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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-13

Surry.
The people here seem to be all busy and
no signs OF hard times are prominent.
Lewis Hutchings, OF Ellsworth, has
just opened Il new meat market here.
Since my arrival here | have been pre-
sented to the Baptist minister, Rev. II. c.
Day and his lovely wife. The union SER
vices of the Baptist and Methodist
churches on Thanksgiving evening were
interesting and cheering, and the music
fine.
Most of The dwellings are in excellent
order, and look like homes of comfort,
although there are two or three ancient
looking buildings which once must have
been elegant homes, but which are now
almost past mending, and might well be
imagined the homes OF speetres and COB
Inns.
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II rcac he'd the place by night,
Aud heard the waves breaking"

/ find this a charming little village,
though have not yet recovered from my
disappointment at not coming to Ellis
worth instead. To-day the ground is well
covered with white, and many sleighs and
sleds are out, although some still use
wheels All day long | have watched the
men hauling their smelt-houses to the
ice, and the little village of canvas covered
buildings with smoking pipes rising above
each, looks very pretty. tAnother kind
of pipes is seen smoking here very plen-
tifully. These are not so pleasing.) The
smelters have not caught many fish to-day
but think soon they may do well.
Dec 3. \ STRANGER IN SURRY.
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BuckspOrt.

I3UtNNpOIt.
Nancy, wife of John Lord, was stricken
with paralysis Friday, Nov. 80, and died
Monday. She was seventy-six years OF
age Mrs. Lord was the mother of ten
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grammar department in the Union school
is taught by Mr.. Butler, of Thomaston,
the primary by Miss Evelyn Bridges.
Dec. 3.
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The shew buyers getting the first pick from grand dis
play If you desire cheap grade of goods do not call
do sell them
We fair grade of goods but prices they cheap
than poor and trashy stuff The majority of people in this
section fair grade Of goods reasonable price We
have always given them such The fact that we larger bust
than all the other dry goods dealers combined proves the
public believes dealing where they get reliable goods
sonable price.
We the happy position of having the capital ability and
sell the best goods in the best for
the least money 1t impossible tell what have in the
line of Holiday Goods You must the display appreciate
the multitude of appropriate presents offer for and all
cid and young
rs you the store the first which will meet your eye
display Of Umbrellas specially bought for the Holiday trade
We have these from fIoo $500 They beautiful goods
and worthy of your consideration
front have display Of Fancy Goods
and knic knack The consists of all the novelties such
Ccuod and Plush Cases Handkerchief and Glove Boxes
Books Stationery Pocket books and many other things. Nh OF
these popular goods popular prices If do
spend than You find something there up
to $500.
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GoiiltlsbOIo.

I T.
The dwelling house of Elmer Wright,
| of Birch Harbor, WAS burned Saturday
night, Dec. /, with contents. Cause, de-
fective fue. Loss, $500; insurance, 800.
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There's a lesson to be learned from the
pin, my son. 1t is given head that il
may not go too lar.
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soMEsvILLE's CEMETERY.


