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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-01

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ing been treated Ssr Bilious Collie BY physie-
isns and receiving no relief, Itaks pleasure
in saying that the Peoples Favorite Tonic
Bisters hes given permanent relief, not hay-
IN bad an attack for some three years.
When feeling psssly md ssGesing ften loss
q sPpesits ] lsve 81 sPssdy relief Iron the
Bitters.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-01

Adlrvss Dr. W IL. PAR
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-01
HANCOCK COUNTY
Savings Bank ,
ellsworth. Maine

ORGANIZED MARCH 27th. isT3.
MONEY deposited on before the isth dsy O,
la March. Juae, september And December " m
draw dIvihenIs from lAe ar-t same month
bisidsnd. on deposits payable twice . year
June and December.
Dividends q. sOon 9. declared are added TO the
PRINCIPAL. thu. eompoandias th- tntere.t syery
six months.
So L ndeT the existing law OF thIs state All
dsposts IN savings Baats. are exempt from "a u
nlcipal tax alton.
No returns of names of depositors are required
accounts are held b. this Bank TO b. .triskIy r.,
sate and con gdsHtiai.
harTien women and persons under age can de-
post money IN their own names so that IL can
be drawn oaiy by themselves. or on their order
Especial advantages afforded 10 Executor
Guardians, Trustees. and others having in charge
trust fuads.
GEORGE PARCHER, President
tSu L. L. BURRILL. Treasurer
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
A YOUNG bADY's SUICIDE,

Catahoula News: On last Sunday night,
Miss 1nez Phillips, n oung lady living
with her parents, u few miles from town,
committed suicide by shooting hers slf,
with pistol through the heart, The
young 1ady's mind had been seriously af-
fected for some months, but no apprehen-
sion of her self-destruction was felt
by her relatives. On Sunday night how
over, after tho family had gone to bed,
she got her brothers pistol from his pockt
dressed herself, lay down on her bed and
deliberately shot herself through the
heart. The family were awakened by
the explosion of the pistol, and her moth
er going into her room found her in tho
death struggle. Tue case was a very sad
one and the family of the young lady
were overwhelmed with grief. This, we
believe, is the first time we have ever
heard Cf a woman committing suicide
with gun or pistol.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
NO. ~.

The ship Crocodile, which
crossed the Equator ON Sep
tember 81, encountered a curl
GUS experience, thus related by
a passenger "On the follow
ing night a most curious CIR
cumstance occurred, which
would hardly be credited. The
ship was stopped by jellyfisk,
which, shortly after l O'Clock,
appeared in myriads as far as
the eye could reach, and the
thousands of luminous bodies
floating upon the water gave
the appearance Of a scene from
fairyland. Some Of the fish got
into the strainers of the conden-
sers, and blocked the holes, SO
that the water could not enter,
and the result was that the
vacuum went down and then
disappeared entirely. The con-
densers afterward became so
heated that we had to stop
steaming altogether, take of
the strainers, and clear them.
Three attempts were made to
steam, and each failed from the
same cause. In this way we
were delayed no less than five
hours but at daybreak the fish
sank, and the ship was able to
proceed. The same thing oc-
CURED again on the following
night, the ship being delayed
four hOurs.'
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

A correspondent of Notes and
Queries gives the following re-
markable instance of a beetles
tenacy of life: A relative of
mine, while recently cutting a
loaf Of bread, found embedded
in it a beetle. a small portion
Of the loaf with the insect in it
was cut out entire, and after q
lapse Of about five minutes the
beetle began to crawl out, ap-
parently none the worse for it's
incarceration. 1t is, of course,
we'll known that beetles are
fond of warmth, but 1 should
not have thought that one
would have so comfortably sur
vived some hours spent in a
Ii, .--e t~---., escaping uno ue,i-
ger of being crushed to death
in the making of the bread, and
subsequently the risk of being
killed either by suffocation or
the heat Of the oven.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

their friends, met to settle their
difference. With the assistance
of their shields the combatants
warded off each others, blows
for some time, but at last the
farmer Glove his adversary's
shield in twain, and followed up
his advantage, brought the
young lord to his knees by a
blow on his helmet. Then put
ting his sword on his throat, he
made the young lord resign all
claims to the lady, and beg his
own life.
Soon the handsome young
farmer and the rich and beauti-
full lady were married. and af-
ter a time she told him of her
device Of the glove, and how
the game that she hunted that
day with her dogs and her cross
bow was the young farmer him.
self. Both agreed that for the
hunter and the hunted that
hunting was the happiest that
had ever been undertaken in
Thule.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

The contract for the con-
struction of the Texas and Pa
cific Railroad from Fort Worth
to Ell PasO on the Rio Grande
has been concluded at Philadel-
phia. The main feature Of tin
contract is the completion ofth
600 lacking miles by Januar.:
1, 1888, leaving 800 miles to
complete the connection to the
Pacific. The construction price
is $4,000 per mile. Bonds to
the extent of $4,000 per mile
were authorized, the additional
$4,000 to inure to the benefit o:
the treasury.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
A MORNING CALL.

