Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-11-19
KITrERy TO CARIBOU.
one weeks winnowings of New.


Novelty and Nonsense.
Word was received at Hoolton last
| Friday that Harry Fisher, Of smyrna
| Mills, was mistaken for deer, and shot
through the shoulder by Charles DE Long
son of the smyrna Mills hotel proprietor,
about fourteen miles from that town.
Fishers wound Is not considered serious
According to the figures of the local as
SCISSORS throughout the State OF Maine,
the money at interest ia the various mu-
| inequalities, so far as the assessors were
able to ascertain for taxation purposes
| for the year 1909. amounts to si1 ,30S ST..
Hancock county returns ssi6,975 OF this
amount.
Capt. John Pomeroy, mate OF the
schooner "Reuben Eastman, Capt. Jor-
| dan, New London for Bangor, was lost
| over board and drowned of East Chop last
Wednesday. Capt. Pomeroy was sixty
eight years old, and lived In orrington.
where he leaves a widow and three
children.
The fact that 25, ooo, 900 passengers were
| carried by the trolley cars In Maine dur
iog the year ending last June shows that
the electric railway business In the State
IL rapidly developing. There Is no oth her
factor likely to prove OF more Importance
in the development of Maine than are
these roads.
| Col. e. G. Milliken, State pension clerk,
has received 3o5spplicstions for pensions,
thus far this year, and at the rate they
are coming in since the new boards OF
| municipal officers In the various places
| took office, the total number will exceed
1900 for the year. Last year the number
granted State aid was 2,57i. The State
mas paid for this purpose the grand total
Of e, SIS .o08 0s.
That Augusta clergyman who has one
thousand pumpkins slowed away In hts
cellar ought not to lack for pies during
the coming winter. A good deal, how
ever, depends upon his cook. A proper
pumpkin pie is all right, but there are all
sorts OF limitations, and poor pumpkin
bic is long way worse than no pie at all.
| The idea OF having to eat thousands OF
poor pies IS terrible.
The granite for the construction of the
new Pennsylvania state capitol at Harris
burg is to be guarded at High island,
four mites from South Thomaston and
half mile from Dix island, the contract
amounting TO about e 900 900. High
island granite is Of superior quality for
building purposes, and was used In the
construction OF the congressional library
In Washington. The new contract viii
provide work for several hundred men ior
year or SO.
Tue contract for the new manual train
Ing building of Cool VIII Farm has been
OF to Horace Puringtou OF watervilie.
About $50 900 has been contributed for
the purpose ~ var Is individuals, so 600
Of which will go into the building and
the balance into the equipment and an
endowment. The building will be il2x-
so feet, two stories high and a basement.
The first floor will contain the main Of
tices OF the farm, machine shop, forge
Dom, blacksmith shop and woodWorking
rooms. On the second floor will be the
chemical laboratory, room for mechanical
drawing and other necessary equipment.
| Rockland can lay claim TO three coh-
gressmen who were either born or bred
within her borders, distinction that few
cities or towns can boast OF. They are
Charles e. Littlefield, spoken OF as candi-
date for speaker and one of the foremost
men In the House; Butler Ames, recently
elected to Congress from Massachusetts,
and Frederick G.. Stevens, recently re-
elected from Minnesota. OF Charles e.
Littlefield the country knows. Butler
Ames, who represents Massachusetts
district, Is the son of Gen. Adelbert Ames,
who was resident OF Rockland for many
years. Frederick c. Stevens, reelected to
Congress, is another Rockland boy. AL
though born in Boston, he received his
early training at the Rockiand schools.
He IL son of DIR. Stevens, now OF Bangor,
and was graduated at BNwdoin in 1881.