Ellsworth American., 1884-08-21
Home and Foreign News.

The bark Antioch arrived At s. Joha,,
tuesday Of .a,t week, from Hoag Kong with
cargo Of sugar. She Is the first vessel that
has ever arrived at s., Johns FROM China
direct. She Has l32 days on the pa, >nge.
The centennial services commemorative
Of the introduction Of MrthoiI>m into Amer
lea. began ai Cottage City, Mass. Fudu,
night. The exercises continued uni .T4, \
day.
Gen. Logan has been meeting with en-
thusiastic receptions everywhere in Western
New York. Thousands OF people turned
oat 10 see him in Syraeasc. Friday.
The whel; and oa, harvest in DIkuia
exceeds expect uions. The wLra, Weld !,
from 20 d . bushels per acre, AMI olt,
from Is p 30 bushels,
The Egyptian government ha. applied
to Alrxanlfa fur temporary loan. Banks
refuse to negotiate uulc.. the, have oiiicia!
assurance that the En- -.h government will
approve the required ad.-.-
Henry Irving. Mis- Ellen Terry and
fifty others of the lyceum theatre company
will sail for Montreal on sept. |, in the
Partisan.
A dispatch from Victoria. B. {, to the
Toronto GioJe says that Mr.. Van Home an
nounces Goal Hlrbor a. the terminus Of the
Canadian Pacific X. X. Oh the Pacific coast.
The democrats of the second congress
ional district in MARYLAND are disgIsted.
They have taken nos ballo,s without choice
for congressman. and now have put the
matter into The hands of the state central
committee.
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saw circles there is talk that the Tsar will
visi, Berlin and that this i. the reason for
the expulsion Of Russians from that city
The democratic and greenhack State
Central Committee Of Iowa held a secret
session in Drs Mcines, Thursday and decided
10 make fusion upon the electoral ticket,
the greenbacNers taking 6 and the democrats
, of the candidates for electors.
A London dispatch from Sydney, y. S.
w, reports that the scuiiag match between
Hanlon and Beach. for the championship of
the world and $500 side. took place Sat
urday on the Porromatta river. Beacn won
the match By seven lengths.
-Capt. Sslirldge, commanding the tor
pedo station At Newport reports that he has
destroyed the wrecks at Cuttyhunk between
Coggeshall Ledge and Sachuest Point and
between Newport and Point Judith and re-
moved dangerous distractions in the neigh /
boring waters.
The Paris advocate for Madame Patti /
presented petition. FRIDAY, for divorce
from her husband. Marquis DE Caux. The
balance Of opinion is the Court viii. refuse
to grant the great prima donna divorce on
the ground that the law reserves the right
Of divorce to such applicants as have re-
ceived injury in the marriage estate.
Rev. John Brown. ID. d., died in New
burg, n. u, Friday morning. aged 90 years
He was an Episcopal clergyman and was
thought to be the Oldest Free Mason in the
United States. lie was born in New York
city, May 10, l79l. lie graduated at
Columbia collegein 1911, and was initiated
as Free Masoi, June l6, 1917, in lii
ram Lodge in Nwburg. At a reception
rendered Gen. lafayette during his visit to
America in 1874 BY the Free Masons of
Newburg. at Wisliington's headquarters,
DIR. Brown delivered the address Of welcome.
Capt. Wilson,f bark Fluorine, at Phla-
delphia from lvigtus, furnishes the follow
ing: On June, lat. 60 deg. SO min. n,
lon. As deg, the lover part of tent was
found by an Esquinaux OIL piece Of foe or
drift ice, the upperpart Of which seemed to
have been slowed way in the ends of store
or provision cask marked "Jeannette." A
check book on tie Bank Of California,
signed by DE Long was also found. a pair
Of oiled trousers Of Louis Noros, and bears
skin which covered something of the size /,
and shape Of a human corpse, but the Esqui-
maux could not getat it to ascertain what
it really was.