Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-04-30
State New 5.

luDec, lAuFslat evening.
M. r. Walker Of Wilton. an old cad
my merchant, former sh.r.H nd prom
nent citizen. died Tuesday uign'. Ap y
a gift of $1,000 has been malrt, II...
Church of the Unity of Brunswick tnr. s:l
Prof. {. {. Everett, Of Harvard Collys.,
Col. John G. Priest. native Il Thorn.
aston, IS confidently spoken of by tie West
ern democratic papers as "'he mex, pos
master of st. LOUIS"
Two men have recent, been before the
municipal court in Portland. anil fnct =
ana costs each for stealing newspapers lfoW
the doors Of subscribers.
-O'Grady Brothers are ba.ldlng at Ea,;
port sardne factory to be double tie SIZE
Of their Old one. A new uhaff VII aIso ,,.
constructed.
The body of Brown. TIE MonmoA' h
man. who mysteriou.ly d sapprarri Las, fall.
has been found in Cochnewagin Pond IL an
advanced state of decomposition
A Gardiner man. who is hci.e,.r IN
mind cure, recently wrote 10 Mrs.. Gen.
Grant that several physician, IN the counrr,
were treating the General sientIv. and re
ferred her 10 one OF MAIN, most prominent
public men.
MIR Arthur c. Jackson, formrrl, Of
Damariscotta. announces course Of iln~-
trated lectures TO be given IN London IN
June and IN Boston in October. H. i nov
in Cuba collecting views for rs description
of the Antilles.
Geo. Coleman Cow, son Of Rev. Geo.
b. Gov. ID. d.. a former Wa,eryhle boy AMI
graduate Of Colby, is musical composer of
considerable merit, says the Naii. "A
Group Of Songs recently published i
highly spoken Of by musical critics
Mr.. Burns, superintendent Of the pow
der-mili at Warren. received orders three
days after starting up. 10 shut down ami pay
off the hands. says the R,ckidai Opinion
There is report that the powder company
has sold out 10 a WOODEN concern
The recent warm weather has great,
weakened the ice in Mooseheal !. Ike. There
are now open places Of considerable SIZE
around the islands an these are continually
growing larger MAY l. is the average
date for the opening.
Ferdinand Kent, aged %, and Joseph
Kent, aged 20, the only two sons Of Capt.
Otis Kent, Of North Haven. cap,ized in
small boat Saturday. while tending their
lobster traps few rods from the shore, and
were drowned. Ferdinand was recently
married.
F. l.. Page of Phillips. assumed the
management OF the Pemigev asset House at
Plymouth, y. H., Friday.
The big calf which took the first prize
at the Eastern Maine State Fair last fal. vas
killed few DAYS ago. 1t was a wear, two
months and two days old, and dressed ,i3
pounds. 1t was owned b, W. C. Miller of
Bangor.
A seventeen year old boy named Null
kern arrested in Portland, Friday. for
selling rum in bottles which he carried
around in his pocket. HIS parents supposed
he was attending school. INSTEAD of which be
had been at work in a rum shop since Jan
uary. until the shop was closed. since which
time he has been peddling liquors in the
street.
Bridges across the Aroostook at Carl
bou and across the ST. Johns at Florence
Vile went out with the ice FRIDAY. Wash
outs are reported on the New Brunswick
There were no mails Friday.
With the exception of some booms being
carried away at Canton this is the first
damage from freshets reported, this year.
On Wednesday last, Rev. S. S. Gross.
a ssisted by lis wife, administered tie rite of
baptism TO Mrs. Jane Clark, one Of the old
est inhabitants of Washington, she being in
t he ninety sixth year of her age. The cere-
m ony took place at the residence of her son.
&c orge Clark. She is nov very feeble in
body and is thought to be falling quite rap
idly, but her intellect is clear and strong.
Albert keene. Of Waldoboro. commit
ted suicide Wednesday, by cutting his
throat. His application for a pension had
been rejected recently. and this is supposed
to have been the Cause for the rash act He
was about "a years Of age and leaves ii wife
james J.. Robbins Of Chelsea, forged
the names of WIN. T. Searles and Geo. w.
Brown, both of Chelsea, upon a note for
$3.50, and obtained the money from the
Merchants Bank in Gardiner. The forgery
was discovered Wednesday Robbins was
arrested BY Ma, shall Sipher..
and waving examination was bound over to
the September term of court
In suit brought BY the Maine Central
Railroad Company through their counsel,
Messrs. Baker and Cornish of Augusta,
against II. 4. Blake of HalloweIl. to test the
right of passenger TO ride upon an expired
limited ticket, the defendant has fled in
court an offer to be defaulted for the amount
Of fare and all costs Of the suit. Under
these circumstances the company has been
obliged to accept the offer, and therefore
the legal question involved cannot be tested
in this case.
The Governor has re-appointed John F.
Anderson of Portland, railroad commits
sioner for three years James NJ. Carpenter
of Piitston. county commissioner of Kenne-
bee county vice Horace Colburn deceased
Howard Scammon of Saccarappa, trial JUS
tice and James NJ. Thornton of Sac
carappa, justice of the peace and quorum.
John Sedgwick Hyde of Bath, son Of Gen.
T. W. HYDE, has been appointed Aide de
Camp on the staff Of Brigsdier General
Brown, Maine Militia, with the rank of First
Lieutenant.