Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-01-10
KITTERY TO CARIBOU.
One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

Novelty and Nonsense.
The Daily st. Croir Ne,rs has suspend
ed publication.
The city council of Deerng has passed
resolutions protesting against the pro-
posed annexati ion with Portland
"There are ninety-five towns in Maine
where the gospel is not preached from
one years end to another was the sur
prising declaration of an evangelist in
Portland recently.
The loss by fire in Bath last year is
larger than hat of any other year in the
history of that city. The loss was s343-
900, and the insurance $4,000 There
were twenty alarms during the year.
Communication has been established
by the New England telephone and tele-
graph company between all OF its offices
in Maine, and with Boston, except those
in Aroostook and Washington counties.
Only two passengers were killed and
only four injured on Maine railroads IN
1894, and these accidents were not caused
by any fault of the corporations. Seven
employees were killed, and thirty-one in
jured.
The engagement of Lewiston couple
was broken off because she saw him pull
corkscreW out of his pocket with some
papers. She said that she was glad she
made the discovery before it was too late,
though she had entertained a suspicion
for twenty-seyen years.
Patents haze been granted Maine in
ventors as follows: +. d. Harding, Bald
Win, garment supporter clasp; l.. L. Nor
rill, Saco, yarn separator for ring
spinning machine; X. \. 4 q. +. Shorey,
Fairfield, portable swing; H. X. Stlckney,
Portland. apparatus for cooking corn in
the cans.
Thus far this year claims for State
bounties on bear have amounted to =, ltO,
at s. a head. The total OF last year
amounted to = 900 and it is expected that
this year it Will be 5000, more bears
have been captured. On seals claims
have been entered to the amount of So
from Deer Isle, and Sl.50 from Penobscot.
connection with the photograph on eX-
hibition i'll Pressure Isle. One day a fell
low came in, looked it all over, inquired
" hat it was, and said he guessed he
would try it. He sat down, the tubes
were placed in his ears and the professor
gave him brass band piece. He dropped
the bes, jumped up, and, starting for
the door, exclaimed: Just my luck!
here comes brass band, and my mules
are out here unhitched.a
A well-known Caribou lady tells of
little tableau in her parlor during that
fearfully hot spell last summer. Two
lady callers met in the parlor. "Oh, isn't
this dreadful" said one to the OF her;
"how's your mother standing the heat?'
The one thus addressed gave one long
stare at her questioner-so frigid a glance
that you could almost hear icicles grow
she at last, and thereafter there was a
frost on the conversation.
Portand's fair ones are up in arms
against a social club just organized there
which they think is Just too horrid for
anything" 1t is known as the Bach
elors Club To be eligible for member
ship in the new organization man must
give positive evidence that he is not wait
ing upon any young lady, and if, after he
becomes member, he is so weak and
frail as to be unable to resist the attrac-
ton of some fair one he Immediately
ceases to be a member of the club.
Maine has been unfortunate in regard
to fires this year, the total loss being
more than S1,7O0,O00. The heaviest losses
have been last Januarys fire at Sagada-
hoe Corner, Bath, $4,000; the burning
of the Bath Iron Works; the pulp mill at
Rowland, S200,0O0, and the burning of
Norway village, 20 buildings being des-
trOyed, $4,000. Losses estimated at
s,3.0O0 We're done ny forests fires last MAY
and for weeks last summer hardlya day
passed but some building was destroyed
by lightning.