In the early dawn hear
Childish whispers, faint and sweet,
Merry laughter, quickly brshed,
Pattering of little feet.
Presently IL little knock:
rhen the door flies open wide!
Like IL lovely i,ture. stand
bid and New Year side by side.
las he leans upon his staff,
Old Year strokes his beard of SNOW !;
but beneath the quaint disguise
Shines two brig h' eyes that know
Dh Year, kneeiing, asks to stay;
Begs the gift of one month more.
New Year stamps his little foot,
Points him sternly TO he door.
Saws my little Gnl'lilocks,
l.Go away, you Old Year, You!
Ne dou'I want you any more:
6ou'rc the Old Year, I'm the New"
sunslry gi.gla heard outside.
Spare the need of further knocks;
AnI the 81 asons come III view,
Bending meath the croquct box.
Old Year therein seats himself,
Trying. va,p|y, not to laugh,
AS the New Year tucks him in,
Picking up his hat and staff.
Flake him rery carefully
Poor Old Year is dead and gone,'
Ehants tbs New Year, to a tune
That must surely be his own.
b.Artu:nr, cover him with leaves
Bring him roses, June and May"
kAll my flow goes on)
f.Winter. keep the wind away"
S'owly the procession moves,
5Chubby Winter AT the head,
In my ncss umbrella hide,
Save his Ii tie stockings red.
|Tien, really Lave to laugh,
Aud, like sparIows at he SOUND
lot the nioi her-bir lies voice,
All the six come tinck;ns round
In the midst of noisy fan
That would stronger nerves appall,
With IL hug, says Golhilocks,
'Did you like yonr New Year ca1l :
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
IN THE PRANOO-PRUsSIAN N
WAR.

The Berlin Militar-Zeitung
prints an interesting paper on
the; resistance made by the sew
eral French fortresses attacked
by the Germans during the
campaign of 1901. Alto
gether, it appears that during
the six months campaign from
the feginning Of August, 1870,
to the end of January, 1871, the
Germans took or forced to sur
render twenty-siX French for
tresses. Of these two, Metz
and Pfalzburg, fell because the
provisions Of the garrison and
inhabitants were exhausted !;
hunger and the devastation
wrought by a partial lombard
ment caused one-Paris-to
capitulate; thirteen were re-
duced by embarrassment
namely, Lichtenberg, Marsal,
Sedan, Toul, Soissons, Schlett-
stadt, Verdum, New Beisac,
Diedonnofen, La Fere. the cit
adel of Amiens, Montmedy,
Mezieres and Peronue; one,
Strasburg, was taken by a reg
ular siege, while two, Vitry and
Laon, surrendered upon a bonn
bardment being threatened.
Finally, two fortresses, Bitche
and Belfard, invested early in
the campaign, held out until
the preliminaries of peace had
been concluded. The longest
resistance was made by Paris,
the siege of which lasted for
1872 days, while the siege OF
Metz was continued for SO
days, of Straspurg for 4S, and
Verdum for 45 days.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
WHAT INSTINCT WILL Do

WHAT INSTINCT WILL Do
A first-rate cat story has come
to our notice from an entirely
authentic source. The scene is
laid in the village ofYarmouth.
An aged gentleman and his
housekeeper constitute the
family, and their good old cat
finds the lines are fallen to her
in pleasant places. Family
PRAYERS are the rule each even
ing in this household, and the
cat fell into the habit Of regu-
lar and punctual attendance.
No other of the cares that prov
erbially crowd a cats life was
ever allowed to interfere with
this religious duty. At the sig
nal for prayers she would even
leave a mouse half caught, OF
give a doomed bird a longer
lease of existence, and decor
ously compose herself in the
lap of the housekeeper, with al
air of attention to the service
that was highly edifying. Al
the final 'Amen' she went brisk
ly about her business. But IL
an evil day there came a klttel
that was deemed superhuous
and sentence of death was pass
ed upon it. The .head OF tn
; family undertook the execution
of the sentence, and, unknoW
to him the cat was Il witness t
the scene. From that day tn
| cat refused to attend the mor1
: ing service, and cannot now b
induced to listen to the prayer
. of one who had so shocked ht
+ sensibilities. She faithful
7 performed all duties as betor
. and sociably purrs for the tan
. ilv on all secular occasions, 81
: seems to say: "Let my rellg
: Gus hours alone."-Ex.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
THE following remark from

