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The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The follow
ing are the real estate transfers which have
been recorded in this county the past week
Cambridge-Samuel C. Morrill, to William
F. thomson. $40.
Norrdgewock-Elsha A. Shaw to Frank
Skillings. $225. Lydia A. Lawton to En-
ell c. Doyen. 5000.
St. Abans-F. r. Weber to Charles
Springer $500.
Hartland-Nathan NJ. Webb to Charles
Springer. 1926.
Skowhegan-Cecil J. Burrill to VIM. II.
Pearson. $3.50. Charles A. Liunell to Ester
Linnell. 500. Rufus II. Townsend to
Elizabeth E. McIntre ct al. 800 Luke
Hilton ct al to Ensign Frye. $500. Loring
J. Addition to Frank Hammond. 1886.
Frank 4. Hammond to Loring j. Addition.
$1,000. Ephraim Gazette to Prudan eau
cite. $50.
Moscow-Edmund Farmer to Willie
Hill. $3.50.
Fairfed-Isabell Seavey to Martha r.
Buttertield. $500. Helen A. NJ. Lewis to
Sanford s. Chapman. $500.
Embden-Abel w. Spaulding to Edward
8. Boyington. $4OO
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

QUESTIONABLE INSURANCE. - Attorney
General Sherman, of Massachusetts, at the
instance Of Insurance Commissioner Tar
box has filed bill OF Information in the
Supreme Court for the removal of Robert
]. Murray, treasurer Of the Peoples Beue-
fit Association and asks that the company
may be epjoined from doing business until
an investigation Of its affairs can be had by
the court. 1t is stated that there are some
$4,000 due for death benefits which the
company refuses to pay for insufficient
reasons. A branch Of this Association is
attempting to do business in Maine. 1t
has NO legal authority to do life IL.
surance business in Maine, neither has
any other company on the assessment plan
excepting the "Maine Benefit ASCOT
alton" Of Auburn and the "Provident
Aid Society in Portland, chartered by the
Legislature last winter, and also excepting
The Fratsrnal Societies exempted by the
providons Of chapter 878 of the Public
Lawn Of 1885. and the citizens Of Maine
VIII Do vel to thoroughly consider tho
na&lss before bsyisg Insurance Of any Of
49, soapaniss thas ass attempting to do
$780, = vielaaiea of State laws.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
-1BNER COBURN.

coming the greatest benefactor of It's peo-
Pile" lie will be remembered as one who
loved his fellow men. What more appro-
pirate epitaph can we inscrlbe over his
grave than the well-known lines of Leigh
Hunt:
Abou Ben Alden [ may his tribe increased
Awoke one night from \ deep dream of peace,
And within the tnoongh n his room,
Making 1t rich and like lily inibloom
An angel writing IN book OF gold;
And to the presence In tn the room he said,
And. with a look of all sweet accord
Answered,3".The names OF those who love the
"And is mine one'' said Abou; NAY, not So"
Replied the angel-Abou spoke more low,
HUI eheeIly sun; and said, II pray thee, then,
The Angel wrote and vanished The next night
Il came again with great Weakening light,
And showed the names whom love OF God had
blessed;
And lo Ben Ahdem's name led all the resti
To-day we miss this venerable and ven.
Grated man. His entrance upon that real
existence OF which what IL called death is
the portal, has left void In these places
where men OF affairs meet. To-day the
trustees of this institution have beheld
with sorrow his vacant seat at their coun.
Gil board. No more will his familiar pres
ence pass up and down this beautiful val
ley, its benign repose a seeming bencdic-
ton; yet he Is not dead Such men will
never die. He will live In that arterial
system of the State to which he has con-
tributed so much, along which pulsa,ed
the life blood of enterprise and industry,
the vital forces of a higher civilization; he
will live in tae enlarged comforts aud re.
flnement which this system brings to
thousands of humble homes because 1t has
donn ed the rewards of every toiler; he
viii We In the asylums for the uufortu-
nat which his bencfactions have enlarged
he " live In the better lives of thous.
anis Ia the byways and hedges to which
he mas caused the gospel to be preached;
looking down from the canvas to be hung
in this hall, already consecrated to heroic
martyrs, upon generation after generation
of young men and women, he will live
reminder and an inspiration to higher aims
and nobler achieve ents; he will live In
the ever widening Influences which will ra-
diate from his christian benefcence when
the centuries shall have grown old and the
stars shall become dim with age.
In that "Garden of the Lord" near the
spot where eighty odd years ago be FIRST
saw light, the golden mists these summer
days float above new grave i'll which he
lies beside the brother he loved so much,
and, shimmering in the sun, seem to make
a ladder through the shining air wbereon
the Angels of the Lord descend and as
cend.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

