Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-11-08
KlTrERY TO CARIBOU.

I
The achoonsr Kmily A. Staples, Of Ban
gor, was wrecked ct Black Rock, Oh Por1
Clyde last wssk. Her crew was rescued
By the Black Rock liss-saving station.
Under the will Of the late Rev. John g.
6ewall, professor smeTitus Of the Bangor
theological seminary, bequssts OF p ,ooo
each are made to Bowdoin college, the
Maine missionary society and the Bangor
theological seminary.
George Ackley, sged thirty-two years,
Of East Machias, was killed by stray
bullet from the ribs OF some other hunter
In his party Saturday, while hunting near
Marion. The party had started moose
Ackley was concealed in tho bushes near 4
runway. The moose was driven down to-
ward him, and he fred several shots. At
the same time other hunters fred 1t the
moose, one bullet hitting Acklsy. He
lived but few minutes. The moose also
was killed. It was q COW moose.
After hearing before Unites States
Commissioner Bradley Wednesday, Rev.
Frank w. sanford, head OF the holy
Ghost and Us society, with headquarters
ct Shiloh, was held in the sum Of 10000
for the December term Of the United
States court on the charge OF causing the
death of Charles Hughey, . follower Of
his, on the yacht Coronet, by reason Of
neglect to provide proper and sufficient
food when that craft put to ses. Bail was
furnished. The sixth death from scufvy
and exhaustion among those who were OF
the yacht occurred Nov. 1.
Bowdoin has been placed on the list Of
colleges recognized by Oxford university,
England, and has thus received distinc-
tion enjoyed by few American colleges,
according to letters received from Edward
e. Kern, II, who is one Of Bowdoin's two
Rhodes scholars now ct Oxford. This
honor comes to Bowdoin, 1t is presumed,
because OF the number of Rhodes SCHOLARS
the college has sent to Oxford, and be-
cause OF their high standing there. At
the present time there are two Rhodes
scholars from Bowdoin, one being Robert
Hale, 10, Of Portl and and the other, Mr..
Kern. One Bowdoin man, David r..
Porter, '06, is a graduate OF Oxford.
''Tug" Wilson, his wife and six-year-
old son were killed, and daughter was
seriously injured Wednesday, when q
railroad velocipede car on which they
were riding collided with special train
on the Ashland branch OF the Bangor &
Aroostook railroad. Wilson was section
hand on the road. He and his little
family were on their way from Winterville
to his station at McNally, four miles away.
As is the custom with section men, he was
making the trip on his velocipede car, and
had with him his wife and children, who
had been calling on friends. He was
covering the road at lively clip, not
knowing that the special was on the road.
Harold Daggett, Of Morrill,, aged twenty
three, was drowned in Moosehead lake
Sunday, by the upsetting Of canoe.
The first Maine corn and fruit show
opened at Portland Monday and will con-
tinue for a week. There are over 500 ex-
hibitors and something like 1900 exhibits,
coming from all parts of the State. The
show is designed to show the agricultural
possibilities Of Maine and to assist in
their development. There will be APPLE
packing, corn-shelling and other contests,
and lectures by government and university
experts.