The following remark from
Gov. Garcelon at a ratification
meeting in Maine, a few days
since is evidence of his firmness
to the doctrines of Democracy ::
III most heartily thank you for
this expression of your conf
dence. A long life of seventy
wears has been spent in this com
munity, and if there has been
any act ofmine in any way trea-
sonable or in violation Of law OF
order, 1 am unconscious of it
I do not come to apologize fol
what has been done in the way
| of counting the returns made
by the municipal officers the
records speak for themselves.
Three rousing cheersfor Garce
lon and his noble stand.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
BEASLEY'S HISTORY.

be case Of Beaslcy, charged with tne
&d.r of Mrs. Hcbert, has excited con-
rable interest in this community.
encrmity of the crime, the fact that
Woman was the victim, and the
hod OF the murder, conjolned to pro
profound impression, 1t may ho1
hnintercsting to trace its history 50
as it is told by a man who seems 10
e known Beasley wcll--the editor oi
BLaco7, of Richland parish:
oor Beaslcy. We first knew him as
lnnocont, inottcnsive virtuous farmer
who woull have Suffered torture
er than tell q fulseAood, swear an
b Or take a drink. HIS parents were
ple minded country. folks and p'ous
thodists. We learned him how to 'nk
first roller in II country printing Once
4, if we mistake not, cmptled inc hie'
Ek OF type he ever set. We were tHc'
fouth of about seventeen or clShteeh
he boy Of eleven or twelve' iii'o
At as an infant but lie formed cVll as
iatious and contracted tho nap'I u
Gking-gctting ou occasional sproes'
had q noble and generous nature.
At the brcaking out Of the wax nc WAS
Rrkiug in Selma, in the Times ONCE we
Ink, and just before leaving. home as a
dier joined the Baptist chuich i'll that
" and was baptized in the baptis'ry III
basement Of tho church building.
|kie was member of the gallant Attn
nbama Regiment, distinguished INN,
in the first battle of Mannasas. and
s promoted to the position of ens'gl
his gallautry on that memorable pat
Field
Pin C the war he has engaged in sever
newspaper enterprises which nave
led. The last we knew of him before
8 terrible tragedy was one OF the pro
etors and editors of tho Mobile Dali!
|{ws.
I'VE think we know who he married
WILL not state, as we are not certain
Pt we are correct. IT we are, she i
daughter of q distinguished Alabam
- . know of no circumstance that has 8
pcked our sensibi.it les an,l pverwhcln
IL with grief as I'll is sad affair, froI
e TACT OF our having been so intimatel
shnectetl with this man in his innoccn
pyhood days. What IL sad conmentdr
pom the evils of fiutemperauco and wicl
assoeiation!
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

"A DBAD-BEAT, one of the
well-dressed kind, wanted to go
from Omaha to Kansas City,
and had no money. He made
a bold stroke and succeeded.
Going into the ante-room of the
hotel he took the conductors
cap from the rack, and, with
his lantern in his hand, jumped
on the train and started through.
The first man he met was an
old preacher, who, luckily, was
going the same distance as
himself. He came up ndsaid,
"ticket." The minister handed
him his ticket. He put it in
his pocket, left the car, and i'm
| mediately returned the cap and
lantern to their place. He then
took his seat in the front car.
He was not discovered. His
ticket carried him through, ard
the old preacher had to pay Lis
| fare a second time.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

tV The ST. Charles Herald says;
What II3hhville still needs and could
support, We will now briefly mention as
follows: A cigarmaker, II dressmaking
and millinery shop, a tailor, another shoe
maker, another blacksmith shop capable
of all kinds of wheelwright work, few
more carpenters aud cistern makers, q
harnossmaller and saddler, few musici-
ans for our local balls aud &C Zebra tiors, Il
cooperage establishment, a h-ickyard, Il
painter, q tirst-class boarding hoLse, n
hricklayer, q livery stable, ard ayy num-
or Of gard~ e's, stock and poultry
raiserE.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
MOTHER SYMPTOMS PROPHECY.
TWashingtoE Gazette.

