The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-07-29
State Neses.


will pitch their tents on Munjoy Hill, on
the ground lately occupied by the Grand
Army Of the Republic.
The Governor has appointed Mr.. ]. b.
Ham, of Lewiston, commissioner to repre-
sent the State of Maine at the American ex-
position to be held 1t London, England
next year.
The fall term of the State Normal School
Pennington, will open August 20. 1t Is
very gratifying TO know that the outlook
| for the coming year Indicates even greater
prosperity than the year past witnessed.
Applications and letters of inquiry are re-
ceived daily.
Hiram Barber 80 years of age. OF Cum
berland Mills, hung himself Friday night.
| He had been sick for years. Dependency
| was doubtless the cause
+. A. Cushman's box and elcelsior mill
| at Orneviile, burned Friday morning; total
loss unknown. Insured.
At the convention OF the Womans State
| Relief Corps, AT Gardiner, Mrs. A. M. Saw
| yer, OF Portland, was elected president;
| Mrs. Annie Moulton, of Auburn, vice pres.
ident; Mrs. A. b. Legrow, of Portland,
secretary; Mrs. Bradbury of Blddeford,
treasurer; Mrs. ingalls,, of Portland, Is one
| of the directors. The next annual conven'
! ton will be held In Biddeford.
| The only discordan. note In the universal
| demonstrations of grief for the death OF
| Grant came from member of the Georgia
| Legislature who protested yehDently in an
| old-fashioned rebel speech against paying
| tribute to the man who was the "author OF
| the misery" of the South. He was so
promptly Missed. and howled down, however
| That he had to withdraw his protest, and
the resolutions OF tribute went through
with applause.
The Treasurer's report shows the assets
| of Colby University less the liabilities to be
| 1921, 3l5,74. BY the will OF Governor Co.
burn The University will receive $500 900, of
| which $3.50, 900 are to be funded and the In
come only expended annually. Houlton
| Academy will receive from the same source
| S5, 900 to increase its endowment fund.
| Coburp Classical Institute has funds whose
market value Is $5S,936,25; Houlton Acad-
| envy, 49,, 295, 81 Hebron Academy $24, 49,
| IL; total, $40, 95O,9S.
The demented Readfield woman whose
| sad case attracted so much attention sever
| al days ago, was taken to the Insane Hos.
| pital on Tuesday by order of the selectmen
| of Readfeid. She was well clothed and
was evidently gratitied to escape from the
| loa.hsome den where she had been confin-
ed for 80 many Years.
Notices were posted at twelve mines in
the Massilon district, in Ohio Monday In
forming the men OF reduction In the price
of mining from rs TOGO cents per ton. Thls
reduction will go into effect Angus list.
1t Is predicted that general strlKc Will re-
suit. The miners are not in position 10
withstand long strike, and II they decioe
In Alma, Saturday, man named How
ard, fifty or sixty years OF age, cut nl:
wife's throat and beat her about the mead
He then cut his own throat. Both are
Rum was probably the cause Ct the trag-
Mr.. E. C. Aliens Parallel Edition Of the
Revised Holy Bible is published. Over
fifty subscribers to the wor. have been OBJ
tanned In Augusta.
Mr.. o. W. Davis, Jr., has commenced
clearing away the debris at the old furnac &c
| at Katahdin Iron Works preparatory to re-
building. Mr.. Davis has secured the ser
vices of Mr.. Ernst Sjostedt, young man
| of energy. ability, and experience, to act
as agent at the works, and the interested
| public can rest assured that the work OF re-
building will be pushed forward as rapidly
| as possible
| George B. Loring OF Salem, Mass, presi-
| dent; George w. Riddle OF Manchester,
and Daniel Needham of Springfield, secre-
tary of the New England fair; z. A. Gill
bert OF the Maine Farmer arrived In BAN
gor, Thursday, and held a meeting with
| the executive officers of the Eastern
Maine fair to appoint judges to serve In the
different departments of the coming New
| England fair to be held In Bangor, on the
week commencing Aug 3lst They also
| discussed all matters In relation to the ex-
hibition.
The Augusta New Age says: Newspaper
| nrta rnnH int n he N +
ment OF Thos. F. Murphy, of this city,
Deputy Collector of Internal revenue.
Mr.. Murphy is to assume charge of the
Augusta district comprising the counties
| OF Oxford, Androscoggn, Sagadahoc.
Franklin, Kennebec, Somerset, Knox, Lin
coin, and Cumberland outside the city Of
Portland, on Saturday, Aug LIST. This po-
sitiop has been held for some years past by
James L. Stoddard of Gardiner. who on
| the first prox., will succeed Gardiner F.
Danforth, OF the Bangor district, for a
| short time, or until new man Is selected
| to ill that position.
Miss Lucy Goodwin, of Brunswick, Me.
who was stopping at the Donhegan house,
| New WhOrf, died Of heart disease while
preparing for bathing in the bath house
yesterday.
| Mayor Deeriug of Portland, had little
|
Friday In regard to their alleged neglect OF
| duty In the non-enforcement of the anti liq-
uor law.
! There seems to be a growing impression
that there is something in the story that
John b. Redmsn is to be appointed collec-
tor at Portland. The President is q good
deal embarrassed by the triangular fight
between Bradbury, Cleaves and Anderson
and thinks it would be q shrewd move to
throw them all overheard and appoint Red
| man. Besides 1t is said that the aspraDts
for Democratic gubernatorial honors ara
pushing MIR. Redman for the place to get
him out of their way.
| The Governor and Executive Council
were In session Friday afternoon, and the
nomination of J. NJ. Larrabee of Gardiner,
Municipal Court Judge, was confirmed.
| The Squirrel Island Association is out OF
debt and owns property valued at $25 900.
There is probably now on Squirrel Island a
plant of $10O, 900, where q lew years age
King Greenlief 10 solitude and silence
smoked his pipe among his sheep-his
whole estate valued at not over g. 500.
And after all Is said, the Crystal Spring on
| Squirrel Island IL worth at least $25 900 to
the Island. Indeed, without this pure and
curative water, the Island would be bo-
nanzs, to be sure, but reduced by several
degrees Of comparison.
Gov. Robbie, with Adjutant General Gal
lagher and ms oector General Richardson
of his staff and Hon. S. c. Hatch, Chair
man of the Executive Council, will repre-
sent Ma ne at the funeral sevices of Gener.
al Grant In New York.
The nineteenth annual State Convention
Of the Young Mems Christian Association
Of Maine will be held in Bangor on Thurs.
day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. %
to the 25th, inclusive.
Mr.. o. c. Whitehouse, prominent citi.
zen of Augusta. died Saturday last, aged
" years.
Southport will dedicate her new soldiers