soMEsvILLE's CEMETERY.
The village of Somesville takes just
pride in the possession of one of the
prettiest cemeteries in the county. The
earlier settlers chose well in selecting
this beautiful spot, where Nature had 50
beautifully bestowed her gifts. A new
fence has been in course of construction
for number Of years, and has now
been completed, through the generosity
of A. J. Whiting, who kindly offered to
defray all the expenses for the completion
of it.
Mr. Whiting has also built a circular
wall OF granite and cement, which serves
the double purpose of protecting the
trees on the border Of the stream and Of
being place where flowers and vines
may grow; beside grading the ground,
gravelling the walks, repairing the road
and building new bridge. We but
voice the sentiment of all interested
when we express our gratitude for the
neighborly kindness of this generous act,
which will last through time.
The gate bears in gilded letters the ap-
propriate name "Brookside Cemetery"
Mr.. w hitting has had new, and beau
tiful monument placed in his lot in
memory of his beloved wife, who sleeps
in this spot, and who not long before her
death made the remark: "HoW nice 1t
will be when we are all hear toget herr
Coming among us i'll their early life, they
have endeared themselves to US in so
many ways, it is but fitting that we
should mention how that, day by day,
tender memories come to us OF her KIND
council, generous heart and willing hand.
Every undertaking for the promotion
of the good of the place was entered into
by her with SO much zeal and readiness
that it at once established her leader, as
well as helper. Naturally OF hopeful
and genial disposition, her very presence,
made Others happy and many bright
leaf in our life was but the reflection of
her sunny nature.
While all regret her loss, they will not
cease to cherish her memory. She was
one of the founders and, for more than
forty years, an active member OF the
sewing circle, and served many years as
president, being financially and socially
a great helper, and cher works do follow
her"
Dee, $.
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east ~uirN.
Edward thatto returns to Pttstield for
his third term at the Maine central insti-
tute.
Hiss Gertrude Gray closed her second
term Of school at West surry last Thurs
dry. she leaycs for Castine to enter the
uoraal school this week.
Gae#at our hunters has killed his three
der, All very near home. Not being able
to cha,- the der he has stood guard near
h., home and took them as they have
come along
B.ek port paf.te, are building fine
cos;agc on the shores of Teddy pond, and
others ~ll be added in the near future.
We expect soon to hear the sound of the
waters Wnich abound with varieties OF
small ASH.
Seventeen ladies took their dinners,
thimblee, needles and scissors, and Went
to the home of Philip Stinson last We'd
nesday and seWed for him and his little
ones For their favors Capt. Stinson
desires to extend grateful thanks.
Several OF the ladies came from the viii
lage two miles away.
The Free Baptsts of West Surry have
decided to have house of Worship and
are at work on a building which Will
make a fine chapel. 1t is in the centre OF
the settlement, and bids fair soon to
reach completion. Their numbers are
small but their courage and energy good.
We wish them great prosperity in their
work to supply long-felt need for that
place, and if any one has let any OF the
Lords money lay idle, we hope they will
send some of it to West Surry. Mrs.
Susan McCaslin, Mrs. Eliza Lufkin or
Mrs. Lizzie Trundy will receive funds for
the cause
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children, all of whom, with the husband
and an adopted son, survive her. Her
death is the first break in the family
circle.
Great Pond.
Ezra Williams was in Bangor one day
this week.
r. Mcdonald was in town Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Mrs H. f. Colson is i'll at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Ezra Williams.
j. T. Giles returned from the woods
Friday, going to his home in Ellsworth.
Mrs Direxa Williams has been spend
ing the week with her daughter, Mrs. A.
E. Mace, of Aurora, who is very ill.
Mrs. Edward Gates went to Aurora Fri
day, and is the guest OF Mrs. Rowe. She
will visit in Ellsworth on her way to Ma
chias.
Business seems very good just now, and
teams and men are constantly going and
coming. A. X. Haslam is building
another camp. Howard Lord moved to
the Buffalo Thursday. G. Ii. Garland and
John Williams are preparing for the
woods, and F. E. Mace will put crew
into camp on Great Pond. Other parties
have been exploring recently.
Dec. 9. FLOSSIE.
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West Sullivan.
Hay is selling here at s12 per ton.
Henry ID. Gordon dressed spring pig
that tipped the scales at 300 pounds last
week. Who can beat it?
Owing to some needed repairs in the
church it was not open last week, SER
vices being held in the school-house
instead
Messrs. Crabtree have received a cargo
Of coal, and teams have been busy deliver
ing it. They are expecting a cargo of
freight this week for their store.
S. P. Havey and wife Joined a party at
Turk pond last week and enjoyed a
pleasant time. Westley Robinson was
the successful hunter, and shot two fine
deer.
Miss Gertrude Henderson arrived at
her aunt's, Mrs. Addie Havey's, on We'd
nesday from the state of Washing
ton. Miss Henderson, courageous
young lady, made the trip unaccom-
panied. She will attend school at the
East Maine Conference Seminary at
Bucksport.
Dec. TO-
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Mount Desert Ferry.
f. c. Moon is at work al Franklin.
Miss Belle Havcy is in town visiting
relatives.
Gilbert Moon returned from Boston
last Saturday.
Arthur Young is teaching successful
term of school at he Ferry school-house.
Dec. 10. NANKAPOO.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-18