L " SdLCOto.
The time is almost here pro-
phecied by Mother Shipton to
be the end Of all things. This
curious prophecy was published
in 1641, and has been going the
rounds of the newspapers and
magazines since. We remem-
Der first reading it some thirty
years ago, when aboy, at which
time the year 81 seemed in the
far distant future. Many re-
cent attempts have been made
to prove the doggerel lines a
very recent production, but they
may be foundinmany old books
and a famous, or rather infa-
nous character of that. name
resided i'm London during the
middle Ct the 18th century.
The past generation several of
the events predicted have come
to pass, and during the lives of
many now living nearly all
have happened. The discovery
! Of gold III California sund Aue
tralia, the electric telegraph,
tunnels, submarine armor, iron
ships, balloons, and the admis-
sion of Jew into parlimenthave
been accomplished, aud the two
last lines only remain to COM
plete the prophecy. Notwith-
standing, the scientists have
had a great deal to say of late
relating to the regular juxtapo-
sition of the heavenly bodies
and other "signs of the times"
we may take comfort in the
Biblical assurance that no one
knows the day nor the houl
when the Son of Man shall
come. Meanwhile this paper is
not for sale. The following por'
ton of the prophecy is the mos
interesting:
Carriages without horses shall go;
} And accidents fill the world with woe
T Around the world thoughts shall ny
In the twinkling of All eye;
) Water yet shall more wonders do,
| Now strange, yet true;
= The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at root OF tree
Though hills men shall de,
u And no horse be at his side
Under water men shall walk.
i Shall riGe, shall sleep shall talk;
I In the air men shall be seen,
- In black, and white, and green;
L Iron in the water shall Hoat
|. As easy as q wooden boat;
Gold shah be found, and found
In u land that's not now known
g Fire and water shall wonders do,
h England at last shall admit Il Jew;
The world to an end shall como
Il In eighteen hundred and eishty-one."
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

Miss JULIE JACKSON, the
siXteen-year-o1d daughter Of
Stonewall Jackson, was pre-
sented by ex-Contederate SOL
diers in Maryland with Il hand
some silver pitcher, inscribed,
'"Io General Stonewall Jack
sons daughter, from Confeder-
ate soldiers in Maryland, Christ
mas, 1879" The presentation
was made in a quiet manner at
Miss Cary's school, where Mis- s
Jackson is a pupil.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
OUR OPPORTUNITY.

Now that the tide Of recuper-
alton and progress seems to be
fairly set in our direction, there
arises an opportunity of which
the South, and especially LOU
isiana, should avail itself. The
great need of this State is an
active, thrifty, industrious and
intelligent population. We
want our waste places inhabi-
ted, our deserted lands put in
cultivation, our resources util-
lied and our productive capac-
ity developed to the utmost.
Nowhere on earth is there SO
pressing a need; nowhere do
the soil and the surroundings
offer so engaging a prospect.
Our wants areto be supplied in
only one way-imlnigration. To
secure this consumation, one
must have the facts placed fair
ly, intelligently andfully before
the industrial classes OF over
crowded Europe. We have no
need to magnify or extenuate
anything. The simple truth,
but the whole truth, and told i'll
such a manner as to be clear
and unmistakable to the dullest
understanding will secure all
the results that we desire. We
want the hard-worked millions
of Europe to know the facts as
to our soil, climate, advantages
and facilities, the means for
acquiring property, the terms
offered by public and private
proprietors of the land, and no
more need be done. We enter
tain no doubt, however fleet
ing, that the true showing,
properly and conscientiously
made would bring about the
desired consumatiOn.
AS we are entering upon a
new era, as well in our political
as in our material relations, it
seems favorable time to urge
the serious consideration of this
matter. We know that Gov.
Wilt fully appreciates the mo-
, ment of the question, and feels
+ho+ bo ->--l1 ~a1 40 h,'i OH tn,
lustre to his fame than the hon.
3 or of being the pioneer, the
1 living impulse in this grea1
work. It is true that the new
5 constitution, in the rigid econo
9 my that it enforces in every de-
tail of government, lavishes nc
/ princely revenue upon the Bu
9 reau Of Agriculture, of which
this immigration enterprise
: must inevitably be the chic
e collateral. Yet even this pal
Y try $4,000 can, as we have
s heretofore shown, be so dispen
|. sed as to secure all the result
S that are necessary. It is onl.
e requisite that it be entrusted t
It some one willing and compe
Il tent to perform earnest and la
Y borious and unremitting duty
l. to someone qualified by associa
e tons, as we'll as inclination, t
l. perform the Indispensable worl
e. and it need not be twelv
y months before Louisiana is {
Is we'll and thoroughly represen
h ed throughout Europe as Texa
= or Iowa or Kansas, and at 4
N infinitely less expense. 1t
OF not money that is needed
er much as activity, industry ai
II ability in the administration
ne the office. This small appr
IN priation may be made to vie
ce a splendid harvest of popul
At ton and prosperity and indu
k trial development. 1t may
in so be wasted, as similar fun
en- have been heretofore, but
is, hope and believe that it W
ss- not be beunderGOv. WiltZ.-N.
he Democrat.
IN ~----.->
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

