Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-03-21
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One Weeks Winnowings OF News,
Novelty and Nonsense.
Jordan Rand,a well-known citizen of
Lisbon Falls, died Sunday. Mr.. Rand
years, and had also been selectman. He
was seventy-six years Of age.
At Thomaston Saturday Washburn
Bros. launched the schooner "John Il.
Devlin" which will engage In the coal
trade between Philadelphia and the West
Indies. The "Devlin" registers ], 107 tons
gross.
| There are now in Penobscot river houses
| about 100, 900 tons OF ice, Of which loo, 600
| tons Is old Ice. 1t Is generally expected
| that every ton OF this will be shipped out
| by fall. A large amount will be sent to
the West Indies.
| A stock company is to be formed IN
| Calais for the purpose OF building an
opera house. The capital stock has not
| been decided upon, but will be large
enough to build a handsome building,
either of granite or brick.
| Thursday was Names eightieth birth
day, the State having been admitted to
the Union, March Is, 1920. At that time,
only eighty years ago, Maine had no.rail-
roads, no telephones, no telegraph, no
| bicycles, few carriages, but many OK
| teams.
Another big ice deal in which Maine is
| interested took place in New York last
week, when the American Ice Co. bought
out the Knicker booker Ice Co. The price
paid was $10,0OO0OC. The Kuickerbocker
| controlled the bulk OF the retail output
| of natural ice in the cities of Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington.
John Morgan, aged thirty-five. years,
unmarried, was at the bottom OF a 200-foot
shaft in the Monson slate quarries at
Monson, Thursday, when a surface rock,
six inches in diameter, fell upon him.
His skull was shattered. He died in
stantly. Morgan came to Monson from
South Poultney, VT, few days ago.
Eben Bracket WAS crushed to death,
Saturday afternoon, while hauling logs
in the Beech ridge district, North Ber-
wick. At rough place in the road he
fell off the load. The chain slipped and
the logs fell upon him, instantly killing
him. He was thirty-eight years OF age,
and was married few months ego.
Richard Hennessy, aged 40, Bangor
woodsman, Is missing. Hennessy left
Bangor in October for one OF Cornelius
Murphy's camps. The last seen of him
was when he sat down to rest while his
companions carried the bateau in which
they were going down the West Branch
over a shoal place. He never rejoined
them.
The State board .:of trade, will hold its
semi-annual meeting at Biddeford, March
%. The following topics will be pre-
sented: "Highway Commissions. for Good
Roads," VIM. E. McClintock, OF Boston,
of the Massachusetts highway commits
sion; "rhe Utilization OF Convict Labor
on Public Work." A. $. Bangs. OF Bangor;
Zenas Thompson, OF Portland
The first estimates of the Penobscot
lum Der cut appear to have been too high.
w here it originally WAS estimated at $780,
600, 900 to 200 ,0o0,0 900 feet, it will not ex
ceed 165, 0Oo, 600. The Kennebec will have
about 100, 600 900; the Androscoggin, 140,-
900, 900; the Aroostook, 100000 to 45,0 00,-
600; Mschias, 20 900 900; Narraguagus, TO-,
000, 600, and Union river, Il, 900 900 to 49,
000, 900 feet. This would give total OF
$50, 900, 900 feet, much larger cut than
the average OF the past twenty years.
The Maine Bankers association was or
ganized in Portland Saturday. The fol-
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