Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-07-26
"A pumping station for the purpose Of

| A pumping station for the purpose q
supplying the Insane Hospital az Augusts
with water from the river. IN case Of a drouth
is sonn Ia hc established On the rl,cf "hns
Just below the Hospital hul'iings. The cos,
will be from 5000 TO $500.
The Central Maine Trutting Circuit an
nounce races in Lewiston. AugustS; Nor
way. Isl Pennington. -; Ssowhegan
%. Two DAYS in each place. purse Of
| $1,000, is offered.
Captain Charles II. ingalls,, U. s. A,
formerly of Denmark. was on July |. pro.
noted from Lieutenant to Captain and As
,sistant Quartermas,er. Capt. lngall, was late.
! " transferred with his command. from For,
Hail. Idaho, to Fort Douglass, Utah.
The Press SAYS there are three men now
in Portland from Chelsea. Mass, gathering
| up all the old tin cans and scraps of Tin
which they barrel up and send to Chelsea
where il is melted up aud made into window
weights. They are now collecting it on hack
bay dump, where hundreds of loads of il
have been deposited in the past few years
There are enormous quantities OF this scrap
tin thrown out from the canning factory
every week. and no use has ever been dis
covered for II.
MIR. Luther Pollard of Hollis came
TO the West Buxton post office on TUESDAY
last week with his team, did some trading
at the store, and was on his way home when
on entering the covered bridge at Hollis he
had fit and fell forward in his carriage.
A blood vessel broke in his stomach and he
bled to death in five minutes. Mr.. Pollard
has kaap feehl. man for sayeral xaars
He was wounded in the late war.
The signal office gives notice that from
August l, 1883, cautionary display stations
will be re-established at the following named
places: Bath, Boothbay, Gloucester,
Hyannis. Marblehead, New Bedford, New
buryport. Portsmouth, Rockland. Me-,
Southeast Light. Block Island, Southwest
Harbor. Me-. S,oning,on, Conn. Woods
Holi, Mass.
John II. Cross, who died recently at
Morrill,, btqueated $1,000 to the Baptist
Church, to be paid in sums of from $50 10
S15 year, to the support Of Baptist
preaching. on condition that the church
raises an equal sum. At the death Of his
wife his whole property (which is not less
than $4,000 and possibly more). goes to
the church, and the income derived from it
goes toward the maintenance Of Baptist
preaching. If the church should cease to
exist. then the whole sum is TO pass into
the hands Of the Maine Baptist Missionary
Convention.
The Ners says that one of Hsdley
Jacks young calves, pastured in Bridg,on.
was recently found in a curious condition.
A large part Of its hide had been stripped
from, hnt al 80. ,.,l
abbreviated and other indignities inflicted.
evidently the work of some animal Of the
cat species. Last fall, a man in Mr.. ingalls,
employ. vas followed, one evening, from
that locality TO the house. by an animal
evidently Of the Wild cat species, which
uttered startling cries.
DIR James NJ. Cummings Of Portland,
died Friday. DIR. Cummings was educated
at Phillips Academy. Andover, and at
Bowdoin College. graduating from the latter
institution in tie class Of 30. with thirty FIVE
others. lie studied medicine with DIR. John
Barrett of Portland. and for many years was
a most successful practitioner at Groton
and Salem. Mass He moved to Portland
in 1851 and has resided there ever since.
practising his profession. He was. With
Drs. Clark. Ray, Shackford and Dodge.
among the earliest homeopathic physicians
of Portland. and for many Year, enjoyed
large practice.
During the thunder storm. Friday night.
the house Of Charles Ware. in WhiIeheli.
was struck by lightning, and Mr.. Ware
instantly killed. The lightning came down
the chimney, tearing hole in the roof,
Knocking off plastering and laths. In the
upper part Of the house SIX persons we're
sleeping. none Of whom we're injured. except
that one girl had her hair set on fire, which
she extinguished with her hands In
sleeping room on the lower floor. Mr.. Ware
and his wife and child were in bed His
wife was on the side TO the wall and the
child in the middle. Neither OF them we're
injured.