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I.tUPS vi sIEHlI VI HVlICt 10 N"II'lIIIlUT
Does not stop.
These Trains connect at Bangor, with through
trains on Main Line, from and to Portland. Boston
and st. John. The'5.50A. VI. train from Bangor and
40 p NJ. train from Bar Harbor run daily in.
GLIDING sundays.
H1- Passengers by morning train from Bangor
connect at Bar Harbor every Wednesday and
SATURDAY with the Str City of Richmond for Mil
bridge, J0ncsport and Machia-port. Returning
the steamer leaves Machiasport, every Monday
and Thursday, connecting at the Ferry with
afternoon trains. The Richmond leaves the.
Ferry every Monday and Thursday morning
az 10 o'einck for Portland via all bindings, and
through tickets are on sale at Ellsworth for Rock
land via steamer from Mt Desert Ferry.
PAISON TUCKER,
Vice Pres and Gen'l Manager
y. l., BoOTHBY, Genl Pass. and Ticket Ag't.
Iyr35
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pom the foregoing petition. ORDERED. That
Slh petitioner give public uniir' t" all persons in
tcrr-i,l, y causing copy at the petition aBd this
orvrr thereon. To- hr publ she'd three weeks
ce--t,cls tu the Ellsworth American, new spaper
printed nr publ -ir ~ Ellsworth, IN SAID county,
that they may appear az Court " Probate for -aii
rtunty, a. bC hsld at Ellsworth on the Second
"Wednesday Of August next at ten ~ the clock
IN thr frfvuu,,u. to show cause II any they have.
why 81" prayer "f -aid petitioner should not be
grAuttt
3W!g' .. 7. CI-N\I\GUhM. Jutily.
Attest tins /. p"HR, Register
\ true copy, Nitt-t 40 ftAs T.. lbniR, keSi-tcr.
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July @. lat. 30 Is, lon. go 30, Sch. Susan N.
Pickering, Haskell, Boston for Apalachicola.
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To the Honorable Juigc % Probate within and for
the County OF Hancock.
THE undersigned administrator Of the estate of
L Marshall Harding. late OF Bluehll. In said
county, deceased, respectfully represents that the
goods AMI chatteis. rights and credits Of said de
ceased are not sufficient to pay the Just debts and
charges Of administration. by the OF tive
hundred iollar~, therefore your petitioner prays
Your Honor 10 grant him License 10 sell, at
public or private sale, and convey tract
OF about forty acres called the johnson lot"
bounded south hy land Of X. g.. W. Dodge. on the
West ~ the Meadow brook on the North hy land
Of Daniel T. trindle. AMI the East bv the hi zh
way leading from Biuchi "a liurksport. Of the
real estate ~ thu drcca-ed, tinchTiin< the rcyer-
sion "t the widow = dover therein satisfy said
ieht. and charges Of aduini stratinn.
FRNI\tt II. HARDING.
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Stm'r HENRY MORRISON

Capt. O. 4. CROCKETT
Will leave Eockland on arrival Of steamers from
Boston, every TrE>pAN, TINT K>nN ami Ntru K
DAY for above points.
RE- | R< ING,
Leave Ellsworth every Mp>pNN, WEDNESDAY
ami FRIDAY, att uclnrk a. m.. touching At inter
Vcnlug landings aud connecting nj liocklau't with
steamers for Boston direct.
Through Tirkct- % bparl steamer baggage
checked Through.
tHAS. + WEEKS, TrrI-.and Agent Rrrklani.
CALVIN At SIN. GruI Man, Bu-ton. Lott
u. II. EFrE> X sons, AGE>r~, Ellsworth.
Rocklanh, June, l-sj.
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Franklin.
Mrs. +. B. BRIGHAM and daughter
Leila, from Minneapolis. MINI, are visiting
their many friends in this vicinity.
w A. Havey and brother, are each
building dwelling houses near the Relay
House.
W. +. Cook has rented the F.. J. Swan
store, where his customers will find good
variety in stock.
John X. Hooper, one of our most sue
cessful resident school-teachers, has decided
to study for profession. and will leave for
Portland soon to pursue studies there.
Misses Annette f. Parsons and Laura
Hovet from Fort Fairfield, are stopping for
a few weeks with their uncle, John s. Par
sons.
The NJ. f. Sunday school is making
preparations for an excursion to Phillips
Pond.
A Sunday school was organized last
Sunday at the Union Evangelical church at
Taunton.
Services are now held every two weeks
IN the NJ f. church.
July IL. ALPHA
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| HAVE MADE
ARRANGEMENT

