Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-01-06
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last, was well atteaded. q ndrews' Orches-
ira, OF Bangor, FINISHED he music.
j. G. +, OH, A .1,,stant Engineer at
ROYALS 81 No list riirl for the past FIVE
wears has taken ,o sition of Chief Engi-
neer at Salisbr, am mill. Hancock.
AT the lar ng of Neal Dow Lodge,
there was ar esting debate on the
following q, "Resolved, That the
old law pun murder by death should
be restore.
We received from Mr.. H. II. Emerson,
Supt. of the Golden Circle Mine, of Sulli-
van, Monday, fine specimen of ore show
ing naive gold. Mr.. Emerson reports work
progressing fayorably on the mine.
Put your good resolutions for the new
yeary.n practice by paving your subscription
to the AMERICAN. if you are in arrears,
I Gr.enbacks or national bank bills are a
sp endid 'happy new year" to the publish
T. -Lygonia Lodge F. and A. NJ, will hold
its annual meeting for the choice of office S
! for the ensuing year and for the transaction
of other business at its Lodge room this
Wednesday, evening. A full attendance is
requested.
A large steam boiler and other machin-
cry for the Twin Lead mine in Bluehill,
SO we are informed. passed through this
city early on Monday morning, from Ban
gor The boiler which was placed on sleds,
was drawn BY twelve horses.
A petition is in circulation in this city
asking the Legislature to remove the liquor
question as far as possible from The arena of
party politics. and to submit the question of
! Prohibition to a direct vote of the people on
a proposition to amend the Constitution of
| the State.
The English publisher of ScribRer's
Monthly telegraphs for seventeen thousand
copies of the coming Midwinter february
number. an advance of six thousand upon
4 his orders for the same issue last wear. The
! Midwinter Scribner will be, as usual with
this issue. a number of especial interest and
pictorial beauty.
We rejoice with those who rejoice that
the bark MARY C. Hale" has been heard
from. She sailed from Trieste, Sept. 18th.
and arrived at New York the 3rd inst She
was therefore. l2l days on the passage. 1t
i, no wonder then. that great fears were felt
/ for her safety. and that her arrival brings
relief to many an anxious heart.
MIR Frederick Allen Cover, whose
name is associated with that of Prof. Bell,
/ the electrician in the wonderful discovery OF
the telephone, is native Of Sedgwck. in
this county. He was a journalist previous
to his marvellous discovery. He has been
elected president of the Bell-Gower com
pany at a salary of $4,000 year.
Professor Easily will give a Humorous
| and Dramatic Reading and Recitation in
Hancock Hall. Thursday evening January
18th. under the auspices of the |. X. Club.
Those who listened to the Professor in the
Vestry last Monday evening will not fail to
hear him again. and We would advise those
who have never heard him to avail them
selves of this opportunity.
The courts Of England have recently
decided that the telephone as well as the
telegraph is a government monopoly. With
in forty-eight hours after this decision, the
Postmaster General of Great Britain signed
a contract with the Cover Bell Telephone
Company for million dollars worth of their
telephones and announced the prompt es-
adjustment Of exchanges all over the king
dom.
AT the annual meeting of Ellsworth
Council of the Royal Arcanum. the follow
ing officers were elected for Re ensuing
wear: +. b. Aiken. Regent 5. Hall,
Vice Regent Geo. H. Brooks. Orator; Rev.
Chas P. Lombard. Chaplain; X. F. Sumins-
by Treasurer; Geo. W. Fiske, Secretary
VI. F. Avery. Collector; John Suminsby,
| Guide; r. 4. Heath, Warden w. II. Davis,
Sentry. NJ. X. y.
-Governor Davis has made the follow
ing nominations: Justices of the Peace and
Quorum-Farmer Bragg, Corinth; William
F. Blake, Pennington; Henry F.. Sellers,
Bangor John I. Gilman, Brewer Albert
Whitcomb Easton; c. l.. Marston, Bangor
Francis 4. Conner, Brewer; Henry ). Os-
good. Augusta David f. Adams Caribou
Milo w. Cane, Amity; Stephen ID. Hall
! Portland; Chas. J. House, Monson; Joseph
! T. Hinckley, Bluehill Roscoe l.. Bowers.
Slco; Saml \. Campbell, Cherryfield
Notary Public. James g. Pendeton. Sears
port Trial Justice. Charles Poor, Stand
ish. County Constable, Simon F. Walker
Bangor.
AT the Unitarian Vestry in this city. on
! Monday evening last, Prof VIM. f. Easily
of London, England. the popular public
reader and elocutionist, entertained highly
appreciative audience by readings, recitals
and humorous and dramatic impersonations ms.
The programme consisted in part Of 1.-The
Owl Critic, lesson to fault finders" Mag
dalena," breaking up of Dotheboy's Hall,
"A Literary Nightmare by Mark Twain
''The Raven" The Artless Prattle OF
Childhood by F. a. Burdette, and 'Arte-
mas Ward among the Normons." As an
elocutionist it seems to US that Prof Easily
has rare powers. and unusually good taste.
There was na;dralness in his readings that
was as refreshing, as it was charming. His
representations produced real characters who
live and move and have a being, and not
monstrosities which never had an existence
outside of the dramatic world. Take it all in
all the entertainment was one of rare attrac-