Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-07-09
State News.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard arrived A;
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State News.
Miss Blanche Willis Howard arrived at
WIscasset, Tuesday.
Mrs, Annie Louise Cary Raymond has
sent her check for $3.50 in renewal Of the
annual free bed maintained by her in the
Maine General Hospital.
Darius H. Ingraham Of Portland, was
one of the Maine democrats who went to
Washington. said his little say, came right
hack aud kept his mouth shut. The Prcsi-
dent has appointed him Consul at Cadlz
President NJ G. Fernald Of the Maine
State college. has left for Washington to
attend meeting Of the representatives Of
the State universities and colleges having
agricultural courses Of study.
The prizes for the Junior exhibition at
Colby were awarded TO Randall J. Condor
and Sheridan PIai,red, OF the gentlemen.
and Bessie K White and Julia f. WINSTON
ot the ladies
Frank Barker. who lives at Toll
Bridge, Fr,eburg. was suddenly attacked hv
broken, recently. The animal would have
killed him had no, Bankers father and
another man gone to the rescue.
Mrs. Jane Wilson of Edgecomb. will
celebrate her one hundredth birthday. july
10. Her many friends, old and Young. will
gather on the afternoon Of tina, day and offer
their congratulations.
The brig Stephen Bishop. Rivers cap
tain, which arrived a, Portland Wednesday.
reports that when - miles south Of Cape
I Elizabeth, Wednesday morning, the body Of
a boy about 10 wears old. was passed. Ow-
ing to the fog it was impossible to obtain
the BODY
Capt. Othnell Coombs. Of lsleshoro,
died on SATURDAY. last. aged s. wears and .
DAYS lie leaves widow nearly SIS wears old.
This couple had lived together nearly seven
/ " years. within half mile of Capt. Coombs
birthplace and the place where he died.
The coroner'S Jury in the case of George
Y Harmon. supposed to have been mur-
dered by one kohler in Portland in Peb-
ruary last bv administering arsenic. returned
verdict TO night Of death from causes I'M
known to them, and X ohlcr was discharged.
Miss Addic Black " God, only daughter
Of Rev. Il. E. Black wood of the Fast Maine
Conference, died at Dixmont lately Mr..
lakewood has buried all Of his children at
Bucksport within four wears, and now must
retire from the ministry on account Of fail
ing health reports the Bangor Wig.
The Weston boom at Skowhegan. con
tanning twenty million feet of logs broke
Wednesday night and the logs went through
/ in almost an unbroken mass. sweeping away
the hooms and logs at Somerset Mills and
Fairfield. This is serious blow TO Fair
/ field lumbermen
/ f. f.. Jackson. of the Cumberland
/ House. Portland, was robbed Wednesday
/ night Of 1925 in money which was in his
! pants pocket. His sleening room was on
/ the second floor. Admission was gained by
a ladder from the outside. There is no clue
to the thieves.
/ The Normal School trustees have
| elected the following corps Of instructors OF
the Pennington Normal School George c.
I Purington. A. NJ. principal Charles F.
Warner. Miss Elizabeth G. Bell. Miss Annie
VI. Pinkham, Miss Hortense NJ Merrill,
Miss Lillian |. Lincoln, assistants Miss
I Marion a. Luce, teacher of the Model de-
partment
A Lewiston man recently sued the
/ Western Union Telegraph Company for an
/ alleged combination of errors that lost him
I job. A mistake was made in the trans
| mission of the message, and it was also de-
! lirered at the wrong address in Lewiston
| Three or four DAYS after. he received letter
| telling him Of the message, and that the
| place was filled. He was obliged to accept
position at less pay. The case goes to
| the law court,
President Cyrus Hamin. OF Middle
bury (Vt.) college, has resigned his position.
| DIR. IIamlin is seventy five wears of age.
When he came from Turkey FIVE years ago,
and assumed the presidency, it was with the
| understanding that he should serve for five
years if his health and strength continued
| good. He is cousin of Hannibal Hamlin
| He was FOR generation missic nary among
the Turks. and founded and presided over
Roberts college, in Gonstantinople.
j. Z. Adams, of Maine, an 81 800
clerk, under Paymaster Smith, whose res
! ignation was recently asked for, has adj
dressed stter to Secretary Whitney ask
| ing the reason for the request for his
resignation. Mr.. Adams requests that he
| be assigned to duty in another bureau, and
expresses an unwillingness to resign his
office under the imputaton that he has in
any way been connected with the reported
| irregularities in the bureau, which mig BIT
result from his relationship with Paymasfer
General Smith
The Governor mas made the following
nominations
| Justices of the Peace and Quorum, Orville
ID. Baker. Augusta; VIM. II. Williams, Au-
| gusta: John w. Hinch. South Bancroft, Lo-
renzo ID. Buffers, East Exeter; Alden Chase,
Woodstock Trial Justices, George W.
Field, Oakland; S. A. ID. Bailey, Cambridge.
Dedimus Justice, Lorenzo ID. Buffers, East
Exeter. Notary Public, Howard Frost, San
| ford. Fish and Game Warden, ?. II. Mills,
West Deer Isle.
| DIR. Joseph Estabrook, died in Rockland
Sunday night. aged eighty seven years.
He was born in Athol, Mass. graduated at
Williams College in 1918, being the Oldest
alumnus at the time Of his death. He was
also a graduate Of the Harvard Medical
| School, studied in Boston with the celebrat-
ed DIR. Ezekiel Cushing, settled in Camden
sixty years ago, and practiced there fifty
years, achieving great reputation. He
was demonstration of anatomy in Bruns-
wick Medical School many years ago, and
delivered the first opening address there for
two years. He was President of the Maine
Medical Association during the days Of its
early history.