Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-01-20
State News.


ably accept his recent call to a pastorate in
New York State.
The Journal saws it is very sickly in
Augusta. now. Lung fever and pneumonia
are the prevailing diseases.
A five year old child of Geo. Durham of
Leeds fell into tub of no. water few DAYS
ago and was very dangerously scaldel.
A son of Mr. solomon Rice Of East
port died of diphtheria recently. This is
the third child Mr.. Rice has lost by the dis
ease.
Rev. r. b. Thurston, formerly Of Wa
terville, has resigned his position as pastor
of the Congregational church at Saybrook,
n ii.
While Mr. Chas Kuowton was chop
ping wood in West Auburn few DAYS ago.
he was dangerously injured by a tree falling
upon him.
The population of the following places
in Maine Is given by the census officers
Bangor, 1851; Lewiston, 1903; Bidde-
ford. 1862.
A petition to Congress is being extern
sively signed in this State, by ship owners,
protesting against compulsory photage
through fieli Uate.
The Portland Press Augusta cores
pendent states that Councillor Fogg SAYS
that Gov Plai>tcd'S message has made him
the happicSt man alive.
The Ns,rv says that the dwelling Of W
O. Brown of Lowell came very near being
burned by the explosion Of bottle Of tur-
pcntine. Ii was near the stove when il ex-
ploded.
The Belfast journal says that Samuel
Parker. of Monroe, died suddenly Of heart
disease on Friday last. He was sitting be
fore the fire when he fell owe. and instantly
expired. He was about 20 years OF age.
The Press says a house owned BY Mrs
William SpofFord of Rockland, was badly
damaged BY fire. Monday. Sunday the
stable and ell of Mrs. Ivory Jackson were
burned. and the main house badly damaged.
The Reporter says that A. W. x +.
Rowell Of Scion have bought and >laught-
cred one thousand sheep this fall and win
ter. They Lave sent TO Portland over i,oaD
pounds of mutton and have 900 pclt~ on
hand.
J. VI. Sanborn. a leading merchant Of
Augusta. and for wears a member Of the
wc.l-kuowu firm Of longfeliow and Sanhorn,
died al his home Thursday night. Of pncu-
monia. after brict illness. Mr. Sanborn
was widely known and much respected.
The Iihtg SAYS that Luther Mudgctt, a
prominent citizen of Prospect, died suddenly
Friday afternoon. He was about his work
a. usual until three o'clock. when he Wa,
taken i'll and death followed in few hours.
The physician pronounced it heart disease.
james T. Hart of Portland. aged Is. a
messenger boy OF the American Union Tel
egraph Company jumped off the Grand
Trunk train on Commercial street Al noon
SATURDAY. Ills foot slipped and he fell under
the cars. which cut him in two and instantly
Killed him.
The Augusta Jourum say, that Mrs.
Elizabeth H. Gilbert. wife of Mr.. Charles
I II. Gilbert at Winthrop. lies at the point OF
death. She has been SICK long time and
is literally starving to death, being entirely
unable To take any nouri>hmcnt, except a
little water.
Mr.. George ". Cottrcll. of Belfast. has
taken contract to build a three mastcd
schooner of three hundred tons for Capt.
Jane, T. Grindcl and others Of I>lcsboro
Att I.At .-fN ia lAil-'A. Tx l4hA4NAN dLt tit-
INK made and work on timber will be com
mruo,d Immediately.
The receivers Of the American Bank OF
Ha..uvc... by order Of the 5. J. Court week
kgEai at AagBs4 biIISuq{ {Re4it hfbG uFrncd 'b2
the receiver, Judge Baker and Mai. Roweli,
IN presence OF +. X. Butler and Thomas
HOycy, Esq. as witnesses.
u III. y -
Bangor, last week Tuesday, at the age of
100 years. months and II days. belonged
to long lived family. His father lived to
be - years old and his mother %. His
brother is now living at the age Of 50, his
daughter is - and his son 90 years old.
The prizes offered to Maine BOYS under
Is wears Of age who should raise the most
Indian corn on one eighth of an acre have
been awarded, the first of 5000 10 f. +.
Small Of Stockton. who raised 2.2j6 lbs,
the second Of $50 to Frank L. Jordan. son
of Isaiah Jordan Of Brunswick who raised
1915 lbs.
Captain William Lewis Of New Bedford,
Mass, ha, contracted with Me>srs. Co.'S,
SAWYER 4 Packard of Bath, Ne. for the
building of a third steam whaler to be en-
l4'h E'A III tl4E NEflll HNiltIN, the sue
cess of steam in those waters having been
demonstrated by the large catch of the Mary
and Helen last season. The new ship will
be called North Star, and will register 700
tons
The Lewiston Gazette says that Young
man named Virgin, started Jan. Sth to walk
from Andover village to J. ThurSton's log
ging camp, five miles. He did not reach
there that night. and Sunday morning about
l o'clock \. NJ. was found three-quarters
Of mile from camp. in the road. uncon-
scious. but not badly frozen, and was taken
to the AndOyer House. where all efforts to
revive him were unayailing. and h. died
Sunday night
The Times says that Mr. Leonard
Douglass of Limington, had an OK which
met with a very singular accident one day
last week. 1t seems Mr.. Douglass had
driven his horse into his barn, and while he
was removing the harness from the horse,
the animal reached to the hay NOV and took
some hay in his mouth. An OK hitched near
by reached out his tongue to gather in some
of the hay the horse was eating, and the
horse seeing this grabbed for the oxs tongue
and bit off - inches. The OK was in
great pain and Mr.. Douglass was obliged
to kill it.
The Lewiston Journal SAYS that the
champion woman-farmer of Maine, So far
as heard from, is woman at Minot Center
who has herself cut and yarded ten cords of
sled length wood this winter! She is a
stout, strong, Scotch woman, about 81 years
of age, with hand like New York alder
mans. Her husband is living, but past
hard work, being over 20 years of age She
carries on successfully large farm, doing
nearly all the work herself Last spring
she loaded up big cart with manure, put
on the oxen, drove them to the field and
spread it all, herself She comes to market
in Lewiston, frequently, and is shrewd at a
bargain. She allows the old gentleman to
lead slippered life, while she lets her own
broad shoulders bear all the burden, and en-
joys it.