 lodges With $50 po-
nics. were captured by Lieut. CLARK Of the
81 cavalry, with - men, near The yellow
stone river. on the 3jih nt
Tie Rev. ". II. II. Murray ia about to
start new carriage mandatory In New
Haven. /, viii give employment, To 100
hands, and "a 10 turn out $50 OF the Boston
buck board wagons every week
--.'Old Whitley" President HAYES war
horse. died In Fremont. Ohio. on Thursday
night. aged twenty mine years. lie entered
thirty battles. chiefly 10 Virginia.
Gen. sheridan scoa,s The idea that
there Is any danger OF an uprising Of the
NAfs>fN Us AAif atl'l ftfAF &C
tertxes sitting Bull as"a petty chief with
out influence snd greatly overralcd a, a
warrior
There are unmistakable signs that the
Independent voters are all returning 10 the
republican ranks. sud In many Instances
they are accompanied By democrats who
have been sicAencd By c,phcrs and the
solid South.
A boy was punished al school 10 Rs-
cine, Wis. four weeks ago. and died Thurs
day from the effects Of a blow 90 his head.
accidentally Inflicted By the ;eachcr the
boy lodging and taking on has head what
was intended for his hand
-Que,n vlctoriA's presen, Journey 10 the
Cooiueut Is the first Iha, she has taken for
quarter Of a century, aud she had been
seventeen years on the throne before she
visited Paris 10 return the visit Napoleon
III. had paid 10 her al Windsor Castle.
"A Texas man recently told . Suud ~
school missionary that he ~. epposesi to
sunday schools becsu~e Mr. 6rssley bad
once said: III We cant train up the rising
generation to believe In abolition In any
"tner way, ve ~iii d. il In Sunday
school.
a Wiik-.barr~, rrnasylvsma. d.
coal operation. are concerned, L. brighter
than 90 some time past. me large com
panies keep their men quite steadily At
work. aah Of late many mlnor work, have
rr.ualtd Operations.
"A de.patch from, bismarck mentions
the unusual occurrence Of the rejection OF
60 60 pound. lpar a. bal which wAs
Intended for the >.andin. ROCK indian
Agency. by L. klns.bury aud the nollh-
cation p! The contractor g furnish good
flour
The Salem. Mas.achu.ctt-. Pos. says.
il reference - the shoe trade: - he
-pring Trade has cvcryahcte the f,lIc., IN
dicaIlons OF being better than II la. been
Tor year,, and all there /. wanted Gox Tor
the people j. fully 10 realize the situation
aud the wheel, of business Ill Just hum"
The latest LAT woman appears 10 Ar
kansas. She !. Mrs.. Peter Miller OF Helena,
aud weighs iG3 pounds. She /, but four
feet six inches hish. aud MEASURES three
feet nine Inches across the back, so that
shs Is almost a. broad a. loug. She is
siuy-eight years old. and when married NJ
sixteen. welg he'd only loo pounds.
st. Patrick, Cathedral. 10 New York,
Is rapidly approaching completion, snd 1t is
expected that everything viii be in read
less for the dedication which will take
place May -. aud In which 1t IS expected
that representative, OF the Roman Catholic
church from all quarters Of the United
State. and Canada .tll participate.
A missionary after thirty years OF ser
vice In India Ia building school houses,
largely with his own hands, complains that
on returning To America be finds churches
In large cities which cost $500. ooO aud
10000 aud secretary OF his own foreign
board receiving a salary of 81 900, when
the Oldest mission 10 India sis really dying
out for lack OF men and means"
Judge Elliott. OF the Court OF Appeals,
WAS assassinafed la front OF the Capital
Hotel, Frankfort. Ky, at one o'clock Wed
nesday, by Thos. Buford. Judge Elliott
had rendered an opinion adverse to case
Buford had for some time In court b.
ford loaded double barrelled shot gun.
waited for Elliott to come to dinner and
walked up and shot him through the heart
without warning, killing him instantly.
The Assassin was arrested.
In the will OF the late Theodore Marsh.
who died at Passsic, n. j., which docu-
ment has been filed 10 the Surrogate
Court. Kings county, the deceased provides
for the maintenance Of his horses. He d.
reefs his executors to invest certain fluids,
the proceeds of which are TO be applied to
the support OF certain horses for the term
OF their lives. He bequeaths $500 year.
payable monthly. 10 white horse, long
tailed black. chestnut mare, Dora. and 70
black horse, Mink His farm is TO be
used by them for recreation and feeding,
and $500 is left for the erection OF q stable
for their use.