Ellsworth American., 1880-04-15
State News.

ed Secretary of the Maine Board of Agri-
culture.
Friends Of the State College are max
ing efforts to secure an endowment of $780,
600 for the institution.
The Fast Maine Methodist Conference
will be held at the Union Street Methodist
| church Bangor, early in June.
Miss Annie Louise Cary will sail for
Europe, on May 29th, to sing under con-
trac, with Mr.. Mapleson.
The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs
Alden Miller Of Camden was celebrated last
Friday evening. A purse Of S75 in gold.
besides many other valuable presents, was
left by the company.
Marshall S. Kempton, one of the as
sistant editors of the Boston Herald. died
Friday morning, aged IS. lie was native
Of Phillips. Me-, and leaves wife and three
children
The Portland Press SAYS Them steers
formerly owned by Solon Chase. of which
SO much has been said and sung. are now
owned by John Tricky. Esq. at Fores,
Home. They are worth seeing and weigh
1920 pounds.
The Whiy says that post Of the Grand
Army of the Republic was organized at
Dover and Foxcroft on the afternoon and
evening Of "wednesday. April Ith. by John
F. Foster. Chief Mastering officer of the
Department of Maine. G. A. r.
The largest train of cars that ever left
Belfast, went over the road on Tuesday OF
last week, under charge of Mr.. George
Alden, special conductor. II was an ice
train for Unity and was made up of thirty
eigh, cars, drawn by two engines.
The Hubbard & Blake Manufacturing
Co., Of West Wa,er,ille are to increase their
| capacity for making scythes by the addition
Of one hammer each for welding. plating and
finishing. which will make them fully capa-
BILE of turning out more than ten thousand
dozen annually.
The Sentinel saws that Chester Newton,
son of Isaac Newton Of Grand Menan, aged
20 years, while endeavoring to put on his
overcoat, on leaving the school-house for
home. was observed to fall upon the floor.
rs was supposed, in iainting tit, but when
raised up, life was extinct.
Thirty cargoes Of lumber ef, the
port of Calais on the 3lst Of last month.
This is said to be the larges, amount of
lumber that has lef, the port for many wears.
IL is now thought tina, the mills will com
mence operations in the course of ten day.
or fortnight at the farthest.
Hon. John l.. Stevens, resident Ameri-
can Minister at Stockholm, Sweden. has for
warded to Charles f.. Nash. Esq. of Au-
gusta, his cheek for $50 towards the Sol
diers' Monument fund accompanied with an
excellent letter expressing his warm interest
IN the Association and in the city which is
his home.
-Robbers attempted to enter the store Of
NJ. VI. Pinney. in Norway. on Thursday
night, but were frightened away BY shots
from the night watch. Friday nigh, they
entered the store of J. A. Bucknam K Co,
al Mechanic Falls, carrying away large lot
Of silks and other valuable goods There is
no clue to the thieves.
The Journal SAYS tha; Mrs. l.. e. Pen
ney. who has been in Augusta the past
winter selling a book and boring people
about sanitary matters, was committed to
the Insane Asylum, FRIDAY. on a warrant
signed by the Mayor and Aldermen Of Port
Land. The poor woman talks quite intelli-
a monomaniac on sanitary matters
The schooner Hunter. of New York
Capt Cassidy, bound for Eas,part, went
ashore on Ragged Island. Ma:lnicus, in a
thick fog, Monday morning Her crew
landed on the island ha; ing hardly time to
save anything, as heavy sea was running
al the time a9ri the vessel went to pieces.
The captain and crew were taken TO Matini-
Gus and .,ience to Rock land, arriving Satur-
day morning.
Capt Atkins s. Gates OF Machi4s, ar
rived al Boston on the 18th ult.. from Car
denas. master Of brig Akbar in good health.
but on the Both ult., he was taken with
pneumonia, and died at the residence Of his
brother in-law, Daniel Palmer, Esq, at
tharlestovn, on the 9th inst. Capt. Gates
was 4 well known shipmasier, having sailed
many years from Boston and New York.
and was highly respected. His age was 81
years. He leaves a wife and two daughters
living a, Mschias.
The Biddeford Times says that Mr.
Josiah Hill, his wife Sophia and daughter
Martha, of kennebunk, have all died within
three weeks of each other. Martha, the
daughter was taken sick Sunday, and died
the following Saturday. Mrs. Hill was
taken sick Friday before her daughter died
on Saturday, and died the following We'd
nesday, and Mr. Hill was taken sick on
Monday of this week and died on Wednes-
day. The disease in some respects resem-
bled pneumonia
The Neazie Mills suit against the city OF
Bangor, was settled, FRIDAY, for S26, 900.
The owners of the mills brought suit to re-
cover 100000 damages alleged 10 have
been sustained on account of building a
dam, which they claim increased the risk on
their mills by danger from ice and floods,
also causing back water, that decreased
their power 80 per cent. The case was
argued last fall, before the county commits
sioners, who awarded s25 900, from which
both sides appealed, but finally settled as
above.
Mr.. Richardson, a carpenter of Dexter,
was taken i'll in Portland early las, week
and started for home, much against the de-
sire of his friends, who told him that he was
unit TO travel When the train reached
Lewiston, Mr.. Richardson felt so badly ,ha,
he concluded to leave the cars He went TO
the house of a lady, with whom he formerly
boarded on Lisbon street. and Immediately
showed alarming symptoms He died Thurs
day. He was freemason, and the Free
masons OF Lewiston cared for him during
his brief illness. and took charge Of his
remains.
Hon. f. Wilder Farley of Damariscot,a,
died suddenly Monday afternoon. He has
been in ill health for the past year. but was
around Monday morning apparently no
worse than he has been the past few days.
Appoplexy was probably the immediate
cause Of his death. Mr.. Farley was one OF
the leading Democrats in the State has been
in both branches of the Legislature and was
a member of the Thirty third Congress. He
was Whig until that party dissolved His
age was 63 years. The burial will take
place Thursday noon.