Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-02-22
FROM KIrTERY TO CARIBOU.
Items of Interest from all over the
Pine Tree State.

| iuc ATee Sthtt'
James NJ. Waite. of North Carmel, died
| Thursday last, aged seventy-eight years
His wife died on Saturday, aged seventy
seven years.
| The Schoodic yacht club OF Eastport,
has adopted a schedule of nine races and
| cruises. Eleven new members were voted
In, at the last meeting.
Patents have recently been issued to the
| following Maine inventors: +. NJ. Gar
| land, Dyer Brook, churn; J. NJ. Strout,
| Portland dental clamp.
Capt. +. NJ. Robinson of Phillips has
been appointed a member OF the staff OF
National COMMANDMENT Chief Adams Of
the G. A. X. This gives him the rank OF
colonel.
Hon. David Dunn. of Poland, died
last Saturday, aged eighty three. He was
born In Cornish, resd law with the late
Gov. Fairfield. and was admitted 10 the
bar in 1888. He has been mt mber of The
State Senate, and represented his town
six times in the legislature, and was speak
er in 1913.
A Miaot man came to an Auburn county
official the other day and inquired a. to the
location of the different banks In Lewis
N He hal 3 check on one of them
| ~ b he Wished T. get cashed. He has
liyt,i in Minot all the time, but Il has been
thirty years and more since he was in
Lewiston. He remarked that the last time
he wa~ 10 Lewiston they were getting
| ready to build the cotton mills.
The Msine State bar association has
elected the following officers President
Charles +. Libbey. Portland. Vice presi-
dent~, ofyilie ID Barker, Augusta; Albert
Il Savage, Auburn: +. A. Wilson, Ban
gpr Secretary and treasurer, Leslie +.
Cornish. Augusta Executive committee
Charles +. Liohey, Portland; frederick a.
Powers, Unuitn Charles Il LIttlrheld
kieklsnd; F. {. Pas~on. Portland Com
mtiler nu law reform Charles +. Lihh,y
Portland. John A. morrill, Auburn; + II
Appleton. Bsn11r; Leroy T. Carleton.
Winthrop; William II. 'gler Rockland.
The following may be Of Interest 10 mem
ber- Of The g A X. General orders NJ. 4
from the headquarters of the Grand Army .
cttun > rrad~: by resolution passed by
tHr twt MY seven national enc imptnrut~,
thu commanI-r la chief was instructed &,
request Grand Army los 10 hold prop r
services "a Wa-hiugtnn'> birthday. III
ohediruce u the above. posts are r, quest ci
10 hold such s-rs ICES. While no particn ar
form !, prescribed. the commsnder.tn chief
| would suggest that they be of patriotic
nature, that an address on the life and
character % Washington bs delivered. ;,
far a. possible tie exercises should Dr puh-
lie % the citizens, and the scholars Of the
public schools should be invited. and II
practicable take part in the exercises"
Mems,rs III the next Maine Legislature
viii miss the presence of one Of the most
ltInItrJ aud intelligent looking lnian~
that ever visited the STATE house. Last
week Joseph Nlcplar died at hl~ home with
the Ftuphscpt Tribe Alr. Nicniar was
fa'tly wtil srr-cd ID wledgc. aui has
done much for The advancement pf the
tribe H. had recently pnbhehed = book
entitled The Life auI Traditions of the
Red Man" pnrpnriing 10 give full ac-
count Of all the pen traditions which have
been handed down from The Mau-irom
Nothing" the beginning OF the red mans
wo-ld. 10 the present time. He had spent
forty years Ia collecting matter for this
work and revising IT,. ani was AT work on
msterial for another book at the time uf
his death. He was slxty-seven years Old
and ht- death resulted from Pneumonia
Tie left the hrst VIII ever made by Peuob-
scot
The first Steel sailing ship ever built in
New Eugland was launched on Saturday
Feb. 10, from the yard Of A. Se~all X Co.
a. Bith. She has been named after the
motto uf the Pine Tree State. - rIgo ="
Her measurements are; Length. 3l2 feet ,
breadth, - ,, depth, 20 6; gross ton
nag. 3oH :; net tonnage, 2 500 ~ She
is 10 be commanded by Capt. George Good
win. formerly OF the ship Sterling built
By the same nrm in ls13. and which Cap
tain Goodwin has commanded for the
past Eighteen years. The "Dirigo" will
carry 4 crew Of thirty tive men. The
vessel is four masied schooner. and ey
ersthing about her Is trst-class The
cabins are tnished in quarteIed oak. and
nicely furnished The officers quarters
are jl-, Of the cabin, aud the petty officers
have pleasant rooms amtd>hip-. The ycs
SCI carries the Hyde steam windla-S, cap
>tan- and pumps She viii bc ready for
sea about the IN .ddle OF March