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

Is 1t the Equinociial Storm
| The moon will bee fall tonight
A snow squall visited this place Fri
day.
Rain commenced falling here Tuesday
afternoon and still continues.
Geo. S. Peters, Esq, lefl here Tues
day to attend court at Belfast.
We have been having some genuine
Fall weather in the last few days.
The steamer Charles Houghtou is now
running between Rockland and Sullivan.
Work on the bridge aud it. approaches
Il nearly completed. and the appearance OF
that locality is greatly improved.
We are informed that the old Els
worth Dramatic Company have in rehearsal
play which will soon be presented to the
public.
The nth lecture OF the course in the
Methodist Church. will be delivered Wed.
nesday evening. Nov. 9Th. by Mr. II. o. :.
Lowell. Of this city: Subject, "Talilers."
The Ball which was TO have been given
Tuesday evening BY D.rigo Hose Co. No.
;, was postponed. on account of the heavy
rain, till FRIDAY evening.
MIR. \. +. Poole writes from Eas,2ort
stating that he expects to be in Ellsworth
sometime this week TO deliver TO sub
scribers the Birds Eye views of this city.
The schooner Mountain Laurel. re-
ported cspsized and abandoned a. sea. wa.
built 10 Trenton in 1856. and was owned
by Dyer 7. Jordan, Lewis B. Gemick and
Others In this city.
The schooner winslow, OF Boston.
Capt. Matthews. OF Verona, struck on Sa-
lem ledge last Friday ard was sunk. \
portion Of her cargo was for II. GHley Il
son, OF Buckspoit,
Prof. G.. 1. Fletcher. formerly OF the
Eastern State Normal School. Is TO deliver
a course Of lectures on school work. before
the Normal department OF Oak Grove sem
mary at Nassaiboro.
FAVORABLE reports are received from
Hon. Eugene Hale who Is still In Bangor.
lie j. now able to ride out and will soon be
sufficiently improved a. to bear the ride
from Bangor TO Ellsworth.
The author OF the letter from the [.
: ;. Bache, given on our first page this
week, says the Boys wished me to write
few words OF thanks Tor their kind and
homelike treatment while 10 Ellsworth.
This Is all from the forward part OF the
ship"
A friend who. evidently. feels the
bereavement as he ought. sends rs the
following:
We all loved johnny Green:
He got choaked with a bean
Up IN nose.
johnny wa. iir,t class f.llsr
But the bean went up H. .mclicr
And he rose
The entertainment gwen by the Ira
bean Dramatic Ciub. Saturday evening.
was fairly patronzed and gave very gen
eral satisfaction TO those present. \ good
deal OF dramatic talent was displayed.
The Club /. well supplied with scenery
and would DO well 10 present their plays
to the public oftener.
-Messrs Vim. L. Cooper Of Mt Desert
aud Thomas ". Cooper OF Sears mont have
purchased OF Hon. James r. Talbo, all hi.
Interest In the mills at ChAse's mills. East
Machas and about 400 acres OF wood and
timber land, the growth being accessible
70 above mills. The Messrs. Cooper intend
TO manufacture slaves, l4,hs. etc.
Mr.. +. VI. Rowe OF this city. has near
ly completed a carrisge mandatory st
Bar Harbor. The building is 30 feet long.
- feet wide, and two stories high. Within
two weeks Mr.. Rowe will commence work
there, and will turn out ali kinds Of car
riages and sleighs, In the lates, styles. and
built in the most thorough manner.
The Fall arrangement of the Inside
Line of Steamers went into effect the 18th
OF this month. The Steamer City Of
Richmond" now leaves Bangor for Port
land every Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day, st 6 O'Clock a. NJ, arriving In Port
land about 5 7. NJ. See their advertise
ment next week.
A dwelling house belonging to Abijah
Fletcher OF Ellsworth Falls, was burned
early Monday morning Mr. Fletcher had
recently moved out for the purpose OF re-
pairing the house. The nre was evidently
incendlary. There was an insurance OF
500 which does not cover the loss.
The Collins Granite Company of East
Bluebill has been awarded the contract for
granite to complete the new custom house
In Chicago.
The granite for the new custom house
in st. Louis was furnished from Hurricane
Island. large number of the finest GOV
eminent buildings throughout the country
are built with Maine granite.
The proprieiors of the Douglass mine |
have received a telegram from the COPPER |
Smelling Works in Baltimore telling them
TO ship all the ore they have on hand that |
will run over three per cent. The Doug |
lass company have six thousand tons Of |
ore out Of the mine. Since the rise In the |
value of copper they receive four dollars |
more per ton than formerly.
The schooner T.. L. Buxton was dis |
covered on Celley's ledge, near Herring |
Gut last week with both masts gone. The |
schooner was commanded by Capt. w. A. |
Turner. Of Bucksport. and her cargo,
which was all for n. T Hill, of Buck sport. |
was valued at three thousand dollars and !
was partially insured A portion OF the |
cargo was saved.
William NJ. Smith. notice OF whose ar
rest appeared in the AMERICAN last week. !
was released from the Jail here, rs the
parties ordering the arrest declined to
prosecute. Smith started for Bangor at
once where he has got into fresh trouble.
For breaking and entering the stores of