Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-19
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One Weeks Winnowings of News
Novelty and Nonsense.

| Novelty and Nonsense.
1t is rumored that improvements to the
extent of $50 900 will be made on the Po-
land Spring house before the opening OF
next season.
The Falmouth house, Portland, has been
sold by John Martin to William j.
| C'Diien, OF Newport, II. l., who has as
sumed charge.
John Yeaton Scruton, president of the
First national bank, Lewiston, and a
prominent citizen of that city, died Sun
day, aged sixty-fve years.
A Maine man, j. S. W. Burpee, of
Rockland, has won a bicycle for name.
Some weeks ago Curtis Davis & Co., OF
BostoR, manufacturers OF "Welcome''
soap, offered bicycle for the name Sc
lected as a name for new brand of soap;
White Crest" was suggested by Mr..
Burpee, and he gets the bicycle.
| Patents have been granted to Maine in
ventors as follows: M. c. Aver, Bidde-
ford, pressing or ironing board; H. P.
Churchill, Deering, receiving and deliv-
ering spout for toothpick machines; w.
w. Flye, East Hiram, toy or game device
H. o. Stanley, Dixfeld, artificial min
now; F. T. Walton, Portland, trolley.
On Sept. ID, Mrs. Gertrude E. Thompson
left her home in Boothbay Harbor to
! visit in Melrose, Mass. She was accom-
panied by her son Richard, aged six.
They did not arrive ct their intended
destination, and, though every effort has
been made to find them, their where
abouts cannot be ascertained. Mrs.
Thompson is twenty-eight years old and
has for some time been in poor health.
1t is thought that her mind has become
unbalanced. She had no apparent rea-
son for hiding herself from her friends
a North WATERFORD girl was in charge
of the post-otfice when four tramps came
in and asked for something to eat. The
young lady gave them some bread and
cheese, and in answer to their inquiry if
she were alone she replied that she WIS
not. When they inquired who was with
her she pulled Il six-shooter out of con-
/ venient drawer and limited that that
made "a very satisfactory companjo in
the presence of such scamps as she was
| facing. The tramps agreed with her and
left with all speed.
The male population of Cherryfeld
failed to prepare programme for a ee,e-
| bratlon over the election, SO the women
of that town, secretly organized to this
end. Early one evening a grand illumi-
nation struck surprise to "patriot sons, -
/ FC.IIn
church bells, blowing of horns, beating
of drums and display of fireworks. As
the women marched and contaminated
the spirit born of free institutions was
soon caught up, party lines were for
gotten, and all joined i'll the general good
| time.
DIR. Bailey, of the Maine cattle commits
sion, does not agree with DIR. Choate, OF
Lewiston, that fifteen per cent of the cat
tie of Maine are afflicted with tuber-
culosis. He says: "We think the doctor
has set the figures high. We believe that
no one town in Maine can be found
where four per cent. of the cattle are af-
| tlicted with tuberculosis. Our exhibits
heretofore have never shown two per
cent. in the State. We have killed more
cattle this year than we have in any pre-
vious year since the Orono herd was
! siaug Uttered, and it comes from closer APP
! probation of the tuberculin tests and a
strict attention to business, but we firmly
believe there is no such proportion of
diseased cattle in Maine. We have in
this State, for instance, 151 900 new mich
| cows. Fifteen per cent. of these alone
would be % $50 cows. Maine has less tu-
bercuIosis than any other state in New
England. Facts, experience and close
investigation of the subject from day to
day show us that the doctors estimate is
| four or five times too high