Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-06-02
state News.

There is no change in the granite sit
uation In Knox county. Neither side shows !
the slightest indication of concessions. A |
number Of men have gone West in search |
of work.
Auburn and Lewiston manufacturers |
did not think favorably Of the enterprise |
of raising money for the erection of a shoe |
and leather building at the Worlds Fair,
and the movement for securing funds has
been given up.
Joseph Laveck, young man of Sheri
dan Plantation, took his axe and gun and
went into the woods to cut poles to build
a log house. Not returning when expect
ed search was made and he was found
dead. shot through the body, it il suppos-
ed, by the accidental discharge of his gun.
Michael McGrath, a ten years old news
boy, was thrown from a moving train In
the Maine Central yard at Bangor and a
passing locomotive ran over and killed
him, mangling him almost beyond recngu-
ton. The coroner's jury found the death
to be purely accidental. and exonerated the
Maine Central from blame.
Lester Austin of oakland a brakeman
on the Somerset railroad, was killed st
North Arson while coupling cars.
The Knox county Peoples party held
its first convention at Rockland. 1t nom.
mated q full county ticket and endorsed
the Gardiner platform of May Sd.
Deputy Sheriffs Odlin and O'Brien
seized at the Maine Central station at
Lewiston solid car load of liquors.
valued at g.. 600 marked Nv. Smith" The
liquors filled seven big drays and the
procession made sensation as II moved
| up Main street.
john f. Woods, prominent insurance
agent and citizen of Pennington for many
years, was stricken with paralysis while on
the street and died at noon, aged 60. He
leaves widow and one daughter.
Wednesday morning the farm buildings
of Lewis Drude of So. Auburn burned.
The fire caught in the barn, in which
horse and cow were burned Loss 8 600.
AT a meeting of the Rockland Board
of Trade a committee was appointed to
raise Rocklsnd'- apportionment OF the
! subscription to aid in the completion ot The
Maine building at the Worlds Fair "a fol-
lows W T. Cobb, rx- Mayor w. $. White.
John :. Case. A. +. Crockett and s NJ.
Bird
I The Androscoggjn county Republican
committee met in AuDurn "Wednesday fore
noon aud fixed the date of the county CON
ventiou. for the purpose OF nominating
county officers Wednesday, June 22d, in
Auburn Hall, al II O'Clock in the forenoon
The grand jury in the York Supreme
! Court reported indictments against the
proprietors or clerks of seven Biddeford
drug stores on evidence furnished bv
Harry NJ Wyman and Charles Cole two
Bddeford Good remplars. who acted As
spoilers. No bill was found against the
deputy sheriff whose methods OF di-pos-
Ing Of seized liquors were called into
question.
At Norway Geo ID. Young was assault
ed aud terribly cut and bruised about the
face and head by George Jackson. 1t Is
said that the latter was struck with the
iron leg II a kitchen stove and that the
trouble grew out 81 Jack-ou'- attention to
Ynung'- wife. Jackson was arrested hy
ofcer Bas-ctt and had "A hearing in the
Municipal Court
Prank II e. Reynolds, prominent
citizen snd broker OF Bangor. was "held
W" on Boston Common about II O'Clock
Thursday nlga; Six men thrpttled and
robbed him Of $50, a gold watch. and a
number Of valuable papers. Mr.. REYNOLDS
viii remain in Boston few days awaiting
the investigation Of til" police.
-GrNcrnor Russell Scuatnr SimpkIn-.
Col John ThaS~r, Col. Peabody. j O;is
Wrlh.i bee snd party started for Boston
Saturday. from Birch lodge Richardson
lake. They have had good sport with
trout. but bad weather. Tne Governor
had his usual Slg luck-su eight-pound
trout
Work on The Rnmford Falls paper mill
: heiug rapidly pushed forward Three
hundred men are already employed in dig
/ ging aud LAYING the foundations and thi.
force in a short time viii be heavily in
creased.
Republican csucu-eS at Bridgton aud
Winterpprt Saturday chose delegates
pledged 70 Henry b. Clesves. Similar
action was taken a, PASSPORT.
1 Hon. J Manchester Haynes Of Angus
"a Will not accept reelection a. mem
Der of the National X publican Committee.
and viii probably resign before the Maine
delegation To Minneapolis leaves the State.
/ Hon. j. H. nley is spoken Of a. his pos
sl0le successor.
The court Of York county adjourned
Saturday until Thursday next 10 allow
Judge Lbbey 10 attend the annual consul
ta,ion Of judges at Augusta.
A stonc-cutter named David Quigley,
employed by Booth Brothers and the
Hurricane Granite Company. was found
dead 80 hi bed at the Myrtle House, Rock
land. Saturday morning. Ia one pocket
WAS found hslf filled bottle of morphine,
an overdose OF which is supposed to have
been The cause. Qligiey was native of
WlnterpOrt.
Marcus Morton. aged 80, unmarried
was killed by a horse running away and
dragging him under land roller at Bethel
A carrier pigeon landed on Mouhegsn
Island Wednesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock
and was captured by the islaf dcr- On one
wing were painted the figures 400. Each
leg was encirced hv a silver band. one
/ bearing the number and the letters c. b.
/ G.. the other the same figures As on the
wing.