A MAN who had 500 stolen
from him received anote with
S25, saying: ''I stole your mon
ey. RemOrse naws atmy con-
shens, and / send some OF 1T
back. When remorSe naWs
again I'll sent you some more"
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

MIR. KNAPps, recently blown
up by the explosion of gunpow-
der, we are glad to learn, is
improving, though it is thought
a long time will elapse ere his
recovery is entire.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

THE name of the st. Mary's
Post Office, in Pointe Coupee,
has been changedto New Roads
Post Office.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

AN affray among Cinnamon
in Poine Coupee, last week, re-
suited in the death of one OF
their number.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10
THE GOLDEN GLOVE.

A1I 0O0ODS V4IO
There was a young, rich and
beautiful lady who was about
to be married to a lord. A day
or two before the wedding the
lord brought his friend, a gal
liant and handsome young far
mer, to see the lady Of his
choice. The lady fell in love
at first sight with the farmer,
and ere they parted, the farmer
was as daep in love with her.
When the morning of the
wedding had come, the lady,
love-sick for the young farmer,
instead of betaking herself to
the kirk to be married, took to
her bed, and the wedding was
put Off. Nevertheless, in the
afternoon, she disguised her
face, and dressing herself in
manly apparel, wentwith cross
bow on her shoulder, and with
her dogs at her heels, to hunt
on the grounds of the young
farmer, which were part of her
own estate.
She crossed and recrossed the
fields, whistled and hallooed to
her dogs, without meeting the
farmer. AS she was beginning
to fear that he was absent, and
was about to withdraw, she
met him coming up the road.
She professed to be surprls-
ed to see him, as she under
stood he was to be at the we'd
ding to give away the bride to
the lord.
"Ah!n said the young farmer,
with a sigh, II would she were
as poor as myself, that l mig ut
ask her to give herself to me J"
care you, then, in love with
the promised bride OF the
Young lord, your friend? How
would you answer to him, should
the lady favor your hopes!" SAID
she.
"With sword and axe / would
give him a meeting, and let the
best man win"
At parting, the lady DIRE"
from her pocket a glove EN-
broidered with gold, and said to
the farmer, ''Here is a glove !
picked up on the way tither; as
I am a stranger here, L will
leave it with you in order thai
F YOU may find the owner"
Next day she sent out the
) crier to say that she had lost :
n.loye e1nbroided with gold, ant
,, that she would take the MAJ
, who found it for her husband
$ if the man were willing.
< The young farmer heard tn
Q proclamation, and, half witt
t Joy, and half doubling bis goo'
4 fortune, took his way to th'
a house of the lady. He present
ed the glove, and modestly re
f minded her Of the reward prom
}. ised to the finder, and although
that reward was far above III
IS homes. it was what his hear
e most ardently desired.
a Before he left her, she con
1t tirmed the promise of the criel
II and agreed to take him for he
y husband. The report was 500
n spread abroad, and coming t
I'd ,, the young lords ears, ne az
T. T. manded that the farmer shoul
resign his claim to the lady, {
.s y, else meet him in single comba
re The farmer answered that /
o. would never resign the LAD
y while there was breath in h
d, body, but that he would me
tn is the young lord when and whe
n he pleased, and with whatev
90 weapons he liked to choose.
~, ~ Swords and bucklers bei1
I'm chosen, on the day appoint,
ny ,ns for the fight the lord and t
,ry farmer, accompanied by the
TX seconds, or shield-bearers, al
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-01-10

On the 31st of December,
1879, Secretary of State Strong
promulgated the vote of the
State for offices of Secretary OF
State, Attorney General, Audi
tor and Superintendent OF Pub
lie Education. The following
is the vote as promulgated: