Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-05-22

terly at . loss to know whence IL came. as
he has of late been nowhere save about his
farm and once or twice down To the city.
Miss Ida Brown, daughter Of Mr.. C. B.
Brown Of Bangor. has been offered tie po-
sitiou Of Professor in mathematics at Well |
esley College. Miss Brown has been a
student In that institution for several years.
The Journal says that Rev. A. F Pal
mer has been engaged TO supply the Bsp-
list pulpit III Belfast tor time. Mr.. Pal
mer IL a young man, from Colby univer
sity, and has recently preached at MI. De
sert.
John and Phil Harrington, hailing
from Portland, Me, and William and John
MNckie. Boston. hsve been arrested for rob
berry at Berlin. Canada. II - supposed
they belong 10 a gang operating Ia that
section.
Among the graduates OF the Boston
School Vt Orstory tor 1879. are the follow
ing persons belonging Ia Maine: Annie
Delia Bracket oi Berwick. Vests l.. Gates
OF Lincoln. aud Macy N Hopkins of South
Montville.
Henry A. Croker OF Bangor, stepped
into a stable yard Wednesday afternoon
and died almost instantly. lie had been an
incorporate man aud liquor was the prime
cause OF his death Deceased les!es wife
aud six children.
The Noes SAYS that the Postm sster At
wsldoboro. has received from the Auditor
at Washington. . statement of his postal
accounts for three years, showing an error
of one cent. He has been directed to credit
himself with that amount.
DIR. Laughton, of Bangor, a'1i.ted hy
Dr. Hunt OF Brewer. performed eemark
able surgical operation on Thursu last
They removed from the breast chest aud
I under the arms OF a Brewer lady no less
than thirty-five tumors of various sizes.
Superintendent Butfum OF the Maine
| Reform School, having been removed by
| the Governor, WA surprised Monday even
| ing by the presentation by the boys OF
handsome volume OF poems, aud by the
| officers OF an elegant easy chair aud foot
rest
| -Quarrymen and stone cutters are In
| demand In Biddeford. The stone business
| is increasing rapidly Large contracts have
been taken by Biddeford parties, promi-
neut among whom are Capt. Ira Andrews
and Capt }. NJ. Andrews. and say they
/ have been unable TO procure a sufficient
number Of men TO do the work.
| j. q. Knowlton & Son Of Strong. have
recently shorn from fifty thoroughbred
! Spanish Merino sheep, $50 lbs. OF very
sheep were shorn. and the oil had not
started. Had there been a week OF warm
! weather TO start the oil, they would have
averaged some two pounds per head more.
The soldiers killed in the late WAT are
! not. perhaps all dead yet. The death OF
! the late Joseph a. Could OF Euhe!j. was
| found To have been caused By q splinter Of
| bone about the size OF 4 match, which had
/ been penetrating the brain since 1865. The
/ wound WAS received In the army. he fact
/ was developed by post mortem examina-
| ton. and the doctors marvelled that man
/ could live ffteen years with such an Injury.
The Augusta Journal says. The larg-
! est Wholesale firms and the best informed
business men OF Augusta, assure US that
| there is a general awskentn: OF business
! all along the line. Tired OF the talk aoom,
hard times, people have gone TO work In
/ sober earnestncss, and the avenues OF trade
have been greatly s,rengths ned. whole
sale merchants report their sales larger
! Than for some three years, bat with small
margin OF profit.
! "A child OF Mr.. Kitchen OF Calais. fell
| 20 feet into the dry dock. No bones were
| broken. but the shock WAS so great a. to
cause nausea sufficient to eXpel IRON tn.
stomach Of the little girl immen.. qssnti-
ties OF orange peel. picked up of the street
and eaten through the day. A physIcian
| called stated Il would have been lmpos siblc
| TO have saved The child after 1t had par
taken so freely OF orange peel, had it not
! been for the remarkable fall
The Bangor Cvmmereial says Mr.. W.
X. Close, OF this city, inventor OF the tide
| fog bell which has attracted So much atteB-
| tIon. has bonded the George st. CLAIR farm.
| In South Thophston. on the road from
| Owls Head to Rockland. OF Eliza ~. Clair,
for six months, Ia the snm OF go, 900 Mr..
CIoss sRnis B{fY aai nd el.sn herr he %.H anS
! Pr"p"-." 10 deyelope the resources Of ihs.
| piece OF land. which has been found to con-
tsin gold. silver and copper 10 quantities.
| which max" Il certain 10 pay very well for
working. old miners who have prospecied
I ihet" have no doubt tina, Il Is exceedingly
| rich In wealth
A mao calling himself +. J. Dunn. has
been s~indling The people OF Prnobscot
| county BY gong into different towns and
| getting subscribers Tor n local paper which
he says he i going to establish. After Is
| ..iug few copies he clears out leaving
| his bills unpaid. He has operated In Knox
| and Waldo counties. and last winter start
| ed papers In Brewer, Carmel. Dixmont and
| k-niuskeag. HIS last place ha. been Old.
Midway and that vicinity. He IA full size.
| light hair snd side whi-kers. OF eentlemau-
| Is appearance. and though, perhaps, not Of
sound mind yet we'll calculated for the lit
tie game he has thus far played success
| fully.
The Belias, JourHd! says: Al the re-
| cent term OF the Supreme Court 10 Belfast,
| there was divorced woman who claimed
TO be a cousin OF the Empress Josephine.
| Napoleon BonapArte's nrst wife The di-
vorced couple were Captain aud Mrs. Suel
! b. Fletcher OF lslesboro. Mrs Fletcher's
maiden name was Refine Elizabeth Chro-
| nier de I.sssichere. She is Il native OF 81.
! Peters. Martinique, where she married
| Captain Fletcher In 1873 Not long since,
while at Islesboro, Mrs. +. learned OF her
mothers sickness at Martinique, and left
| for that island. During her absence the
captain sued for a bill OF divorce on the
| plea OF desertion. but failed TO obtain de-
cree On the return Of Mrs. Fletcher, re-
Gently, she applied ard obtained bill.
| Mrs. +. is about +5 years OF age, below the
medium height, stout. and net very pre-
| DosspssIny In auDearance She " III refurn