INDIAN TRoUBLEs.-Genera Crook is
about starting on Indian campaign against
the Apaches In the Sierra Madras. The
object is to capture or destroy Geronimo
AMI his followers All the official reports
Indicate that the Cheyenne uprising is of
serious character. Gen. Augur has been
ordered to concentrate his forces In the vi
cinity of Fort Reno, and every effort is to
be made to head off the Indians before they
break out. The best explanation Of the
restlessness of these Indians is that they
have been aroused by threatened encroach-
ment upon their lands. This is due to diff
flculties with the cattle companies and
with other tenants of indian lands.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
FOrei0n.

An explosion of flre-damp occurred in a
coal mine at Dudweiler in Rheinish Prussia
near Saarbruck. Eighteen miners have
thus far been taken out dead.
The southern provinces of Russia are
suffering from long coDtin ued drought,
which threatens to ruin the wheat crop.
The stock of wheat on hand is also very
low, owing 70 the great quantities that
were hastily exported from the Black sea
ports when it seemed likely that they
would be blockaded by England.
The music mad King Of Bavaria has sue
ceeded at last in exnausting the patience
of his loyal subjects, and they are talking
seriously Of appointing receiver for him.
This monarch has done nothing for years
but spend his peoples money 10 wild
schemes for his personal qualification, with
out a preteuse Of governing, and his ex.
travagances have now reached such pitch
that it becomes absolutely necessary to do
something to restrain him.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
Commencement at Colby UniUer-
stu.

Commencement at Colby University was
inaugurated Sunday afternoon. The bac-
calaureate by President G.. ID. b. Pepper,
ID. d., at the Baptist church was listened
to by large audience, and was earnest
and impressive.
Sunday evening Rev. 0. p Clifford OF
Boston delivered sermon before the Y.
M. c. A., and Boardman Missionary so.
cieties. The theme of his discourse was
the requant life of the world is Christ.
The requant law of the world, the law OF
sacrifice, the altar of self-sacriffce is the
very throne of God. The law of sacrifice,
the only true eternal and univers i law of
life, progress and power of heaven and
earth. The sermon was brilliant, with i'm
agry, metaphor and poetical language.
Tuesday, Col Z. A. Smith, delivered an
able and interesting address in memory of
Governor Coburn, which is given on our
first page. Hon. Thomas B. Reed delivered
the Annual address, before the Alumni AS
sociation yesterday. 1t is unnecessary to
state that it was highly interesting and
acceptable address.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

During last week the Maine Central
transported into and out Of Portland the
largest number ever carried in this State in
the same number of days. The fact that
this great number Of passengers were car
ried without accident is high compli-
ment to the able management Of General
Manager Tucker. Everything worked like
clock work, and considering that the Maine
Central is single track road the large
business done Is In itself high compli-
uent to the management.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
The Postal LdtCs.


THE IMPORTANT CHANGES TO GO INTO FL
FEET.
The following are the important changes
which will take effect beginning with July
LIST, 1885,
First-The weight of all single rate let
tiers Is Increased from one half ounce each
or fraction thereof, to one ounce each or
fraction thereof. The same increase of
weight is allowed for drop letters, whether
mailed at stations where there is free de-
livery or where carrier service is not estab-
lished.
Second-All newspapers sent from the
office of publication, Including sample cop
les, or when sent from news agency to
actual subscribers thereto, or to other
news agents, shall be entitled at transmits
sion at one cent per pound, or fraction
thereof, the postage to be prepaid. This
Is reduction of one-half cent from exist
ing rates.
Third-Any article in newspaper, or 9TH
er publication, may be marked for o6serva-
tion, except by written or printed words,
without increase of postage.
Fourth-That a special stamp of the val
ue of ten cents may be issued, which, when
attached to letter, in addition to the law
full postage thereon, shall entite the letter
TO immediate delivery III any place. coutalH-
ing four thousand population, or over, &C
cording to the Federal census, within the
carrier limit of any free delivery office, or
within one mile of the Post Office of any
other Post Office coming within the pro-
visions Of this law, which may, in like
manner, be designed as a special delivery
otiic- that such specially stamped letters
shall be delivered between o'clock A. Nj.
and mdnight that book shall be pro-
vided, In which the person to whom the
letter Is addressed shall acknowledge its
receipt, that messengers for this special
delivery are to be paid eighty per cept of
the face value of all the stamps received
and recorded in a month, provided the ag-
grsgate compensation paid to any one per-
son for such service shall not exceed thirty
dollars per month, and provided further
that the regulations for the delivery of
these specially stamped letters shall In no
way interfere with the prompt delivery of
letters as provided by existing law of reg
ulations.
These are all of the provisions of the
new law which make changes in relation to
postage.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
WpLcO3ae Rain,

