Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-27
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| One Weeks Winnowings Of News,
| Novelty aud Nonsense.


Novelty aud Nonsense.
"Pure rot," says a member of Senator
Frye's family In regard to the report OF
the senator's engagement.
The plant OF the Portland Iron g. Steel
Co. was destroyed by fire last Wednesday
TALLY insured.
The new battieship "Msine" was given
her trial trip of Cape Ann last Saturday.
She reached a n aximum speed OF 1873
knots and averaged 1871 knots for the
whole run. Among the guests on board
was Gov. Hill.
At last the government has taken the
matter OF the Northport postoffice into
its hands and 1t has been withdrawn
from the grounds of the Methodist camp
ground of the Wesleyan Grove associa-
ton at Northport.
| Patents have recently been issued to
| Maine inventors as follows: W. III. Chap
| man, Portland, controller for electric
motors; g. e. Shorey, Fairfield, folding
table; w. v. Threliall, Biddeford, spi1n-
ing or rowing machine.
The liieless body of Miss Olive Broad, a
| middle aged woman who resided on the
outskirts OF Cornish, was found last Thur =
day In clump of bushes several feet
| from the road leading from the village to
| her home. Her skull was crushed and she
| had been dead several hours when found.
| The nature of the wound indicates that
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was no clew to the perpetrator OF the
| deed and no motive can be assigned for
the deed except robbery.
| Fred Greuier, OF Waterviile, aged twen-
| ty, and unmarried, was killed by cave
| In at the gravel pit near the Main street
crossing OF the Maine Central at about
80 last Tuesday afternoon. He was
working alone at the pit and had been
off for a drink OF " alter and just returned.
| Street Commissioner Green with crew
| of men was close by and noticed the dust
when the bank fell but did not think at
| tirst that Mr.. Grenier had been caug bit
under 1t, but soon became suspicious and
on investigation found that such was the
| case.
Nine Maine towns will be 100 years old
next year, and eleven will have an oppor
| tunity to observe their centennials In
| 1904. The towns which began their cor
| porate existence in 1903 are Raymond, In
dustry, Temple, Weston, Snrry, st. George,
| Albany, Dixfield and Harmony. Those
W hose centennial cones 10 1904 are Madi-
son, Mercer, Unity, Rome, Palermo, He
bron, Hope, Andover, Gilead, Athens and
Embdan. In addition the towns of Ken
pebunkport and Wells will pass theii
| two hundred and fitieth milestone in
| 1903.
Last Wednesday 5000 persons witnessed
the successful launch of the big four
masted schooner Harry T. Hayward
from the yard of Washburn Bros, a
| Thomaston. The Hayward" will b,
used In both the coastwise and foreign
trade. Her dimensions are: Length, 1s'
feet; beam, 40 feet; depth, 10 feet. He
estimated gross tonnage is 100, and Goa
carrying capacity 100 tons. She will b
commanded by Capt. A. @. Colcord, o
Stockton Springs. Wsshburn Bros. viii
Immediately begin work on a new
schooner, the largest vessel ever con
| structed In Thomaston. She will hav,
five masts, will be PCS feet In length, a
feet beam, aud 22.5 feet In depth, and vii
have carrying capacity OF more thar
1000 tons.