Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-14
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One Weeks Wiunowings oy News,
Novelty aud Nonsense.
Patrick Hesrney, the oldest man in
Maine, died at Portland this week, aged
1C6 ears.
Patents have been granted to Maine
inventors recently as follows; T. ]. Bss-
ket, Dexter, cooking crane; Draper Co.,
Portland filling repIsnishing loom.
Col. James r. Msloney, for sixteen
years deputy sheriff IN Penobscot county,
and a maa widely known In military
affairs throughout the State, died at his
home in Bangor Friday, after an illness Of
two weeks from paralysis. He was In the
fifty-fifth year OF his age.
The new Barbour steamer "verona"
was successfully launched Saturday
from the Barbour yard In Brewer. The
"verona" is 124 feet long on top, % feet
wide across her guards and eight feet
deep. She is 149 tons gross and 1Oi tons
net. She will be used as an excursion
steamer.
Ex Gov. Sebastian s. Marble died Sat-
urdsy night, at the home OF his daug hter
in Waidoboro. He was eighty-five years
old. He was president OF the State Sem ate
In 1887, and upon the death OF Gov. Bod
well, Dec. is OF that year, became acting
governor, in which position he served
until the election of Gov. BurIeigh In
1899.
Levi B. Patten, one of Bangor's oldest
residents, died Thursday. Mr.. Pstten
was born in Hermon, April 5, 1917. He
was elected to the Senate on the green
back and democratic and fusion ticket In
1879 and 1880 In 1885, under Cleveland's
administration, he was appointed to the
position of deputy collector of internal
revenue in Bangor, which he held for two
years. Two children, Scion L. Patton,
OF Hartford, Ct, and daughter, Miss
Luella Patten, OF Bangor, survive him,
together with his wife.
Prof. Levi Leonard Paine, d. D., dean
of the faculty of the Bangor theological
seminary, and widely known In theologi-
cal circles throughout the country as the
author of recent works, died Saturday.
Prof. Paine was born In Holbrook, Mass,
Oct. 10, 1892, and was educated at Yale
college, graduating in the class of '56. He
sfterward took course in the Yale
theological seminary, graduating in the
class of 81. He was at once ordained and
preached in Pennington, Ct, from Oct. 9
of that year until 1870. He was president
OF the Maine missionary society from 1888
until 1894.
Capt. jacob 8. Winslow, of the firm OF
J. s. Winslow & Co., owners of the largest
feet of sailing vessels on the Atlantic
coast, died suddenly of bright's disease,
at Portland Friday. Capt. WiDslow was
born at Pembroke in 1927, and at the age
of fourteen went to sea as common
sailor. After more than twenty years of
marine life he retired and engaged in
shipbuilding In Portland. Since that
time he had constructed more than 100
sailing vessels and continued to hold
controlling interest in nearly all OF them,
making him one of the largest individual
ship owners on the Atlantic coast. In
addition to his connection with the firm
OF j. s. Winslow & Co., he was director
in the Portland Steamship Co., the Maine
Steamship Co., Portland, Mt. Desert
and Mschiss Steamship Co., and Harps-
well Steam boat Co. He was president of
the International Steamship Co. for many
years. He was vice. president and
director of the Casco national bank. He
served in the State legislature in 1876 II.