Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-06-25
State News.

Jack Fowler, working at Garlaud's
quarry At Augusta, had q foot horribly
crushed by falling ton and a half rock.
There are rumprS in military circles
that promincu. member OF the Govern
or staff contemplaf@s re>igning and Col.
W. Scott Choate Of Augusta is mentioned
a. his successor.
The Ocean House At Old Orchard has
been leased by Dr. A. F Irish and Mr.
P!ummer OF Lewiston.
At meeting OF W. $. Heath Post.
g \. X, Of Wateryille, Thursday even
ing il was voted 10 accept the invitation Of
Department Commander Miller Of Wal
dDbDro to act a. his escort To the National
Encampmcnt at Detroit in August
A tornado swept over Aroostook coun-
~ Tuesday afternoon OF last week Re
ports show that one house and eight barns
were demolished aud miles of fences des-
iroyed
Ezra W. skinner of Blideford. build
ing contractor, died Thursday night. He
leaves family. A son and daughter re-
side in Portland,
An inquest began at Biddeford Friday
morning on the death Of Jennie Rice. who
was run over by Boston x Maine train
near Scarboro.
= 1t j. set down asa curiou. fact In
Washington county that the grip hasn't
touched man who worked in the stone
Qusrrie> Some attribute it to the exercise
and others 70 the quarry cook.
w hen an Addison woman called last
week on relatives living only a mile away
whom she hadn't visited for twenty wears.
they thought the world must be corning to
an end.
-Nanceboro has raised $3.50 for Fourth
Of July celebration to be divided into
purses for horse races, foot races, sack
races and all the usual features of the day
In the evening there will be ball.
The destruction Of timber land both in
Washington and Aroostook counties BY
forest fires has been extensive
PASSPORT suffered from peculiar in
vasion the other dav A tremendous swarm
of biz flies entered the town from nobody
knows where. and made it miserable for
al afternoon.
Down east sherln> have been using a
little time in >uppre,sing the Jamaica ging-
er and Bay rum liquor traffic al Princeton
1t has been thriving there lately with dis
astrous results
1t was on Friday that West Water
boro man missed S. gold piece from his
wallet. Remembering that the lasu time
he opened il was on the previous Sunday
at Ross Corner, where he hitched his
horse, he drove to the spot and found the
lost coin.
Belfast has one citizen, says the Age,
who believes in law. He is in the habit
of going on sprees occasionally. When he
gets at certain stage of inebriaton he ar
rests himself. walks up to the jail and re-
mains until the next day He was seen one
evening last week staggering towards that
place OF refuge with tears streaming down
his face. On being asked his trouble he re-
piled that he had to go to Jail. why not
go homer" was asked him. Cant; have
been drunk, ought to go to JAIL" and to
Jail he went.
1t is the general belief says Brad
streets, that Maine will ultimately be the
centre of the paper and pulp industry
The State possesses a great amount of
cheap material; she has abundant water
power facilities, and the investments
which have been made and are now being
" utllILt tlesc advantages are
large that no other State can expect to rv-
al her productive power. The paper trade,
by the way, has not felt the depression
which retarded the movement Of other
goods. The increasing demand for pap
er is being supplied in some lines more and
more by his own mills.
The season in Maine may now be con-
sidered as formally opened. That distin-
guishe1 visitor, the sea serpent. has arriv-
ed. He was seen by Captain Meader of the
schooner Cora E. Meader, who promptly an
nounced his appearance to the Boothbay
Register. When seen, his ophidian mai
esty was about five miles southeast OF
Monhegan and was busily engaged in COL
Letting proposes for breakfast. 1t was
when jumping after one of these fishes
that the serpent was seen. Captain Mead
er says he had as perfect head as any
snake he ever saw 1t was about as
large as a water bucket and he stuck his
neck out of water about forty or fifty feet
long. All the crew looked at the mon
ster and agreed that be was q wicked
looking reptile.