Ellsworth American., 1883-12-13
State News.

Ht vic vi oscar Il. D4lnet, the Nit
terry murderer. denies al! knowledge of the
crime.
Large fiocks of elder ducks are seen
flying along the southern coast of Maine.
every day. These birds are yer, shy. and
seldom come within the sportsman's range.
John Fox, aged 20. died at Wesley.
Tuesday of last week. He had becn in the
lumber business and was well known as an
hotel man for 30 years.
The lIaiowell Granite Company has
jus, closed contract for monument at
Springfield, ILL.,, 10 Lieut.. Governor Menard.
1t will cost $4,000.
-Rev. 4. ". Burr. formerly principal Gf
the Hailowel. Classical school. has become
the principal Of the preparatory department
Of Kpon college, Wisconsin.
The coon cat exhibited at the Boston
cat show By Mrs. A. b. Morse Of Dexter,
and aw warded a silver butter dish. has been
sold by &. A. Williams for $50 to 20 South.
1t was forwarded Wednesday bv express.
Rufus lockwood. Esq, prominen, cit
izen of Belgrade, died suddenly at Bel
grade Mills, Thursday morning Tuesday
he was up and around ou, Of doors apparent
ly as well as usual.
Rev ". II. Bowen. ID. d.. late mem
ber of the Free Bap,is, denomination was
Thursday recognized by the Baptist Ec-
clesiastical Council at Providence. r. l., as
a member. and approved as minister of
the Baptist denomination.
The nomination Of Hon. W. W. Thom-
as, jr., of Portland. 10 be Minister to Nor
=,
Of Eassalboro to be consul at Cognac,
France, were sent 10 the Senate, Wednes-
day Mr.. Clifford is at presen, consu! at
La Rochelle
A large post Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic will be organized in Kittery
on the evening OF Dec 81, by the depart
ment officers of Maine. The ex-soldiers
and sailors Of Kit,ery have for long time
felt the need Of post in their town
George Wilton. who shot Baker al the
rogus Soldiers Home. recently was ar
raigned before Judge Webb. in the United
States District Court. Friday, on an indict
men, charging hin. with intent 10 Kill. lie
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced TO eigh-
teen months Imprisonment at Augusta
a very pleasant reunion of the child
ren Of Dea. Alexander Buxton, Of Albion,
(deceased) occurred at the home Of Mr..
James Hodgkns in Benton. Dec. |, 1888.
There were seven sisters who had not met
together since 1850, period of thirty-three
years.
%. /. Huse of Temple, was taken in
sane in the cars of the Maine Central last
Friday, while on his way to Chicago he
was brought to his uncle's, b. Huse's on
South street, Pennington. where he still re-
mains.
Gen. Neal Dow has lately regained pos
session of pistol taken from him when he
was captured by the enemy during the re-
bellion. 1t was returned to him BY one Of
the party who captured him, then a lad II
years old.
Elias Hutchins, Esq, of East New
Portland, has in his possession a gun taken
at Old Point, Aug. %, IVA, when Father
Rasle and SO many Norridgewock Indians
were slain and the tribe broken up. 1t
came into the possession of Mr. Hutchins'
grandfather, David Hutchins, who was the
first settler in New Portland, century or
more ago.
Walter Barker. aged about q years,
son Of David Barker, the well-known Maine
poet, died at his mothers in Belfast on We'd
nesday of last week. 1t was on the birth of
this son that Mr.. Barker composed the
beautiful lines on "My Child's Origin"
which the late Gov. Andrews of Massa-
chusett., said were the Sweetest lines he
ever read"
The Lockwood company have finished
one Of the best dams on the kennebec
The superstructure is built on ledge Sc
curely bolted, and ballasted with twelve
thousand tons of stone, and covered with
inch spruce and hard wood plank. The
length Of the rollway is $50 feet, with stone
a5utment, 46 #. long, 10 feet wide and 20
feet high.
The rising temperance tide has reached
Waterville. A committee of prominent cit
izens, headed by President Pepper of Colby
university, has been raised, for the purpose
of assisting the officers in the suppres ession
of liquor r-sellin2 in WsterylIe. The TEN.
perance men Of Maine mean business.
A ten year old stepson of Reuben
Reeves of Long Cove, Pemaquid, recently
attempted to get'a little fun out of his morn
ing's work, says the Damariscotta Herald.
He tied sheep to the lex of the horse, and
mounting the horse, tried TO drive them to
the brook. He got thrown Of, apd broke
his arm, but the pluc4y little fellow brought
both animals back and tied than in the barn
before he went to the house.
S. A. Parsons, proprietor Of the Bige-
low House. Dead River. while ploughing a
few weeks ago, near the mouth Of Bog
Brook, on ths soatherly bank Of The Dead
River, ploughed up gun barrel, bsyopet
and the mountings Of the stock. This was
on the direct route Of Arnold's expedition
to Quebec. The gun was probably lost at
that time. lO8 years ago last October.