With one Of the oldest
Piano Manufacturers in
Boston, viz. \ose & Sons,
to buy OF them fortyPianos
in three months from June
!, 1855. | don't know but
what | have bitten off more
than | can chew. | am all
right so far, having sold
twenty of them, but | am
afraid August is going to
be a hard month and |
want to say to any one who
wants a Piano, that in all
human probability they
can buy one of me at whole
sale prices during that
month. | am going to sell
them in the time specified
if | don't make a cent.
This is the plain unvar-
nished fact and if you are
going to buy within a year
you had better get prices
now.
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GoHiGsboro.
The Revs. Mr.. Libby, Besse, Frohock
and Norton officiated at the dedication of
the Methodist church last Wednesday.
Rev Mr.. Libby preached the dedicatory ser
mon. A collection was taken up in the
evening amounting to 500 which will pay
the entire Indebtedness of the society.
What has become of the "roughsr of
Ellsworth? We saw none but gentlemen
there the Fourth.
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Rev. Mr.. Allen for thirty years a mis-
sionary TO Harpoot, Turkey, in Asia, is
boarding with Mrs. LYDIA Saunders.
Shakespeare school closed on Friday.
Fred Mcclure and wife Of Worces-
ter Mass, arrived at Green's Landing on
Saturday. t. q. [.
hast Lamo,ne.
We have been.to use Bostonian phrase.
"luxuriaiing" in a succession Of warm days;
the thermometer ranging vel! up 10 the
ninetles. Vegetation. however, does not
suffer under the influence of the strong sun
rays. Our farmers begin to talk a little
more sangulne about the hay crop,and think
we may harvest nearly an average crop.
Potatoes are looking we'll and SO are the gay
and festive Colorado visitors, the bugs. Our
people have sent to market thsr early peas
while the market price was good Some
have begun 10 cut their grass, and the sound
Of the moving machine is heard in our
feel Is. We notice that the milk cans are
larger aud more numerous, at the steamboat
wharf. being transported every morning hy
the early trip Of the Rockan to Bar Har-
Dor indicating that company in larger mum
bers may be found there
-buesiN are arriving by boat nearly eN-
cry trip. and We are expecting during the
season larger visitation than j. usual. Oar
uncies, aunts. cousins and more remote rel!
atves' viii make their annual excursions.
knowing from experience in the past, that
49,, - -. - -,
hi, ,.i.,,,.s anJ ,r;s,Js LA. l.,ra H.
ia,ot -, o,,,
Mr.. Peter VI. Name of Ea'iport has
made US an unexpected short visit. lie len
on Mondays boat for Boston and New
York on business. Mr.. Name has many
warm friends IN our community who are
...,....,,,
MIR. &. Fogg, wife and son are st the
Desisie house taxing thelr annual summ,r
vacation Mr.. FoSg has been many Yeas
in The service OF the CITY Of Boston, con-
necled with the School department and no
doubt he can enjoy trip IN vacation time
down to the wave washed beach at the
Point.
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The Maine Central Railroad Co
Mt. Desert Branch.
Commencing, June 20, 1885

Trains run Daily, sundays excepted, as follow
Eastern Standard Time.
WESTWARD TRAINS.
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Gonds and Chaitel- .......... 6.ji3.G2
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25
A Cruel Murder.

Mt. STERLING, KY, March 19.-
Henry Watson, a white man, is 8
special policeman employed here by
the railway company to watch Goa
trains and prevent thefts from them
which have been chiefly made by
negroes. Coal trains shake out small
bits of coal along the track, howev-
er, this is called slack and which
honest poor people pick up.
John johnson, colored boy Is
years old, at about dusk evening be-
fore last, was going into the yard OF
the cottage where he lived with a
bag of slack coal which he had
cleaned during the afternoon, when
Watson seized him and started off to
Jail with him. Old johnson, the
boys father, came out and begged to
be permitted to follow the boy to
Jail, and started to do so. When he
was within fifteen feet of Watson
the latter turned and shot old John
son through the heart. Watson was
seized and jailed quickly to prevent
lynching, as Johnson was well
known and kighly esteemed. The
negro boy was released. Watson's
conduct is considered that of a mur-
derer.
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Cleveland's Surprises.

WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Among
the nominations sent to the Senate
to-day was that of Milton ]. Dur
ham, of Kentucky, to succeed Will
liam Lawrence, of Ohio, as first
Comptroller of the Treasury; NAL
colin Hay, of Pennsylvania, First
Assistant Postmaster General; and
Martin V. Montgomery, of Mich
igan, to be Commissioner of Pat
ents.
Martin Van Buren Montgomery is
a lawyer of good standing and large
practice in the city of Lansing,
Michigan, and has had some little
practice before the United States
Patent Office in this city. He is
said to be a man of integrity and
worth, and is about forty-fve years
of age.
Malcolm Hay is prominent law
yer. Of Pittsburg, Pa, and is forty
one years Of age. He was born in
Philadelphia, studied law under
Chief Justice Beasly, of New Jersey,
and was admitted to tks bar in
Pittsburg, in 1864. He has now Q
Large and lucrative practice in that
city, snd is described as man of
the highest standing in the COM
munity. Mr.. Hay Eas a member
of the last Constitutional Conven-
ton Of Pennsylvania, and for Q
nHEber of years has been promi--
nensly identified with the Demo-
cratic party in this State, having
been . delegate to the last three
Democratic National Conventions,
and Chairman Of the Committe on
Resolutions in the Convention of last
wear
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Awarded 50, 900.

WILLIAMsPoRT, March 19.-The
case of John Cole vs.. Frederick Dor
man ended to-day in a verdict
awarding Cole 5000 damages for
injuries received at Dorman's hands
last August. Dorman is the propri-
etor of a grocery store. Cole is an
industrious stone mason.
On the occasion when he received
the injuries for which damages have
been awarded he entered the store
of Dorman, and in a dispute about
an old bill the latter assaulted him.
Cole was struck over the left eye, his
whiskers pulled out by the roots,
and other injuries were inflicted
that incapacitated him permanently
for work at his trade. Dorman as
serted that Cole was disabled previ-
ousiy to this fracas, and said that
the action was an endeayor to extort
money from him. Dorman was re-
Gently released from Jail for a local
offense. He is a well-known man
and is astounded at the result of the
case. 1t is the heaviest verdict for
personal damages ever awarded in
the local courts.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25
Almost q Jail Delivery.

PrrTsBURG, March 19.-While one
of the guards at the Riverside Peni-
teniary was making his rounds this
afternoon he accidentally discover
ed a tunnel fifteen feet long, reach
ing within few feet of the outer
walls. The alarm was given and
guards placed over the tunnel and
an attempt made to discover the
guilty ones, but all efforts in that
direction signally failed.
The work, which must have occu-
pied weeks,wa conducted so skill
fully and quietly that the officials
had not the slightest suspicion that
any scheme of escape vas on foot.
and if it had not been for the acci-
dental discovery it would undoubt-
edly have been successful. 1t is not
known how many have been impli-
Gated in this plot, but 1t is the i'm
preston of the Warden that at least
fifty of the prisoners were in the
secret.
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Interesting Revsnue Decision.

Ex-Commisioner of Internal reve-
nue. Evans has recently given a de-
cision regarding the construction of
the revenue laws which is of great
interest to wholesale liquor dealers,
and threatens practically to put an
end to &c. 0. D." business. Accor-
ding to the views of the Commits
sioner, which have recently been
confirmed by the United States Dis
trict Court for the Southern Dis
trict of Illinois, if dealer sells a
bill ofgoods outside of the city where
he does business, and sends them to
the buyer c. O. D., they remained
his sole property until payment is
made and the sale is made at the
place of payment. Under these cir
cumstances, the Commissioner holds
and the Court sustains him, that a
special license must be taken out by
the dealer in the place where the
goods are sold. The effect of this
decision is to make wholesale dealers
liable for a special tax in any and
all places where they sell goods
&. O. ID.
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Making Haste Slowly.

