Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-08
State News.

- hntnas lItiIf held. former station agent
or the Eastern road At Wells, hung himself
Wednc.day
David Bassc;. aged seventy FIVE dropped
dead from hear; disease IN Boardman Bros
store at Calais Wcdncsday
-Harycy's .,orr and the BANGOR and Pis-
caiaquis Railroad depo; at Fast Dover we're
burned Thursday night.
-Somrrsc, county republican convention
will BE- held al SsowhcgaH. Angus, 9Th
The Bangor republican. have organ.
ned DAVIS veteran and campaign club.
Hon. Isaiah Srctson Of BANGOR died
Wednesday. ahcr long ,llacss. He had
held various public ofiecs
The lumber surveyed in Bangor for the
Las; siS months. has been 1852 ,lg2 feet.
Last year n the same period i ~as 1893,
SIG.
-Dr. Parsons, living in Derring. report.
that the arm. Worm ha. appeared On his
premises IN great numbers. They have al.
read, rulncd some o. hls apple trees. and
appear % be increasing rapidly,
The Journal SAYS that the Third Maine
Regiment Association will hold lt4 sixth an
nuAl reunion N Augusta on Wednesday. the
ssh day Of September next
The .i.ircr,srr -ay. that Joseph Gran
ger. Esq. Of Calai, : till confined 10 hi.
house D, sickness, but he i, >aid 10 bc some
shat bcticr than he vas 4 lev day, ago.
and hopes arr entertained Of his speedy re-
,oycry.
Mrs. Sylvester Chick Of kennebunk.
took her only son. eight years old, 10 the
riser Wednesday. undrrsscd him and held
ham under water till drowned She then at
tempted to drown herself She i probably
insane.
The Franklin eounty republican con
,rn,ion nominated George X fcrnald Of
Wilton. SENATOR Isaiah Chick. Madrid.
Commissioner ). \. Dyer. New Sharon.
Sheriff; Daniel VI. Bouncy, Pennington,
Treasurer
The house. stable and outbuildings Of
John X. Weed Of L,tlrton wer. burned
FRIDAY. Twenty ton. Of hay, farming tool,
and provisions were DESTROYED The furni-
,urc vas saved. /, is thought 20 have been
accidentally ,et by stage passenger. Los.
$500 insured for 500.
The SenhHi says; In January.
lsGs. Mr.. Jonas Levy OK Passport, wrote a
letter TO friend in New York and few
DAYS since the letter was returned to him
from the dead letter office at Washington
Nearly twelve and half Years have passed
since tn. letter vas written.
The Franklin county grcenback con
,en,iou was held at Pennington. SATURDAY.
The nominations we're Senator, DIR. i.
Over. Pennington; Commissioner. David
". Shepherd, Phillips; Sheriff, b. F. Rus
sell, Wilton Treasurer, Virgil Craig, Farm
ington.
The Wig says that about half a barrel
of potato bugs were picked off the potato
tops at Bangor city farm, Friday.
The 4dr1tiscr says that Mr.. Han
son, mother and sister, Of Baileyville. we're
severely, and Mr. II. dangerously injured,
by being thrown out Of their wagon. June
2sih.
The Gardiner Jo-.ITidl learns that a
Rockland schooner found Matinicus fish
ing boat anchored. with lines out, but no
one in the boat Upon hauling in the lines
they found a big halibut and man on one
Of them, with the gaf through his wrist
Both were dead. He had probably got the
hook in his wrist, and been pulled overheard
while trying TO haul out the halibut.
Farmers have to be constantly on the
alert, to protect themselves against swim
dlers. The latest swindle for use in the
rural districts is the butter contract"
game. A couple Of nicely dressed, gentle
manly appearing fellows, Of good address,
drive up TO farmers house with a fine
turnout, and engage all his butter for the
season at big price. The farmer signs
contract to let the merchants have all his
butter for a year, and in due course the
contract comes back in the shape Of a
note held by third party, which the farmer
has to pay.
Frederick Lord, a graduate Of Water
vile College, and the only survivor of the
class of '3l-a classmate of the late Hon
W. Is. 5. Moor-who was supposed to be
dead, as nothing has been known of his
whereabouts for thirty years-has lately
been heard from. He was a practicing
LAWYER for nearly twenty years, and had
earned the title Of Judge Lord, but abou,
thirty years ago, he left the practice of law,
went into the woods, and cleared up a farm
upon which he has resided ever since. His
address is Paw Paw, Van Buren, Co., Michi-
gan.
e,
the absent pastor Of the NJ. f. church of
Calais: That the night after his supposed
drowning he was met BY Messrs Toomy
and McGerry coming across the bridge.
MeGerry knew him and called him by
name. He answered him. He did not
seem to know where he was, and wanted to
know where MS wife and children we're
Nr. McGerry then took him to Mr. Esteys
and Mr.. +. went with him to his family,
where he remained till morning. In the
morning he started for Woodstock, n. B.,
where he belongs, and his relatives reside
The day before be went of in the boat an
article appeared. in the Portland Argus
charging him with conduct unbecoming
minister of the Gospel, in connection with
Mrs. Russell Of Dexter, while there. This
coming to his ears,-although pronounced
unquali6edly false--so preyed upon his
mind Is to derange him, and caused him to
Act q be did.