Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-16
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One Weeks Winnowings OF News,
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The Baptist church at Greene, was
burned. Loss, 5000.
Holden is excited over the elopement OF
Grace Brayman, the fifteen-year-o
daughter of Horace Brayman, with Albert
N. Prentiss. The two have been married,
and left for New York.
Hon. F. o. Brainard, a leading citizen
and merchant OF CHR a. died last Wednes-
day, eyed sixty-eight years. He was
prominent republican OF his section, and
had held various offices.
cashier OF the Manufacturers' national
bank, of lewiston, died Friday aged
fitty-nine years. He was for many years
treasurer Of Bates college.
Frank G. Critchett, a well-known res
dent OF Belfast, and son of the senior
member OF the shoe manufacturing firm
Of Critchett, Sibley & Co., died Wednes-
day OF heart trouble. He was forty-two
years OF age.
Elmer Maxwell, of Sackviiie, N. B.,
who was convicted of mansiaugh ter In
causing the death of Capt. Baisley, of the
OF Fundy, last fall, was sentenced last
Thursday, to eight years IN the State
prison.
Monday evening lightning struck the
Haley ice houses at South Gardiner. The
buildings were burned, with 10000 tons
i<>f i,a ina Ia cd
s60, 600, and buildings and on plant at $40,-
600. The houses were owned by the
American Ice Co.
Patents have recently been granted to
A. Bennett, Brewer, for bread raising and
clothes drying device; to W. H. Chap
man, Portland, for voltage-regulator; to
II. r. Stickney, Portland, for can-filling
device; to J. WaIf, Eastport, for method
preparing sardines.
| Robert M. Crombie, aged seventy-five
years, prominent citizen OF crono, died
Sunday. He was a native OF Derry, N. H.,
but has lived in Orono or Bangor since
three years OF age. In 1865 he established
a grocery business in Orono, from which
he retired five years ago.
| The famous Beaver Lake grant, tie quar-
ries near Calais are to be reopened. The
stone in this quarry is OF en- unusually
| fine quality, aud is much in demand for
monumental work. The handsome SOL
diers' monument in Memorial park, Ban
gor, is made OF Beaver Lake granite, as
was also the pedestal OF the Grant monu-
ment in Chicago.
John Mccormick, an employee Of Holt
ingsworth q Whitney, at WaterviIle,
was ground to pieces on the railroad
while returning to his home Tuesday
night. The maDgled body was found in
the morning. How the accident hap
pened is not known. Several trains
passed over the body in the night. Nc
Cormick was thirty five years Of age. He
leaves wife and two children.
On account of the greatly increased
cost of all kinds of building materials,
the appropriation Of sl50,0o0 made
by the last legislature for the COM
pletion OF the Eastern Name in-
sane hospital in Bangor, will not
be enough by about go, 900. A
| Bangor paper nears that, rain IMAM nave
the work stop now, Gov. Powers will ad-
vance the money from his own pocket,
looking to the next legislature for reim-
bursement, just as he did in 1898, when
there was no money avaiIabie for the fit
| ting out OF the Maine soldiers for the
| Spanish WAT.
Capt. Edward SpauldiDg, one OF the
most prominent retired sea captains in
Knox county, died at his home in Sout h
Thomaston Thursday. His seafaring
career covered more than thirty years, in
! which time he commanded the barks
"Louisiana", "Algomah" and "Jennie
Cobb" and the ships "Alice Thorndyke"
and "Martha Cobb. He visited nearly
every part OF the world. He went to CAL
ifornia during the gold fever and again
in 1853 going the latter time by the way
of the isthmus and having many exciting
adventures. Returning to Maine, he re-
sumed seafaring, and commanded vari-
Gus vessels until his retirement in 1875
In 1880 he was elected sheriff OF Knox
county.