Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-06-12

al the Jordan school house.
A cold wave struck here Friday Light.
Saturday and Sunday nights quite heavy
| frosts are reported. The frost OF Sunday
nisht did considerable damage.
-Messrs. Joy & Bowden black smiths.
have sold their shop on Franklin St. To
Messr. Hurley 4 Tracey who will carry
on the bushes. in all its branches
DR. Iiaines has put up telephone be
tween his house and Office which he finds
to be very useful. This is the first one in
this city though others will. no doubt be
established soon.
On motion of Clarence Hale, Esq, of
Portland, before Judge Fox. Tuesday Of
last week. Geo. $. Peters. Esq, of this
city was admitted to practice In the United
States District Court.
A large deposit OF ore has been found
on land owned By one OF the Heagan
brothers. The vein is on Egypt stream
about half mile North Of the Mullsn mine.
aud msy develope into something vAlua-
Bile.
The Strawberry Festival. by the ladies
OF the Baptist Society, announced last
week FOR June llth. Is postponed til! Thurs
esy evening, June 18Th, on account Of not
being able TO obtain good berries from
Boston.
The schooner Williams. Cousins Mas
ter, which sailed from this port for Ron
dout with slaves. June 80, while Ia the vi
entity Of the sand Islands, sprung u leak
aud filed. and Was obliged to put in 10
Deer Island. On Friday she WAS iowed
back TO this port, where she will discharge
cargo and receive necessary repairs.
The summer Arrangement OF the san
ford Steamship Co.'S line commenced on
Monday last. Their excellent boats will
make four trips per week, leaving Bangor
every Monday. Wednesday. Thursday and
SATURDAY aud leaving Boston every Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The
Advertisement, corrected. will appear in
our next Issue.
MIR Geo. ". Fiske and hi. son Harry
:. have purchased the Copper and Gold
Exchange hotel in Bluehil and will take
possession aoou: the middle OF July. The
hotel will be enlarged, thoroughly reno
waited aud refurnishcd, aud will be made a
first class hotel In every respect. IL will
be kept under the personal supervision OF
Mr. Harry I. F.ske
A party OF gentlemen in this city have
purchased the mineral right 10 the lAnd OF
Capt. VIM. Grant OF Hancock and have
commenced opening 4 mine. The work
was begun Monday under the supervision
OF Mr.. Barney Mullan. Some exceedingly
rich specimens have been taken from the
surface and all the Indications give prom
ise Of valuable deposite OF ore.
We are Indebted To Capt. Geo. II. Tap
ley, master OF the Hattie +. Tapley, for
late Hongkong papers. Capt. Tapley ar
rived in that port April 25th. and witnessed
the grand reception given to Gen. Grant
April SOth In that city, = full account Of
which is given in the Hongkong Daily
Press, AMI which will appear on the first
page of the AMERICAN next week.
We have received from Francis wor-
cester. ESQ, OF Sullivan, some very fine
specimens of ore from mines In Sullivan,
Gouldsboro, Cherryfeld aud Harrington.
Some of the specimens are exceedingly
rich, one showing native silver. The fact
is established that there is very rich de-
post OF silver ore in several places In this
county and time will show how extensive
| these deposits are.
There are two firms In this city. both
Of whom are A. and where purchasers
are sure to he dealt with on the square
One deals in hardware, the other 10 pro-
visions. The former Is styled Morrison &
! Joy, The latter. Joy & Morrison. Unlike
the Greenback platform, the head is as
good as the tail and the tail as good as the
comes first.
The Trustees of the City Library will
meet at the Library Room 10 Hancock
Hall, on Thursday afternoon. at 8 O'Clock
June IL, for con sultstion and the selection
of books. All ladies and gentlemen inter
ested in the Library are cordially invited to
meet with them. The Trustees for the cur
rent year are L. A. Emery, Rev. Mr.. LON
bard, Rev. Mr.. Ropes, Rev. Mr.. Mooers,
and Rev. Father Coffey.
! GOOD TEMPLARs OF MAINE. - From
G. E. Bracket of Belfast, Sec'y Of the Good
Templars OF Maine, we are in receipt Of .
copy of the Journal of their last annual
session, at Lewiston, in April. The order
appears to be ia . fourishing condition,
with 260 Lodges and Is 600 members, q
material gain over last year. They have
quite a fund in the treasury, and mission
ary work aud the institution OF new Lodges
will be actively continued the coming au-
tumn. The next annual session will be 1T
Bangor. Full particulars IN regard to or
ganizing a Lodge OF this popular and sue
cessful temperance society, may be Oh
tanned by writing the Secretary AS ABOVE
-Duprez & Bepedict's MinstreIs will
/ visit this city and give an entertainment 10
| Hancock Hall Thursday evening. June
18th. as will be seen by their advertisement
| in another column. This Company 10
composed OF some OF the best talent. In the
burnt cork line, that the country AFFORDS.
and have universally received high praise
| from the press OF the country. The bos-
ton Daily Post says OF them :-"Duprez q
Benedict's Miustrels are having brilliant
Iy successful season at the Auseum. They
make good singing . speciality. Thia