Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-06-02
State News.

Senator Ere h4, gone 10 tie kaa.,.t,
Lake, for recreation
Iac pcof., q: Man, JAS: car matted
l5.-l5.Ga5 letters. ua.ca j al average u
:" for every person 10 til, state
The o.~mef-,at All, taa, d d. oi co.,
ooo or murr Young salmon aa- taken ,a
Nloo. from Bangor. Fu4a, Another large
lot Wa placed ~ tie Pruohseo; the other
DAY. and the Broad - Aa:,..a- house j,
becoming rapid, appropriated
The Ilaaye H,raIi >as, TIA, ~ sheep.
"a lambs, and tne buck owned bs Ia, 4
and h., sou. Dca. T. \ Hatch Of Noble
boro, we're found dead under a tn, that had
been struck BY lightning. l4>, ~yrA. Iat,-
DAY. They ~er, pEobab., A...rd during the
tempest Of the ll;h.
The ilrartner SAY, ,ha, Mr.. RYAN.
wife Of Capt. RYAN o. Calais, Of steamer
Charles Houghiou. IA, >o,trclN burned.
Monday Of .as, week. her elo,ac, taking
FIRE
The Gala, -iigcrfiscr say, a, Mr..
Samuel Dyer went 10 pat some voo4 .n her
cook-,iov her foot caught IN ih, sheet Of
zine, and ,he f,!. to the floor with great
been confined 10 her bed ever since,
The Telegraph >4ys tha, one farmer IN
Bruu,vIck ,AcarrL hl, flock Of sheep week
before laAi, and then turned the animals out
10 pasture. where they remained during the
severe rain storm Of la: week The flock
consisted al told Of 30 on FRIDAY. 2Oth.
another farmer driving BY II, pasture saw
80 Of the sheep lysng dead upon the ground.
FRIDAY evening. a, DR. Beatty Of Vance
b0ro. Was being conveyed on a handoar from
that place 10 NtAdam Junction. " b.. he
fell from the car. which passed over him,
, fracturAg both wrists, SCATTERING the left
arm al the elbow, and cutting one ear nearly
of. The arm viii probabl. be amputatet
Fourteen wears ago Otis ). White Of
Iopsham. caught a large turtle and en-
grayed upon is back with common knife
20. ) W. 1861" \ few DAYS since. some
boys fishing On the Cornish stream, tribu-
taN Of the AudroscoggIn, caught this same
turtle. In the fourteen wear. he had wan
dered three miles up the main river and
about d mile up the tributary. He was re-
leased to make another journey Of longer or
+ shorter period.
A reception was given Thursday even
/ ing TO Rev. ). l.. b. Speare Of Bangor. at the
I residence Of Daniel T. Wingate, which was
a successful affair, there being upwards of
/ hundred friends Of Mr. Speare present \
purse Of 900 was made up for him. Thurs
4 day he received telegram from the society
/ in Middlebury, Vt. that they would paw his
expenses of moving. The gentleman left
for his new scene Of labors, FRIDAY evening.
( II Commercial.
Gov. Plai,ted and Messrs. Robe,
! Hinckley, Pendletoa and Bowers Of the
council. together with trustee Chadbourne
and Donakue. Albion Little, late president
! Of the board. and Ira Foss, Esq, of Saco,
| visited the Reform School. Friday. and re
manned until f.e O'Clock in the afternoon,
( making as through examination of the insti-
tuition a. the limited time would permit.
! The company expressed themselves much
pleased With the general appearance Of the
bows and the condition Of the institution.
The Argus learns that prominent New
York gentlemen are in Portland with view
to purchase the Portland Smelling and Re
duction Works Offers have been made BY
them to the parties interested and are now
under consideration If the purchase is
made the works will at once be enlarged to
four times their present capacity. The
parties proposing TO purchase are heavy
| owners in several miRes, and will have all
their ores shipped there TO be smelted. Prof.
Bartlett viii remain as superintendent OF
the works. and will submit plans for the
enlargement of them one week from Friday,
when the matter viii be decided.
Bangor is TO have a new opera house
The Wing says the edifce will probably be
built with It's front line flush to the side
! walk; the face Of the building will be OF
pressed brick, laid in red cement, with free
stone trimbaings and terracotta points large
mullioned windows with arohed tops and
stained glass tiles Wiz ornament the front
and give light to the gallery gtsirs. The
main entrance will be broad, and situated in
the center. The auditorium, as now planned,
will be capable of seating nearly twelve
hundred people. Ia the rear of the parquet,
and somewhat raised, will be the dress
circle; above this balcony and gallery
The proseenium will be square, richly
ornamented.