Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-06-24
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One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.
Lightships Nos. 6s and SO, built by he
Bath Iron Works, were launched Thurs
day in the presence OF about 1000 people.
Mrs. Frank Davis, wife Of Bowdoin-
ham farmer, committed suicide by shoot
ing herself last Thursday. She had been
respondent because of i'll health.
The annual statement OF State Bank
Examiner +. f. Undertake shows an iu
crease OF deposits in the tifty-one savings
banks Of Maine, of 81 ,221 800 So over last
year.
Gov. Powers has appointed the follow
ing trustees OF the Maine school for the
deaf: George T. Bisbee, Rumford Falls !;
Henry r. Cox, Edward b. Winsow, Will
liam II. Bronson, Portland; Lucius H..
Kendall, Biddeford.
William f. Wood, travelling passenger
agent for the Maine Central railroad for
the past thirteen years, has rendered his
resignation to take effect July l. There
are rumors Of general "shake-up" among
the Maine Central employees.
Elsie, the three year old daughter OF j.
Herbert Clark, OF Clark's Mills, was run
over and killed by team last Friday.
Another child Of Mr.. Clark was struck
by the runaway and 80 badly injured that
death is expected. The accident was wit
messed by Mr.. Clark.
After an absence Of almost ten years,
the porgies have come to the Maine coast
again, and the owners OF porgy steamers
are getting them III shape for the cam
paign. No accepted explanation is ad-
vanced for the sudden disappearance and
temperance OF the fish.
Portland's fire-bug has turned his at
tention to the public buildings. We'd
nesday fire was discovered in the closet
OF the French church during the session
of the n. f. conference. 1t WAS extin-
guished before it had spread far. This
was The fifth attempt to start fire in
public buildings within a week.
One day last week While pairing horses
hout, previous to fitting the shoe to it,
Ambrose Marden, a Brewer blacksmith
W a. as tOil7iitNi " cut Jul u WI III dDpul
an inch in length and an eight Of an
inch i'll diameter. The worm resembled
thc common borer, and Wa. working its
Way up into the quick of the hoof.
HOrsemen say that they never knew Of
such case before.
The Biddeford Record tells story OF
little girl in that city who combined
faith and work. She VAS greatly dis
turhed by the discovery that her brother
had set traps to catch birds, and thus
tells how she prevented such cruelty ::
II prayed that the traps might not catch
the birds. 20 Then | prayed that God
would prevent the birds from getting
into the traps, then | went and kicked
the traps all to pieces" And her brother
ought to thank her, too, for there's a
heavy penalty for killing little songsters.
Considera BILE interest has developed in
the village OF Hale over in Oxford county
IN the recent discovery OF gold. An ex-
perienced miner, no was visiting there,
thought the banks OF the principal
stream looked as If they contained the
precious metal. He washed out a painful
of the soil and found five pieces Of gold.
He washed gold from other places beside
the stream. Small pieces OF gold have
been previously found in the crops OF
chickens and turkeys that have been
found in the village, but where the fowls
found the bits OF gold has been mystery
till now.