Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-08-07
Home and Foreign News.

-Faiurcs in Ncw York iu july wrsv 81
again., % 10 the same month last yrar.
The Nrw England Fair all be held a,
Worcester fTUm September "a To Scplcm-
5cr 5ih.
Rev. John G,aham OF brighton. Fog
and, vas dro~,.,d At Cape May Friday
sh,le baihins.
Fanny Davenport. the Actrc--. vas mar
Z Fie1l 70 Mr.. Edward = Price Of Ncw York
Il Canton. Pa. Thur.day evening
The African expedition .eu, oal b. thr
Algerian missionary society, va. al Lake
+ Victoria ia January. Va danger uf ..arya-
+ uou.
The family or James Darkc At E.,rr-
F .de. \ J.. vas poisoned Friday BY "al-
. ny pickles imprcRHated aka copper Que
/ Of the family died.
--rorlsmogth. y ii, aIm. house was
/ Cred Friday. BY al Inmate lstttc Spinnsy
( The house sa- badly damaged. sad she
"a. seriously burned
-kau.4s became one 81 the states Of
/ the Uniou on sept IL lN5i. aud the 18th
anniversary !. .oou - b. celebrated at
/ Lawrence 10 that State.
Capt. Dawson, prominent citizen OF
Petersburg, Va Who. vita his entire
family, was poisoned by ice cream few
days ago, died Thursday. He leaves
large family.
The first honors Of the graduating
/ class al Wesleyan University. Connecticut,
Sere won BY Miss Caroline Laura Rice. a
lady only ID years old. somewh., 10 the
ehAgrin OF the young men.
AT Canaan there is di.llllery uul-
sanc-, aud the proprietor boasts that
neither the revenue officer, nor the sheriff
can or will touch him. He says that moral
saasioE viii not work.
A disastrous liz. occurred in Hamil-
ton, Ont, Friday. A large block contain
Ing several dry goods stores and a bank
We're destroyed, and the fire somewhat
damaged surrounding buildings. Losses
over $1,000 900.
DR.. lie Moyne, the cremaiiouist, Is
said TO have altered his will so as 10 de-
prive his son OF so 600 that had been In
tended for him. The son had given offense
BY refusing to burn the remains Of his
child.
Napoleon Ill, ii Is said. left an illegi-
innate son In Paris, who has become q
cafe proprietor, and who resembles Napo-
leon Ill. remarkably, aud Is very proud
OF 1t. lie crossed the channel to attend
the Prince Imperisfs funeral.
-Adyices from along the line Of the
Norihern Pacific Railway state thai the
harvest Is progressing rapidly with most
favorable weather. and superior crops are
assured. The average yied is, wheat 2I
bushels per acre, oats so, barley As. The
Northern Pacific line will have 3, sos, coo
bushels for shipment
Charles johnson. the largest man in
Washington, ID. c., died on Friday He
l..r ali fh..r "a
Maryland. but was freed before the war.
year since be weighed 700 pounds, but
n his death only 400 He was i've feet
nine inches high. three feet and two inches
across the chest and hips, aud measured
three feet round the thigh, and six feet
around the abdomen.
The Zulu war was rather an expensive
psstime tor Great Britain; the expenses
have already amounted to four and half
million pounds sterling. or about twenty
million dollars, and more money NAV be
needed before the matter Is finally settled.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer. how
ever, hopes u recover this SUN from the
south African colonies.
1t Is said that Sitting Bulp. band Of
Sioux have fed northward to Wood Moun-
tain, leaving their property scattered
along the route for nfty miles. The Sioux
are estimated to number 5000 with 2OOO
nghting men. Miles says he believes he
has force enough to deal with all She In
dians Sitting Bull can muster.
When Mr.. Welsh len this country for
England. at the close of November. 1877,
there WAS q family Of six brothers and
sisters, knit together BY the closest afYec-
ton. Since then one OF the brothers and
two OF the sisters have died The 6rst to
20 was William Welsh. early In 1878.
Then followed, In the month Of June. this
year. the death OF sister, Mrs. Anna
Lapslsy. TO be closely followed, early in
the mouth OF July, BY the death Of an
other sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hosoeg.