Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-05-04
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Novelty and Nonsense.

! John L. Berry, retired bank president
aud railroad owner, OF Rockland. died last
Thursday aged eightysix years He had
railroad ten years, of the LIMERICK
national bank twenty-six years, OF the
RockIand savings bank zine years, aud
had been a director for many years OF the
| Camden & Rockland Water Co., the Lime
/ rock railroad, and other large corpora
| tions. He had been associated with hts
brother, the late Major Gen. Hiram q.
Berry, in shipbuiding and real estate.
| Mr.. Berry was one OF the founders OF the
Knox & Lincoln stage route between
! Bath and Rockiand which suspended
! when the railroad was completed. He
was lifelong resident OF RockIand and
for many years was the largest individual
taxpayer.
| An unsuccessful attempt was made,
early last Thursday to rob the Ocean ma.
tional bank at Kennebunkport, the bur-
glars trying two explosions before taking
flight. The damage was confined to the
vault door. The savings bank vault is In
! the same building. Residents we're awak-
ened about 2 80, by u loud explosion,
| quickly followed by a second report.
T rose who ventured out found one man
! working inside the bank and another
watching in front of 1t. At that time
they had succeeded in wrecking the vault
door, but further efforts were abandoned
when the cracksmen found they had
awakened the village. They withdrew in
haste and escaped unmolested.
| George Wise, of Lewiston, employed as
a wood cutter, ran onto saw while work
| ing Ia a lumber mill at Biglow Wednes-
day, and met with a horrible death. His
body was cut in two. He was twenty
years old.
| The Maine Daughters OF the American
Revolution who were in Washington last
week, attending their Continental Con-
gress, discussed anew the propriety OF
| Maine furnishing another statue OF some
| one of her distinguished sons for the
statuary hall at the Capitol. As is gener-
ally known, each state is allowed to place
there two statues of men distinguished
in public life. Maine, thus far, has only
one statue, that OF Gov. William King.
os'erai vi 'ne maihe Dausn'ers were az
Tue Natiohal oaPi'oi last week anu no'eu
tne lack Oh Mai"es representation III
shat ga'aAy' ihey oroacneo 'ne Suo1ec'
at their meeting and several names were
discussed. The propriety OF statue OF
hahhioa' hamiiu WAS ihehtioheu' III
though, No ioriner VICE p'esiuen'' oue'
OF MIN 10 eht''ieo To p'ace III one Vi Tue
h'enes oi tue sens'e' Ing nanes Vi 'ena
Tor Fessehaeo' speaker neeo' hepresen'a-
Di"s'ey ah" o'noiS "eie a''o
| nectton and thew propose to talk the
matt over further when they get hack
| tn Maine. II rests entirely with the
| Iepis,ature tn select the man to he thus
| honored and to make the necessary sp-
propr,stion for the moulding of the
| statne
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"asne'' e. e @'n''n' Ne"he'o' nahuie'
Thomaston man ordered a varied
assortment of seeds, ranging from the
common lima beau to the minute pansy
germ. When be received the consign-
nent every package was broken and the
SEEDS were ind discriminatory and hopeiessIy
mixed. He couldn't spare the time to
separate them, even If 1t we're possible
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