Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-26
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Up Crandon has been appointsi post
master at Columbia Falls.
Among nominations recently made by
Governor Cleaves were the following:
For inspector OF factories and work
shops, Charles f. Atwood, of Biddeford;
for trustee of the Bath military and naval
orphan asylum, John NJ. s. Hunter, OF
Pennington.
A 1000 pound anchor was shipped from
the Camden anchor works last week to
New York. This immense anchor at
tracted much attention as it was carted to
the railroad in Rockland, but the manu-
facturers have made many OF this size,
and even larger in times past.
Nathan F. Roberts, for over forty years
one Of Dexter's prominent merchants,
died Saturday, of heart disease, aged
seventy-two years. He began as shoe
dealer in Dexter in 1913. He was post
master under President Harrison, and had
been representative to the legislature.
William Widgery Thomas died satur
day, aged ninety-three years. He was one
OF the oldest and most prominent citizens
in Portland. He was in early life in the
dry goods trade, wholesale and retail. He
had been president OF the Canal bank
since 1s49, had been in the Maine House
of representatives., Senate and both
branches of the city government and was
mayor in 1862 and 1863. He leaves three
sons, William W., late minister to
Sweden, Henry G., and Elias.
Considerable patience is required in
dealing with our new Armenian charges,
as the most that some of them can do is
to wash dishes, while others are not
equal even to that employment. A phil
anthropic lady, of Waterville, out of
| kindness of heart, consented to take one of
the refugees, and drew young man who
was the son of rich parents, and enjoyed
all the luxuries of life, as they are known
in Armenia until the outrages began,
I when they lost their property and came
near losing their lives. The young man
is we'll educated and can speak several
languages In his fathers house he had
been waited upon by number of SER
wants, and about the only knowledge of
work he possessed WAS gained from see
ing these servants perform their duties.
The WHterVllle lady has Il good - lied
family, and there is plenty to do, but the
Armenian had been III her employ only a
few days when she discovered that he
needed more waiting on himself than his
I lHbUr WAS worth, and now she doesn't
exactly know what to do with him. He
Is "a peasant manuered and well-meanin g
young fellow, but refugee from all toll
The Maine Central is experimenting
with Il cyclometer for its locomotives
with the intention of making it possible
to know just how many miles each ma
chine travels. The contrivance now be-
ing tested consists of an arrangement
fastened to the side of the engine and
connected by Il sort of pendulum to the
f connecting rod of the eccentric steam
cut off and every time that the driving
wheels make a revolution the indicator
/ of the register is moved ahead the same
as on bicycle cyclometer. One thing
t different in locomotive cyclometer is
that the indicator moves ahead every
time the wheels make a revolution
whether the engine is running ahead or
( backing, and SO gives the actual dis
lance Travelled. The contrivance, which
is now being tested has already been at
tached to passenger locomotive and is
now on freight engine having much
smaller wheels. In the tests thus far it
is understood that the cyclometer has
| worked very satisfactorily.