Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-10-18
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One Weeks Wiunowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

The latest railroad rumor is a line from
Rockland to Bangor.
About 10000 acres in Westfeld planta
ton. Aroostook county, are being laid
out in fifty-acre plots and will be opened
for settlers.
a petition is being circulated in kenne
bee, Waldo, Sagadahoc and Lincoln
counties, requesting special act of the
legislature to protect deer in those
counties.
Over in Meddybemps, Washington
county. game is plentiful. Charles
Halton, in one days shooting bagged
three deer a wild cat. fox, several ducks
and cartridges and few rabbits.
Hale is new town in the fertile and
beautiful Swift river valley adjoining
Rumferd and Roxhury. It Is settled prin
eipally by bears Within few days TWEEN
ty-six bears have been shot at this place
The Bangor schooner "kenduskeag,
from New York for Bangor with coal, sank
of Capc Cod Sunday oct. :. The crew
ws- taken Eff hy the bark Henry Nor
vel" The "Kenduskeag' sank a few
minute later.
White harvesting potatoes a short time
ago in field in North Perry, Allie Nc
Greedy. of Maehias. picked up tuber
! which has each and every form and APP
pearance of well-formed pig-ears, eyes
nose and snout.
One morning recently as Miss Brunette
Hewins, one Of West Phillips teachers
was on her way TO school, she came across
bear lying by the roadside Miss
Hewins d lid not scream or faint, however
but rang her school bell at bruin and
drove him into the woods.
At Lisbon one day last week Granville
/. Dickson. of Lewiston captured an
eagle which became entangled III the
telephone wires and fell to the ground
exhausted. The eagle made hard fight
but Dickson held on and finally had the
bird tied 80 that il could not struggle.
The eagle measured six feet from tip To
tip.
Nearly 500 delegates attended the Maine
State Sunday school convention held at
scotland last week Addresses We're
delivered by National Field Secretary
Reynolds. Of Illinois; State Field Secre-
tary MlIet, OF Portland; George Arch
l6aid, oil montreal anu L.
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H"rs = one from oxford county \
farmer stopped to pick up a stone to
aet..t= a. 81 #t,tx and ~ ttt.fi tIt INSTEAD n
watch which he had lost two years ago,
and which he mad failed te lind after
most persistent search. And though
NOV ing machine had been oyer hat field
tsSo ~eason-, to saE nothing Of the rains
Of summer and the sno"e OF winter, that
watch, Il = sad i now tlcE.nG ct the
hours, a good a. new. Time
The. death an, past Week Of Jacob Couy
Church and y. William Austin removed
two Of Farmington's Well-knoWn husl-
hess men. Mr.. Austin vas the only son
of the senior partner in the great New
York city grocery firm OF Austin, Nichols
& Co.. and had himself been IN the
grocery business at Pennington. Mr..
Church belonged to one of Farmington's
oldest families. His grandfather, John
Church, was the founder OF Pennington
village and erected the first house there.
You can't phase Maine drummer.
Over in Bucksport Centre the other day
knight of the grip. in attempting to
board moving train. lost his footing and
fell between the car and platform. 1t
was narrow escape. the platform of the
cars tearing away portion of his over
coat, But when the train backed up and