Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01


We learn that MIR. Alfred joy has sold
hi, house in District No. 4. to Mr.. McCarty of
Franklin. He will occupy the house of Capt.
\. {. Hol, during the winter.
--on and after sunday next service. at the
Unitarian church will he held at 2:l5 PM. in
stead OF 10 20 \. NJ; and the sunday School
AT II ~ l.. VI. instead Of II - \. NJ. y, heer-
tofoTr.
Thr Maine Formers Almanac for isl
j. received. Il i an almanac. Maine Year
Book and Cyclopcda combined. Every house
hold should have ii. Published by Hon. Cha..
/ +. Nash. Of Augusta.
our Little One~ for November. published
I 10y The Russell Publishing Co. Boston. has
/ been received. 1t i>a bright and entertaining
number, filed with picture, and storie-. Wen
calculated to please the little people.
The Directors Of the Green Mountain
Railway have declared dividend of per
cent on the stock Of record NOV. |. PAYABLE
\ Dee l. They have also decided TO add another
train. the popularity of the road seeming 10 de-
maud it.
Mr.. Ichahod Kent " III leave here Thurs
day morning for Charl,>.own. Mass. and Will
spend the winter there Wit bis daughter, Mr..
/ {. f. Bullard. Mr.. Kent ha> been in poor
hcalth for the past few weeks and hopes To
improve by 4 change Of climate
On i recent "trip 10 Brandy Pond. in this
county. Mr.. Alex. McIain found an Indian
Ratchet, mad, Of stone. which j. thought 10 be
at lcs>t 80 wears ola. The weapon. which i
in tho possession Of Col. ;. Il. Gates. of VIM.
j I'll 4 good STATE Of preservation.
J. ). a \. +. Hopkins. having leased the
water power. a Reeds Brook. for a term of
wears hay, been manufacturing slaves
there. the p,>; summer. onc Machine, run by
Ernc-, Franklin ana Richard Frazier. sawed
one million. in one hundred and nv day>. \
lit,lo over nine and q half thousand per day. on
an a,ora-c. \ record hard 10 beat.
William Brooks. employed a. a painter.
fell . di-'anc, Of about twenty feet. "Wednesday
morning and j. thought To- h, quite seriously
injured. H. WA engaged in Painting ih,.
Methodist church building and while lower
ing d suspended ladder onw which De was stand
i'm. tho ropc slipped ami h. fcil above
stated. IL wa- taken home ani pr. Phillips
called 10 attend him.
The neat ami attractive place OF bushes
Of MIR. +. :. smith. together with hi varied
and carefully selected stock Of goods ar, Civ
in him fair share ~ the trad, in thi- city.
Mr.. smith has a reputation for in't-nii; and
ability thai comncnd> him 20 The public :.nd i
poru>;l u hi advertisements m another
column. will show that hi goods are Wei
worth examining by purchasers,
Capt. Moses GRAY ha> arrived q, hi home
in Buck,port. l; will be rccollccrcd that he
was wrecked d; cove BAY while master II the
Brig Atlas during the terrible hurricane on the
2gth - August. The vessel was d total wreck.
being forced a,an~; high blum or solid rock
by the heavy swell. but the crew were all
>aNclby ropc btin- made fast 10 hog pen
situated on the bank on which they went
ASHORE.
Another enterprise j. hrin.. a-iiaicd in
Bangor with strong probabilities of being
carried out. This i the building Of a railway
from some point in the village Of Bar IIarbor
I to Eagle lake 10 connect with the steamer
Y Wauwinet and 20 with the Green Mountain
road. The survey for such road will at once
be commenced and th, indications ar, that il
will be built and equipped before The opening
/ Of another season.
Col. Greene. President OF the Shore Line
\ railroad. WAS here la,; week looking after the
Interests OF hi road. II j. understood that
while here he made an effort L" secure depot
grounds on Main street ana offered liberal
sum for that purpose. Hi offer was not ac-
ccpted, howel or. 10y the owners. and ii j. now
pretty definitely settled tia, the depot will b..
! loraled in the Parchcr field and the County
4 Commissioners viii NEE; next week 10 assess
damages there.
4 Eliza y. Bears. ''ho>pital' patient. who
Was landed at fremont from the schooner
Julia and Martha" Of Calais. and brought 10
this city for treatment. Oct. H. died At The re-
idcncc Of Mr.. samuel Harding. oct. p at the
a-c II - years. with pulmonary consumption
and kidney disease. Hi remains were buried
/ in Woodbine cemetery. He hailed from some
part II Massachusetts,. where he may have left
friends 10 whom thi> notico may convey the
/ tidins> Of hi, death.
T -Throu-ii 'lc courtesy Of Mr.. +. J. Perry.
Of the Pca.ion Department, in Washington.
I We have received list Of the pcn>oner, ~
the Eastern State. and shall publish in our
supplement. next week. the complete official
list Of al pensioners in this county. together
with the cause of pension and amount received
/ per month. In this connection we may state
that Mr.. Perry was for some wears the book
keeper in the office Of the AMERICAN but for
the past four wears has had cerk-hp in
Washington. where hi efficiency has won for
him several promotions.
Saturday, an alarm OF fire was sounded
! which proved to be the store of {. II. Grindle
I on Water street. The alarm wa. caused by a
4 lighted match being dropped outside OF the
building where the drippine- Of the kerosene
] barrel had reached and a. the timber> were
wen saturated with oil il produced dense
smoke which looked worse than ii really WAS
After cutting AWAY the flooring, the exertion>
/ of ncighbors and friends were sufficient 10 ex-
tingui-h the fire with but little further damage
Engine Company No. responded promptly to
the alarm but their assistance WAS not needed.
Notice i given BY The Lighthouse Board
that on or about Nov. /. 1883. u whi>tling sig
nal buoy will be moorcd in l. fathom> of wat
>choodic Island. Maine. distant three-eishth. of
amile. Thi- buoy viii BE- painted red. 1t is
>urmountcd by whistle. sounded bv the mo
ton Of the -ea. and giving from 20 10 30 blast
per minute Notice i also given that on and
after Oct. 30. iSS}. = fixed white light Of the
fifth order. varied BY a white flash every 90
seconds. will b. exhibited from the lighthouse
I reconstructed a Sandy Point shoals. Cbc>a-
I peake Bay. Maryland. The light should be
seen in clear weather from the deck of vessel
i feet above the sea, III nautical miles. A
I fog-bell. struck by machinery. will be sounded
/ at intervals Of 10 seconds during thick and fog
" weather.
The alarm OF fire, about o'clock last We'd
ne>day evening. was caused by the burning of
Mr.. John Maoney'> Carriage Factory and Re-
I pository. situated in the northeastern part of
the city. The fire i supposed to have caught
in the Office. directly under the paint shop. and
burned with such rapidty a, to render il i'm