Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-01-01
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An estimate OIL the loss SUSTAINED Dy ice
Maine Central railroad in the recent
storm places II at $500 900.
Mrs. Eliza Pinkham, OF Milbridge,
died last week, lacking less than one
month OF 106 years OF age.
Mrs. Horace Grant, OF Bangor, died
last Wednesday from burns received two
days before. Her dress caught fire, from
sparks from ssove.
The Maine pedagogical society at it's
annual meeting In Augusta last week
adopted a new name. Hereafter it will be
known officially as the "Msine teachers
association.
The Penobscot river fleet OF Ross tow
boats has been sold to Charles W. Morse,
of New York. The sale included the
tugs sBisnarck, !" "Raiph Ross,n "Walter
Ross" and aDelta''.
Benjamin, twelve yearo old son OF DR..
NJ. ID. Damon, OF Pittsfeld, was killed by
falling under the wheels Of a freight car,
on which he was ''stealing rides'' while
the cars were being switched.
Robert Small, OF Lisbon Falls. an en-
ployee in the Oxford Paper company's
mill at Rumford Falls, was crushed to
death between two rollers in big paper
machine last week. He was twenty nine
years old and unmarried.
The four masted schooner III. Herbert
Taft, built by Dunn & Eliot, of
Thomaston, was launched Thursday.
Capt. Waiter Wiley will command the
new vessel. The .Taftn Is 221 feet In
length; 42-7 feet in breadth and 20 depth.
Her net tonnage Is 1924 6s. On Saturday
the schooner "James PIERCE, the first Ave-
master ever built In Thomaston, was
| launched.
Three Italians In the Italian colony at
Millinocket, met their death Christmas
eve. Their charred bodies were found in
the ruins Of their shsnty, which had been
burned. There were several circum-
stances which at first suggested triple
murder, and doubt still fingers In the
minds OF some, but the coroner's jury,
after Investigation decided that the men
we're killed by coal gas, which afterward
exploded and set fire to the shanty.
Mrs. &. c. Nichols, wife OF Game War
den Nichols. OF Foxcroit, was drowned
at Moosehead lake Tuesday afternoon OF
last week. Warden Nichols has been
in charge OF work at the new fish hatch
| cry on Moosehead lake. His wife has
been there with him. Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols, with two men who
had been working at the hatchery,
started for their home in Foxcroft to
spend Christmas. They drove down the
lake In a storm, in which the driver
could see only a short distance ahead.
Suddenly they came upon "wrinkle" in
the ice. This wrinkle, instead OF rising
above the level OF the ice, as is usually
| driver turned his horse quickly, but the
sleigh slowed, throwing all the occupants
| into the water that filled the wrinkle.
The men succeeded in getting out, but
Mrs. Nichols could not be found. The
body was recovered later by party from
Greenville.
George Emery Fellows, professor OF
European history In the University OF
Chicago, has been elected president OF the
University of Maine, tosucceed DR.. Abram
w. Harris, who recently resigned to be-
come director of the Jacob Tome institute
at Port Deposit, Md. President Fellows
is native of Wisconsin, forty-three years
old, Methodist, and has a wife and three
children. He was graduated from Law
renee university, Wisconsin, in 1879, re-
ceiving then the degree of Bachelor of
| Arts; In 1882 he received from the same
college the degree OF Master OF Arts.
Since his graduation he has spent his time
in educational work, and has devoted
some years to historical and PHILOSOPHY
icai studies in Europe. He studied at
the University OF Berne, Switzerland, and
at the University of Munich, receiving at
Berne the degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy.
Since his return from Europe he has been
connected with the University OF Indiana
and with the University OF Chicago. He
assumes his new position to-day.