The Somerset reporter., 1885-09-09
STATE NEWS.

The house Of Mrs. Sarah Lane Of New Shar-
on, was burned Friday morning. Loss Sl20O
insured. The cause was undoubtedly defect
i've chimney.
Mr. +. A. Cushman, whose mill at Boyd Lake
Orneville, was recently destroyed by fire. is re-
building and will be ready to commence opera.
tons again this fall, says the Piscdtaquis o.
| serrer.
| The bag mill at the Androscoggin started up
Tuesday morning-repairs not being fully com
pletcd by Monday morning Big shipments OF
bags have recently been made from the Lewis
ton mills.
The Kennebcc County Medical Association
held its quarterly meeting at MaranOcOok Thurs
day. Twenty-Five members with ladies and in
vtcd guests attended. 1t was particularly a So
cial gathering and very enjoyable.
Miss Ida NJ Bickford of Newberg, aged %
years, was drowned at Harmon, Thursday morn
ing. She went out alone in boat after pond
lilies and fell in. The pond was dragged and
the body recovered six hours afterwards
Geo. +. Davis of Waterville, has taken a con-
tract from the Maine manufacturing Co. OF
Fairfield, to stripe and varnish $4,000 handsleds
to be completed in three months. He will at
once have men upon the job, to paint about 200
per day.
The grand jury of Kenncbcc County rose the
Sth inst, reporting 26 indictments. W. Wood,
Of Gardiner, indicted for murder, and Capt.
Thatcher with 81 members of the Salvation Ar
my of Augusta, for unlawful assembly. There
very few liquor indictments.
The man who robbed Smith & Sons safe,
Thursday, has been captured, and the notes and
securities worth about $500 regaincd. The cash,
$3.50, is still missing. The thief was Jack Fa-
ey, about 20 years old and of IA hard reputation,
according to the Bangor Commercial.
A valuable horse belonging to Mr. Horace
Coleman, farmer living on the west shore of
Pattee's Pond in Winslow, was stabbed while in
the pasture a few days ago, by some person un-
known, though circumstances seem to point to a
man living in his vicinity says the HaterrHle
Mail.
There are now 100 students at the Farming
ton Normal School, the highest number the IN
stituton has ever known during the twenty years
of its existence. The attendance two years ago
was but ij, and for several years previous had
not been much above that number, reports the
Chronicle.
Mrs. Engeue Reed, of Sabatis, met with ter
riblo death in Harper's Mill at Sebats, Friday
noon. She was caught in vertical shaft, where
it rises from the water wheel, and was whirled
about it, beating against the stone wall and
against huge iron kettle until relief came,
and her body was taken out horribly mangled
and lfelcss
The scythes and axes of the North Wayne
Tool Company took the first premiums at the
New Orleans Exposition. Simmons Hardware
Company of st. Louis pronounce the Carter nee
die hay knife, improved, which the North Wayne
Company manufacture, perfect III every particu-
lar. S. A. Nclkc, their travelling salesman, is
receiving big orders for their goods
The following fourth-class postmasters have
been appointed in Maine. LaGrange, ID. n.
Dyer; South Orrngton, W. S. Stubs Kendus-
keag' Timothy =. Bachelor; North Bradford,
John J. Coy: Hudson, Andrew J. Potter; Lin
coin Centre, Alfred Gates; Medway, Freeman
Dickey; East Corinth' Edwin X. Bean; North
Dixmont, Vim. Harris; Patten, Charles w.
Shepherds West Levant, Mrs. Margaret A..
Browning; Upper Saltwater, F. Hamblen
Brewer, G. p. Aiken; Springfield, f. l.. Hans
comb.
The vassalboro wooden mills, employing up
wards of 300 hands, closed up last week. In
this establishment originally was invested 500
900. The property was purchased by fat Boston
capitalists at less than 80 cents on the dollar,
and it is stated that the stock now sells at 10,
or for only about IL ID per cent Of its cost.
They say the mill can be economically run as la
Dor and fuel cheap; but that the trouble
probably is in unsuccessful styles of goods, large
quantities of which have been unsold. Some
think that after small stockholders are swallowed
up by the big fish, the mill will start out on
new career.
The trouble which led to the BOdwell Water
Power company fight in the last Maine legiala-
ture, has cropped out again on the Penobscot
The issue is between the log runners and the
lumber manufacturers at Milford. The log run
ners usually pay the mill men few hundred
dollars year for shutting down their mills
few days, in order that the 10y men might use
the water and sluices for driving their logs
through. Last Thursday, under the champion
ship Of Lawyer McCrillis Of Bangor, they de-
manded that the mills be shut down without
pay, claiming that they have a natural right to
~ water. There srs eight million feet q logs
b ~ by. Thsss was Z red.hoe feeling TAurs-
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