Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-10-23
State News.

tue Ciark'> l.lanI Granite company
ut,r taken , Urge contract IL cit the
ECU. flr reservoir 10 New York.
y ~ J. "a. NJ K~nnrhunk. ~hp ia,
teen li,.h, Ia Boston latcl,, has returned
10 hennrhuu>, and IS PARTING mp a residence
~ Summer Street " cost 81 100000.
Roar \ luiral rh,n,, $ Phelps. [. ).
n, wi.l uy placed nn :he retired It,t. NJ
y-mhyr , Admiral Phelps ia native nf
Name and vas appointed - th- na,al SER
vice from tAi> STATE III JAruirt. 1870
Mr. Hard ,katrI - miles. al Town
HAL. Dexter. ia,t wrrh. IN hours, y =
MIN, tau> accomplishing what ~ attempted
With - minutes TO spare. He Kept on.
however, and Ska'ed another mile and sew
,ral laps ID tAe remaining minutes amid
great applause.
"A ,ror, and half lnelhn. house. Ell
and barn at A.fr-A, owned Us Rben Chf
and occupied ., Ezra George. va, totally
DESTROYED by FIRE. Thursday night. I.o>,
seven hundred ana fifty dollars. Pafti, III
sIred.
The farm building. d Francis Low Of
Clinton. we're burned Wednesday evening.
Loss $4,000; insured for $500.
-AboIt four o'clock SATURDAY. morning.
the dwelling house If y. d. Haskell. III
West Poland vas discovered to be on fte,
and the flames spread - rapidly that the
whole st Of buildings, consisting Of house,
ell and stable, was DESTROYED, and but little
Of the contents saved.
Martha f.. Erskine. wife Of Rev. J.
Er,kine Of Meredith. \. H.. formerly Of
Montylle. died "Wednesday morning. Ort
$. Her remains mere brought to Nontville
and buried from the residence Of her sister,
Mrs. Mary I. Randall Rev. Me,srs Pur-
rlngton and Clifford officiating.
Some time after midnight, Wednesday.
the barns Of Mrs. Viola Richardson in New
Portland, were discovered TO be on fire and
before help could be summoned, both barns,
one 3ON4n md smaller one, used a.
stable. together with their contents, we're
burned 20 The ground
The owner Of one Of the leading stock
farms in Sagadahoc county is a woman.
She i, Mrs. Salome Snow. Of Brunswick.
Her farm superintendent is Mr.. Cruik-
shank. Mrs. Snow has about 20 head of
very chOlcf STOCK
MIR George NJ. Chamberlain, who
mo.ed from Exeter to Boston few years
ago. returned a week ago Friday. He va,
in his usual health. Saturday morning he
was taken suddenly sick, and died about 3
o'clock A. VI. lie was 81 Years Of age
Representatives TO the legislature have
nearly all engaged their board for the win
ter. The Augusta House and Hotel North
are the fsyorte hotels. As usual, there is
a sharp bid among private boarding house
keepers for representative boarders."
Joseph Nisue, a stone mason, of Show
hogan. Wa killed FRIDAY bv heavy stone
falling into we'll where his was at work.
and crushing his skull. Joseph Chilcott
employed at Weston & Brainerd's lumber
yard. vas seriously injured Saturday by
log falling upon his back.
Mr. David K.mball Of Boston. was in
Bath, Thursday. irving to find the where
abouts Of Timothy Bailey, a Joiner VINO
married his sister twenty Years ago in Au-
gusta. Nothing has been heard from them
since. Mr.. Kmball learned that Bailey
WORKED in Bath ter years ago. Mr. KIM
bail returned to boston, Thursday night, on
the boat, unable to learn anything concern
ing the couple
Rev. Dr. Nichois, of Saco, on account
of i'll health, has fought of resigning the
pastorste he has had over forty-one years,
bat his congregation hearing of his inten-
ton, held a meeting Friday. and voted unan-
iinousiy to request him not to resign, and
afterwards assembled in body at bis house
and persuaded him o continue their pastor,
reports the Timer.
A sensation was stirred up on Clark's
island Friday evening, by the report that
Robert Dempster hid tried to commit sui
eide by cutting his throat. Facts proved
the report true, onli instead of his throat,
his arm received the cutting. Had he not
been interfered with he would have prob
ably butchered himself in fatal manner.
As il is il amounts y nothing serious, re-
ports the Courier Gazette.
1t was the request Of Mrs. Annie West,
who died in Belfast iecently, that after her
decease her body he crenated, but it was
found impossible to comply with this, as the
laws Of all States where crematories exist,
provide that no bodie, can be so disposed Of
except those of perons who die in the
State. The body was therefore deposited in
the family tomb.