One thing begins to be pretty well
understood as respects the new Ad-
ministration, and that is that neith-
er the President nor his Secretaries
are announcing their intentions,
touching patronage, beforehand.
The Washington dispatches make
rather pleasant reading, but so tar
as they pretend to prefgure any ac-
ton on the part of the powers that
be, they are of no sort of account
whatever. The unterrified who ex-
pected to see great basketfuls of
heads carted away on the 9th OF
March have settled down to the con-
genial business of sucking their
thumbs. They do not understand
it now, but they will get an idea OF
the herculean task set before the
President as time passes.
This making haste slowly need
not deceive anybody who does not
want to be deceived. The service
cannot be revolutionlzed in a day,
because it is impossible to bring pub
lie business to a dead halt even for
a day. There is a certain amount of
routine which cannot be grasped in
a week, and as the Secretaries are
quite as new to their positions as the
President himself, they are not tax
ing risks to accommodate place-hunt-
ers. But it may be assumed that
there is no man in place who is in
dispensable, and that nobody is
more fully aware of this than the
quiet gentlemen who form the Pres
ident's political family. They can
wait. The place-hunters must wait.
There are certain formalities to be
observed, you know; but remember
the new regime knows exactly what
is to be done, and will crrry out its
policy in its own chosen way. 1t
will not scruple to run over a few
men if the case demands it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25

LANCASTER, March 19.--Frederick
Nixdorf, of this city died horrible
death at the Lancaster County Prison
at 4:45 this morning from injuries in
flicted about midnight The wretch
ed mansWho is of good family aud
was once quite prosperous, had be-
come a sleve to strong drink, and on
Monday II this week be was COM
mitted to prison for five days for
drunkenness. About ten o'clock last
night Watchman B. Frank Barr dis
covered Nixdorf in the act of cut
ting his throat, as best he could, with
q spoon. He ives restrained from
doing violence to himself, and SEEM
ed to have given up his suicidal in
tentiop. But about midnight he was
attacked with another paroxysm,
having been suffering from delirium
tremens, and Officer Barr reached
the cell just in time to see completed
one of the most horrible acts on rec
ord. Every cell is provided with a
kerosene bottle, and Nixdorf had
broken one of these bottles, and
driving the ragged or jagged edge in
to his stomach as far a he could, had
torn himself completely open, until
his bowels protruded, and his hands
clutched his entrails and were tearing
them out when be was discovered.
The prison physician was sent for,
and, assisted by DR.. Slusser, did all
that it was possible to do under the
circumstances, but the man died
this morning. After the inquest
a sister took charge cf the remains.
Deceased had wife and six chill
dren, but his family were compelled
to leave him several weeks ago on
account of his dissipation and conse-
quent inability to care for or sup
port them.
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Epidemic Among Hogs.

PETERSBURG, Va. March 19.-In-
telligence has been received here to-
night from Surry, southampton Isle
of Wight, James city and other coun-
ties of the State to the effect that
the hogs in those localities are dy-
ing by hundreds of a disease resem-
bling hog cholera, thus causing heavy
losses to the farmers. DR.. George
Potts, veterinary surgeon ofthis city
who has just returned from these
counties, where he made study of
the disease by means of post mortem
examinations, says it is pneumo-en-
terities of an erysipelatous form. 1t
is not known whether it is an atmos-
pherical or contagious disease. The
hogs attacked with it die within a
day. After death some ofthe hogs
turn red or purple. The symptoms
of the disease are pain in the back,
swollen lungs, quick breathing and
an indisposition to move about.
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Shot BY Her Rival.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 49,
George McClury has been the affi.
anced hsband, for five years, of Miss
Fanny Bender, who lives at 1876
Portland Avenue, but instead of re-
naming true to his oath he sought
constant favor from Miss Addie
Beard, of No. 210S Portland Avenue.
This so excited Miss Bender that she
lost her reason, and yesterday she
went to the home of Miss beard
and asked that young lady to come
into the parlor, but before she had
taken two steps Miss Bender drew
pistol from under her shawl and
quickly fired one shot which took
effect in Miss Boards left side.
The wounded girl ran into the
other room and fell fainting in the
arms of her mother, while the other
rushed out into the street, and firing
her pistol over her head, started on
a lively run down Portland Avenue.
Miss Beard is lying tonight in
critical condition.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25
Two Serious Accidents,

