Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-04-12
Home and Foreign News.

Ga ApUl II the Je~uits viii celebrate
~ Boston The 2jorh anniversary Of their ,s-
adjustment III this country
The President has appointed Walter O.
Gresham Of Indiana. to b. Postmaster Gen
ersl. He j. now |. ). Circuit Judge
In Russia, the Nlhilss are active.
They threaten 10 blow UP the Tsr, during
the coronation ceremonies.
st Johns, y. r. experienced the second
largest snow storm " the season Wednesday
night.
The Mormon., Friday, held jubilee
Kirkland, O., where Joseph Smith aud Bng
ham Young preached Mormonstn fit, Years
ago.
Marshall Barrett, aged ~. committed
suicide in Woburn, Mass. FRIDAY morning,
~ cutting his throat with razor. No
cause assigned.
President Arthur and party arrived at
Jacksonville. Florida. FRIDAY evening. and
left a, once for Sanford, camp. where they
remain several day..
-R Rev. W IL II. Murray i in New York.
and SAYS he did not run away from San An
tonic. ~ alleged. lie a,crlbes the charge
against HIM to the malice Of i former bust
ness partner.
-Frauci, Nurphy's son, Thomas Edward
Murphy has become i Temperance orator
and worker lie is with hi, father in Eng
land, and is winning fame N the same az
Jose Leander Pearer, the politician aut-
ocrat Of New Mexico who died few DAYS
ago, Ic!t a fortune estimated at -, OOO, 900.
HIS family have controlled the Territorial
elections for years.
-Nordenskiold, the eminent Swedish
navigator, will leave in August with an ex-
petition Tor Greenland. He proposes to 90
into the interior and 10 make a thorough ex-
ploration OF the territory
The Hotel Berkeley, Boston family
hotel, was damaged $1,000 b, fire Frlda,
night. Occupants lose $4,000 on furni-
ture. Insurance covers the loss
Another food is in progress in Europe.
The NIstula near Dantzig has overho~ed its
banks, flooding villages and drowning cattle.
dan Rice, the famous Snowman. with a
most eventual history, will travel this season
With Nathan's circus. Dan j. now over sixty
years Of age, and when he had money 10
give was generous sNer.
Aunt Polly Hatch died in Manchester,
New Hampshire, Friday, at the Ladies' Aid
Hospital, aged l05. She was the oldest
person in New Hampshire and probably in
New England. She was a native of Lincoln,
New Hampshire.
There is talk in Georgia of purchasing
Liberty Hall, Alexander H. Stephens late
residence, by voluntary contributions, and
retaining in it his famous rolling chair and
other relics. Also, of having statue of
him made as Georgia's contribution to the
National Capital.
In the investment of Atlanta, Ga, by
the Union forces, Gen. Gresham, the new
Postmaster General, was wounded in the
left leg He walks with cane. and suffers
frequently, from the effects Of the old tract
ure. For several years after the war he
was obliged to use a crutch.
Mrs. NJ. A. Crabtree has written a let
ter to a ST. Louis theatrical manager an
nouncing that her daughter, Lolita Mignon
Crabtree, is going to leave the stage for two
years, for the purpose Of visiting Europe
in search Of expert medical treatment, in
hope that she NAV recover her singing voice.
If this can be accomplished, she will return
to the American STAGE otherwise the ia.
nous Lolita will be lost to the public forever
A recent visitor at Major Thomas's blue
grass stables at Lexington. KY, was asked
his opinion as to the value of a sorry-look-
ing horse that was then getting its daily
polishing up, and placed it at the liberal but
not lavish figure of s15. The horse in
question was Queen Ban, for which Major
Thomas had refused $4,000 the day before
-Curlif. the colored man charged with
the murder of Mrs. Carlton, was arraigned
in Boston Friday afternoon. John CLARK,
a mulatto, testified that Curliff told him that
he was hired by Carlton to commit the muir
der, Carlton being on the opposite side of
the street to signal if any one approached.
As Carlton has proved an abb, the story is
discredited as a conspiracy to get the re-
ward.
OF the Chinese Minister'S wife Wash
ington letter says, "She is only 10, and she
might as we'll be in the district jail for all that
she sees or enjoys of American life. The
little Madam lives entirely in her own apart
ments, in company with Chinese maid, and
though the Legislation building holds dog
en- sseretarlss or attaches, naas Of them are
ever permitted to see her. Her pretty, visit
| fnl little face can often be seen at her win
dows. The most pointed hints that are Civ
en- to tie Minister as to visiting his wife are
blandly ignored. and society gets only him
elf for its tees, dinners and receptions"