Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-10-21
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One Weeks Winuowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

Novelty ana Nonsense.
Leonard b. Smith, OF Brewer, has been
appointed United States consul Mt Cur
acao, West Indies.
Friday seems to be the big day for
deer were received in Bangor, breaking
the record OF lightweight deer made the
preceding Friday
Ezekiel Eeete, II farm hand nj Lincoln,
was gored to death by a bull Friday. Mrs.
John Walker, for whose husband keeie
worked. made brave but futile effort to
save keefe from the euraged bull.
The Portland murder mystery was
quickly run to earth when it VAS leurntd
that the bloody trail leading to the
string piece OF the wharf, " here the muir
derer was supposed to have cast the bleed
ing body of hi, victim INTO the bay, was
made by the re-opening OF an Old wound
in a 1--we mans leg.
George Baker, of b ddeford, was caught
on "a shaft that makes $50 revolutions per
minute. The third time he was going
around he caught hold of plank, and
his clot hing WAS stripped from hi- body.
His brot her came to his rescue and pulled
him from the shaft, while the torn gar
ments wound around it still tighter.
Not long ago, while searching for old
Indian relics at Webber pond, Guy Wick
cry, OF Augusta, had the good fortune 10
unearth large carved stone, which Wa
probably an Indian god. The image is
about thirty inches tall, and will weigh
fully thirty five pounds. 1t is made out
Of tiint-like stone and the outlines Of
the chisel, or whatever instrument was
used in the carving, are plainly discerni
Bile Several Of the features are very
clear to make out. The image has been
shown 10 many Who are well up in the
relic hunting art, notable among them
being "A Boston man who has spent years
in making a collection OF Indian relics,
aud nj pronounce = a good specimen OF
the work q tle ancient tribes ot Ind ans.
It j. suspected that the short lobster
law is being violated at Portland by boil
ing the fish and sending he meat to mar
kct out OF the she'll. About 5000 pounds
of lobster meat are disposed OF IN Portland
every week, and the dealers figure about
six HOLSTERS to II pound OF meat. 1t has
been decided to make test case of the
legality Of selling lobster meat without
first showing hat the lobster was of legal
length. The outcome Of the case will be
watched with interest.
Long fellows lines
"Ship7 that pass In the night and speak each
other in passing,
Only a signal -hown and distant voice In tie
darkness"
were forcibly recalled to Alvano Marshall,
a correspondent OF the Rockland Courier
Gazette, while drifting off Hatteras Shoals,
in the schooner George IL. Ames", on
the night of Sept. %, and q steamer with
"A tow passed them in the darkness. The
tow was large tramp steamer and as it
passed Marshall called: steamer ahoy"
and was surprised to hear an answering
voice: as that you, Alyano?" Mr.. Mar
shall was so surprised that it was several
seconds before he got his voice to ask
further questions, but he quickly learned
that the voice was that Of Captain +. II.
Barter, of the Thomaston schooner "Grace
Bradley; his schoolmate and old friend
of boyhood days rescued from the wreck
of his vessel which had gone down
in a heavy sea, and on board a tramp
steamer. And then the ships passed off
into the darkness.