Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-11-08

The shoe store of G.. C. Rumery, at East
port, was damaged to the extent of 5000
by fire Sunday.
Walter W. Watson, a well-known Ban
gor carpenter, died Tuesday of last week,
aged tifty-one years.
DIR. Frank $. Hamlet, OF Gorham, aged
forty-fve years, was instantly killed Mem
day by fall from the roof OF his house
while cleaning ont the cutters.
The house of National Bank Examiner
C. w. Curtis, Of Dexter, was damaged to
the extent of 5000 by fire last Thursday.
Carl w. Leland, of East Sangeryille,
aged nineteen years, accidentally shot and
killed himself last Wednesday, while
handling revolver.
The Bangor Commercial contradicts the
the veasie national bank and the Merrill
Trust Co. were to be merged.
Daniel Taylor, farmer living at Starks,
was arrested Friday, charged with being
one of the burglars who cracked the post
office safe at Shawmut recently, obtaining
200, and through carelessness destroying
by fire property valued at $500.
The farm buildings of Hiram ID. May
hew at Foxcroft were burned Thursday.
In the barn was a large amount of hay,
also farming tools. outbuildings con-
tanning the years crops, and the entire
contents OF the house, were destroyed.
The loss Is $500.
Arthur Mcfarland, aged fifteen years,
OF Charlestown, Mass, was acquitted OF
the charge of manslaughter in the Lin
coin county supreme court Thursday.
Young Mcfarland was tried for shooting
DR.. George II. Woodside. OF Bristol, while
playing with a revolver in the street.
Pres. Cram, of the Northern Maine
Seaport railroad, announces that trains
will commence running on regular scked-
ule, Nov. 20. The main line OF the road is
practically completed, and construction
trains are at work on the entire length.
IL is expected that an elaborate eelebra-
tion will be held at Stockton Springs upon
the arrival Of the first train.
Game receipts at Bangor for the month
of October show the largest figures on
record for moose, and the deer tally is but
little short of the record for October
The deer and moose record for the first
month Of open season for the past three
years is as follows: 1903, moose, seventy
eight, deer, 1,tS75; 1904, moose, ninety-two,
deer, 1916; 1906, moose, l02, deer, iii.
An assault, believed to have been made
with intent 10 rob, was made upon E. y.
Allen, postmaster at, Vienna, Thursday
night. Mr.. Allen was stabbed in the
\ shoulder by an unknown assailant as be
was entering his house. He obtained a
revolver from the house and fired two
shots at the man without effect. Mr..
Aliens wound Is not serious one. He
could give no description OF the man.
Mr.. Allen carried about 500 at the time.
F. w. Austin, game warden at Fort
Kent, has sent TO the nsh and game
commissioners, most ingeniopsly con-
structed snare for moose, which he found
near Square lake, Aroostook county. IL ID
| composed OF rope three-fourths OF an
| inch in diameter and twelve feet in length.
arranged with moose, and green boaghs
are attached TO ii for its entire length. II
was set in path or runway, in the form oil
loop, and As the boughs would enectu-
ally conceal the rope, one end being Sc
curely fastened. the moose travelling along
the path would push his head through ths
large moose, and choke to death. A large
1 bull moose was actually caught in this
snare, and was finished with an az.