The rain that commenced to fall Sunday
night was exceedingly opportune and well
come. The heavy fires that were raging
in the Dead River region and on other lum-
Der tIacts were making sad havoc and de-
stroying property, at fearful rate, burn
ing dams, camps, timber and In some cases
farm buildings and crops. The grass and
growing crops were feeling the effects of
the long dry weather seriously. 1t comes
littla late to be of full benefit to the hay
crop but is just in time for other growing
CROPS and to make the farmers rejoice.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

General Grants condition does not ap-
pear to change greatly. At times he suf-
fers much pain and at other times he is
very comfortable. The removal to the
mountains has apparently been Of advan-
tage to his general health whether it shall
be Of long continuance or net. The mani
festations of high regard expressed for the
Great Soldier by tht Grand Army Veterans
at the encampment last week, must have
been gratifying to him and his friends. 1t
is very evident that, whoever Is second in
their esteem, u. S. Grant mnst be first.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
"An ounce Of prevention worth pound Of cure

is an old sdage but true.
In view OF predictions that this country is liable
be visited by more than an ordinary amount Of con-
tsqous diseases this year. 1t behoves all 10 nQire
about and practice every sanitary especially
cleanliness which % preventative, offers one some
means Of escape At e.s; and IL tnis how important
ali inferior grades. made % BY foreign substances
and aduterstions Of questionable character, shonld
be rejocted that there may be faint left on the
person Of ciothes which might in any way v,te tho
gerns Of these various diseases. first class arti.
Gle, q the only kind that can be safely used or
reconmended. In he use OF . standard soap, like
- "Weicome," made BY Curtis Davis D Co., there
can b no Hi, being the goods Of arm whose name
On eoap ID sufficient guarantee Of it purity.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

Many of the people of Watervlle, are
highly indignant that they should have
been SO mercilessly duped by the posters,
sent out from the Sentinel office, announc-
ing that man would fly from the Emwood
to that Office at a certain time. Perhaps it
was good joke and pos ibly a good adver.
tisement for the concern, but We will wag-
er a cent, that it will not be repeated
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

BowpoIN COLLEGE. - Commencement
day at Brunswick was June Goth. The
Trustees and Overseers met In the library
and chapel and transacted routine business.
DIR. II. II. HUT was appointed Professor
oil Physiology IN the Medical School.
Three hundred dollars were appropriated
for arranging pictures under the direction
of Prof. Johnson. Some OF the paintings
will be- placed In Memorial Hall while 9th
ers will remain In the Chapel. Two thous-
and dollaes were given by VIM G. Means,
Esq, of Boston, 20 found scholarship in
memory of bis brother, Rev. James Means,
'33. Prof. George T. Little was appointed
Librarian with the additional duties of
Rhetoric. Rev. w. d. Hyde, Of Patterson,
N. j., was unanimously elected President
of the college and Stone Professor Of Men
tai and Moral Philosophy.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
There are always ludicous sights on all
on,.,;opo apd upder all circumstances,

There are always ludicous sights on all
occasions and under all circumstances.
About as funny sights as We ever saw, was
during the reception, given to Gen. kountz
in Portland last week, when Gen. Logan
was occupying a prominent seat on the
platform. In the midst Of the ceremony,
there stumbled In a drunken reporter who
claimed to represent Western paper,
published not far from Gen. Logan's home.
Soon after taking his seat, he gazed up see-
ing the General, yelled out, "Halloo John y
General Logan had evidently met the beat
before, for he answered his salutation,
where upon he called out, Jack come
here minute" This was too much, and
"Jack" refusing to respond the fellow was
suppressed.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

