Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-10-10
State News.

Sunday morning of last week the little
ten year-old daughter Of Mrs Rogers on
Bates street, Lewiston, was lying in bed
Ia some way She possessed herself of a
match which she lighted and which she
chhdlshlF watched burn. In 30 doing the
lighted stub fell upon her night-dress and
lnited it. The flames sprang up and were
communicated To the bed clothes She
screamed for help and it came, but before
they could be extngushed she was horribly
burned about the body. Her feet and
lower limbs and her face and head escaped
out her body Is mass of charred skin and
fibre. Her arms are also badly burned and
her hands also. Her physician thinks that
she may recover, although il Is a question
Of doubt.
The barn of Josiah Kicker Of Webster,
was burned Thursday morning Kicker in
attempting to save horse was caught in
the flames and burned to death He was
- years old. The barn cost 50 800 and
contained 60 tons of hay.
Mr.. F. /. Dingley OF the Lewiston
JoarHal, and several members Of his family,
sailed from New York Thursday in the
steamship City Of Paris. for Europe, where
they are to spend several months.
Some small boys, while playing near
Strickland's dock, Bangor, Friday noon
found the dead body of Young infant
floating in the water there. A man named
Tooie took it from the water and notified
the police of the occurrence, The remains
of the child were taken to Tibbetts CLAY
tons undertaking rooms and the police
are now investigating the matter This is
the second body found in the city within
a short time and something ought to be
done about it. The last one was found
below the city
ID. w. Whitehouse Of South Vassal-
bor0, has canned 900 cans Of sweet corn
and the same number of cans Of tomatoes,
this season.
The British schooner Wandrain, Capt.
Wood was libelled and seized in Bangor,
the 4th, by Deputy United States Marshal
Hathaway, on complaint of Thomas Ken
nedy and three other sailors, who allege
i'll treatment and arrears of wages due. A
hearing is set for Oct 9. at Portland. The
schooner is now in the hands of a keeper.
An appointment of interest to Maine
people Is that of Commodore Joseph S.
Skerrett as commandant of the navy yard
at Kittery, to succeed Capt. Robert F.
Bradford, who has been selected to com
mand the Philadelphia.
Rev. David Newton Sheldon, d. D.,
died in Waterville on Friday. Oct 4. He
was born in Sufield, Conn, June 26, 1907.
He was graduated at Williams College
1880 and afterwards pursued a course OF
study at the Newton theological Semi
nary In 1885 he was appointed BY the
Board of the Baptist Tricnnial Convention
a missionary to France. where he remained
about four years, chiefly in Paris and its
vicinity. Mr.. Sheldon returned to America
and was for two years the pastor of the
Baptist church at Halifax, Nova Scotia
In the spring of 1912 he became pastor of
the Baptist church in Waterville, and in
the following year he became the president
of Waterville College. now Colby Uni
yersity. In 1853 he resigned the presidency
and pastorate and removed to Bath. He
was pastor of the Elm street Baptist
church in Bath from 1853 to 1856. About
this time he experienced . change In his
religious views and entered the Unitarian