Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-09-17
KITTERY TO CARIBOU.
One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

on the Portland and Rumford Falls rail-
road, WAS killed under the wheels Of his
train at Sumner Sept. II. He fell from
the front of the locomotive.
Fire at Midtown Friday night ruined
large building known as the Peoples hall,
and owned by NORWOOD & Blake. The
stock and furniture are nearly total loss,
estimated at 80, 500 nearly covered by in
surance.
Maine will provide this year 500, 933.05
for the education of her children, the
total number of pupils being POO, 49,, Civ
ing each over -. Last year the amount
apportioned was s5ls 1870, among 205,5 2s
scholars.
There are 273 students at the State
college, of " HON t22 are freshmen. The
Class in modern languages is so large
that Il meeting OF the trustees will be
called soon to consider the advisability
of engaging new Instructor.
| 1t is claimed that the Oldest station
agent i'll Maine, if not in New England,
in point OF years of continuous service, is
Ivory Littletield, the eastern division
ticket and station agent of kennebunk.
Mr.. Littleiield has filled his present posi-
tion tifty-one years. He was born in Ly
man in 1926.
According to reports Maine has a big
cave which, to say the least, is the
largest in the mort heastern part Of the
United States. 1t is situated near the
shore of Aliegash Lake. 1t was dis
covered last January, and, although only
partly explored, has been enthusiastically
! praised for its wonders.
| OF the twenty odd Maine residents over
| 100 years old, four bear the same name.
| They are: Mrs. Emma Abbott Pink ham,
Of Boot hbay, 102 years old, Sept. a; T. ID.
Pink ham, OF Harpswell, born in Novem-
Der, 1885; Mrs. Eliza A. Pink ham, of Mil
bridge, who celebrated her 101st birthday
January s, last and now Uncle Thomas
Pink ham, 10i years old, has just moved
from Pittston to Gardiner, and can do
just much work as the younger ones,
as has been proved in the last few days.
| The Imperial house, at Old Orchard
| four story wooden structure containing
$50 rooms and owned by syndicate OF
Saco men, was destroyed by fire Sept. r.
The loss is estimated at S35 900. There is
insurance for $4,000. The few guests in
the house escaped in their night cloth hes.
The fire is thought to have been set by an
incendiary. A part of the furniture and
| all the silverware was saved. The I'm
perial was built in 1873 by Ellison Seavey
at cost OF 500, 900, and considered
one OF the best hotels on the Maine
coast.
|. 5. Bangs, of WatervIlle, received a
postal card recently that was mailed in
London, England, by friend, July 3.
Through some mistake OF the post office
authorities, the card was put INTO the
Australian mail and the next postmark
was that of Sydney, n, S. W., July %. 1t
was next stamped in the post-oftic at San
Francisco, August 27, and arrived in
Waterville, September s. having been on
the way sixtyfour days from London.
The card will be remailed to London so
that the circuit Of the globe may be COM
peted by it.
The banner season at the alewife fish
cries in Knox and Lincoln counties was
seen this year in amount OF fish handled.
The total catch has been $3.50 barrels
and the nun Der sold for domestic pur-
poses far exceeds that OF past seasons.
This is due to the fact that the price was
reduced from 80 cents to IS cents per hum
dred. Newcastle, Nobleboro and Warren
are the three leading towns in the indus
try. The net receipts to the two first
named towns is S2,5O57O while Warren
cleared about Il 900 This isn't very bad
for an industry which it doesn't cost
much to run.
The Waterville Mail is authority for the
statement that Fish and Game commits
sioner Carleton is in favor of changing
the open time for shooting moose,
deer and caribou, SO that it will include
the time between September Is and De-
cember Is, instead OF between October l
and January l. The reasons for the
change are that the young deer are able
to take care of themselves by the first OF
September and sportmen can hunt them
with more comfort before October than
later. Besides sportmsn seldom visit
Maine after December 10, because the
heads Of the horned animals are without
good antlers while crust hunters often
get in their work before January.
We have had occasion many times to
write about the --latest man, says the
Rocklaud Courier Gazette, but there is
man living on Swans Island who can
Justly lay claim to first prize. The many
ridiculous things he does to ward off work
furnishes constant food for conversation
among his acquaintance. Among OF her
things he does is to wear mittens on the
hottest days in summer. This sounds
funny, doesn't it? But he does it so he
will not be troubled with the work of
brushing off lies from his hands. And as