Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-04-22
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The cNodu, 10 the United States cuniin-
us. from Halifax. and the oountr, there
about.
i, j. estimated tina, the NeS Jcr,e,
forest fires have burned over 600 square
miles Of territory.
DR.. Edward V II. kcnealey. member
OF the last Commons. counsel for claimant,
. in tine llchb0rne case, j. dead. aged 81
-Barque David has arrived at s. John
with the master and mate dead from yellow
fever and al. but three of the crew sick with
it.
The ailment of Senator Grover Of Ore
gon. who j. STAYING 4, Wilmington. Del i
paralysis. and it is feared he will never re-
cover.
Heavy snow storms have detained train,
on the Pacific roads, and several ,ra,ns are
showed IN at Alta. suog sheds have been
broken down FOR some distance.
One of the ex-ElnpTess Eugenies at
,eHdaBt. procured SOME twigs from the Ma
! poleoR willow. at ST. Helena. to plant ON the
spoi where the Prince Imperial los, hi, life
Nathaniel Weaver. whs was cash Of
the National bank al Urbana. Ohio. stole
$4,000 of the banks money two wears ago.
and Thursday committed suicide in Mon
treal
AT meeting of the Atlantic States
Nail Association in New York. FRIDAY. the
| price of nails vas reduced from $3.50 to
$40 retail. ten cents discount on each cask
TO the trade
Canada, is preparing TO take a CELSIUS. hay-
ing just appropriated the sum Of 500 900
with which TO begin the work. II IS reck-
oned that AZ least $500. 900 will be necessary
to carry it on 10 completion.
james O. Dennet of Portsmouth. "
H., for many years proprietor Of the Rear
| sarge House. died Thursday evening after
! lingering illness. He was well known to
the travelling public.
Professor Huxley says 1t Ia just - safe
to marry on a three weeks eouTtship as to
| wait longer. Each side will conceal all
faults as much as possible anyhow. But
| then Huxley does not know all about II.
j. Aynsly and J. ID. Broadhurst, two
| wealthy Englishmen, guests at the New York
Hotel in New York city, were almost killed
Wednesday night BY the inhalation of gas
escaping in their bedroom.
Richard Van Voorhis. AN officer of the
United States Navy, died at Washington on
Monday of last week at the age of 9s years.
having served in tie navy for 81 consecutive
wears. Both in years and service he was
the oldest officer in the Federal service,
Last Thursday morning, Secretary
Schurz was called on by Crow delegation
in full dress. One of them stands six feet
| four inches in his moccasins, and weighs 260
| pounds Each chief wears war shirt of
buckskin, aIs,y embroidered, beaded and
adorned with many white wease! tails.
The Newark Airertiser say. that the
town elections in New Jersey have been
generally completed this week, although a
few places elect next month, and that they
generally show republican gains, the result
in Jersey City, Trenton, and Paterson being
especially gratifying large gains having been
made in those place.,
The British training snip, Ataiauta,
concerning whose fate much anxiety is felt,
had on board more than three hundred young
men in training. and eleven officers. She
| was last seen at Bermuda on the 29th Of
January She was due in England some
weeks ago Her sister ship, the Eurydice,
went down in squsi. of the Isle Of Wight,
| and all on board but two, soma three hun
bred and twenty-five young men, were
| drowned.