Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-10-21
Review.


The dssih sentence Of the seven Chicago
anarchist. vas pronounced Saturday, They
-iil be hanged December 3fd.
The ga. ,hst prevailed 10 the Gulf the
fret OF the week VS. Of great fur, and tide,
have b.en unprecedented. The Telegraph
operator at Fort Morgan. Mobile Ba,. W.
Obliged 10 swim 10 a place Of .sf-t,. The
damsg. b, food. IN one Louisiana town /.
set at 100000. Tie gale a; one nf The
Mississippi quarantine stations blew f1r
ihr',-.,x hour. destroying lrvre. and rice
plants. People in msny places we're driven
from heir homes. TIE storm moved w.s,
snd lnls nd from the Gulf
Mexico seems likel, to have Cutting
case IN America. Captain P.na.c, Of the
Mexican army, went over into Texas on a
pleasure trip the other da, and va. imme
diAtel, lodged in all Il /. claimed that
man deserted from the Mexican arm, few
wears ago. and swimming tho Rlo Grsnde
had reached the Texan side. when Plnale
fred scro.s the river and Killed hsm. Thus
the murder ~a. committed IN Texas. and
the Texans nov mean to serve the same
sauce TO Mexican ssnd-r. that Mexico
serves to American geese.
Eighteen Portland runsellers got over
$40, 500 IN fines on Thursday, before Judge
Bouney. That looks as If the Portland c,ty
authorities were wide awake TO their duty
Probably nowhere IN the world Of poll
tics Is there such Disguised body Of men
as the democracy Of Mas.achus-tts. They
nominated for go,-racr. Mug~ump John F
Andrew, son o. the governor, under the
impression that. being rich, he would put a
lot Of money into the campaign and draw
10000 mugwump votes. But Mr. Andrew
Is cut 10 letter IN which he economically
remarks there is too much money in politics
now and that he won't give a cent - the
campaign fund. And last and unkindes, Of
all, the Boston Herald thus far refuse, to
support Andrew for governor. Mr.. Andrew
i. valley OF dry bones that no political
slogan can quicken.
The steamer Anchora, Glasgow for
New York. two weeks overdue, reached St.
we'll. She left Glasgow on the 18th ui..
and broke her shaft the 22d, when she drift
ed at the mercy Of the sea until Oct. 6,
when repairs we're made, but the shaft broke
again when eighty miles of Newfoundland
/ The first officer and seven men made ST.
/ Johns in an open boat. Two steamers were
sent out from that port and towed the dis
( abled steamer IN. There were two births
and two deaths on board during the voy age
/ The steamer belongs to the Anchor line, and
is of about 1882 tons burden.
The National Council of Congregation.
alist. is in session at Chicago, and will re-
main in session till the middle of this week
/ 172 delegates from New England, and 40O
| delegates from other parts of the country
are in attendance. This meeting differ.
from the Des Moines meeting of the Amer
lean Board in being delegate convention
representing churches. The Des Moines
meeting sinpl, represented religious cor
poration within the Congrega tional Church
The present meeting at Chicago, according
ly, promises to handle practical questions
and to touch the New School theology, if al
all, in a candid manner. Prot. Fisher gave
the opening address, which was genial anc
catholic. The theories Of temperance, edu
cation, evangelization of cities, and frontier
work are receiving especial attention.
The arraignment for heresy Of the An
dover professors. including three Maine
men, Prof E. c. Smythe, formerly of Bow
doin College, Prof. George Harris, formerl,
of Auburn, and Prof. f.. Y. Hincks, former
ly of Portland, is creating good deal o
interest. The Court or 'Visitors" befor,
whom these professors are to be tried TO
disloyalty to the creed insisted on by th'
founders of the Seminary, are Presiden
Julius H. Seelye ofAmhers. College, Joshua
n. Marshall of Lowell, and Rev. DR.. w. 7
Eustis of Springfield. The Andover pro
fessors deny the jurisdiction Of the 'Visit
ors," but it is said the Courts have affirmed
the "Visitors" do have authority in tn
premises. The Andover professors den,
they are at issue with essential orthodoxy a
taught by the founders of the Seminary
, And that is the issue to be tried out mex
| Monday in the ecclesiastical shades of tn
I seat of orthodoxy.