DUNs RerieU for this week SAYS: The
strikes begin to have a serious though
it is assumed only temporary effect
The number of works depending upon
supplies of bituminOus coal or coke for
fuel is large, and quite a considerable
proportion of them has already been
compelled to stop operations. No doubt
the proportion Is larger in the iron and
steel manufacture than in any other
business, but nearly a third in capacity
of the iron furnaces at work a month
ago appear to have closed. Some rail
roads at the West are embarrassed, and
textile works of some importance must
close soon unless the strike ceases. The
movement of so-called armies of unem-
plOyed in Washington has caused little
excitement, and is less important or
significant than the outward movement
of specie, which shows shrinking foreign
demand for products and further with
drawal of foreign capital. But neither
strikes nor foreign distrust long retard
the progress of this country.
The speculation in grain has again
broken records with the lowest price ever
made for wheat, although Western re
ceipts are little smaller than a year
ago, while exports are also smaller by
more than quarter. The prevailing
belief Is that the yield will. as in other
recent years, far exceed government in
dicatioDs, which are again pointing to
short crop. Corn has changed in price
but little, and pork products have been
fairly steady, with oil and coffee un-
changed, but cotton is weaker in tone.
although receipts from plantations are
little smaller than year ago 1t is a
striking evidence of the general want of
confidence that there is 50 little Specu-
lation while money is abundant almost
beyond precedent.
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Both >id's Rigid.

CIvFFLiND, o. May ID The repre~
SantaIiveS OF more than 200. TOO organl
Zrd mine workers of America were astlr
early this morning iii prepaia ION fhr
the meeting uf tn-day. Though there
was = a My lack of nhdence in
achieving a satisfactory reeuit of their
ltbnrs. there WAS no evidence of weaken
ing in their dem ,nds or signs of a com
promise.
There is no doubt about it, the min
ers are determined to win. They have
come here for that purpose and they
never agreed To- a conference with any
other object in view than having their
full demands accepted hy the oper' tors
The operators are coming on every
train and the hotes are full of them
The meeting of the contendIng factions
this afternoon will lac a battle royal.
with both sides strongly determined la
stick tn the positions they have taken
The Ohio operators will be willing To
advance the rate To the old scale If Penn
sylvania W uld agree, but Pennsylvania
won't.
The miners absolutely refuse TO con
slider The question of making terms with
any single Se ctiDn of the country.
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Caused by the Goal strike

PHILADELPHIA, May 10.-The strike
of the soft coal miners is having a tenn
porary disastrous eff, CT on the coasting
trade of Philadelphia, in which the coal
shipments form most important item.
so great Is the scarcity of bituminous
coal that the Gre, nwich Point piers of
the Pennsylvania railroad, which are ex-
cluslvely dey oted to this trade, have had
To suspend operations entirely, what lit
tie coal there is in transit having been
seized 10y the railroad company for use
In IFS locomotives.
The same state of affairs prevails at
the Port Richmond piers of the Reading
railroad. All cars destined for the pier
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
been seized by that company. The re
suit of this embargo on soft coal is that
one of the largest fleets of idle vessels
ever seen on the Delaware river now
floats ut anchor awaiting the termina-
ton of the strike.
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Miners Induced MOI 10 go To " Ork.

PHILIPSBURG, Pa, May 16-Word
was received by the local officers that
the Kettle Creek region miners had been
offered the advanced mining rate of fifty
cents and had decided to return to work
on Wednesday. Six miners were i'm
mediateiy sent there from this region To
try and persuade the miners to not re
return tO work until ordered to do so by
the national officers. To night it WAS
stated that the men had Ieconsidered
their action and had decided to stand
out till the last When working full
time this regions daily output is about
eighty ears. The kennel coal mines at
Woodland started in on Tuesday last to
ship slack to Pittsburg. A delegation of
miners left this place for Woodland on
foot at > O'Clock this morning To en-
deavor to persuade the men to stop work
and succeeded to the effect that the men
took the advice of the Philipsburg men
and did not start TO work this morning.
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Coal From England.

