Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-02-06

SUNDAY was Candlemas Day and saw us
safely past midwinter. The old time rhymes In
regard to the day were recalled for il furnished
q forerunner for the weather OF the ensuing
weeks OF the cold season. We may yet BE-
! Obliged to plough through snow drifts noun
tains high while our friends In the south are
revelling in the beauties Of spring.
Mr.. Cha.. b. Story, formerly OF this city,
now superintendent Of the Brunswick Electric
Light Co.. met with painful accident short
| time ago ut the electric station on the Andres
! coygin river. One OF the dynamos had been
doing poor work for some time, aud in order
| TO fix il he asked his assistant to turn of the
| power. He himself took board after the
| power WIS of aud attempted TO hasten the
| stopping Of the fly wheel, but the board WAS
caught by the machinery. torn from his hands
and struck him blow on The side of the head
which knocked him seiseless Whsn the
si>tant picked him up he found him badly
bruised with big cash over his eye and
finger nail torn of, He was taken to n phys
ician aud hsd his wounds dressed, and v Ill
probably be all right again 10 few days.
The funeral OF George Richie, whose sad
death while deer bunting on Sunday Of last
week near Aurora. has been announced. oc-
CURED at hi, home Wednesday and all OF the
crews came out OF the woods within many
miles OF that ycinit, 10 attend the services,
The affair has caused the most widespread and
genuine regret wherever the young man WAS
known II is strange coincidence. but n fact.
that oni, three years ago smother Ritche, a
cousin OF these Young men, WAS killed nj Au-
rUrs in exactly the same manner. being mis-
taken for deer by companion. Notw it'll
standing ihi, Bernard Ritcbi. man who
was born there aud has been all hi life IN the
wuod-. made the SANE terrib, fatal mistake.
The -uddeun.s. OF Young Riches death IL
shown b, the fact that be was seated on a
stump when the shot Was fred and did not
even fail from il when the bullet went through
hi heart. The rifle car led hall Of the larg-
est calibre and the unfortunate boy probably
never experienced feeling Of pain.
The business OF cutting. hauling, housing
and shipping Ice At Buck>port ha, commenced
in earnest. and from present. prospects the Year
| 1880 will be n great year for the ice business
| OF that place A syndicate composed OF the
| following business men, Capt. Marx Gray.
/ Mr,.r-. George Eldrldge. Am. \. Lee and
! tha-. iliisln-. has been formed. aud the Cen
! trial " bari Go. has leased them n portion Of
: their property. upon which an ice hou>t. s0N
/ 100 feet. i to be- erected between tne railroad
depot and the river, a. fast a, weather Viii
! permit. When there are no vessels ready 10
! be- loaded the ice " Ill be stacked in the huIid-
! Ing. The vessels will be- loaded directly from
/ tbe pond and will hay al the head of Colby =
wharf, and in order to avoid the expense OF
/ hui-liug into the vessels. large platform III
| be built at the western side of The store oC-
cupird by {. {. Homer 4 Co.. where n mum
| b,f OF teams csn be. unIrad.d At one time, sud
I from this platform. run viii b. built H. h
| enough To "a over the tops OF the ears snd
! Win incline enough for the ice To run itself 10
| the head OF the harf. and over the rail OF the
largest vessel expected 10 load here at the
| hi hest tide, making great saving in the cN-
{ prn-c OF loading. The tr-t n-talmeut of
| lumber for ihr lee house. arrived Tuesday
( forenoon OF last week. and the carpenters be-
Z Ean " ,uue-,iay morning 10 erect The building
( Their. vii probably be from ten To fifteen
thousand tons OF Ice cut.
Ever since the electric lights Mere SLOWED
10 be turned ~ at BucA-port last fall there
have been rumor> that soon The plant would
be purchased. sud those " no wished for eer-
triryy for Aut purpose would -oon he supplied
10 abundance. Many Of these rumor~ hay
been hunted down only 10 mud Their. was no
foundation ior ih,m, tut Al last here i. nou. b
Which j, -uiid. " warrant the statement ihat
Kurk- port j. not To b. ia tn, ackErouud
longer. ~ far tic'-trl'ItA i concerned A
week ago va. reported the >alt uf the CONSOLE
dat,t! tu'- ant. aud TUESDAY morning ~ last
week y company 81 men arT, ed on he train
from Ranger aud immediately entered the
building. ahiyh, a. ii proved. HEY had recently
purchased. and dufing the next ihrce hour-
the Butk.port Electric company Wa organ
Iz-d. and the follow iug officer elected John
Post. Jr uf Boston. Mas. president. oti- h
stewart. FhlAdc lhia. Pa. treasurer; aud
Ffrd ram-F, BANGOR. manager; with til.
shukr named gentlemen IL hosrd Of directors.
The compsuN Stats with capital stock II
Slj CO.. ,NrrS dollar OF " hitch i paid in. sud
lh, Utj-,t l. To Manufacture electrical good.
Tor the general market and furnish iiyht snd
power to suy who wish tor them. nr~