Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-11-09
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Hon. j. O. Blaine aad iamdy will lea e
Augusta for Washington TO-DAY We,lnes-
day.
Ten acres of land la. been selected =,
Dcering and il is 10 he fitted up Tor the
Government quarantine staIiaa for foreign
cattle.
1T is estimated that the farmers &c
Aroostook county vii! receive ~ .th'O. 900 for
their potato crop. Some farmers say il
costs less than three cents par hu>hel to
raisU potatoes.
The annual report Of the sixth auditor
for the post oiiice Department! ~hows an eN-
cess Of postal receipts over expenditure in
Maine OF SSI.0Sl.
Fish Commissioner S,anle, writes en-.
Enthusiastically Of ms work At RangeI.y tins
fall He predicts that IN Il few years The
salmon fishing in Rangeley waters will be
the best ever knovn in Name.
Mrs, MARI II. Smart Of Monroe. is
nov ninety one Years old. and is able
tn read the nsS spapcrs and write a letter IN
good shape, both IN penmanshir and word
ing. She Is the mother Of the late Hon.
f.. r. smart
The remoustrancr concerning changes
~ the lighthouse system Of the Maine coast,
received tue signature Of bc,Ecen $50 ard
200 Of the leading snip owncrs and bu,l-
ness men OF Bangor. and has been forward
ed to the proper authorities
Jeremiah Edwards Of Casco. vas found
dead IN his wood house recently. where ne
had gone To get some wood. Mr.. +. vas
about eighty years Of age, and has always
been very healthy and smart lie had been
dead but few minutes when discovered.
WIN H. simpson. former editor and
proprietor 81 the Belfast Rspnblio1H Jour
nal, died at Belfast, Friday. aged 81. lie
vas the pioneer telegraph operator at Bel
tasi, and became recognized a. one Of the
leading editors IN Name. The funeral oc-
Cured Tuesday afternoon.
The Wilton Rerori sa,s there i some ex-
element in Weld. over the report. Of some
thing Like a sca-serpcnf, said To be seen bv
several ~ that town. The character Of
some q The witnesses, and the opportunity
they had FOE deliberate observation. make
the evidence % strong that it would bc
deemed convincing 'R any ordinary case.
The Sandy River Railroad earned. FOR
thrve months previous to the 18th DAY of
October. s2.jo, more than the earnings Of
the road foT the corresponding three months
10 lN~l.--a sum sufficient o. pay the semi
annual interest on the = hole bonded nirbt-
cdness % The road, and $50 h,..Ig. The
roAi is tao feet gauge aud seventeen miie,
long, extending from Pennington 10 Ph.l-
Aps.
The Pcmbrok, Hsrdld SAY. singular
robbery ,ook P.aor At Ea,i Macn,a. some
four seeks ago, which 18th u, attendant
circumstances. j. vugthy o: mention. Il
secms that gold ~atch and ten dollar
mote ~src stolen from lads, sleeping
ruum hs burglar upcrIGS lar window aud
reaching 90 and sclnus SAID ARTICLES. ~hsrh
Jay 90 the window. Some three weeks
AFTER the robbery. the .ady found az sll.,gr.lrd
NOTE On the winlow ,,l u the same room.
telling her wLcrr the ~a;eh might be fnuaI
She sent and discovered ~.
Fired Hutchinson af IAs;oa. Aroo.iopk
CuInts. formerly II Dover. Nc. cut b.,
~.fc'' ihruai auI thea Hi. u~u FRIDAY morn
ias a. O'Clock Both died 10 short TINE.
Nj Hutchinson "a. about -, ycar, Ola and
ga. subject ID fl. No other cause ia
known.
Fred Hutchinson moved 20 EA,lnu Las,
Jui, ani bought farm Of John CiarA The
latter lives 80 rod. from Hutchinson. The
deceased told Clark a frw div az tLar BIZ,
dssrasc Nas crossing s0r-r ever, la,. bat.
apparently. "a. a usual Hntl FuIa, mpru-
inE- AZ , O'Clock b.. Al'lc h5, ran 90
t.aTk's house screaming w{h terror Clark
Eent lmmcdiAir,s 10 the .rrur. Before ~
reached the EaI.s ~ saw MrS UalchtpsoG
0It.sdr tie door, bent over, staggering and
holding her lhr1a, wilh both hands NGrn
he reached THE house stc had entered And
fallen and she and her husband wrr Just
breathing their last. The 1.4rst daughter,
aged Is wears. saws E.r father S4s i4Aru
crazy suddenly. ss.Ird razor. cut hi, ugu
throat first. than caught bus R.ic aud s4t
hrr throat, and ,h"u tired tn catch the odd
Ct daughter. bIt faded. The testimony
before thr Coroner Jur, showed that. after
breakfast hal hcrH eaten. Mrs. Hutchinson
read the Bible ani waited for hrr husband
tn snccl, when he sprau. Tor her The
children gave the alarm. \ NEAR nrighhnr
named Bolster was Hr.t a the house, Hutch
tnsOn had had four IT. a. Bui.trrs Suuil,
last The jury rendered 4 verdict Ia accord
aner wtth the facts
TN the afternoon Ut Oct -. Capt
Amos Dos Of tbs AnrrICan brig t.sllc. u
Scarsport, wh,gh arrived a, CaoArcu, OCT
2, from New YORK. len Key FsAncr.. oil
Caibsr!rn. Ia boat ws;h ,hrc, cI,ks Of
water. taxing ~.th him a c1lotrd boy belong.
ing 10 the Grew ~ the C.str. The boat
has been found sunk opposite l.obn, kry.,
far from the coast. and i, ), hcurtci that
Capt. Dos AMI the boy have hcen drowned.
The port authorize, are searching lDr them.