Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-12-01
Home and Foreign News.

Three hundirl NOR, Russian Jew, ar
rived in Nra York, FRIDAY.
MIR. Garfield j, overwhelmed With let
ter' begging for money,
Mrs. Abraham linootn Ia, an income
Of 5000. !, VA, reported sh, va, poor
John Anderson, the ph.lln,hropi,t died
II Paris lhur.iay aged 60. He founded
the iglssiL college On r,'u,kc.u Island
A ,carling colt belonging 10 Gov,
Stanford If san Francisco. tro,tcd mile
THURSDAY IN the remarkable tine OF 80 ,
aud two Year, old made mile IN 2.2i | ,
+. ). Novel;. telegraph operator at the
Boston \ Maine depot. Al Salmon Fails, on
lhur>dAy, shot and dangerously wounded
MAJOR George " Wentworth.
The London Daily Necs says that 4
GuiicAu is declared insane vast number Of
people ike him. feather Drained. concerted
fools, will justly infer that the, too, NAV
indulge IN cccentrlcitic, and murder.
-Re, DR.. Richard $ S,orrs. pastor uf
the Church VI the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. was
presented By hlN cnngreS alton. SATURDAY
night. With >}i,uOO. IN honor Of the 18th
anniversary Of his p4siont-
The .ioAne., Of the Emperor Of Ger
many cause. great deal Of uuel,lne... lie
is eighty-four year. old In the event Of
his death he viii hc succeeded b, the Crown
Prince Frederick Wilhelm, ~ho j, nov fifty
years old. Bismarck Is urArl, seventy years
u age.
The storm IN Great Britain, Monday
night uf last week MAS very severe. Il was
particularly severe in scotland On the
banks Of Firth Of Forth large >trctche, of
wall we're blown down The storm was
the hercest at Queenstown, Ireland, for
thirty Years.
In the criminal court al Washington
FRIDAY afternoon the grand lury reported
the indictment Of William Jonc, for assault
with intent to kill Charlcs J. Guitcau on
SATURDAY,
FLORENCE Nightingale, IN spite Of her
| sixty one wear. and her long confinement 10
an invalid. sofa, look. young and even
handsome Her face is unwrinkled, her
large brown ewes are full OF kindness, and
she Is still deeply and actively interested in
various practical works for the relief of the
| sick and poor.
President Arthur with his sister at
tended St. Luke's, the church Of the colored
| Episcopalians, on Thanksgiving day. and
contributed literally toward liquidating the
debt Of the church. His presence there was
entirely unexpected by the congregation,
and was cause Of general eongratuation
I among the members.
Van Amburgh, after having his name
on the circus bills for 81 years, has sold his
menagerie BY auction at Armenia, \. 7.
4 Forepaugh invested sl5, 900 in the Wild ami
mails and bailey also bought some Of them.
| Forepaugh bid off the fyr-iQn elephant Boil
WAR for $500, and the rhinoceros for
s2.ij0, and camels and dromedaries at from
! $500 to $500. The horses we're sold 10
farmers OF good prices.
A report has reached Vienna Of an IN
successful attempt Of the terrorists against
the life Of the Car. The plot was an ex-
traordinary one. Ii was decided TO cause
balloon to ascend near Gatchna, carving a
1 quantity of dynamite and explosive fire balls,
/ together with appliances 10 cause the
| balloon to fall Within the palace yard when
\ it seVld explode and set the palace on fire.
In the confusion It ggs intended TO seize the
Car aud his family. The machile,! seized
shows that everything was in readiness for
| .ite execution Of the plot. 4 number Of ar
rests, iasiu4iag persons in official stations
| have been made.