Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-04-17
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James Plummer, clerk OF the state board
OF assessors, and well known throughout
the State, died suddenly Sunday at his
home In Augusta.
Carl Perkins, aged twenty years, fell into
the beyei gears under the Mcclellan saw
mill at South China Monday, and was
crushed to death.
Nine indictments resulting from the
assault upon Rev. Henry n. Pringie dur
ing a liquor raid at waterville two weeks
ago, were returned by the kennebec grand
jury.
Mrs. c. A. Mahoney, well known as
hotel proprietor at Phillips and Farming
ton, dropped dead at her home in Phillips
last Wednesday night. She was about
forty-two gears old.
At shawmut last week the shawmut
Manufacturing Co. began work in clean
ing the ground for 100000 pulp mill,
which will be completed as soon as the
work can possibly be done.
Pierre st. Pierre, aged afty years, of
brunswick, a contractor and stone mason,
was instantly killed at ningiey's island,
near Cundy's Harhor. saturday by the
premature explosion Of a charge of dyna-
mite.
An iucendiary fire started in the rear OF
the Young Mems Christian association
rooms at Bockland sunday night, and re-
suited in loss 10 business firms on the
fioor below, by fire, smoke and water OF
about 1900.
Frank W. Jones, of Augusta, aged six
teen, engaged by the state in gathering
browntail moth nests in the town of
Manchester, was eleetroeuted last Wed-
nesday, when his p-uning pole came IN
contact with the high tension limo of The
Lewiston, Augusta & wsterville railway
company.
About twelve carloads of potatoes, or g.
600 barrels, worth 81 "A barrel, '~here burned
Thursday when three potato houses at
Wiley Siding, five miles north OF Houlton,
were destroyed. The buildings were
owned by w. s. Blake, a. J. Campbell and
Mrs. John Linton. Mr. Blske's loss lie
about 1,s00 barrels OF potatoes, with no in-
surance. The buildings were worth about
81 500.
Governor Piaisted has nominated Ma
thaniel b. Walker, OF Biddeford, As
coanty-attorpey of York county TO MI the
vaeany caused by the removal OF County-
Attorney Asa Richardson. OF kenBe-
bunk. The governor has also nominated
Harry A. Weymouth, OF saco, as sheriff of
York county to I'LL the vacancy caused by
the resignation OF Charles o. Emery, OF
Sanford.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was caused
by fire which ragged for more than four
hours at Augusta early Monday, and
hich for time threatened 60 wipe out
considerable OF the business section of the
city. Starting from sn unknown cause in
the basement Of fruit store in the Bow
man block on Water street. the fire spread
rapidly to other wooden buildings on that
thoroughiare. The old City hotel build
ing and the Theatre Comique were
burned, and a tenement house was also
wiped out.
Capt. Frank Brown, of the steamer
Camden. OF the Boston Bangor run, last
week appeared before a congressional
committee at Washington In relation to
the matter of placing lightskip OF Mon
began island, which Is considered by
steamboat captains and seataring men to
be one of the most dangerous points on
the Maine coast. For the past three years
an attempt has been made to get the
government to install lightship AZ Men
hogan, which is very poorly protected, and
the eambost men are in hopes that some
thing will be done this year.