Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-06-07

oliver Wendell Holmes made the open
ing address at the Unitarian festival in
Boston Thursday night,
General G. 7. Bucu, L. s. A.. died
Thursday near Nashville, Tennessee. from
the effects Of a surgical operation performed
some three weeks ago, combined with heart
disease.
Senator Anthony has SO far o,erctl
from the illness which was supposed to be
fatal that he was able To visit the Journal
office in Providence. Wednesday.
john II. Cook, editor OF the Redbank
Register. Redbank, \. j.. published in his
paper some arti les concerning typhoid aud
uiaiarial fe,ers in that place that deprcci-
ated real estate, wher.upon the town sued
him for libel. He has been tried and ac.
quilted.
1t is said that the income Of Senator
Joseph l.. Brown of Georgia, is 81 900 a
day. and tina, it is exceeded by the income of
no other Souiherner. Ii comes mainly from
iron and coal.
Two thousand. nine hundred and
eigbty-three passengers from four steam
ships were landed at Castle Garden,
New York. Thursday. The arrivals for the
month of May. compared with the CORE
spending month last year. we're as follows
This year. 69,+12; last year, IS, 1s6.
There has recently been great rnso
to newly discovered gold fields in Mexico.
Ad,ces state that men and animals at the
new fields are dying for want OF water, and
the mines cannot be worked till the rainy
season.
A single mill in East Saginaw. Mich.
was blown to atoms BY boiler explosion,
Friday Three men we're killed and several
Others were injured. On the same day
boiler in Shreveport QIa,) mill exploded, |
killing two men and wounding ten persons.
A box has been placed at the door Of |
the Garfield vault in Lake View Cemetery, |
Cleveland, in which may be deposited CON |
trbutlons to the Garfield Monument Fund, |
which now amounts to sl2j,OoO The as |
ISOLATION will meet on June l3. TO decide |
where the monument is 10 be erected
The funeral of the late Hosea Ballou,
the Oldest mason in the country. was held
at Cumberland, X. l.. Friday, Rev Adm
Ballou officiating. The services Of the Ma
sonic ritual were conducted by members Of
the Morning Star Lodge. assisted BY Rev.
Robert MURRAY. Jr.. after which the re-
mains Of the deceased we're inferred in the
old cemetery near the meeting house
Mrs. Susan f. Douglass. aged twenty
seven Years, residing in Cumberland county,
Pcnn., lvania. during the absence Of her
husband, Friday morning. with razor cut
the throais Of her three children aged FIVE.
three and onc-half and one year, and then
cut her own throat All we're found dead
She had shown symptoms Of INSANITY
The will Of Amasa Stone Of Cleveland,
O., the wealthy merchant Who recently
suicded. is not W on record " accessible.
bu, trItwnrihv information i that he
leaves SloO.oo0 to Adeibcri College making
his contributions 20 that institution 5000
Hb. lie leaves property valued at ! .Oon.-
oh 10 his wiiow and the remainder OF hls
fortune vatiousiy estimated at from $1,000
600 @ >i..po. Hto to MS two daughters
~ free trade confer, nee, With David A. 4
Wells as president. met in Detroit, Mich.
Thursday. and organized an American free
trade league. \ long address 10 the people.
~ fnrar of free trade doctrines, va, reported
Addresse, we're made BY President Wells,
Congressman Springer aud Others, and letter.
~ere read from Congressmen Cox aud
Belmont
The mail equipment division OF the
Posioihce Department has Just concluded
the tass % furnishing the pustmasters " the
country With nrw KEYS Tor the service.
A. there are between forty ani iifty thousand .
po>tnihcrs n the country. this was consider
able NJ job. IL took ten clerks over two
months 70 complete the vork The locks
70 out next, which vii! require a month Or
sN weeks more. IL i thought that the new
lock- and krys will 20 into service about
August l,t.
General McCook. formerly governor Of .
Arizona, sho has arrived al Washington
from that Territory, sas al General Crooks .
headquarters just before tie General started 4
on the Mexican RAID. He i, confident that +
no disaster has occurred. but thinks that /
General Crook u pressing the host.lliirs 20 \
the bitter end. With the vic~ Of completed, .
breaking up their strongholds. Ii is be-
lieyed Al the War Department that General /
Crooks long-contInued silence may be \
explained by his desire not 10 be hampcred .
BY orders from Washington until after the /
hostiles have been thoroughly whipped, a.
he said before entering Mexico that il was
his intention to infict long to be-Temem-
bercd ehaslIsement upon the renegade bands .
This is the only explanation which reconciles 4
h. long absence with the probability Of 4
safety