Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-02-18

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W. Haskell for mayor Friday evening.
The Pepperill. Laconia, and York
manufacturing companies OF Biddeford have
given notice that their employees wages will
be advanced about 10 per cent. on March
/.
-Brunswick people turned out in large
numbers Wednesday night and danced for
the benefit of the Public Library fund
deputy Collector Lewis b. Smith Of the
Portland Custom House has been promoted
10 the office held by Deputy Collector
Noulton. deceased.
The valuable wedding presents Of
Bangor man Who had just been married in
Massachusetts, were among the larges,
personal Losses by the wreck of the
Cambridge.
-Alonxo Young Of Augusta, bridge
builder, had leg fractured and crushed by
a falling rock at Clinton the other day
Rev, Frederick " FAIR. who has been
called TO the pastora,c II the Adams Street
BaptI-, Church, Blddeford, is graduate Of
Colby (lss2l and son Of well-k known
Augusta insurance agent.
Mrs. Ira S.avey, who died in Vienna.
Feb. /, a, the advanced age Of ninet, wears
and seven months. had lived with her hus-
band seveni, years.
Gideon Wing # Maiden. Mass. and
ID. I. Wing. Of WareF,ille, son Of the late
ID. Il Wing, are negotiating for the rur-
chase Of the HafrrrAie Nai
The Bangor Commercial say, the
saving. bank, IN various parts of,te State
contemplate reducing their dividends from
four per CEN. 10 three and one-haf per
cent. per anngm-
-"Fnxe. afr ~ Numerous 10 this locality
that W frequent, see them crossing the
tiell.. and a. "a zht u j. un, an uncommon
thing % hcnr them barking" write.
Wilson VI Il correspondent OF the Orfori
Democrat.
Tie FnebHrg Assembly, i. 10 be held
JUN - August ;. AMI the Indications
are ,hs' Il vii b" both A'-tar, and
sarsa' .Irct>, R-, George u. iud>s, II
Aa',ura /, y conduct It on the ChAutauqua
i!an.
~ A- man, frirnd- Il Daniel Holman
PGhlc llhsarr, vii cNi-nI TO bun their
deepest -ln.pa'hy IN he death Of has wife.
vhich occurred Yesterday morning The
loss fl- upon Mr. Holman with almost
crushing weight Wing. 10Th.
A. a meeting Of The first Maine ca,alrv
at SkoAhesan. "Wednesday, including the
executive committee Il was voted unanimous
!, - hold the next annual regimenlsl re-
unIon a Sko~hegan. \ large number Of
nice horses are owned in Skou hogan ana
the citizens will make Arrangements to
mount all the member, Of the association
james Gotta. of Winn. has tao cub
bear. male and female. and only about two
weeks old. They were captured ID Woo.
vile. three miles from VIM The mother
bear killed and the carcass sent 10 the
Bangor market.
The spring term Of the Maine State
College has OPENED after a vacation Of
eleven weeks. SIX new students have
joined the Ffeshm.n's c!ass, and others are
expected. Prof. liamiin viii not begin has
classes Vet. owing 10 the sever Hines. Of
Ms children with scarlet fever. HIS Oldest
chIld died two week, ago. aud the other two
arr dangerously SICK.
Major Nealley, OF BAngor has received
repl, to ms letter to Pre,lten, Sewall Of
the Maine Central. asking that Bangor
might receive attention from the committ..
elected to locate the new Maine Central re-
pair and construction shops. The COM
munlcatIon was from General Manager
Tucker and was 10 the effect that President
Seaail vas nov on WISH 10 California.
and the matter was not likely to com. up
before the committee for six or eight weeks.
but when il does The suggestions which have
been. and NAV be made from Bangor Will
receive due consideration.
The large amour, Of poor ice in many
OF the fields which are being worked along
the kennebec has made necessary the
adoption Of some method to separate il
from that considered as first quality. 10
do this two men equipped with paint pots
stand one on each side, half way up the
elevator. As the cakes Of ice come up they
carefully scru;lnize them, and il there is any
imperfection they easily discover 1t. Each
Objectionable cake Is marked with the brush.
this mark is seen bv man who is stationed
farther up the incline. He moves lever and
the bad cake instead Of going forward into
the house. is turned aside and precipitated
10 the ground below. An Augusta man
who witnessed this operation at a Farming
dale house, estimated that one cake in three
was marked.