ALTOONA, March 19.-In a freight
wreck at Algrippus Station to-day
one man was killed and three were,
injured, one of the latter probably
fatally.
The list of casualties is as follows:
Berghau, G. L., fireman, seriously
injured.
Fox, ]. A., engineer, slightly in
jured.
Hact, conductor, believed to be fa-
tally hurt.
Michaels. ]. C., instantly killed.
This morning, at an early hour
a train composed of sixty freight
cars left the east end of Galitzen Tun-
mel and broke in half shortly after
starting. One section ran ahead,
and the other, being very heavy, fol-
lowed more slowly until the heavy
grade of the mountain was reached.
The first section was stopped at Alli-
grippus Station, and in few min
utes after the section following
crashed into it with terrible force,
demolishing some thirty cars loaded
with all sorts of merchandise and in
juring the men above named. All
trains were delayed several hours
but are now running as usual.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25

SECRETARY MANNING, couple OF
DAYS after he became head of the
Treasury Department, discharged
half a dozen special agents, and
Private Secretary Lamont discharged
three or four clerks in the White
House, and Immediately the DEM
ocratic press went into spasms OF
delight over this great evidence OF
retrenchment and reform. That
these removals were made with an
eve single to this howl of retrench-
ment, must be evident to every man
of thought. Neither of these secre-
taries had been in office long enough
to ascertain its wants or its duties,
and could not, within that time,
have learned what number of clerks
were necessary to perform the work.
This sudden rush at retrenchment
was merely for effects sake. Before
the year is over all these places will
be filled with new men of fast DEM
ocratic color, warranted not to fade.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25
Famine Closing a Court.

WESTON, w. Va, March 1S.-The
population of this county is seven.
teen thousand. This, the largest
town has population of eighteen
hundred. The next largest town
has less than three hundred popula-
ton. the grand jury just discharg-
ed found Eve hundred and thirty in
dictments, of which four hundred
and eighty seven were for the illicit
selling of liquor. w. E. Arnold
moved the court that. owing to the
great distress prevailing in the coun-
ty for the lack of food, the court be
dismissed in order that the people
may have an opportunity to provide
for their families and stock. The
Prosecuting Attorney agreed and the
term was ended.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 49,
For several years past gang Of dar-
ing robbers has existed in the vicin-
ity of Darbyville, on the Florida
Central Railroad, twenty-five miles
from bore. They have committed
numerous depredations upon the
merchants of Darbyville, Sanderson
and adjacent towns, and have hith-
erto carried off large quantities OF
merchandise and other valuables in
the most mysterious manner, baf-
fling all efforts at detection. Henry
Wilson (colored) the leader of the
robbers, lived near Darbyville, and
about a year ago the band rifled the
largest store in that place, owned by
C. B. McCleary & Co. Detectives
were set to work and traced the rob-
berry to the gang headed by Wilson,
but before they could be arrested
they escaped.
By some means the band procur-
ed keys to fl: the locks on the Flor
ida Central Railway cars, and one
or two of the gang would secrete
themselves in the freight cars, end
when the train was in motion they
would open the door. and at some
point agreed upon with their confed-
crates, throw out of the car such
quantities of goods as they could Sc
crete. In this manner they have
succeeded in securing many thous-
and dollars worth within the last
six months. The railroad company
however, through its officers, has at
length succeeded in capturing two
of the members of the gang, includ-
ing Wilson. The others-four in
number-made their escape.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25
Bodies of Deceased Paupers.


HARRISBURG, Pa, March 1S.-
There is to be an onslaught made on
the bill passed in 1888 giving the
bodies of deceased paupers to medi-
cal colleges for dissection purposes.
The demand for the repeal of the
bill is such that the Philadelphia
members on the Judiciary General
Committee of the House got scared
to-day and agreed to vote for bill
providing that whenever a poor pei
son dying shall request a Christian
burial such request is to be needed
and the body not used for dissection
purposes. Such a bill will be drawn
up and take the place of the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Miller repeating the
act of 1883.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-03-25

THE largest cattle ranch in Amer
ica under one management is that
of Captain Richard King, of Texas.
1t has 100000 acres fenced, and
nearly 100000 head of cattle, horses,
and sheep. 1t has been eagerly
sought after by English, French. and
Dutch capitalists, but the Uni,ed
States Land and Investment Com
pany of New York have Just pur-
chased it for s6,500,000. The COM
pany anticipate an annual income
from this source of 81 500, 900, calcu-
lating that the increase of cattle is
S5 per cent.