New YORK, May 15.-There have
been $4,000 tons of English and Nova
Scotia coal sold To arrive in New York.
portion of which has already been
shipped from Cardiff, Liverpool and
Glasgow, and from Sidney, n. 5 The
cost is within 45C, soc per ton of the or
dlnary price of soft steamer coal deliv-
cred alongside in New York. The bulk
OF this has been taken by the companies
supplying steamers To fill their contracts.
there are negotiations on foot for the
purchase of 100, 900 tons more to be de-
hvered here between June ! and 10, by
the same parties for the same purpose.
From this fact it is inferred that the coal
companies intend fighting the strike to
the finish. The present low rates of
ocean freight make it possible to bring
coal from England in unlimited quaint
ties and at competing prices, even by
steam, as very little freight is now com
ing this way
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toXeyiirs Turn Burglars.

FRANKLIN, May 10 A number of
safes were cracked in this city last night
and valuable papers. books and consld
cradle money stolen. The work was
evidently done 10y a party of thieves
working in different parts of the city AT
the same time, as : &. Eagles large
grocery at the extreme lower end of the
city was opened and the safe blown with
dynamite, while the safe of the Boston
machine shops. at the extreme upper
end of town, was dynamlted and left IN
such condition that ii could not be
opened this morning.
The work is charged to the gang of
6OXeyiteS recently raided in this city and
driven away 10y the police They were
under the lea iershIp of the famous
Willis Mccormick, of this city, who has
done time and figured frequently in the
criminal annals of this county. The
gang iS thought To be hiding among the
rocks in the wilds of French Creek town.
ship, and eN,iteme:t runs high in this
city to night. y posse will hunt for the
desperadoeS.
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Old Tip Died in Agony.

NEW YORK, May l1.-''Tip, the big
elephant IN the Central Park menagerie.
died this afternoon after MANY hours of
agony. The first dose of poison given
hIm, cyanide of potassium, was not suf-
hcIent to put quick and painless end
To his life. After many consultations
between Supt. Smith. of the menagerie,
and Supt- HankinSon, of the Society
Tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, 1t was resolved to administer an
other dose of poison. The second dose
finally proved effective
Tip killed seven men in his time
and injured many others. OF late he
was especially ferocious and it was
thought best to kill him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-18

THE enormity of the armor plate
scandal Increases with each day's dis
closures. William F. Brown, a Carne-
gie workman, in an affidavit sent to the
Navy Department Wednesday, swears
that he personally, upon tine order of
foreman and super!ntendents, imposed
upon the government inspectors at
Homestead vast numbers of imperfect
bolts and nuts for fastening armor plates
to vessels. He specifies a score of diff
ferent tricks and devices used for this
purpose, and says that once when he
filled an important order with bolts from
the scrap heap he was personally com
men ded 10y the Superintendent and Civ
en- raise of salary.
Before the ordinance Bureaus 5 board
at Homestead Frederick Buck testified
that by direction of his superiors he had
tampered with the machine used in
testing armor plates, so that it would
register greater than the actual strength
for certain marked plates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-18

The ''On to Washington" slogan of
the various gangs of tramps throughout
the country Is mere pretense. These
men, who are unemployed, and are glad
of IT, are going nowhere in particular;
but by giving out the impression that
they have pressing business with Con-
gress gives them the right, as they inter
pret 1t, to steal trains and indulge in "a
free ride 1t is the business and the
duty of railroad companies to discourage
this sort of thing even if they are obliged
To provide each train with an armed es
cort- And the civil authorities every
where should cooperate with them in
doing IT. This phase of Populism has
gone far enough.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-18

