Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-06-04

State News.

The Kineo House is 10 be opened June
10.
The Oxford Bears had reunion IN
Por,land, Wednesday evening OF last week.
"A letter has been reserved froai Gen.
John A. Logan N which he says he will
probably attend the Grand Army reunion at
Portland next month.
Stuart \. Struut. Of the firm OF Brown,
Thurs,on X Co. book printers. Portland.
died suddenly, thursday morning. Of heart
! disease. aged about fifty five years.
Fire in Bangor. Thursday morning.
damaged the le"elry store Of W. IL. Ed
munds, and the confectionery store Of f.. r
jacques. to the extent OF about $500; in
sured.
-S.mmons, the sculptor. Is much es-
tremed in Rome. lie Is as much a lion in
social circles az Story. The Astors OF New
York have jus; gwen him an order for a
memotia, statue.
dent of lialoael aud the Oldest Inhab.;ant
of Richmond, died Al his home in the Vii
lage, Thursday evening. at the nse Of %
years. y bpillsis atlN - q Tvs.
Bears have been mAkia: sal ho,oc With
sheep IN The eastern part OF Philips, thirty
three >Hee2 ing been killed IN tina; ,icIn-
ny. twenty four sheep We're Killed in
one pasture, according TO the Franklin
JpiJHdi
Mr. George T. Bracket Of Belfast.
! Grand Secr,ttiy OF she Good lcmpiars Of
Name. Wcu, TO Toronto. CAnaIr. last week.
10 attend the annual ,',,ioi. Of lhr order fur
the world, IN session there.
-- Gov. ROBBIE Ia, commissioned SIR
| Knight Josiah F.ecce Of London. Eng. fol-.
merry resident OF Gotham. tommls,ionrr
/ toF lac Safe pt MHnr 10 acNuoA lei -.e deeds
40 LpnIan, g. Al Britain.
! -THc SALVATION ArmI parade a. Augusta.
4 FRIDAY utenng. vas interrupted hY the po-
| .ice and twcut, f,ur mrG,b,r, IF 'hr army
Htrr put 1Eo at. lhefr va, great excite
( nlsut ~ tar {. 5.
/ The NtCalchns rt,id.nct Al Wnre-
I eaucr vas bu.t "a l1lO anl D.. sud 10 he
! lhe ui est 10 Name II ~ N perfect state
/ OF pte,efi alton and one Of the best IN the
/ sii.a.~. The frame composed Of white
( oak Of the arse>t dimensions, the sul, beng
I near l. uchr, square.
Frank T.. Brown, s,u OF ). ). Brown of
I Wattt,'j'r, has been appointed and conn
+ mt,>.oDrl postal der. IN place Of " K
4 Bukrf. removed, oa lhy route from Is ,,ton
( T. Putt,sal. and VIII eater upon The duties
of ghr ciiir,, II once.
/ -Ahoat l.;o o'clock. We4ac. ia, motu-
ID. #1 Il
+ u. r. S.fnu;. 80 Lewiston. including house.
/ I'll and stable. were totally consumed ~
ire, l,7s>. $1,000 insurance. - $40.
( -Iue Es,fp,rt >cat,nei say: 1t ,>r4.
mnfel taa' another steamboat COMPANY ha,
cen formed 20 ran line ~ steiner, 10
/ E.,'rar', and that the CITY of Hartford"
', been chartered f'f the ro4re.
The B,Iae.I Granite Company. Of
Rlck!And, have been awarded the contract
10 furnish he granite Tor tn nrN BruoAhn
post iii e f,r S14.19o II vii Dc parity
polished work, with considerable carving
and tiue htnnrrins
The franklin county commis,ioners
have closed q contract with the Portsmouth
Machine CO. Of Portsmouth, y H.. 10 fur
ni,f, the steam heating apparatus for the
new court house. a, a cost Of 81 30. saw,
the Journal.
Daniel keene, Tor the past seven wars
chairman of the ~ ectmen aud agent Of he
town Of Bremen. also postma ter and trader,
has disappeared aud is SAID 20 he a default
er TO The town TO the amount Of from - 900
to 1000
Fish Warden Thompson seized at Port
Cildr. about COO lobster, under sizr, some
Of them havin. The eggs attached He
made this se.Zure at the factor, operated ~
josiah Burnhim aud owned b, B.rnham 4
Morrlit Of Portland, reports the D1mari,-
Gotta Herald
Liberty Hall at Riverside. vas>albnfo.
was entirely DESTROYED ny tite FRIDAY morn
my. The hall wa, the property OF the
Grange aud was bul4t three wears ago. The
stock of y. kedion. who leased the store
under the haEl, total los Loss,
400; insured, Si.jD
Mr. l.. e. Allen Of Augusta. !. publish.
ing an edition of th- Revised B:hic The
copy for the Oh Testament vas received at
midnight Oh the 20.h, ind he uoa la, ti.iy
eompo>itors employed putting it in type
1t viii require some twenty five days to com
pIete II.
Representatives Of Camden, Thomas
ton. VInaihaven and Roekland Grand Army
posts met in RocAiand, FRIDAY. AMI agreed 10
form battalion To attend the y t,,onal En-
campmcn,. 1t is expected tina, Union. APP
p!eton and Washinsto.. Grand Army organ
iz,iious viii jim them, making three or
four hundred strong. Gen. Davis Ellison
accepted the command Of the battalion.
The following named FIRST Lieutenan;s
of the United States Revenue Marine Ser
vice have been examined aud found quail
| fed for promotion 10 the rank of captain.
Frederick NJ. Munger Of Maine now sta
toned on the steamer Coke Of PhiladeI-
phla.
Dorr +. Tozier Of Maine. now stationed on
The steamer chandler at New York
J. \ S.amm tf Massachusetts, now STA
toned on the steamer ID Alas, al Portland.
Leander VI. Keene OF Name, now sta
toned at Gllves:on. Texas, on steamer
"McI.ane"
a committee from the Knox county
Medical Association, consisting of Doctors
Le,ensa!er, Alice and Hitchcock visited
the new quarantine hospital at Widow
Island, with Surgeon A. G. Hefiinger, U. S.
\. They report the water supply bv the ar
! tesian well ample. the drainage is direct into
the sea and the hospital is situaied one and
| one half miles from the nearest residence on
the mainland, surrounded BY deep water on
| all sides. The committee apprehend no dan
ger of the spread Of contagious disease from
| that source.
Gen. Samuel r. Strickland. one of the
most prominent and widely known citizens of
Bangor, died Friday evening. after an illness
of two da,s LAT the age of 81 Gen. Strickland
was born in Livermore and came to Bangor in
1884, and was engaged largely in the lumber
and land business for many years. He was
formerly a Democrat; was one Of the founders
of the Republican party, and held many pub