Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-12-25

A severe snow storm set In ,hi. morn.
/ ing.
There Is no stock Of the Grant now
offered for sale
The American wishes IL many read
ers a Merry Christina. aud many happy
returns OF the same
Don't forget the poor. GIVE them
something besides the wish for a merry
! Christmas
I Read the call for a meet ting OF the
/ citizens Of Ellsworth to express their sen
/ timent Oh the political situation.
The repor; II PRO, Stewar, OF the
Grant" mine. printed In pamphle, form
has been received by Geo. ". Fi,ke. 1t is
well worth reading.
Several iArestiug communication.
have been received which for want Of space.
we cannot give this week. They will Ap-
| pear next week.
Edward y. Leland. = sailor abou,
for;y-five years OF age, a native OF Mount
! Desert, died at the Greedy Hospital, Port
! land. Saturday.
DO not forget the Canlata Santa
/ Claus" to be given Ia Hancock Hall this
/ Wednesday evening. Il will b. mu,l-
cal treat worth listening 10 and should be
heard by all.
Saturday aud Sunday were Intensely
cold days. The short s..l fre9uA-s snow
storms sSve kept the slsighlng In Dc best
/ possible condition.
! An ins,allment Of neg boo,O crmbin-
! ing Novels. Hlstoriea Travels, aad Books
/ OF Science aud Art has beSh received sud
/ placed 10 the City Library.
The Magazine Club has donated its
sccumulaiions OF magazines to the city
I Library. Among them are sets Of Punch,
London Illustrated News, Contemporary
4 Review aud Nineteenth Century
Mr.. LeProhon, Superint~ndeS OF the
Atlantic mine at Blue Hill. has also been
elected Superintendent ofthe Darling mine.
/ rhe crew OF men at Darling mine Is 10 he
Increased and work will progress rapidly.
IN Engineering aad Mainl Journal
OF New York, publishes the following
prices Of Maize mining siocks In the Bo.-
/ ton market Dec. 18th: BuchiIl in fair
demand al : IS to : -; Atlantic, sales al
u IL to - sullivan. sales at II IL
-Apassenser on the Bacssport stage
ylh igh sr-fxaA = % a.
morning. was 50 nearly frozen to death
that he was found 10 be insen-ible. he
WAS taken into the American House and
vigorous treatment applied. He IS better
now and will recover
A letter received by one OF the owners
! In this city from Capt. Lord OF Sch Mary
Lord. reports the arrival OF ;hA, vessel ST
Csicasieu, La, Dec. sih. The captain re
ports having encountered a severe gale
Nov. 2ls;, in which they lost the fore-sall
and fore-boom by being boarded by
heavy sea while laying 10.
"A couple OF boys, abou. 10 years old,
sons Of John Greenan and Michael Lime
han. had some trouble about "a sled, one
night last week, when the Greenan boy
kicked the Linnehan boy Ia the groin, in
jaring him so severely tina, his life Is des-
paired OF.
DIR. Vim. 4. Drake who has recently
come 10 this city TO take charge OF the L.
S. Marine Hospital service, WAS connected
with the L. 5. Marine Hospital at Port
land for years and at ST. Louis for
years. DR.. Drake has secured AN Office
in the Dental Rooms OF DR.. Osgood, where
be will attend to any calls that our citizens
may favor him with.
On Monday the Early Dawn Mining
Company was organized in this city with
the following list OF Officers and Directors
President. 5. X. Whiting; Treasurer. A.
F. Drinkwster; Secretary, l.. B Wymsn.
Directors. S. X. Whiting, A. +. Drinkws-
ter. A. IL. Bellatty, X. II. Young and L.
B. Wyman. Capital stock $500 900 divided
into 100 900 shares. q. 900 shares were
set apart for working capital. The mine
is on land owned BY J. g. Crabtree Of
Hancock. and is near the Gran, Mining
property.
Prof W. F. Stewart, In letter 70 ahe
Virginia City New Ne,es dated Nov. 18th,
pays high tribute to the people 0sEsstern
Maine and also speaks fs,eerlns'y OF me
mine al wealth deposited here In closing
hs letter he says:
In addition to the general hospitality
aud genial characteristics OF the people
here, their county is simply Il vast bed OF
valuable mineral deposits, among which
gold and silver predominant. have not
the time nor space here to tell you OF the
vast prospective wealth Of this region but
when tell you that there are plenty ot
mines here full of native silver and free
gold, and which are IS permanent and rich
as sny OF the best mines in Nevada, you will
fully understand what sticks me In Eastern
Maine.
Another mining company was organ
lied ia this city last Thursday under the
name of the Mcfarland Silver Mining
Company, having a capital stock Of $780,
90 divided into 900 shares, OF the par
value Of $500 each. 10000 shares were
reserved a. treasury stock. The following
officers were elected: President. Henry
Whiting. Ellsworth; Treasurer. |. S. john
SOL, Bangor; Secretary. A. W. Cushman.
Ellsworth Directors. Henry Whiting. |
:. Johnson, S. n. Mcfarland. A. +. Nc
L.usbIin and A. W. Cushman. The mine
is Toe .ted on the farm OF S. n. Mcfarland.
H,ncoc. Neck. An examination Of the
mine has been made BY Prof. w. =. Stew
art whose report will appear In the AMER
IcAN next week.
The Mother Goose fair given last
Wednesday and Thursday BY the ladies
Of the Unitarian Society Was 10 every way
q success. especially financially, the amount
taken being nearly three hundred and nity
dollars. The attractions were numerous
and we'll carried out. The "Hoase that
lack built WAS = house of two rooms the
first coutsiuiny the characters and animals
which 20 to make up the story, gotten up