Ellsworth American., 1885-02-26
Home and Foreign News.

The alarming symptoms shown b, Gen
Grants throa, aud ton.u-, have nearly ls-
appeared
The Rev. Phillips Brooks rejoice. in
never having needed the professional ser
wees # either lawyer Or physician
Mrs. Wendell Philip, !, ,ul. living
quietly in the house which "a, her husbands
last home, IN the southern part Of Boston.
-Margaret Mather and Mary Andersoa
Will play in New York city mex, fall at the
same time and in adjoining thra,re..
A son Of Brigham Young. graduate al
West Point, i an officer in the Engineer
Corps. He is married to one wife only.
A father and child we're killed, and tie
mother and two other children seriously if
no; fatally injured. IN a runaway accident in
Ptuns, ,lvania, Thursday.
james r. keene, the New York broker
"ho failed iast spring, has struck lucky
streas IN petroleum, cleared $500, 900, paid
all of and resumed business again.
Thirty persons have been killed in the
town of Ala, Utah, by snow slides. the
three slides all occurring last FRIDAY.
An inmate of the Philadelphia aims
house testified that instisated by an attend
ant. lie set the fire last week. in which %
men were burned 10 death. The men are
under arrest.
George Oliver, living on Meeting House
HiIl in Dorchester Distinct. Boston. killed
himself, Friday, after attempting to murder
his wife. The woman may recover
james Reynolds Of Hawkins Co.,
Tenn. put kerosene on the heads of his
three little children, few days ago 10 kill
vermln. Two of the children died within
two hours
Jonathan J. Wright, ex-Associate JUS
tice, and the only coofed man who ever
held ,ha, office in South Carolina, died in
Charleston, Thursday. aged Al years.
The steamer Newcastle, which sailed
from Halifax for London ON the l2th, lost
one hundred cattle in hurricane, and was
compelled TO return to port.
President Arthur is packing up. He
leaves the White House in perfect order and
with $4,000 in the treasury 10 be spent on
the building and grounds the next Presi-
dent peases.
Ali Alabama claims cases involving
destruction or damage 10 vessels by Con-
federate cruisers must be ready for trial by
March Is, and all other first or second
class cases, by May 20, or they will be
summariiy dismissed.
The Grannis Block in Chicago, on the
east side of Dearborn street. filed with law
aud other offices and a couple Of banks, was
burned Thursday night. The loss will be
heavy. The building was owned by Shep-
herd Brooks Of Boston.
An Arabian paper reports that the
Mahdi promised Farag 10000 thalers to
betray khar,oum, but gave him only co.
900. and when Farag complained. the
Mahdi hanged him. 1t is said that the
Mahdi captured $4,000 Remington rifles at
Khartoum.
The Father of Freemasonrs" has just
died in Engl land in the person of William
Eliot, who attained the ripe old age of nine
u-one years He was the oldest Freema-
son IN Europe, if no, in the world.
Lake Michigan is entirely frozen over.
Between Milwaukee and Grand Haven the
ice is from one to thirty feet thick. Three
large propelors are locked in the ice and
fears are felt for their safety.
The Boston & Maine directors opened
proposals Thursday afternoon for 100000
per cent. forty year improvement bonds,
and awarded them to an institution on pri-
vste terms. but which are known to be bet
ter than lO2 and we're probably close to lO3.
In any event. they will net the buyer less
than l-2 per cent, and are an excellent
sale for the corporation. They will not
come upon the market The bonds ere
plain notes, secured by sinking fund Of
IL per cent. of the principal per annum.
sinking fund and interest to be charged as
operating expenses.