Edward L. Hedden, the appointee to the
New York Custom House is County DEM
ocracy man. Mr.. Hubert o. Thompson
did not succeed in getting the collectorship
but he did succeed in debating who should
be appointed. Mr.. HeddeE is the man he
picked out. The fight over the place was
Z long one.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

BKIGHToN.-Our correspondent writes
Quite lot of our peoble went to Kings
bury Sunday, to baptism, there were five
baptised. The widow of the late John
Paul has gone to Athens, to live with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Ward. l.. d. Lib
by's new stable was raised yesterday. 1t
was the right kind of raising, no old har''
cider to drink, out plenty of pure cold wa
ter, and the company was furnished a nice
dinner and after the building was raised,
invited to the store and treated on cigars,
peanuts. If there was more such raising>
as this, there would be less "chiu music, u
and fewer accidents. Mr.. Samuel Hol-
brook and Mrs. Mercy W. Dyer were Joined
in marriage by l.. d. Libby, the 23rd inst
There was an artist In town yesterday,
sketching several dwelling houses, in the
village, and nearly every man in town, on
Mr.. Libby's stable frame. E. The Fourth is
scarcely spoken of, who is going to cele-
brate2
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
Iutenperate Temperance.

Some of our temperance friends were
trife intemperate In their zeal for the good
of the cause and pursued course unWar-
ranted by the circumstances, when, prior
to the National Encampment, they assumed
that the great body of veterans who were
to assemble needed to be put under unusu-
al restrictions. Probably without any In q
tention of so doing, they cast reflections
upon this body of men, the representatives
of the grandest army that ever saved ma
tion.
Veterans as rule are modest men and
make no claim to be better than other peo-
pie, they have attested their respect Tor
law and order by service on many hard
fought field, they have discipline far be-
yopd that of the average citizen, not ex-
cepting the most ardent reformeis as
class They naturally do not take kindly
to being placed under extraordinary sur
yeilance, and the attempt to do so was nn'
called for and unjust.
The Encampment at Portland wss, on
the whole, as orderly and quiet as any
large gathering ever assembled IN the
State Of Maine or any other State. AS
a matter of course there were slight dis
turbances Large quantities of liquors
were drank, for Maine, but the sum total
was probably less than was ever before
consumed by so large crowd OF men,
whether veterans or otherwise, aud the
list of cases of intoxicatiop and casualties
were wonderfully small.
The success of the Encampment, and
the good order maintained with 2o,ooo
members of the Grand Army assembled In
one small city proves beyond question the
fact that the veterans OF the war OF 1851
are as orderly and worthy class OF citi-
zens as can be assembled in the Country.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

Reports from Fort Lewis, Colorado, OF
the oath inst, say the Utes are not commit
ting any further depreciation, and 1t is
hoped that those of the reservation will
return without trouble.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

The Kennebec Journal says it Is authori-
tatively stated that there is no truth In the
report that the title to the site of the pro-
posed public building is defective.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

1t appears by the Portland Advertisers
Washington correspondent that Col. Nor
ton is not to be Postmaster of Augusta.
We shall have curiosity now to see what
Democrat will for the sake of that office
risk the death prophesied by Gen. Plaisted.
We imagine there are several of them in
the Capital City.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

GEO. T MOFFArT, NJ D. D. :, lR Boylston treet
Roston Mass, writes;
II have found In DR. Flowers Nerve Pills o remedy
that can heartily recommend Their action Ia per.
feet nd their good effects permanent.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

L. W. FISHER, 378 fremont ST. Boston writes:
"Since have been taking DR.. Plnwers Liver and
Stomach Sentative am free to say would rather pay
Ten Dollars bottle rather than be without Its bene
hcla effects have far exceeded my antcipations and
do not overstate the truth when say II has made
man of me. | heartily recommend 1t to all suf
ferers from Liver and Stomach troubles. believe
1t to be all you claim it,
FOR SALE BY GEORGE GUSHING
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
Disoppotssesd Office Seekers.

