Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-11-13

'h'ofiaoiy uo W eucu cases, tue Kuu :" -
discharged literally splitting young Gray'l
head open and scattering his brain oveI
the ceiling Of the room. Nathan Gray
was son OF the late Peter Gray. VA
about y years Of age and was highly re.
spected by all who knew him. The sad &C.
cident has cast q gloom over the whole
community.
Prof. Stewart gave . very entertain
ing and instructive lecture In Hancock
Hall, Saturday evening, on mines and min.
ing. lie advanced some new theories rel.
alive to the formation Of the crust Of the
earth. the changes that have and are tax.
ing place, the formation OF assures aud the
formation and deposit OF metals In thess
assures. lie believes that valuable silver
deposits exist on our coast which only
need to be developed, to become vast
sources OF wealth. He recommends devel.
| oping these mines for the minerals that
are in them, rather than for ATTY specula.
| tive vslue that may be given to the stock
In company with several other gentlemen,
Prof. Stewart left here Monday morning
for the purpose OF visiting some Of the
mines In the eastern part OF this county
and it Is understood that they will extend
their trip as lar east As the Petit Menan
Mine.
AT the annual meeting OF Union En-.
CINE Co. No. 2. Monday evening, Nov.
81, the following officers were chosen: +.
b. Aiken. Foreman; +. S. Lord. lst assis-
,ant. Ewd. Mcfarland. ID; F. s. Call.
Cook. II. +. Hin, Finance Committee. The
above were the old board with one excep.
ton. VIM. Small the outgoing oficer va.
reelected lst Assistant, but positively de-
clined to stand again, and asked the CON-
pany as personal favor, to accept his
resig na;ion aud 10 relieve him from further
active duty. Mr.. Small has served the
Company tor the past three years as Is,
Assistant, with signal ability and fidelity
H.. resignation was accepted and his name
placed on the Honorary List. The reports
of the standing committee and clerk were
read and approved. as also the Ieasurer's
statement, which showed a goodly balance
on the right side. The Company voted to
pay the clerk yearly salary OF ol5. 90 In
Guiding the year just past. After compIe,-
Ing the business, the Company adjourned
to City Hotel. where An oyster supper had
been prepared. which WAS partaken Of BY
one hundred gentleman and ladies' thence
TO Waverly Hall. where an orchestra OF
four pieces, viz, Messrs. JOYS, Barker and
Hodekins, were discoursing e1cellen,
music which was enjoyed by all. Dancing
was KEEP, up till o'cloc. at which hour
the Company broke up. after . mos, en-.
joyable evenings entertainment.
A noted swindler named St Clair, to-
ge,her with his wife, has been arrested In
Portland for attempting to pass forged
note Al the time OF the arrest Mrs. St.
Clair was trying To negotiate = note for
s250. signed by Charles T. Bunker Of
| Franklin. The PreH says:
= Clair claims TO be agent for b. Butler
< Co. In whose favor the Bunker note Il
drawn. who deal Ia patent rights ai st.
| Johnsbury, VT. Their principal articles
are patent harrow aud a dish-pan. The
parties acting as their agents dispose OF
| the RI. hi 10 make the goods for sale, and
| in return take purchasers notes for wha,
they can get. Marshal Bridges learns tina,
| 81 Clair has been operating for some time
| In Houl,on. Bangor. EAs,por;, and other
places, with quarters at kenduskeag.
THIS -. Clair. il Is stated, formerly WAS
In the grocery business In Portland but
failed. then came to Lewiston, where he
also failed. Notes were found on his per.
son 10 the amount OF sa0oo. a. follows
| Gilbert Jordan Franklin $500; John NJ
Burnhsm. Blddeford. $40: 5 T. Thomp-
son & Son. Bangor. 500; Sumner G.
Rowe. Ellsworth. ESQ; l.. +. Hamilton.
Calais. $50; Lester Burr.u. West Charles
ton. Vt. 500; second note from the
same. $1,000; Wendell Silsby. Amherst,
Ne. $50; White Brothers, Bridgewai.r,
$500. These notes are written like the
Bunker notes. on different scraps OF paper.
but II is thought the signatures are genu-
Inc. obtained In the 'liyhtning saw swim
| die" WAY. The only difference between
the above notes aud the Bunker note Is
that the latter reads pay Is. Butler {
Co, and the others pay K. ST. Clair -
| Mr.. Bunker telegraphs that he has never
given any such note As that mentioned.
i ne Belfast Journal gives the following
report Of case tried at the last term OF the
S. J. Court, held in tina, city, in which one
of our Ellsworth citizens was the defend
ant:
Robert G.. lanes Vs.. Henry B. Jordan. Ac-
ton 10 recover the value Of . span Of horses
hired Of plf. By delft, aud drow ned by break
ing through the ice on Union river, Jan. 10th
1879.
PlG. / furnished the den. two horses. with
harnesses, sleds, and = driver. 10 be used In
hauling logs 10 Union river, for all which be
wss 70 pay me $40 per month. The horses
were worth $50. The ice WAS unsafe, only
| three inche. Of solid ice covered with w sfer
| slo.h and snow.
Vim. Perry, pits driver, testified that he
drove upon the ice by direction Of def
Def l examined the ice, or caused II to be
examined, repeatedly. II Was IRON nine TO
twelve inches thick. Never ordered the driver
| TO land log. on the ice. Told him 10 land on
the bank. or on the ice, just Is he pleased. He
was pl is driver not mine. The night before
| the accident, learning he was landing on the
! ice, asked him II he was sure II was strong
enough. He said ii was As strong As d-naiion.
The deft's testimony was corroboraied by tina,
| OF many witnesses.
The court charged the jury tina, it was the
duty OF the def. to exercise ordinary care Ia
u-ing Pits horses. PHI. assumed all extra.
ordinary risks. The driver "a. the employee
OF deft-, not pld. ; and def. Is responsible foI
his acts, in using the horses, as for his own. II
for the want Of ordinary care, on the part oil
def. or his agent, the horses were drow ned
| plh. must recover such sum - his horses were
I reasonably worth; otherwise, be must beaI
the loss. Verdict Tor pln. for S54s.6?. Motion
70. new trial, and exceptions filed. H.diock
| Mcclellan. Peters. Fogler.