Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-07-16
State News.

The rondcherry Mills, Er.dgton have
large contract f5r manufacturing army
blue cloth for ihe use IF The United States
troops.
The farm buliding> of Ellen ]. Hilton
AT Norway were burned, Thursday. Loss.
so. cause unknown. Insured.
The eleventh annua reunion Of the
Third Maine Regimental Association viii be
held a. Hslloweii on Wednesday, August
l..
-Ephraim Morri, house a, Fort Pop
nam. was struck by lightning. Thursday
afternoon His wife va, fatally injured
Over 10000 pounds Of Penob.cot Rty-
er salmon were brought into Bangor up to
june 30, and were valued a, more than SIX
thousand dollars.
ID. G. King. aged Is, ianitor II Cen
.ennial Block. Portland, wa, found dead
with bullet in his BRAN, Friday morning
It vas probably a case Of suicide.
The Congregational church at YORK,
was struck by lightning, Thursday afternoon,
the s'etpIe ripped down, and the church
damaged 5000
Reports from Ruadirid. state that
Thursday nights storm swept through that
town prpstratng trees and damaging or de-
molshing buildings On Ncher,on Hill and
at Dunns corner.
John Hersom, belonging in Augusta,
was arrested in Freeport. FRIDAY afternoon.
for beating Patrick Tobin, who testified
against LOCUS liquor sellers the first Of last
week. Tobln was attacked Thursday morn
ing, had two ribs broken and is in pre-
carious condition.
A new cottage city has been started
this year at the foot Of Lake Megunticook,
on the Canaan Lake, Camden. Several new
cottages have been opened the last few
weeks. Wednesday. three lots were bough,
by George Hill, Boston merchant.
"A three year-old child, named Wilet,
whose parents reside on Pierce street. Lew
iston, was fatally burned, Wednesday. She
sat down IN kettle Of malt that her mother
had Just taken from the stove. The child
died at o'clock, Thursday morning. after
great sutferings.
Mr.. r. v Moore Of Bangor, postal
clerk on the Bangor and Vanceboro route.
has resigned his position, 10 take effect
July -. Mr.. Moore is one If the oldest
clerks in Maine, having completed his SIX
teenth year on the European Branch July
|. He has been running here since the
route was ifst established.
The Twentieth Name Hegimental A.
ISOLATION have contracted with the Bndwell
Granite Company to cut fine granite mon
ument to he erected on the field of Gettys-
burg. where the regiment los, some Of its
bravest and best men and where il won
laurels and renoNn by gallant conduct
The Calais Times SAYS On Thursday,
two elderly men fought savage due. with
polo sticks on the main street of PASSPORT
Both were arrested. On FRIDAY, two young
men engaged in fight at the same place
and one Of them cut out the eye Of his op-
ponent with knife, and narrowly escaped
being mobbed.
The maddest man Of the season is said
to be the Lewiston bass fisherman who
caught the keel of a neighboring boat one
day recently, and reeled in and spun out and
played with the keel Of the boat about two
minutes before he found that he was trying
10 ldnO a CODOsSeecOntee Skin win a IL
ounce trolling rod.
In Edgecomb, Friday, the Tooth ami
versary of the birth of Jane, widow of Moses
Wilson. was celebrated. About 800 were
present, including many of her relatives.
Her sister aged "a and three daughters, the
eldest 81. were among the number. Brief
remarks were made by Gen. ]. A. Hall,
Revs. c. " Hanson, A. Plummer CT Dam
ariscotta, Percival of Wiscasset, Crane and
Morelen of Newcastle. James d. Gunther
of Damariscotta read an original poem.
Mrs. Wilson is remarkably well preserved
and stood the excitement with no apparent
iIl-efects. entering into the spirit Of the oc-
ca.ion with evident enjoyment and convers-
ing intelligently with the many who ten
dered their congratulations. II