Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-05-20
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One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

Tho sboa ,ootory Of CoIais which has
beep idle for severa, n,optbs stsrted nm
on full time ,as, week
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came supreme court indpe.
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Inc report OF the state insurance COM
missioner ior 1880 SHOWS that there were
'o9 hres during the year, with total
damage OF fl,lo4,"oo. Of these, 11S are
cfeui'eo 10 ueiec'iVe chlmneys, the larg-
est number placed to the record OF any
one cause. In 1880 there were $50 fires.
In forest near Maine paper mill
three trees We're relied at 80 a. M They
were carried TO the factory, where they
were cut INTO pieces Twelve inches In
length. These were placed in the
grinders. The wood pulp produced by
these machines was rushed through the
intermediary processes and sent to the
paper machine. At 9.3i a. m. the first
sheet OF paper was finished, the entire
manufacture having thus consumed two
hours, lacking one minute.
Maine fishermen are hoping that moth
ing VIII turn aside the huge school of
mackerel which is making its way slowly
up he coast toward Maine. Last week
load oi extra large fish was taken into
New DIRK, and those who have been fol
lowing the school declare 1t to be the
largest they have seen for tive years. In
March the fishermen found he school now
approaching someW here in the vicinity OF
Cape Henry; by the middle OF April the
vast multitude had reached the capes OF
Delaware, and at present it is slowly
making its way past Barnegat and Sandy
Hook.
The following taxes have been assessed
on telephone and telegraph companies
doing business in Maine. on a basis of 2ls
per cent on their valuat ions: Telephone
companies New England Telephone and
Telegraph. ST3l2 81: White Mountain
Telephone sii6 50. Diripo TeIeDhone ST.
30; Franklin Telephone and Tslegraph.
s3- 10. total. -4lt so against a totsl for
1896 of ii. 1875 81. TeIeeraph companies
Maine 81 o5l. Western I-niousud Inter
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n'' 'o'i'i' TOO ~ f'o' Na''",' iaii
racine, slui Postal | Telegraph Cable, So-o;
Portland x Rumfurd Falls Railway COM
pany 80; Great Northwestern, Sloo
Total, ,',l'3.
Joseph Kingsley and Nathan Miller, of
IIoulton, had mn experience recently that
they would not care to have repeated
/ The men were on a raft of three logs, and
uara AZ work abore tho AroostooI, da,,
one emu oil rope was attached TO the ralt
and Was held by workman on the boom.
j Too much rome was paid out. and the
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~ VI 'iie ia'' Vo'''n''e'io'H ~
] 7tralghten out the BOOM The men on
i the raft were very near the crest of the
do,, o,d sa.i,, Tho, tha,, uare torc.d +o
tdhe tue te''i''e ilue 'hes Seieu 10 Tue
man on the boom to drop he rope. Then
commenced a Journey " here the chances