Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-06-20
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One Weeks Wianowings OF News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

One Weeks WinBowings OF News,
Novelty aud Nonsense.
| Friday night burglars made an attempt
to blow the safe In the pos,office at
| Kingman, but were unsuccessful. The
safe contained $500 IN trouey aud over
$500 worth Of postage stamps.
The storehous aud blacksmith shop OF
Green'eaf q Loring, contractors on the
Oxford Paper company's new mill at
Rumford Fal's, were burned Wednesday.
The loss was ~ 900; no insurance.
! Patents nsva been granted to Maine iu-
ventoFs as follows: -. W. Bates, Portland,
| bicycle pump; Il. ). Booth, Waterviile,
bicycle bell; r. b. Smau and J. G. Mutt
iigau, Bith, window; g. II. wilkins aud
E. L. Lombard, Portland, machine for
attaching tags to clothing.
| The Maine State tair trustees decided,
Wednesday, to have evening sessions OF
the State fair, in September. The
grounds are to TO lighted by electricity,
and the fair, including horse racing,
stage pefformsr ces, etc., will be In pro-
gress tile same IA by day.
The State hremen's muster will be held
I'm Gardiner Wednesday and Thursday,
Aug and 2. The following prizes are
announced: Steamer contest, first prize,
SIS; second prize. s25. Hand tub contest,
first class. first prize, s75; second prize,
s25. Hand tub, second class, first prize,
s75; second priz', s25, Reel races, first
prize sT5; second prize, s25.
Fire started In the large barn OF F. X.
BeiIeau, in Lewiston, Thursday night,
and spread rapidly to the buildings owned
| by Robert Oven. The Darius and out
buildings OF both places we're destroyed.
One horse, four hogs, fifty, hens ana all
the farming tools owned by Mr.. Belieau
were burned. Sir. Owen lost about
twenty hens, together with carriages and
farming utensils. Loss 5000; partially
insured.
A fire at Ruckport Sunday destroyed
the bridge betwee the two kiins OF the
! R1ckiana & R,ckport Lime CO., Quilted
tue building occupied by Shipping
| Commissioner Burgess ana Undertaken
W. o Cort hell, and damaged the rear OF
the grist mill. Mr.. Cortheii's s, ock was
destroyed. The building IVES owned ny
! the Rockiand Il Rockport Lime Co. The
! loss " Ill not exceed 70. 600.
Two OF Biddsford's representative
citizens died Saturday. One was Samuel
b. Bracket, a veteran OF the civil war.
and a weli-knosn member of tue York
county bar, who for years had been a
| pension examiner, with headquarters at
| Washington. The other WAS Joseph
for number OF years been superintend-
ent OF the cotton mills in West Warren,
Mass.
George w. Snow, Bangor's oldest ma
tive male resident, died Friday after II
short illness Of paralysis. Mr.. Snow
celebrated his ninety first birthday ami
versary on May ID. He had served the city
OF Bangor for more than fifty years, as a
member OF the city council, the board OF
assessors, city clerk, and as clerk of t he
water board. He held the last named
Office for period OF fifteen years without
break. MIR. Snow has won notice in the
| literary line. His most important work
WAS historical Knights Templar poem,
entitled "rhe Martyrdom OF Jacques De-
| Molay". He has written history of
local tempiary and hundreds Of short
poems, many OF which have fouad a
place in the leading magazines. Mr..
| SNOW WIS probably the oldest member OF
the masonic fraternity in Maine. He
mad Always been very active in the work
OF the fraternity, and during the pas
IA N ittgil
at the meetings OF the different masonic
| hodie