Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-12-06
NORRIS.
State News.

Congressman Boutelle and family have
gone to Washington.
The Soldiers Home ate 1900 pounds
Of turkey, Thursday noon.
The Insane Hospital patients ate $50
pounds of turkey and one hundred pounds
Of chicken, Thursday noon.
-Ex Governor Coburn saws there isn't
word of truth in the item going the rounds
about his recent sale of western lands for
100000.
Hon. Joseph A. Holman Of Augusta
has been appointed by the Governor, direct
or Of the Maine General Hospital, to serve
| for three years.
Schooner Emily Holden of Portland
nesday night. The Emily Holden sank
| The crew were saved.
Jonathan Huse, wealthy citizen and
prominent physician of Camden. died Fri
| day morning, of heart disease. aged 70
| years.
Schooner f. NJ. Sawyer, of Machias,
| picked up at sea. the captain and one man
| Of the Eliza Ann. from Boston TO Bangor.
with oil.
Miss Carrie. daughter of the late Nehc-
mlah Abbott Of Belfast. was found dead in
the cellar. where she had gone to attend to
the furnace, Monda, morning Of last week
| The cause of her death was heart disease.
| Fire. Thursday afternoon. at PASSPORT.
DESTROYED Illusions sarline factory, occupied
| by the Eagle Preserved Fish Company al
so large quantity OF sardines. The loss
is estimated at $4,000; fully insured
| Passport has tried the standard time,
and don't like 1t. SAYS the Sentinel On ac-
count Of tie general dissatisfaction with the
"set back the selccimcu decided ID 20
back to the old time, which was done sun
dav. and again the people Of Passport are
happy.
Samuel Clark, Of Sidney, probably
handles more hay than any other man in
kennebec county. He has seven hay press
es in full blast. which are putting into shape
for shipping, - tons Of hay per day.
The lighthouse board will ask Congress
TO spend $4,000 on new lighthouse, in New
England next year. \ third-order light ,o
cost $4,000 is recommended for the newly
dredged channel between Lpbec aud Campo
belio islands off the eastern coast of Maine.
| On Green Island, one TO cost Sl2. 900 i, a.
sired.
Mr.. Edward j. Johnson. son Of c. +.
\. Johnson, Esq. Of Pr.sgue Isle. has been
visiting the coast Of Africa To investigate
| and experiment N the Matching and rearing
oil o>irlches for the sake of their valuable
feathers lie will engage in the bushes, in
this country.
AT the meeting of the Trustees Of the
| Stats (pltaua
tircly new board of officers were elected.
w: Hon Lyndon Oak, President; Hob.
| W. /. HAYNES Secretary Mcssrs Oak
Robinson and HAYNES Execut sc Commit
! tee.
"Wednesday a trout was picked up dead
on the bank Of Rogers Brook North Brids-
ton, which was 81 IL inches IN length. Q
! inches deep and - pounds in weight. The
fish must have gone up the brook, which is
small. after the long rain. and when the
waters subsidized was left IN some shallow
place.
MIR. W. e. Harris. editor of the inner
lean iHgter, who recently visited the
Rangely Lakes and more recently the fish
hatching works at Orland. tes;itics to the
| good work done by the Maine Fish Com
missioners, and 10 the strict enforcement Of
our game laws.
-Coonels Porter and Bean, inspectors,
were at the State prison FRIDAY, on an Of
| hclal visit and TO take an accoun, Of stock
at the end Of the fiscal YEAR
The remains Of Col. VIM Bennett. ex-
warden of Maine State prison. were brought
TO Thomaston, FRIDAY evening. from Am
herst. Nova Scotia, where he died His age
was II.
Petitions are in circulation in Bangor al
dressed to Messrs. Jackson and Tucker Of
the Eastern and Maine Central railroad, ask
| ing that these companies rc-e>iahlisn the
through trains for the accommodation of
| the connecting business Of the two roads be-
tween Bangor and Boston. AT present on
ly the Pullman cars run through without
change.
"A grand hunt took place at Carmel,
Thanksgiving day There were fifteen per-
sons on side. The defeated side bought
barrel Of -four for a poor widow. 1t is
usual on such an occasion as the above for
the defeated side to furnish supper tor the
victors. The boys all voted the new way
the best. The widow returned grateful
| thanks for the gift.
Mrs. Betsey l.. Moody. who lives at
Cape Elizabeth, was born Feb. %, 1882,
and Is consequently in the l02d year of her
age. On Thanksgiving day she took dinner
at the house of her granddaughter, Mrs.
John Brown, of Portland. Four genera
tons were at the table. Mrs. Moody pos
sesses all her faculties in remarkable de-
gree.
The recent thaw has been blessing to
the lumbermen of the Penobscot. Millions
Of feet of lumber were frozen solidly in the
ice and would either have to be "cut out"
during the winter. or allowed to 90 to sea
with the spring freshet A large force has
been at work in the interest of Orono oper
ators and all the logs thus endangered have
been thoroughly secured against frost or
freshel.
Last Friday, while Joe Leighton was
up to his place, on the Eaton road, with his
team, his horse suddenly commenced to
tremble violently, says the Gazette. Leigh
ton commenced to unharness it, and had
succeeded in removing all but the bride,
when the horse dropped to the ground. 1t
laid there two or three minutes, when it
jumped up and attacked Leighton with
mouth and feet. Leighton took to the
woods, where he lodged the beast among the
trees for some fifteen minutes, when it again
fell. Leighton, not wishing another attack,
killed the horse where it lay.
Joseph Baker, Esq, of Augusta, senior
member Of the law firm of Baker & Baker,
died suddenly in Augusta. Thursday morn
ing. He was first taken with catarrhal few
er, -hich, it is supposed, tended toward
Pneumonia. DIR. Weeks, of Portland, and
other physicians, held consultation in the
case Wednesday evening. There was no
change in Mr.. Bakers condition during the
night and Thursday morning he passed
away. Mr.. Baker was seventy-o years
of age. He was very able lawyer. widely
known, and highly respected. He was
graduate of Bowdoin College, class Of 1886.
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