Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-03-02
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The widow uf rx-Pre,!Icn; Polk j.
poor and ask, C.us9s,. for pension.
1t b, Thought r. Washington that E,tz
John Porter wI.. be fr.a,'atcd To the army,
-Geucra. Grant, pay. under the nen bill
to rcurc hlm ou Generals pay. Wi. be so
- per amman.
Thomas Mast, The artist. ha, mad, a
fortune BY A.- peug.., and vail soon F,s.re
from active work
Queen Victoria w..l ,i,i, Meu,unc. Oh
the GG.i ~ Grnul. .u March. b, advice OF
her physicians, aud val. be absent from
Eus.AaI about i've weeks. The locality =,
q delightful one.
A herd Of eleven thousand sheep has
recently arrived a; Lincoln, Nebraska. from
Washington Territory the yoarne, having
been accomplished IN two years.
A blast in WcebavAcn Tunnel on The
Ontario and Western Railway IA Ncn Jer-
sey VI, prcmaturriy exploded "Wednesday
evening by q fash Of lshn.ng, seriously
!uJuunE ,lX men.
The MArdi Ora, day and nigh, process
sion, at Mobile Mere q grand success. The
weather vas fine and fully 10000 stranger,
were IN the CRY.
Friday. the Precedent nominated Ros-
coe CoukAng for associate Justice OF the
Suprcme Court Of the United States. and
ex-senator Sargent, Of California. as Min
lister 10 Germany.
Rev. Dr. Chickering IS organizing a
meeting Of the Congressional Temperance
Society at one Of the churches on Capitol
Hill, Washington. at which Gov. D.ngley,
Of Maine, and other Congressman will speak.
The probabilities are that Sergeant
Mason viii be sentenced to several wears
imprisonment. While his Judges probably
sympathize with him they know that the
discipline Of the army must be preserved.
AT Salt Lake house inhabited by a
woodchopper named Taggari, his wife and
five children, has been swept away by a
snowslide. 1t was first missed Friday, aud
men have gone to dig it out and recover
the inmates, alive or dead.
Charles W Suckney, formerly Of
Massachusetts, who shot and killed VI. T.
Campan, the DESTROYER of his domestic
happiness, was acquitted at Denver, Friday
on the ground of insanity.
A BaItimorean wishes 10 sell to the
Federal government for $1,000, Gen. Wash
iiI-lpli nNol'A hiiOts ~ - Ntil pltntIN cui
is Of silk and silver tinsel bullion. with a
tinsel rosette. and its genuineness is said 70
be well attested.
The house committee on President
Garields sickness allow Dr. Bliss S2j 900;
Dr,. Agnew and Hamilton, $1,000 each
Reybun and Boynton. $1,000 each; Mrs
Dr. Edison, 5000. Steward Crump ha,
| $1,000
In the election in st. John, ~ b.,
| Thursday, there was great excitement to de-
/ eide if the city would accept the Canada
temperance act which would have the effect
Of closing bars, and allow the sale of liquor
only on medical certificates. In the city
proper there was a majority of l6S against
the act.
The famous trotting mare, Maud S,
will be driven on the road in New York
next summer by William II. Vanderbilt, her
owner, who intends to retire her from racing
He will mate her with William H. OF
Leander, and some time during the summer
will attempt to beat 2:2O with the pair.
Horace Randall, residing at Hayerhill,
Mass. attempted suicide by cutting his
throat and stabbing himself several times
in the side with knife. He was one OF
the sufferers by the late fire. His age was
30 years. He has a wife and three children
he will probably die.