The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-09-16

STATE NEWS.

There we're 4s7 patients in the Insane Ii osp-
al one DAY recently, the largest number yet.
The contract for the new shoe shop at Norway
was let. Wednesday, 10 Nj. Kelly Of Lynn,
Mass, ot about $40, l10.
Emery Warehouse n Co., of Portland, are
about starting up thSir factory at North
Monmouth, with full crew.
Augustus Cove, who robbed Hotel Northf Au-
gu>ta, IN June last, has been sentenced to I'M
prisonmcnt for one year in the kennebec county
Jail
William Jones, an Australian sailor on board
the schooner Mystery Of Portsmouth, n. H.,
was drowned in the river hive miles below Ban
gor, Saturday.
Governor Robe has granted n requisition for
3odwcll, the Springfield rough who assaulted
and nearly killed Sheriff Roberts at Alfred, and
who has been captured in Nebraska.
The kineo guides are organizing "Gude's
Association" and have already held their first
meeting Mt the kineo House. The object is for
mutual protection and improvement, and to fur
thcr law and order among them.
kinghcld is to have n new hotel, and work has
already commenced on its erection. 1t is to
have frontage OF so feet and depth of 50 feet,
and will be three stories high. John Winter is
the leading spiritn the enterprise.
Wilbcrt $. Wood, indicted for murder at Gar
diner, retraced his plea OF not guilty, and by
the consent Of the county attorney and his own
counsel, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, i'll the
Superior Court at Augusta last week.
Mrs. John Kclleher, OF Lewiston, was struck
by the Bath train on the Maine Central Thnrs-
day morning, and died from her injuries Friday
morning c. Kane, II deaf mute, was struck
near the same place Thureday afternoon and was
severely Injured.
The passenger train which arrived at Angus
Ia from Portland at o'clock, Tuesday night Of
q L.. .nt Y1p ntnh hnI
been placed ON the track between Augusta and
Gardiner with the intention of wrecking the
train. No injury was done.
State Senator S. b. Hume died after long ILL
ness, aged - years. lie served two terms as
representative in the Legislature, was one OF
the Garfield electors and was president Of tEs
Frontier Bank Of PASSPORT. At the time of his
1 death he was State Senator. He leaves Il large
estate.
Dr. G. NJ. Twitchell, one of the editors of the
Name Turner, is entitled to much credit for the
success Of the poultry exhibition at the New
! England Fair. Mr.. Twitchell formed the rules
which governed the awards, and it was through
his cxcrtions that there such fine show in
this department.
1 II. NJ. Wentworth manufacturer of nuts
i bolts, washers, etc, Gardiner reports his buai
ness good and steadily increasing. He has
| lately furnished large quantity Of spool jour
nails for the Lewiston cotton mills. He also does
| considerable business in the line Of truss work
and all kinds of iron work required by builders.
] The reunion of the Fourth Maine Regiment
and second Maine Battery was held at Hurri-
cane Island last week. The following officers
were elected President, James S. IIutford OF
Brooks; Secretaries, one from each company
Secretary Of Second Maine Battery, Fred eric
Of Rockland. Next years reunion will be held
at Brooks.
The Norway shoe factory troubles have been
Hnal1v nd iuf,ctnrlv cottlad Tho
Union has rather over-raached itself in this in
stance, as the Lynn firm whom it attempted to
browbeat, instead OF removing its branch factory
to Lynn, have decided to transfer their entire
business to Norway, citizens OF the latter place
having made arrangements to eaect large fac
tory building for their occupancy.
j. w. Spaulding, Richmond; John ID. Ander-
son, Gray; j. NJ. Bates, Yarmouth; II. Z. Sell
ers, Bangor; Jere +. Douglass, Partland; A. j..
Crockett, Rockland; j. o. Nickerson, Lewiston !;
S. L. Miller, Waldoboro; c. Il. Ames, Dana
riscotta Mills; John Kirk, Togus; ]. II. Nc
Gregor, Rowland, have been appointed aides
de-camp on the staff of Commanders chief S.
s. Burdett, of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Benjamin f. Packard, one Of the most promi-
nent shpbuldcrs and shipowners of Bath a
member of the firm of Goss, Sawyer & Packard
and superintendent of the New England Ship
building Co.'S yards died i'll that city on We'd
nesday, after a short illness. Mr.. Packard has
been confined to his house put few days, hav-
ing superintendent the launching of the ship
Hotspur on the Wednesday previous. His age
was 30 years.
In all the entries for the Maine State Fair for
this year are 20 per cent larger than for any 9TH
er previous year. In the horse department the
trotting entries number so, and the exhibition
entries, 5000. In the cattle department there
are 705 entries; in the sheep department, 34l !;
in the swine department., POI; and there are 204
coops of poultry. The entries for the agricultu-
raj implement department exceed those for any
other year by very rarge amount
William b. Andrews, formerly Of Maine, gave
himself up to the police in Chicago, Friday last
confessng himself guilty of forgery to the
amount Of 1000 eight years ago. He was in
the commission business in Maine and forged
drafts on Boston parties, dsposing Of them in
Portland, Rockland and Thomaston. He la
bored under the delusion that he pursued
for his crime and this caused him to surrender.