Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-02-10
-Full moon next Monday.

ing cut this winter than usual
Read the new advertisement, of the Bos-
ton Tea Cos. Cash Grocer, Store.
-Mnyor Holme. len. Monday afternoon.
! for New York II, expect. TO be absent
about ten DAYS.
The Sewing School vail commence
again in the Congregational Ne.,ry Saturday
I afternoon at , o'clock.
People have thsved out considerably
during the ast few day. and our bushes.
men are once more busy and happy.
The annual mas. meeting OF the State
woman's Christian Temperance Union Will
be held in Augusta next TUESDAY and We'd
nesday.
The fr., Unit, Meeting will be held in
the Unitarian Church Of thi. city next Sun
day evening =; 80 F. NJ. preceded bv half
an hour. social singing All are invited.
Attention il called TO the new adver-
tisemeni Of J. T. Eldridge. TO be found IN
another column. Mr. Eidridge keep. a
well selected stock and sells at prices 20 sui;
the times.
-Kingsbur, Jackson Of Great Pond, a.
sisted by Henry Folsom. killed large bear
and captured her cub. recently, on township
81 Mr. Jackson hA. the cub which Is es-
,ima;ed to weigh about IS lbs.
The Union No. ?. Fire 4 Hose com
pane. propose TO give their annual enter
iainmeni in Hancock Hall TUESDAY even
Ing, Feb 22nd. Full particular. will be
gwen IN the AMERICAN next week.
Those subscribers who have promised
to bas u, dry hard wood for their .uhscrip-
lion ~.ll hardly ind n better time to do 50
than the present. Besides, il vail be mole
convenient for us to have II COW than !,
viii next summer.
A larger portion Of Union River Ba,
and Frenchman's Bay. ia, been covered
with ice this winter than has been in long
time Distances between different point.
have been materially shortened by tempo
rary roads across the ice.
Schooner William. Capt Staples mas
ter. vent ashore at Plymouth, Mass, las;
Saturday, filed, and nov lies grounded on
the fats She was loaded with vi,riol and
boue dust, for DuIbury. NJ. ID. II. Eppes,
Of thu. city il the owner
There will undoubtedly be a great de-
mand for Rev f. f. Roe's Stor, in the
Conqreg1iiondIisf As NAV be seen by the
advertisement It commences Feb .. and will
run through nine or ten months Mr.. Roe
is one Of our most popular authors.
The Lowell Cour,c- saws. Mr. Charlie.
F. Hale succeeds Mr.. Charlie, Mcdonald as
clerk in the Office Of the Merrimack Manu-
featuring company. Mr.. Mcdonald has &C
cepied a position a. a clerk in the printing
department Of the Lowell Bleacher.
Mr.. W. F. Grindle, OF Bluehill, passed
through Ellsworth. FRIDAY, on ms way to
Sullivan with load Of powder for the use
of mines in that locality Mr. Grindle is
able TO supply many Of the mines a, les.
cost than they can purchase elsewhere.
A Temperance convention will De held
in Hancock Hall Saturday and Sunday, FEB.
- and 20. Delegates are expected from
Bangor, Buckspori and Bluehill. All the
ministers and members Of the y. N. {. A..
and all persons interested IN the cause Of
temperance are earnestly invited 10 be pres
ent and take part in the exercises.
We are indebted To President Chamber
lain for the seventy ninth annual catalogue
of Bovdoi College The number of itu-
dents in the classical course is ISL and in
the medical course 1903.
The recent large donations to the College
have placed it on 8 much better foundation
then it has ever been before and enable. the
Trustees to furnish students With facilities
for an education unsurpassed by any instltu-
ton in the country.
Last Friday noon, az Mr.. Ira Grindle,
of Bluehill, while at work for Hall Bros, on
Township No. s, was returning TO his work
from dinner. he saw a lnupervier coming
towards him. The animal stepped some six
or eight feet out Of The load and was max
ing preparations to spring upon him. Mr..
Grindle threw his axe at him and fortunately
bit him. The blow stunned the animal and
before he recovered Mr.. Grindle seized his
l,fIal H.,
ton it seemed he had had sn encounter with
a p0vcupine as he was comp letely filled With
quilts He measured Eve feet three inches
in length.
The lecture 10 be delivered By Prof
VIM l. Marshall on Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings. Feb. % aud "A, are well worth
the patronage of the public. The Professor
is good speaker and ranks high among
popular lecturers, knowing how to keep his
audience interested while Imparting infor-
nation. The illustrations are very fine.
The Yosemite Valley with al its grandeur
the big trees Of California, those monarchs
of the forests, are so faithfully represented
that one need not 20 thousands Of miles TO
view these wonders Of nature. The second
lecture entitled 'Gold Mines and Gold Min
ing in the 18th century, is illustrated with
models OF tls apparatus used in mining,
also the actual waking out Of gold from
gravel with pan and rocker, in the presence
of the audience, exactly as it is done d the
mines. This lecture is the result Of ten
years ownership and superiniendanee of one
Of the largest gold mines &c the world and
of miis. of travel among the hoesy and
Sierra Nevada FOUNTAINS for the express
purpose of collecting material for popular
lecture, This is the FIRST time Pref Marshall
has visited cur city and We hope our people
viii show their appreciation of first class
entertainment By giving him good audi
ence.