Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-08-20

WITS. Helen 1unt JACKSON, the we'll
known authorizes. died in San Francisco,
Wednesday, of cancer of the stomach.
Another meeting was held at St. Sau-
yer. Canada, Thursday, to discuss Riel's sit
uation. Resolutions were passed praying
for Communication Of his sentence
Phillips Exeter Academy is to have
new gymnasium, 100 by 60 feet, fully
equipped and costing $4,000. 1t will be
finished by November.
George Wilkes, formerly owner and
editor of Wilkes's Spirit Of the Times, is
dying at his residence in New York. He
has been in Europe some years, and came
home to die.
Maxwell, the alleged murderer Of Pre-
Ter. says he can produce the latter alive and
we'll. He claims that it was scheme to de-
fraud life insurance companies.
The naval order which requires that Of
heers shall serve three years a, sea and three
years on shore is to be enforced
Mrs. Bayard. wife of the Secretary Of
State. has sufficiently recovered from her re-
cent illness TO proceed to the sea side.
The Bradley Fertilizer company have
secured control of the extensive works and
property at brakes Dock, Grand Manan,
and will commence manufacturing fish pom
ace at once.
The Prohibition party Of Massachusetts
will place complete State ticket in the field
at the coming election, and will hold its con-
ven'ion at Worcester, September 10.
Leo Taxis, the infdel writer, recently
converted to Catholicism. has been solemnly
relieved from communication BY the Pope's
Nuncio at Paris. His wife still. remains un-
converted.
The Montreal HeraM says quite num-
Der Of English men and women residing in
India have become so enamore,i Of Budd
hism as to embrace il. and that there are
people IN England Itself who look upon this
form OF heathenism with great favor.
j. ID. Tanning. Of Newton County.
Miss, in 1868 received bullet wound in
his face. At the time Of the wounding i,
was thought best not 10 remove the ball.
Last week il dropped into his mouth. having
taken twenty-five Years to work its way
through.
Statistics show that a passenger can
travel in3 jes OoO miles NM, N.esaoh,
setts railroads withou, beiny L,Iled plt
6i6.obo upon New York roads and only
lIi.2jl 900 upon the railways Of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain.
The s.. John Street Methodist church
IN New Haven, few days since, extinguish.
ed debt Of $4,000 which had long troub-
~, s,;,.'t" y ."e' -!
gage placed hy the pastor on n larye trav
before ,h- pulpit. and publicl, bp,nej ub;Ic
the congregation san, ..pr,i.. God frnr
whom all blessings flow"
he R"'a miners OF the faethe Coas,
HAIe ''fp'N q pc" he'd ~ Idaho Montana
work for $50 mile, along the Snakr R,v,r
and that new fields are onened every day
\ deposit was rccrntiy found in a clay bank
81 the mouth Of BiIltnr,l4y Creek thu, ,,.l1.
ed from go 10 500 a da, r,.r ma, Nm.
that vcre abandoned wear, apo h h. HIM
,erritor, have been r,opened WIN gon1
pro.pecis
Peter Harklns of MiIdieboro Mass,
has saved eight persons from drowning, and
now j. th- possrs>or Of a silver medal from
the Massachusetts Humane society for saw
ing the live. of two children nd, lnp., ia
-Anr,tlictics caused the 6ea,b. of e;,b
teen persons in Fnvlnnd and Scn,l,,t a..
wear. Nine we're from N. ne ~ ch,oro
form. six from ether and tbrr. From, nv
ture Of ether and eblornforr, In ava,
fatal Gaze m, patient had hosn comn,r,,,,s.
IL healthy. and the op,ra,ion b.8 h..n ~
sight character
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pe'an'e' WIN i''tir appreciation Of poetry.
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li'n 'h"'nriehuE ana apologies for his bad
po"HNc'''ioh'
The Central Pacific land otEre =, "a,
Francisco, while making M A man NJ rho
railroad land, in Idaho and Utah m,de n.
strange discovery that Idaho claimed on.
boundary line and Utah another anil ,b,,
sup vi 'a''4 - n''ies VIDE extending
hCED~s lhe northern part OF ttah left