Ellsworth American., 1883-08-02

Ntr age, paints necessarily ana >llIl dresses
N male attire.
The late Gen. Tom Thumb, according TO
the latest portrait-that in Hd,per's Weekly
had a striking resemblance IN face 10 the
late Senator Morton.
Lord Beaumont. n Roman Catholic. and
seventh in the roll Of English harons. is said
TO be anxious TO wed a California heiress
Miss Flood.
Chief Justice Doe of New Hampshire
who will resign his office September /, after
a continuous service for twenty four years,
is only So years of age.
Gov. Butler Of Massachusetts, has re-
fused 10 pardon Samuel Angler Chace. the
Fall River defaulter, for whose pardon
strong effort was made.
The Massachusetts legislature adjourn
ed without day Friday evening. after ses-
sion Of 206 days. the longest on record
| The monument to be erected TO the
memory of Gen Custer. killed by Sitting
\ Bulls band in 1876, j. on the way TO Mon
taaa. II was made ID Scotland.
The works Of the Howe sewing ma
\ chine company at Bridgeport, Conn, were
\ nearly DESTROYED y, fire. Thursday evening.
\ Tie company employed 400 hands and we're
turning out | 10 machines a day
"A steamer which has arrived At Lisbon
I from the Congo rINer reports that Henry
NJ. Stanlc, Is IN good health, but that i've
Belgian member. of his party have died
"A Dakota paper claims that it costs sll,-
900 for a man TO get moderate outht for
farming in Iowa but ali woman needs q
run a homestead II Dakota !, al oiI-sio,e,
three hens and a rooster.
The War Department has received
telegram announcing the arrival VI Gen.
Sherman ar-l party a, Mj,,ouia. Montana
All of the part, were we'll and they expected
20 leave there Friday, on i trp into Idaho
and Washington Territories.
Hereafter the steamship Great Eastern
i % ~ employed in carrying Scotch coal
from the Form to the Thames. She Will ~
able to carrt about 10000 tons on each ,oy-
sse. and from This fact the owners are led To
hope that the scheme viii hr rrmuneratise.
The Barnum elephant which dIrd ID
Hamilton. Canada, the other day, Was known
a. P.lncr, and rpugh, valued. tui >hov mems
purposes. 4, S40,rno. Il VA imported lnto
th.> country IN 1871, and ~a> twenty eight
year, of asc. lnc skeleton j. TO be prr-
served and ~cnt to Washington.
- The Emperor of Russia ~a> believed TO
{ b. safe at Moscow only when the Empress
Wa> az hl> >Gr. she went even, where with
him, ho"iug and smiling u tie people he
! ~a> driven uuesCortrd through the streets,
A. 4 >hr knew >he wa> h- safeguard
Professor Marsh. of Yale college, Nh,
been appointed member OF the Academy
~ Science, al Munich. Mr. MAr.n holds
the protr->nr>tp NJ paIrontolnsy IN YaIe
college and j. curator Of the geological col
. -~..---. -.~.s ...... ..u.up-. s. -s. ~ '.,
BROOKLYN comedies Whit Chfclgo hoy
passed her in popularlrn. and th,. wicked
Sly 81 thr West j. NOW the third city m rL.
mon ~ Lhaf respect New YAK !. ,,.II,.
; hrN' fmIadrlphla second by lnr,e n.ar,jn
ana ,hIoago third by u comfortable 6.,,,r,.
! hf""hlNn ranks fourth, Boston iitth anI RAJ
'!m"fr ~Nth. As regards wealth aud the
N".uihr "' business transactions New York
Is first and Boston second
The Postmaster General has >tnpnej N.
delivery OF letters to bluphin, the Ioui,,-
ana lottery agent, hut the lolter, cnnnanv
ia, gwen notice That all matter Intended fnr
the company may be sent by mail ID III.
Ne" Orleans National Bank |, i, believed
thhi ~ thi> NAY the company hn, circum.
vented the Postmaster General. a. there wiyI
be nothing on the outside Of the parL ,s,.
. indicate whether the contents are intend
ed tnr The bank. IN the ordinary course III
business. Or for the lotter. company.
The reunion Of the Grand Army of ,be
Republic Al Denver, COIL la>t week IA. !
great success. Tue>da, witnessed 4 nara1a
and review. 10000 men were IN line
Inc Governor delivered an addre,, Of Nj.
come. 10000 strangers we're N ,h. III,
henerais Siocum. SiInSon and Logan wer.
There. Robert Is. Reall of PHILADELPHIA
nas elected Comm 4nder-ln- Chief Of The
Grand Arm! Of the nited States, On Thurs
day
Nearly = 800 has been given ~ prom
inent people IN New York, St. Louis and
,hlcago, through the efforts OF Mrs Martha
hgs7 Morris. toward erecting home for
girls Of the Dakota tribe Of Indians. al Sis-
seton Agency, Dakota This is the tribe TO
which Longfelow'> heroine, Minnehaha he
longed. The object Of the home i 10 teacb
them the principles Of Christianity. the or.
dinary branches Of study and practical house
keeping. The sum is about half Of what j.
needed for the enterprise
The estate Of the late Henry W. Long
fellow has been appraised. 1t appears that
/ the poets heirs have been left handsome
competence. the appraised value Of wnch is
S356,32O.SO. The value of the personal
property i S209,i2O, the copyright being
valued at 100000. household furniture and
pictures at $1,000, and library at IS 600
he value Of the real estate is Sl46. 900
-Ex-Treasurer Polk of Tennessee. who |
mas just been sentenced to the penitentiarv
Tor 20 years and fined S3b6, $40 for embey-
Element, Is 81 Years old. He is a pradnata
OF West Point, and served four wears on the
frontier. He was a captain of artillery in
the confederate army III Cheathasl'> di,f.ion
lie lost leg at the battle Of Shiloh. and At.
terward served ON the staff of Gen. I.oniJns
Polk. 10 whom he was related After tb
war he resided on a farm near Bolivar. T4nn
until elected treasurer, six wears aao. H..
nephew Of the late President Polk has
large family, and occupied high social po-
s!tion IN Nashville and throughout the state.
lie would be heir To the Polk estate in case
Of the death Of Mrs. Polk. widow of Presi-
Dent Folk. After the embezzlement from
the state treasury was discovered Polk hed
but was captured in Texas Just as he was
about TO cross the border into Mexico.
United States Consul Packard at Liver-
pool has sent TO W ashington information rhat
vessels laden with cotton rags purchased in
Egypt long after the cholera was endemic
which succeeded in going to sea before ef'
feetlNe quarantine was established, are now
on Their way to paper mills in New England
and to the port of New York. The steamer
Ba'arlan sailed Wednesday for Boston. h.y-
ing LOO bales of Egyptian rags in ner cargo
A strict enforcement Of quarantine resula.
tlons has been ordered bv Secretary Folyer
ne health authorities at all ports have been
ordered 10 look out for these vessels ana
Collector Worthington has been empowered
ot the Secretary of the Treasury To burn the
cargo of Egyptian rays which liz, I ;,.a,,-I |