Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-06-17
State News.

Mr.. Blaine has contributed $50 toward
the Augusta 4th Of July celebration.
The Bridgton Ners says that s. s. Full
Ter, OF that place, had green peas from his
garden Memorial Day.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin purchased a
valuable blooded COW and calf at Winthrop
last week.
An infant of Mr.. Bagley of Caribou
was killed Sunday, the 9th, by the upset,ing
Of carriage.
In the contested election case in ward 2
in Belfast, the court has decided that there
was no election.
The graduating exercises of the Farm
ington Normal school occurred Thursday.
There were thirty-one graduates.
Ten thousand lsnd-Iocked salmon have
been placed in Swan Lake, in Waldo county,
by the Fish Commissioners.
The Warren correspondent of the
Roekldnd Courier says there is one soldiers
grave in Warren which is not decorated
Memorial Day, by request of the family of
the deceased.
A couple of stones have been discovered
at Pemaquid upon which have been deciph-
cred the figures "l626" and "i6l0." They
were found near the foundation of the old
fort
The member. of the Salvation Army at
Augusta have an eye to business. At the
recent Wedding Of couple of their num-
Der thousand tickets OF admission were
sold TO the general public, thus netting
quite an amount of money.
The land for the new Maine Central
railroad shops at Watervillr has been
bought. paid for, and the deeds delivered
Work will doubtless begin this week.
The seventh annual meeting Of The
contributors of the Maine Farmers Almanac
was held at Augusta Wednesday. and was
an interesting session. Between thirty and
forty were present The usua lterar, ex-
ercises took place, with banquet al Hotel
North.
Hon. J. II. Bodwell a congraiulaiory ovation
at his residence in that city. Wednesday
evening. In a brief speech, Mr. Bods,ll ac-
cep,ed the honor rendered him by the r.
publicans Of the State.
during II. thai at Alfred Wednesday.
IN Tie Blddefori election case. the repeat-rs
from Portland made clean breast Of The
affair. and testified that they had been ~
gagged TO vote fraudulenily.
Three masked men presented them
selves at the police station N C.iai>. ab1at
ten O'Clock "Wednesday, overpasered IN.
officer in charge and released William Buck
lev held under charge Of emh~zzlement on
a Lynn. Mass. warrant. All escaped to The
Provinces There is 60 clue.
The larse>, fire FOR man, wears on thr
kennebec broke cut the 7th in Pn's'on. ANT
before !, c7uli be ex;ineuished did damage
10 the amount of near., 5000 900. |; VA.
confined mostly 20 the ice houses. the
knckerbocker company, Fl rhaadelphla.
being the heaviest loser.
The mill Of G. ". Steven. near STRAIT
ton. Franklin county. took FIRE the : h. And
with It's content. vas totally consumed It
was ONLY BY hard fgh'ins that the ,,l.ac.
was saved. Several Of the men. facr> a,fe
severely burned in the effort, 70 .'n he
flames loss $4,000; no insurance
The Mount q 4e h.',l. Al the foo, II
Mount Blue. IN the town 4 Avon. osrrtl
hv Leonard Morrison. ua, burned the 80.
with II, contents, Los $500 Insure! or
Al 500.
The Godfrey BOYS. O. Od'nwu. have
for some time past set their traps IN VAIN for
what the, have considered the biggest hrar
OF tie Milford woods, but the tea Va, tie u
too sharp for them Ne would ~, he
caught. Ihursday. hc~-,.r. nruiu yli ~
paw On their bai,et spring and va, calghI.
He weehed 500 pound. and looked a. l,rsc
as COW.
Coffin GRAY, a man about scyen', ,csr.
Old. Who lived near Little kenn~bec Ma-hj-
a., walked 10 the shore The Bird instant. and
tell dead near the bank H.. wife. who saw
him shor, time after l.nr with his face on
his arm. thinking him asleep. covered hun
over and went away. Some tune after she
returned. and finding him IN the same 20.
,tion. she tired to rouse him. and then il,
covered tina, he was dead
The Springfield CORE. panden; Of the
Ncic Age gives description Of the hjdirs.
place Newman Rockwell N ade for the goods
be recently stole from the Springfield grange
store. and for which be has been arrested.
The hiding place vas pit IN the edge q.
the woods, southeast from the store. n
which he laid IN sticks, then spread over
them rubber blankets, then covered them
with an old door that be made water tight
BY caiking the cracks with spun warn. then
covered the door with the earth and leaves.
On the door he set out two evergreen trees.
To finish the work he got large ants mes,
snd set near the trees. The JOB vas so well
done that j; looked more ike the work Of
nature than OF human hands.