Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-04-29
State News.

Tho Japgnai saws the, NcnncLcc asl,r
iarn saN that aie~Ite> are coming IN early
tin, season.
The Valuation Commission expected %
complete their work sufficiently Ia, week 20
adjourn ;iil autumn.
The Frontier Steamboat company IL
taial, ha,, suict g. u'v the steamer Charlie,
Huughton nov chartered rs them.
The H1ig >a,, that Mr II. L. Leonard
ut Bangor. Of ti,A.ug-rud fame !. uov
driven with aork. He employs crew u
eleven men
1i.y dwelling house n Co' psa.cl
Elliot Of Brln>s.cA VI. damaged hs fire.
FRIDAY afternoon, - the extent II several
hundred dollars. lu,asci
~ four v,cA, o.d cuid u f4m.l,
named burlington. G,.u- j; White Nrs.
Gorlam. ~. 'so,Acna TO lealA. l,.c>das
% 49,. week y, tao careful Wrapping.
a hrr Frjda, nigh, DESTROYED house
and barn belonging u I,aa- Smith On bar
rack, hill one mile east Of lh. village 81
llou!tlu. Lo,, $500. insurance 800
OctA,i. Mana, four year, oli daughter
ui hohcT, Shaw Of Portland. WAS - severe
y -calded, "Wednesday ny falling iu.o a
boiler Of hot water, tina, she died IN few
hours.
The Hhig >ay, that Nj George Cox. 4
well known barber in Belfast. ir., dead on
the sidewalk. near W., house q. about seven
o'eioeA THURSDAY evening Cause Of death,
heart disease.
Judge Symond> pgcsideS a; the term Of
the Supreme Court which begun Al CALAIS
Tuesday, ami THE counted HI county officer,
have been notified tha, their right to their
office, will M tried
-. A. Car \ Son of Winthrop, arc iu.t
closing up their busincs, Of packing and
shipping apples. lhry have packed and
shipped since last October. eleven thousand
nine hundred and sixty barrel, Of fruit.
most o! which ha, gore 10 Europe.
Under the Fru,i4iau. VI ~ pension law
Of January p, 1919. pensions lior the late
var only date from the discharge or death
Of the soldier, # applied fur before July /,
1850. II the claim should no; be filed prior
% that date pensions can only commence
from the date Of filing the application.
Policeman George \. Bennrt, of New
.urk, committed suicide "Wednesday morn
my by shooting himself in the head with a
pistol. No cause other than temporary
insanity arising from Hines, j. assigned
AlI. benneti wa- born in Maine. OF good
family. lie vas thirty-two wears old. and
was appointed on the force on March =. 1872.
The schooner Fannie Butler. Of Bangor.
Al Savannah from Providence. reports that
at : o'clock in the evening Of March 18th.
when off Block Island in a heavy gale. Peter
CoOmbs Of lslesbor0, one Of the sailors. was
washed overheard and drowned. All posi-
bic means were tried to save the man. but
without avail. The Young man was about
twenty one years Of aye, son Of Capt Vii
son tGombs. In the came gale Mr.. James
I. Cousins, of Stockton. first officer Of brig
+. |. Henderson. was struck BIZ the main
boom, knocked overheard and drowned.
The brig was from Cardenas for Philadel-
phia. Mr. Cousins was 40 years of age.
and leaves a wife and four children.
AT the clinic at the Brunswick Medical
School, Saturday last, a patient brought be-
fore the class proved that the age of super
stltlon has not passed away. The case was
that Of d little fellow who had been bitten
on the previous day by dog in Bath. not
under circumstances leading to the suspicion
the dog was mad. The child had been in
the habit of PLAYING with the animal, but as
it had Young litter Of pups, il Was proba-
bly, little fractions and SO very slightly bit
the child on the arm. When the bandages
were removed, il was found that the wound
had been dressed with the hair of the dog.
in obedience to the old idea, that il is the
hair Of the dog which cures
The Dexter Gazstte saws that legal
measures are working which will probably
result in Mrs. Barron, the mother of the
late treasurer of Dexter Savings Bank. get
ting the $1,000 which vas bequeathed to her
by her son. as support for her old age
Treasurer Hamilton OF the Dexter Savings
Bank, says in reference to the legal meas
ures taken TO recover 5000 of the missing
funds Of the bank from the Barron estate.
that the case will be entered at the April
term Of Court. But before the case can be
tried the Court will appoint commission to
examine the books and accounts of the bank.
When the case is tried the evidence will be
given to the public in a legal form, and JUS
tice to everybody demands that this should
be done TO the fullest extent,