Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-08-17
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Items of Interest from all over the Pin,
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Items of Interest from all over the Pine
Tree State.
The eighth annual convention Of the
Maine Christian Endeavor Union will be
held in Portland, at the Second parish
church, Portland, on August 50 and 81.
and Sept. i. beginning Wednesday after
noon, and continuing until Friday noon.
Ship Frederick Billings" Of Rockport.
Me, has been burned at nitrate port, in
South America, and is a total loss The
Billings was four-mastcd ship of 2 497
tons net, built at Rockport, Me, in 1885,
by Messrs. Carleton, Norwood & Co., who
owned the vessel. and cost over SI00, 900.
She was last reported at Taltal June 2s,
loading for New York. The ship was par
TALLY insured in B )ston offices.
Ralph II. Bowles of Cherryfeld. sails
from New York, Aug. 10, on the "Fnlda",
on his way TO Constantinople, where he
has two years engagement as tutor in
the family of Joseph Azarina. an Arme-
MAN Dobleman- Mr.. Bowles Is graduate
of Harvard, and at his home last week they
gave him farewell reception.
Work on the granite for the General
Grant memorial tomb at Riverside park,
New York. is now rapidly progressing at
the North Jay quarries of the Maine and
New Hampshire granite company. This
large job is now well under way, about
oue-Quarter of the stone being ready for
delivery. The company intends to rush
the job until it is completed.
DIR. s. F. Conant of Skowhegan. upon
driving to the farm one morning last week
found his garden, which is not more than
fifteen rods from the house. in the posses
sion of three deer. two old ones and a
fawn. They were evidently enjoying the
doctors beans as it was with difficulty
they were induced to move on" Their
desire TO increase their kno Wedge Of beans
had apparently overcome their fear.
An Aroostook county boy caught a six
teen pound salmon the other day with a
cheap pole, fifteen yards of linen line, a
twenty-five cent reel and angle worms for
bail. Salmon must be getting very old
fashioned. Now this big fish had to run
the gauntlet of the hundred dollar rods,
ten dollar reels, and flies of every hue of
the rainbow in the Bangor pool to get in
to Aroostook county, and then he let If
teen years old boy catch him with that
kind Of rig. II the salmon and the boy
are suited, perhaps no one else ought to
kick.
The law term of the supreme court, Chief
Justice Peters presiding, adjourned last
Friday morning after impressive services
in memory of the late Judge William Writ
Virgin. The court room was crowded,
many distinguished men being present
from various parts of the State. On the
right and left of Chief Justice Peters sat
Judge Walton, Judge Foster, Judge Has
kell. Judge Emery and Judge Whitehouse.
Shortly after the opening of the court
Hon. S. Z. Strout, president of the Cum
berland bar, of which Judge Virgin was a
member. formally announced his death.
Following him Hon. Joseph W. Symonds,
chairman of the committee, moved the
usual resolution, and made an eloquent
address, touching on the prominent char
acteristcs of the deceased judge and his
pleasant personal relations with the bench
and other members of the profession and
his fellow. citizens. The resolution was
seconded by Hon. A. A. Strout, Judge A. |
H. Walker, Byron d. Merrill. esq.,, and
Franklin C. Payson. esq. Chief Justice
John A. Peters responded in behalf Of the
court.