Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-01-13
State News.

The house of J. Whitney in Ashland
was DESTROYED by fire Tuesday, of last week.
Hon Llewellyn Powers has returned
from his Southern trip. Mr. Powers is
much improved in health
Hon. Joseph H. Martin of Camden has
been chosen chairman of the Democratic
State Committee
Rev. Mr.. Whitney, pastor of the Uni
versalist church, Augusta, has recently had
aho.her hemorrhage, and lies quite low at
his home.
The wife of Rev 0. NJ. Cousins obtained
divorce from him, in York county s. J.
Court, on the charge of cruelty.
The members of the Sagadahoc Bar
have presented the outgoing Judge of Pro
bate, Gilbert, with an elegant gold and
ebony cane, appropriately inscribed
j. X. Hayden's ice house at Bath con-
tanning two thousand tons Of ice, was totally
destroyed by fire Friday night. Loss fifteen
hundred; no insurance.
Mrs. Sarah 4. Eldridge. wife of w. T.
Eldridge Of Saco, died Thursday evening
very suddenly of hemorrhage of the lungs.
She was taken while alone in the house and
died alone.
News was received last week, announc-
ing the death of Capt Joseph Rowse, at
Shanghai, Nov. 10Th. He was a brother of
Edward Rowse of Augusta he leaves
wife and two children.
George X. Shaw, an old resident of
Biddeford and formerly editor of the Maine
Democrat died Thursday evening. Years
ago he was prominent Democratic poll
tician in York county.
The Press SAYS in an alteration a,
Bath, Friday, Charles Purington stabbed
Joseph Farrell, inficting bad cut. Puring-
ton was arrested. The ARRAY was the result
OF quarrel about the management Of the
ship Marcia Greenleaf
Capt. Ebenezer Corey, now 81 years of
age, is very i'll at the Greeley Hospital,
Portland, and his recovery is considered
doubtful. 1t is said Capt. Corey is the only
man that ever sailed from Portland as own
er Of both vessel and cargo.
Charles White, a prominent citizen of
Leeds Junction, has just learned the sad fate
of his Youngest son Joshua, business man
of Omaha, Neb. His business failure re-
suited in suicide by shooting. He was y
years of age and very promising.
Mrs. Young, an elderly lady living in
Augusta, took three teaspoonfuls of lini-
ment containing belladonna and choral
hydrate by mistake for paregoric Thursday.
She Immediately became unconscious and it
was with great difficulty that physician
saved her life
In Palmyra, recently, an alteration
CURED between two of the larger schola.
OF the school. when one made ferocious
attack upon the other, striking him upon
the head with sled stake, inficting injuries
which are more than likely to prove fatal
An Augusta dispatch says: "When the
fusionists learned that Mr.. Frye's case was
hopeless they made proposition to unite
with the Frye men and thus elect him. This
proposition was of course Indignantly
spurned by Mr.. Frye's friends"
Mr.. Frank L. Emery of Saco will start
for Columbus, Ga, some time this week to
take charge of cotton mill there, in the
capacity of Superintendent. Mr. Emery has
Mills in that city but for the past few
months has been at home Biddeford
Journal.
The Wing says that A. l.. Barton of
Dexter, recently sold to Mr., Howe, cattle
drover, six of the finest fat oxen in Penob-
SCOT county. One yoke of these tip the
scales at five thousand pounds. Their girth
is nine feet, and they will dress about $500
pounds, or nearly ton each. OF the other
oxen, one pair grit seven feet six inches,
and the other seven feet eight inches.
Hon. John B. Brown, banker and the
wealthiest citizen of Portland while walk
ing across his grounds to his daughters
house, Saturday night, slipped and fell, jar
ing himself severely. He thought himself
uninjured, but shortly after the accident was
obliged to retire, and it was found that a
blood vessel was ruptured in the head, from
which he died at five O'Clock Monday morn
ing, having been unconscious since Saturday
night. He was born in Lancaster, N. H.,
in May, 1905, and was therefore seventy
six years old.
Geo. Gardner of Cherryfeld stopped
over night at a house in Canton, Mass, and
roomed with a colored man named Harris.
About 2 o'clock in the morning great COM
motion was heard in the room, and on going
there the boarders found Gardner had Har-
ris by the throat and Harris was on his knees
duplicating for mercy. Gardner had
loaded revolver, but did not use it. He ex-
planned that he had about $500 in green
backs and silver in the lining of his over
coat, and that he had the coat under his pill
low. Upon awakening in the morning he
found his colored bedfellow up and dressed.
Instinctively Gardner felt for his money
and, finding it gone, jumped upon Harris,
who was in the act Of leaving the room.
Harris surrendered the money and was let
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