Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-02-24
TUESDAY was a Spring day

Nj Lewis Friend Is making an eX
tended tour through the West
Read the advertisement Of the Boston
Tea Cos Cash Grocery Store. in the local
notice column.
f c Arey Of Winterport offers three
small schooners for sale or exchange for
mining stock
t a. Crabtree. agen, for the AMERICAN,
viii vi,i, Bluehill and adjacen, towns within
the next two weeks.
The steamer Cambridge has been put on
the route in place Of the Katahdin which Is
to he hauled up for repairs.
Atlantic Monthly. Harper's Magazine.
Harpers Ba1ar, H2rper's Weekly and Fran.
Leslies Illustrated Paper for sale a, Hale.
Book Store
-Lumbermen say they do not remember
having had so good winter for their work
as the present The amount Of lumber cut
and hauled is yer, great.
The building lot between the Veszie
ana Pren;iss lots. in front Of the Atlantic
House, al Bar HaIbor. has been sold for
$4,000, to Mr.. Sears Of Boston
An old subscriber wishes to know the
best way to keep eggs through the summer,
whether IN dry salt, or in strong pickle.
Viii some one who knows. please answer ?
An exchange saws an elegant and costly
monument. to be erected over the tomb Of
Hon. Zachariah Chandler. Is being cut out
Of Haliowel granite =; the Hallowell gran
lite works; also statue Of Stonewa!l Jack
son.
Read the advertisement Of the Meadow
King Mower Alderman Moore is the agen,
for Ellsworth and the bes, Of facilities for
testing the merits Of the Meadow
King will be provided those who desire
TO purchase.
There seem to be an unusual number Of
accidents, serious and trivial. happening Il
the woods this winter We hear tina; son
Of Mr. Asa Barron of North Ellsworth
sliced piece from the side Of his foo; few
days ago. abou; four inches long and an
inch thick. making an ugly wound
-Dr. Lan-don ), Chilco,,, passed his e1
animation for the degree Of Doctor Of Den
tai Surgery before the Faculty Of the Phil
adelphia Dental College. THURSDAY The
graduating exercises occur on SATURDAY Of
this week. Dr. Ch.lcot, VIII return here
mex, week and viii probably locate a, Bar
Harbor.
Certain ladies Of this CITY have formed
an organization known as the B. F. o. H.
and propose giving a Grand Inaugural Bal
and Supper, in Hancock Hall. on FRIDAY
evening March 4th. From the preparations
being made We judge it is to be really a
grand affair. Further particulars will be
given next week.
At the meeting of the stockholders Of
the Grant Silver Mining Company Saturday
night. the original owners decided TO con-
tribute 10000 shares additional to the treas
ury. The whole number Of shares j. 10000
Of which 10000 have now been placed in
the treasury. The mine is producing some
good looking ore and il is hoped will soon
be on paying basis.
LIFE ISsURANCE-The 37th annual re-
port Of the New England Mutual Life In
surance Company. which is now ready, can
not fail to be Of the creates, interest to
policy holders. and TO those intending to
take out policies. The year just passed is
the most prosperous ever known for this old.
reliable and liberal company, as will be seen
by their card in our paper.
The Commercial saws: A club com
posed Of prominent gentlemen will make
extensive alterations and repairs in the resi-
denoe Of the late Alfred Veazie, al Bar Har-
Dor. The house and grounds were sold last
Autumn for the sum Of $4,000 to the fol-
lowing gentlemen: Samuel Z Lyon, Cow
eneur N. Ogden, Gardiner Sherman, Jr, of
New Yv.. Edward Coles, DeGrasse Fox. of
Philadelphia Charles II. Dow, Charles T.
How, Of Boston Henry Sayles. Of Bar
Harbor Eugene Hale and Lucilius A. En-
cry, Of Ellsworth.
Professor Vim. /. Marshall will give
his splendially illustrated lectures on We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings Of this week
in Hancock Hall This "wednesday even
ing the first lecture will be on the Yosemite
Valley and those who have visited this mag
nihcient valley viii need no urging to attend
and again feast their eyes on these wonders
Of nature. The lecture tomorrow
Thursday evening will interest all who
have ever worked in the Gold Mines and
sluiees of California and the familiar scenes
of psnning out, rocking and sluicing will
recall many a forgotten incident in their
eventful lives in the land Of gold. 1t was
fortunate that Prof Marshall had engage
ments in this state or it would have been
impossible to have had him here 10 lecture.
and We hope our people will give him
good guidance.
GRAND GIFT CoNcERr.-The Bangor
Commercial says: The jewellers, Doe &
Mullan, who were burned out lately, man
aged to save good part of their valuable
stock in good condition. as the most precious
articles, such as diamonds. seal rings, gold
and silver watches, canoes, etc, were in
their capacious safe. Much of the silver
ware, and many of the optical and fancy
goods, which were exposed to the smoke and
water, have been eleaneed and made as good
As new, so that the stock now exhibited in
Lewis Block, Main Street, is q very attract
i've one. Yet the firm find it desirable to
dispose of the old stock of goods. In or
der to DO this expeditiously, they have ar.
ranged 10 give g Grand Promenade Gift
Concert 8. Nsrombega Hall, on the evening
Of April l4th. The price Of tickets is one
dollar they are now on saie) and each tick
ct viii draw prize, there beingno blanks
The drawing will be conducted on any equit-
able plan that the audience may adopt. The
prizes are truly tempting. embracing fine
gold and silver watches, solitaire and elus-
Ter diamonds sf large value, turquoise,