Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-11-26
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nominated by President Wilson as APP
praiser of merchandise for Maine and New
Hampshire.
At the business meeting OF the Maine
State Pathological society in Lewiston last
week, W. II. Conant, OF Ruckfield, was
elected president.
Charles Garland, of Presque Isle, while
engaged in mason work on a house in the
village, was struck by stray bullet, re-
ceiving severe flesh wound.
The next convention of the Maine
Teachers association will be held at Port
land Oct. $3.50, 1914. the executive COM
mittee having so voted at meeting in
Augusta Thursday.
Charles o. Piummer, aged sixsy-nine,
employed by the Maine Central railroad
since 1864, hung himself at his home in
Waterville Saturday. He had been ill
several months and was respondent. He
was blacksmith in the railroad shops.
Walter Quinn, aged thirteen, of Var
mouth, was accidentally shot Saturday by
Clarence BeasIey, aged fourteen, with
whom he was hunting. The bullet en-
tered Quinn's back. He is in the Portland
hospital. 1t is believed he will recover.
The extensive and valua Bile collection of
plants, minerals, birds eggs, birds skins,
moths and butterflies Of the late Prot.
Ora w. knight is to go to the Smit hsonian
institution at Washington by the provi-
sions OF his will. His scientific books,
pamphlets and papers were bequeathed to
the Bangor public library.
"This year, there was the greatest short
age of apples on record, with great in
crease in the value of the crop, whereas. a
year ago, there was a great overpro-
duction, (" reported President H. L. Keyser,
OF Greene, in his address at the opening
OF the annual meeting of the Maine Pomo-
logical society in Lewiston last week.
Following the visit to Washington, of
William A. Martin, of Houlton, DIR.
Robert ]. Alley, of Orono, president Of the
University of Maine, and Director Woods,
of the Maine experiment station, it is an
nounced that quarantine against Cana
dian potatoes on account OF powdery scab
is likely. There will first be careful ex-
animation and probably further hearings.
Edwin Harding, thirty We years old, of
Richfield, n s., was mistaken for a deer,
shot and killed by his brother in law,
William Gavel, also OF Richfield, while
hunting near Lambert Lake, in this State,
Sunday. Harding and Gavel started a
deer. They separated, and Harding cir
cled. Gavel saw movement in the
bushes which he mistook for the deer and
fired, killing Harding.
Announcement is made of the sale, by
the Maine Farmer Publishing Co., OF the
Maine Farmer, which includes the
weekly paper OF that name, and the print
ing business to Charles w. Carson & Co.,
OF Augusta. Mr.. Carson has for the past
three years been foreman of the printing
department, and before that was for some
time employed in the book department of
the Kennebec Journal office.
Samuel d. Ames, aged seventy-six, of
Bangor, was killed and his wife seriously
injured, Saturday afternoon, when the
carriage in which they were riding was
struck by some freight cars that were
being shifted at Northern Maine juno
ton. Mr.. Ames' skull was fractured
and ne expired instantly. Mrs. Ames is
in the hospital, suffering from fractures
of ribs and collar bone and other injuries.
She will recover.
United States Customs Inspectors Nc
kenna and Finnegau last Friday arrested
a Chinaman doing business in Portland as
grocer, charging him With the SNUG
Cling, manufacture and sale OF opium.
They not only found the drug in actual
process of manufacture in his place, but
they seized a quantity which they
estimate to be worth three or four
thousand dollars. The inspectors believe
that the prisoners place has been head
quarters for the opium distribution trade
in New England.
A Jacksonville, Fla, dispatch announces
the arrival there Of Capt. Matthias john
son in his whaleboat George Washington,
in which he sailed from PASSPORT,
hundred miles, as his gasoline engine was
out OF commission, but he will have it re-
paired before sailing for Key West. He
then intends to run across to Havana and
put in some time around the West Indies,
then go through the Panama canal, and
plans to sail through the Golden Gate on
Washington's birthday.
Andrew A. Allan, OF the iAllan steam
ship line, last week issued statement in
which he intimated that unless the long
shoremen at Portland, moderate their de-
mands, Portland will be Withdrawn from
the itinerary OF the company's Glasgow
Portland-Boston service. Hugh Allan, of
London, already has been advised to make
preparation for the withdrawal of Allan
steamers from the Portland service, il
such action becomes necessary. The
Portland longshoremen demand IS cents
an hour for handling general cargo and 40
for coal. They have been offered SO cents
for uranaroI narOo and oants fnr oaoI