Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-02-02

-Itcy Albert Whcclock, Of Lpomin~ter
Mass, member of graduating class Of
the Bangor Theological seminary, has nc
crptrd GALL 70 the congregational church
a. Top>ham.
The blorkalc- on The Maine railroad,
arr now practically raised and trains are
running a. usual.
Tho manufacture of clothing has be-
come one Of The leading industries Of
Waldo county Ihc seven firms IN Bel
fast pay Out thousands Of dollars yearly
and rive rmpluymru, - hundreds Of fam
ilir, The oil 'lrm- are pro~pcring and
new ones starting up. The making ~
clothing. especially IN the winter gives
employment u families that otherwise
would have little pr nothing y ~,
The criminal docket Of YORK county
supreme court was exhausted Saturday
morning and the jurors were excused flu-
ally The court viii remain in session
several day. ncNt week for the transaction
Of minor matters. Out II l. indictments
found Till term hvc ycrdict- of guilty
were rendered. three not guilty six case'
were continued, and three mol pressed.
Several lines were paid On Old liquor in
dictmcut>.
The Watcr,llle NM SAYS that tie
statement that MIR Bunker ha, given up
the kcnncbcc Drmocrlt. ami u An appll-
cant for the Office made vacant by the
death Of Col. Cromwell, i, pronounced
unqualihr,Ily false ~ Mr Bunker Who
viii probably remain ID the new spapcr
business The D.HocrW will come out
next week a. usual
Capt Henry l. Moor~. who was
years ago we'll known among scamen
| throughout New England died thc 2ith
III Blddeford, aged -. He served III the
navy IN the war Of lsl2 and after that
followed the SEA for many years. lie was
the last Of family Of children, All Of
whom lived to be very old Four sons
and three daughters survive him.
During the fearful gale which ragged
in Franklin county saturday, and with the
/ thermometer 10 de-. below zero, the house
owned by Mrs Abby Adams and occupied
! by her family, and that Of Charles Bcal,
| in Phillips upper village. caught fire from
| a defective chimney, and burned to the
| ground. The eli and part Of the contents
OF the house were also destroyed The
| stable was saved by great effort. Loss
about 81 ,d00; insured for $50
! The store Of d. f. Newbegin at
| Guilford with contents. was burned Fri
/ dav night Loss on stock. $1,000; in
| suIcd for - 900 Loss on buildings,
| 81 600, insured for 81 900. The families
| are made homeless. one had a narrow
/ escape
| Mrs Bodwcn, widow Of the late gov
ernor Bodwcll, has presented the State
with a large crayon portrait of the late
| governor. The portrait is 10 be placed IN
| the rotunda of the capitol.
| The Woman's Christian Temperance
| Union met "Wednesday at Brunswick.
| The followin. officers were elected Presi-
| dent Mrs .. NJ Beckett of Portland ;
Vice Presidents, s. W Mcclellan. South
| Windham, Mrs Ida A. Strout, Webb's
Mills, Miss Olive Hanson. Stroudwater
Mrs s j. Cox, Portland. Mrs. Lucy
Hawkes.. Saccarappa, Mrs. Lucy Snow,
| Cape Elizabeth Mrs. \. Brennan, Knight
Vile Mrs q. F.. Morrill,, Cumberland
Mills Mrs. f. Smith, Brunswick, Mrs. T.
f. Adams, South Portland, Mrs. Eastman,
South Bridgton Secretary, Miss Fannie
b. Morse, Brunswick; Treasurer, Mrs.
William Ward, Brunswick The resOlu-
tons pledge renewed diligence for total
abstinence, against Sunday trains. selling
Sunday ne Sspapers, and earnest efforts
toward uprooting the twin evil with in
temperance, tobacco.
The contract of the Hurricane Granite
company for its share of the remaining
portion of the Suffolk county court house,
| Pemberton Square, Boston, has been ex-
ecuted. The remainder of the building
will cost S30j, 500, of this amount the
Hurricane company does Sl6l 800 worth
and the Cape Ann company Sl44 900. The
work, according to the terms of the con-
tract, must be completed by December !,
1888. The Hurricane company will make
big additions to its force about March |.
Monday of last week there were four
teen cities in Maine, The following day
there were fifteen; for the act to in
corporate the city of Waterville provided
that it should take effect and be in full
force when accepted by majority of
the legal voters in the town. BY virtue
therefore of Mondays vote WatervilIe
has become possessed of all the adyan-
tages and all the drawbacks pertaining to
the urban condition. 1t only remains to
lay out the wards and choose city gov
eminent.
"Wednesday the people in the Central
telephone Office at Augusta carried on q