Those who have returned from unsuccessful
trip 10 Washington with their nerves completely
stsunR Will And In DR.. b. q. Flowers Nerve Pills
Feiief ~ exceeding even the pleasures Of efacial
posittoo. 100 Pills n svssy bottle. Price ~iooal
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

The Portland Advertiser special from
ton is not going to get the Post Office at
Augusta and that some good Democrat OF
that city will very soon.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
DR.. R. c. FLOWERS
r e Nj EDIE S.
Mrs. ELLEN D. FLANDER III Gorham Street. Lowell

Mass, writes:
"Yonr Liver Sentative has been worth dollar O drop
to After nine long years of indescrible suffering
and treatment by physicians Of various schools without
relief commenced the of your Sentative am to-
day living example of its merits and wish that every
member OF the great army Of sufferers from all stom-
ach troubles could be made familiar with the fact that
they can be cured
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
OUR TRAVELLING MAN.

TnE NATIONAL ENcAMPMENr-A REUNION
OF REUNIoNs-TnE GRANDEsr MILITARY
DISPLAY EVER sFEN IN MAINE-PoRr
LAND EXTENDS A WARN WELCOME TO
HER GUESTS.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

HARMoNY.-Our correspondent writes:
While Mr.. Silas WhitehCuse was on the
train, returning from the National En-.
campmenu last Friday, the news of the loss
OF his house and contents by fire, was an
nounced to him by reading the item in last
weeks REPORTER, regarding it. Thereup-
CD Rev. Mr.. Turner, and Col. Knowles, of
Cambridge, who were on the train, cirCu-
lated subscription and obtained from
James Sterling, Solon; VIM. Morgan, Ath.
ems; H. L. Burton, Vezie; ]. f. Stewart,
Columbia; N. II. Martin, Ft Fairfield; E.
j. Pullen, Topeka, KS, John A. Faulkner
Lowell, Mass, and other comrades, over
twenty dollars, to whom he tenders his sin
cere thanks... Rev. Z. Skinner, preached
last Sabbath In this town, and was listened
to with marked attention >. Farmers will
commence haying next week, II the drouth
continues All the cereal crops are back
ward
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01
SOMERSET COUNTY.

The Somerset Fibre Company, Fairfield,
are building an extension to their main
mill to have more room for tanks.
We are informed that the damage done
last week by fire in the timber growth on
Dead River will amount to 100000 +.
Totman 4 Co., had one camp burned on
No. IL. All the camps on Tim Pond tract
were burned and NJ. G. Shaw lost three on
Chain Pond.
The Kennebec Framing Co., Fairfield,
have just shipped two depots to the Old
| Colony road Tor the stations at Taunton
and Onset Bay. They are now at work on
the largest dwelling house they have ever
made. Some idea of the size may be
gained from the fact that 1t is three stories
and the floors aggregate 1900 square feet.
Dane and Foster, OF Skowhegan, have
rented the old starch factory, at Madison,
| for term Of five years, and are repairing
and fixing 1t up for a sash and blind shop.
Edwin Packard, Of st. Adams, feif"Tith
| a staging on which he was at work paint
| Ing, and which was twenty-six feet from
| the ground. He sustained compound
| ,omminuted fracture OF the ankle, which
rendered amputation necessary, reports the
Dexter Gazette.
John Spaulding, of Palmyra, aged sew
enty-nve years, was leading COW attached
to the back OF his wagon the other day.
When passing Samuel Farnham's place his
dog ran out and barked, soaring the COW
so that she jumped on to the hind wheel,
upsetting the wagon, throwing Mr.. Spaul-
| dInu ont and badlv iniuriup him about the
| face, head and back.
| cupola Is being built on the top OF the
Madison mill to hold 500 gallon water
tank which will supply the spray fire ex'
tiuguishers with water In case of fire. Be
sides this they are also connected with a
steam pump, which works automatically In
| such manner that as soon as valve
opens the pump starts and keeps a steady
spray of water flowing from the extin'
| guisher.
The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

HARTLAND.-Our correspondent writes :
DIR. Bean has moved and settled In his
house formerly owned by DR.. Pushor. 49,.
Miss Lettie Withee has bought the MILL
merry goods owned by Mrs. BERTHE Merrick
and has gone into business in the block,
corner OF Main street. She is an enter
prising young lady and we hope she will do
well. The selectmen have bought road
machine, they like it much. =. Mrs. j. G.
Ham and the friends of her class enjoyed
an interesting Parlor rehearsal at her home
Saturday evening.