THE seizure of coal in transit by the
their own use, says the Pittsburg Post,
is one of the novel developments of the
coal miners strike. The policy Of the
railroads in this respect it is said has
never been opposed in the courts, as 1t
is supreme necessity, and the coal ta-
ken Is paid for. 1t has heen sometimes
seized under similar circumstances in
the past, hut not to the extent II il now
done. II the railroad companies cam
not obtain coal it would bn Impossible
for them To move their trains, and not
and general freight buSin' -, as well as
the transportation of mails. would he
suspended The course pursued, al
though il may work a hardship To indi-
vidual shippers, works the greatest good
to the greatest number Large contracts
have been made for the impurtalin of
coal from Wales to meet the deficiency
in supply ing contracts One Of The Clear
field companies on Saturday last made
contract for 30, 600 tons of coal from
Wales and j, ZOO tons from Nova Scotia
Another incident uf the coal strike of
a remarkable character took place in one
! of the Maryland mines of the Cumher-
/ land district ON Saturday. The wives,
mothers and dau ghters of the men a the
I Elkhart mintS struck with emphasis and
| effect against sympathetic strike.
| When the visit IL agents Of the nation
al union insisted that the Elkhart min
ers should strike to show their sympa
thy with the general movement the
hard working women folks ''put their
i feet down" and insisted if there was to
be any sympathy" in the business il
| should begin at home. The Maryland
women went To the mouth of the mine
where the work of persuasion or intimi
dation was going on and confronted the
walking delegates and begged them tG
let their husbands work. When THEN
appeals were dis:egarded the women
| cOurageouSly adopted more decisive
line of policy. "If, said they to the
strikers, ''you compel our husbands t,
strike We shall ourselves 90 down into
the mines and dig the coal" That set
tied it, and the attempt to force "'sym
pathy" strike WAS abandoned. This re.
gion was great sufferer 10y the strike ot
1882. The coal companies imported
Hungarians to break a strike at thai
time. When general resumption OF
work followed some of them remained
as disturbing element, and it took
Elkhart years to regain its tranquility
\ remembrance of this caused the min
ers' wives to take the aggressive as they
did on Saturday. 1t was a successful
vinhicatiOn of woman 5 rights.
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The Republican papers in their elation
over the many local victories throughout
the state are busy specializing on the
proba BILE extent of their expected victory
this fall That there could by any pos
sibIlIty be any change in the political at
mosphere during the next six months
does not seem to have occurred to them.
To their dazzled vision nothing is clear.
They cannot see that they owe their
present advantage to an unusual Combi-
natlont of circumstances, misinterpreted
and misunderstood, and not to a change
of public sentiment They forget that
with changed circumstances will soon
come renewed faith in the doctrines sn
potent in the last presidential campaign
Congress is bound to pass a tariff bill
and that bill will be redemption of the
pledge made in that campaign. The
business depression has largely passed
and only awaits settlement of the tariff
question to come wholly at an end.
The passage of a new tariff bill i'm
mediately followed by an industrial and
business boom, would reyOlutionize ma
uonal politics. The American people
can and do change quickly and an OBJ
Ject lesson so plain as that will not he
misunderstood and will not fail to be eff
fective.
The next Congress is perfectly safe.
provided the present Congress with rea-
sonable diligence does its duty. This it
is going to do, because it dare not ignore
the peoples demand.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-18

DUNPHY, of New York, introduced in
the House on Tuesday a resolution au
thorizing the appointment of a joint
congressional committee to investigate
the condition and character of all aImor
plate, bolts and others delivered to the
government by the Carnegie company
during the entire period of the contract
between the company and the govern
ment. The committee Is to consist of
three members and two senators, and Is
to have power to send for persons and
papers and to go where they deem
necessary.
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GEN. ROBERT p. DECHERT, command
er of the first brigade, \. e. p, died at
his home in Philadelphia on Saturday
at the age of % years. He was an ar
dent Democrat, and as such was elected
To the state senate In 1870. One OF his
legislative achievements was the enact
ment of "A law enabling criminals to tes-
ufy in their own behalf. He had gal
liant war record, and 1uringt the rebellion
Was colonel of a regiment of volunteers
Gen. Dechert had been ill for several
months from an affection of the liver