Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-10-09
Home and Foreign News.

Prince Edward, son Of the Prince Of
Wales, will travel ~ Canada and the United
States next year.
The royal castle Of Christian,hurg. in
Copenhagen, was DESTROYED by fire, Friday.
The reduction of the public debt in
September was over Sl3,0o0. 900.
THURSDAY night was the no test On record
at ST. Paul, MINI. the mercury risR. 70
50 deg. at midnight.
Mr. William n Vanderbilt and his sons
are reported TO have lost nearly so 900 900
the last few Years in unfortunate Speculations.
The Northern Pacific railway company
has just purchased sixty acres Of ground il
the northwestern part Of St. Paul for the
erection Of new shops.
An experiment is to be made in the
Pennsylvania cal regions with electric
lights, with the view of preventing fire
damp explosions.
Burmese soldiers at Manialay, in qucl-
ling riots, recently fired prison and Shot
430 prisoners who tried to escape.
The Astors groan under their heavy
taxes. Thursday they paid TO The New York
collector si25.000.
-Twenty-one men, riding on an engine
and tender, were killed or fatally injured BY
the bursting of the boiler, Friday, near
Bayfield,, MINI.
Near Fullerton, Neb., Friday, Henr,
Percival, his wife and infant child, and a
Young man, we're cruelty murdered BY a farm
hand and the house plundered.
Twenty Cinnamon came to New York
last week, from Havana where they had been
naturalixed as Spaniards. The American
law against Chinese cannot touch them as
Spaniards.
Out in Denver, Col, they dom, believe
Of The Tribune Republican of that city 4;
and SO they refer to tina, excellent and con
soidated journal as The Tribitcan.
The Florida orange crop this year is
good. Florida oranges will soon be moving
north. One estimate Of the crop is as high
as million boSfs, The bull Of the crLp is
marketed in November end December.
The PAGER Johnston lowered his record
Of 2.l0 at Chicago, Friday, making a mile
in 2.06 IA. lie made the las, quarter in
~ II, or at 2.G5 gait. The mare Minrie
T.. with running mate, paced mile in
2.03 ID. alse reducing Der record.
Frank Chanffau, the actor, Y hose death
was reported THURSDAY, was 81 year. old.
He played Kit in Portland year ago
with undiminished vigor.
Parties in Hanover, n. H., are having
law suit over common supposed to belong
to the town. The college trustees now claim
it under deed given by Gov. Wentworth
snieS authority Of George Iii.
-Newbur.. Mas, Il preparing for her
2jOih birthday anniversary. Geo. Iqnt, of
Scituate, has been invited to write the ode,
J. @. Whittier poem, and James Russell
Lowell to deliver the Grafton.
The gliding Of five-cent pieces to make
them appear like fye-dollar gold pieces was
Q pretty bright swindling trick and succeeded
very well until the Riekels Eere spoiled for
such operations by the addition of the word
scents" on their face. The idea. it appears,
has been carried further up IN the scale of
coins. Swindlers in Boston are reported to
have taken old English shillings without
marks to indicate their value and, sitter
having them gided ostensibly for preserva-
ton as curious, they were passed as sover-
eigns. One Of these swindlers, captured by
the secret service in Washington, has pleaded
guilty and will get couple Of years retire.
ment in the psnitentiary.