Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-10-16
State News.

The HON. Manufacturing Company Of
Lewiston, employing fifty people making
fiannels, has shut down and assigned to
George c. Wing for the benefit of its
creditors
The house and barn Of Frank L.
French. at the Head Of the Tide, Belfast,
were burned Tuesday evening of last week
Nothing was saved. Loss $500 1t was
probably an incendary fire.
The York County S J. Court adjourn
ed without day Wednesday, after session
of 20 working days.
Daniel Ward, OF Durham, attempted
suicide by cutting his throat. A physician
was called who thinks he NAV recover.
He severed nearly all Of the veins in his
neck but missed the iugular Mr.. Ward
has been i'll a short time. and out of his
head by spells.
The Bath Iron Works are the success
full bidders for set of bending rolls,
weighing one hundred tons, for the navy
yard at Portsmouth, N. II. These rolls
are duplicates of those now building for
the works at Bath. which have been so
highly complmented by the inspectors and
by Commodore Wilson. They are Of the
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ment now Possesses.
The dedication Of the new memorial
hall at Belfast, by Thomas II. Marshall
Post, 200, and visiting comrades from
Rockland, Camden, Rockport, Monroe,
Brooks. Burnham, Liberty and else
where occurred Thursday. The ora
ton was by Rev. J. A. Savage of
Belfast Dinner was served in the Opera
Mo hajp lott bio hall
occupied BY the city government and
Grand Army. 1t cost 500, 1000
1t is decided that lie Messaqer of
Lewiston will be sold to stock company
and be published as daily 10 the French
language. The solid Canadian citizens of
Lewiston are subscribing quite generally
to the stock and the Dominican fathers
are interested. DIR. vaniar will continue
to manage the paper, which he has placed
on 4 paying basis.
The outside door of the safe at d. n.
True's mill At South Paris was blown of
Wednesday night by burglars. They com
menced drilling the inside steel chest, but
for some reason left it, 1t contained
about 5000. A box containing less than
$40 was all they got.
The delegates. from Androscoggin
Valley, West oxford and Oxford County
Agricultural Societies have unanimously
elected B. Walker McKeen a member of
the Maine Board of Agriculture.
Hon. ID. w. Allen Of the Governors
Council thinks the Governor and Council
and perhaps staff should attend the launch
ing of the warship Maine on the 18th inst,
and he is now trying to arrange the trip.
The last Of the Monmouth ice, ship
ped through Bath is now being loaded
there. This practically finishes this sea-
sons work IN that line. though there are
few Thousand tons at Sabattus, which
were to have come down, and still may
II the weather proves propitious. The sea
son III ice shipping has been far beyond
anything Bath has ever before known.
AT an election of the Oldtown Indians,
Joseph Francis was elected governor,
Francis Stocklexis. lieutenant governor, \
and Lula Coley representative to the Leg
lslature. 1t was very quiet election,
there being but one candidate for each
office.
News has been received in Biddeford
OF the death at Aurora, ILL.,, of Reuben NJ.
HOBBS. treasurer of the Aurora Mills. He
was superintendent Of the Pepperell Mills |
fer seventeen years, and q native of Fall
mouth: His age was SO years. He leaves
family.