Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-11-20
State News.

Il part II The time the steamboats, have
70 Tun i7Y ard ulsh' On Mo0sehcai I.lkr.
70 carry Tie .umhcrmeu hnd ,hc.r suppr.c,-
MIR. Il Z. Lane 81 South Monmouth.
fcN from TIC scaiIpld 81 a barn Friday T..
u .'fiAins upon h,N head. lie lived bul
short time
The ISifgriph says that Mr.. Bcpn,.
Iiarmo'', of Erunswick, committed -utc.ir
MONDAY ~ cutting her throat She had
been AZ tune, dcrangcl.
a French boy. three wear. old. was
found drowned IN a barrel Of satcr or
llish street In BIleiJ'd. a, seven O'Clock
FRIDAY u..hr.
--Gco. Thompson. Que uf .he tao Prison
ers who escaped from Machla, jail las:
summer. was arrested Fcccnflv at Calais.
aud ha~ been returned 20 iIilrr Eosr
-Nc.sr-. Woin 4 Eer..iu. have pur.
chased the property lately Owned hy Fur
bush * Son, a, Easipurt, and Intend ha.li.
Ing upon *. making siil. farther rx'ru
sion "a their large factory
The Bc.ta.t J.uraat .a,- ,aa. 4 .,-.,c
bun dog. Yep. a. watch In. br Michael
thasr - kFoaks. = frw days ago .pr1n.
a. hr tha.e's daughter Lena. all seq,
badly laecr4tel Her f4rc.
The EAs'por; >,sE.a-E .ay- lhc t,nn.ar
EimuHl, can boast 90 to.ns air. Me.
lhcrrsr o. Crane. II ttsr. 1T 49,. Nl5l
daring ,s's pat to- monte I.r Lr-..,, .
cot. iWu AM uu~-h9.f years u.I. W. tAr
wagon. She . tA" uu.5 "uv ...4r ha, .s-r
hafue-.sd of d..s-4 o..
"A barn containing about -sy~uty.usr
trr, 30 lay, "Nnrd ~ James " ,str, ~
N"h,"'pfu. was burned 10 pamar.,otta
Aist-. To-day !-ht. HE lire wa. pfohAtt,
lurrud ArJ, Insured sIuO ga tur barn.
$50 on the hay. Los a1ou, The zane.
The lit rs--.pSrr train "a, ruu over
tie sandy River Railroad 20 Strong. Iaur.-
day. IGr officers If the Main- orafrAl.
sandy RIVER aud "thcr roAI-. member. ~
the pre-. aul -cv,ra. invited guests made
up The excursion.
A Lphcc gentleman Inform, ,b~ East
port NeatlRJ ihIt by'Nyru 500 ard Goo
barrels - potatoes vii h, shipped from
that place III, last week. !, J.. estimated
That some $500 barrel, II po.Ito,s viii IT,
shipped from Deuuy-yi1r th., season
The H3cA. anI FIRE. Pros. SIS, th5i The
wife ol Fairfield tO'llnurr w4. Iuui
drowned near DYER. Island lat Ncdu,,-
day The unfortunate woman wA. subject
% Hts but whether .hr I'm iH'p ,lc water
by accident 81 or-iLu,dv went il +, 30:
k.own. ~ Inquest wa> ht.i. Tie de-
ceased va. ab5u. foriy year, at aye.
"A dl-patch "a- received al Thoma>lnu.
Tuesday OF last week Auaouuciu. tie
death II Capt. Oliver Morse. Of The ,hip
John Bryce. on The passage from Liver
pool 10 tai.ao The Consul at Callan pul
q master on board the ship aud she j.
ordered 70 San Francisco. Mrs NCr.e
and daughter ~cre on board the ship.
There are three prisoners 10 the Au-
gu>ta Jail for debt. one is q wel.-educatcd
Young man. whose father died twenty
years ago leaving an estate worth 4 million
dollars. one j. confined by tile town Of
Mt. Vernon for uOn-payment OF taxes.
The third refuses 10 pay tor new spsper
which he had subscribed for aud read.
John Donahue, John Burns, John
FlemmIng and David Crowley we're ar
raigned in the Bangor police court Friday
afternoon and bound over to the February
term Of court IN the SUN OF 5000 each TO
answer charge OF robbng ~ W. Mead
Of Vienna, henuebcc county, OF $50 to
Sl7j on the street in Bangor in the night
time.
The Portland AryHs says: Collector
Morrill, has just received an order from the
treasury department. which Is To take Ell
feet on the LIST of next month. directing
that, TO aid in preventing the introduction
into the United States OF contagious dis
eases among cattle, the importation OF
neat cattle from the Dominion of Canada
be prohibited until otherwise directed.
The journal says that Isaac Spencer,
one of the Oldest resident patients 10 the
Insane Hospital. died OF apoplexy al that
institution on the 9Th inst. Some 45 years
ago this man was tried and convicted OF
murder. He killed man By the name OF
McPheters In Oidtown, striking him down
with spade in the heat OF passion, as
was supposed at the time. but il proved to
be well marked case OF insanity. Spencer
was sentenced TO be hung but Gov. Dun
lap, then in office. observing something
wrong about the mans mind, COMMITTED
the sentence TO imprisonment tor lite. Ia
1850 Spencer was removed. under the pro-
vision Of the law for such cases from the
PRISON to the Insane Hospital.