The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-01

| A party of six young men left the Gar
| net House, Brunswick, for sail. WheI
near West Bath the boat was struck by {
squat and upset. N. w. Gavin, assistant
postmaster, and B. A. Lincoln were
drowned.
r. w. Quinby, the landlord Of Hotel
North, Augusta lost 5000, gold watch
and diamond pin by a burglar Wednesday
night Gustayus Cove alias Henry Meal
lister was arrested at Whitefield Thursday
ace watch, pin and a small sum of money
were found upon him and he confessed to
taking the articles and money from the
drawer but stoutly denied taking the peck.
ct book containing the money. Cove is a
mere boy II years old.
Messrs. o. M. Moore and L. A. Moore 81
the Waterville Sentinel have dissolved CO.
partnership and in the future the business
will be conducted by o. M. Moore.
Patents issued to Maine inventors under
date Of June %, 1885. No. 800, 720, G. M.
Stevens, Portland, machine for forming
pulp into vessels of various kinds. No.
800, 1927, Geo. w. Way, Portland, and A. F.
Hin, Deering, assignors to Hill Way
Gate Co., Portland, railroad gate. Whole
marks 13; libels 7; reissues 2; total issue
479.
Prof. S. ]. Young of Brunswick, Gener
al Francis Fessenden of Portland and DR..
d. A. Robinson of Bangor have been ap-
pointed a committee to superintend the
building of the new gymnasium at Bow
doin College. The building will cost $40 900,
and will be fitted with all the modern appa-
ratus.
During the war of the rebellion In 1862,
Mr. Charles Fl. Hooper of Castine, sent a
letter home which his wife never received
until last Friday. Twenty-three years
were occupied by the missive In coming
from Washington to Castine, according to
the Bangor Wing.
The walls of the Edwards Manufactur-
ing Company's new weaving mill, at Au-
gusta, are nearly up and soon the roof will
be put on. The building is of brick, with
hard pine interior framing, and is very
substantial. 1t will he 276 feet long, 70
feet wide and four stories high.
Special trains are running daily over the
Green Mountain Railway and in few days
the regular summer timetable will 60 into
effect. F. Ii. Clergue, Esq, the original
protector OF the road, will act as superin-
tendent this season.
The annual meeting Of the Monson Rail-
road Company has been postponed until
Sept. lst, the same date as the holding If
the annual meetings of the several slate
companies In which Lowell, Mass, capital
lists are heavily interested The meetings
will be held at the Lake Hebron Hotel.
The Knox Lincoln directors are max
ing important improvements In their road
bed. Some ten thousand railroad ties have
been purchased and one thousand tons of
Steel rails. Crews are now busy laying the
new rails between Nobleboro and Newcas-
tie and gravel train is also kept busy all
of the time.
The Sixth reunion Of the Christian and
Sanitary Commissions, was held at Old
Orchard Friday last. Members of the G..
A. r. and woman's Relief Corps were in
vited to participate. The committee on
nominations, through Rev. j. o. Foster,
the chairman, made the following report
which was unanimously adopted: Presi-
dent, George H: Stuart, Of Philadelphis,
Pa: Secretaries, Rev. j. o. Foster, OF Chi
caro-. H., James Grant, Of Philadelphia,
Pa. Treasurer, Rev. Sanford Hunt, Ct
New York.