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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-04

NANTEb!-At this office al once,
q copy OF the ORANGE COUNTY OBJ
SERVER containing card Of James
n. oheek announcing himself as a
CANDIDATE Tor the Legislature in
1882 also copy "i OBSERVER O
tanning Mr.. Checks letter from the
Legislature IL January, 1889.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-04

REV. w. L. Wright preached in
the Baptist church Wednesday night.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-04
notice.

TNkCC TORE NOIICL.
Having qualified as Executor upon
the est..tt OF Thomas ID. oldham. de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to al per
sons indebted to said estate to make I'M
mediate laylnent. aud all persons hay
ing claims against the said estate must
present them properly authenticated to
the undersigned within one year from
this date. or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery. Thi> llth day Of
August, 1855.
THOMAS J. OLDHAM.
Executor.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-04

MIR. HARRIS THANkS the.puhlic
wi for patr mage and begs an exami-
nation of his work.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-04

A. w. GRAHAM.
Trustee.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Fairfield Lunbermen.

5. l. Nye informs rs that he has four
operations now under way. Two are on
No. and Bog Brook where ino men AMI
~ horses are employed. lie expects II
cut four million there. On Black BROOK
is a small operation which i expected To
put in n million. OH kihby township
Mr.. Nyc and the Chase brothers will haul
some three million.
y Totman y SOILS viii do but litte
this year compared with other seasons a.
their lat wears cut i all haeS yet they
not getting a single stick of it this sum.
mcr. They started eight HORSES and II
yoke of cattle last Monday morning and
will send four more horses To Lan@toWn.
They expect To get in upwards OF Il
million.
+. Totman 4 60. will cut threc million
ON No ;. Dead River. \. IL. Chase Will
haul for them and il i expected that he
will put in about half that amount.
o. Burrill and Son have two operations
one ON Carrying Place where they have
four horses and one on MoNic where
there arc - horses Spaulding Crosby
will haul from the landing at Carrying
Place with - oxen They expect 10 put
in some five million in all
Durcu Bros. will operate aS usual on
1ackmautown. They sent up four
horse team and will send forward Il
more next Monday They havr camps
some - horses and Too men all told and
expect to cut some -four million. Robert
Roy will haul for them one million aud
Patrick Mckcnney about half that
amount Fl JoWItak
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Struck by a Train.

The worst accident that has occurred
at Biddcford for years took place the
26th. Daniel .. Hooper. YIN. Il. BenJa-
min and James Burmic were riding home
from n knights of Pythias me, ting and
when crossing the Boston 4 Maine west
crn division track ON Main street the
horse was struck by the down Pullman
train benjamin wd- carried several rods
and instantly killed Hooper died in an
hour and Burmie escaped with slight
bruises The place where the accident
occurred is dangerous. Safety gates are
kept there but they are not operated after
. o'clock Hooper was we'll known
farmer and secretary Of the York county
Agricultural Society. lie leaves widow
aud three children. benjamin was a.
slstant engineer at the water works; he
owned a house at Cape Elizabeth aud has
lived here "A short time only. lie leaves
a widow and five small children in very
straightcncd circumstances.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

Fora town of it, size Skuwhegan has
the poorest railroad facilities for passen-
ger travel Of any place on the Maine
Central
Practically We have only one train per
day. the morning train out and the even
ing train in The mixed train arriving at
80 A. NJ. i Of yery little convenience.
If does not connect With anAthlng al
Xatcrville and leaves there at very m
convenient hour. Passengers coming on
the night pullman from Portland or Dos
Ion must wait three hours in the worst
mart of the night. with no time for sleep.
II is a dreary wait till y. NJ The
mixed train leaving here at 20 y. NJ.
docs not connect at Watcryillc with tram
for Portland and Boston, and passengers
uoiup that way must wait i've hours anu
n half, and for those going Bangor way
other Accommodations could be arranged.
What VIC need j. passenger tram
leaving Wateryille at lo.35 y. Vi. on ar
rival of train from Portland, reaching
Skowhegan at II II \. NJ making direct
connections from Portland and Boston
also from Bangor and way stations by
a DELAY of only one hour and fifteen min
ntcs at Watcryille.
The train leaving Skowhcgan on re-
turn at LAP +. VI. would reach NaterNlIIc
nj 80 L. NJ. making close connection
with train for Portland and Boston TO
Boston by either boat or rail from Port
land) II would also afford opportunity
to reach Portland aud way stations by
i55 p. NJ train from Waterville
This short train service, arriving
here at u.l5A. NJ. and leaving here at
l45 Z. NJ. would, for many proposes, be
the best train of the day. 1t would en-
able passengers from Bangor and Yiclni-
tx TO reach here in the forenoon, which
they cannot now do. have two hour, and
n half here and return in the afternoon.
For Portland and Boston travel 1t would
be an excellent convenience greatly IN
creasin1 our business facilities consc-
auentlv increasing the travel and traffic.
II isa firm belief that If committee
of our citizens would have personal IN
teryicw with Mr.. Tucker setting forth
the above facts. and others | have not
space to enumerate bearing in the same
direction. having to endorse their appeal
n petition signed by two or three hun
drcd of our towns people, including bus
mess men and leading citizens asking Tor
such train they would secure taN"I
able reply.
In this driving age of rapid transit and
speedy communications, SkOwhcgan with
its present facilities would not offer very
favorable inducements for capitalists To
locate new industries or enlarge what We
have. An earnest move in the right Ill
rcction is all that is needed. D.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
COT MY NEWS

Furfulp -uurcarrn>poudent writes
~, ..,,....t.;... ~ 81 p.ri Rnpt,r
li''y"' o''o-''',' ~ "'''' i '' -
broke her collar hahe WINE si'iin2' "n
saturday Diphlheria i still raging
here. new eases are reported every day
H.. .r.,,,,,.n r..,.r,,d from Mas,
ia > '','''''' :, -.
II spend hanN>GiNiil3.'. L. IL Id" i'"''
and daughters, Addie and Alice lcit
Monday. for a Treasure trip Mr. Law
~ ,,1,ii.. vii .n.nJ TN. w,ck in
,'''' anu - ~. am -, fri..n,.
''N'""' " 'i'''
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
STATE NEW S.

|. {. Libby Of Durham, and l.. W.
Shaw and e. II. Merrill of Newport, CO.
partners in the wool businesses, have sold
their this years purchase of Maine wool,
amounting to between forty rnd fifty
thousand dollars worth, 10 Rodliif X Ea-
ton Boston. 1t will require twenty-five
cars to transport this wool.
Charles Foster of Buck'lcld mas leased
the starch factory At Strong and will oc-
cnpy it in the manufacture of toothpicks
and cigar-lightcrs. According to the
Philips Phonopraph, he has agreed to
furnish the Sandy River Railroad three
carloads of freight per week.
Watcrville people are in II com
placent frame of mind as regards their
fire service Chief Engineer Plaisted
says their equipment is full and complete,
and he can suggest nothing which would
make the service better
The trustees of Houlton Academy in
clnding Rev. Joseph Kicker, of Augusta,
| Hon. Moses Giddings, of Bangor, and
! Hon. +. f. Webb of Watcrvillc, held Il
meeting a few days ago and voted to ap-
ply to the next Legislature to change the
present name of the Academy to Kicker
| Classical Institute and also for authority
to convey by deed to Colby University
the real and personal estate Of the Acade-
my.
| Clark 4 Milikcn have closed their
| Richmond sawmill During the season
they have run 1871 days, employing about
| sixty men. and have sawed 4j0o, 900 feet
Of long lumber, | $50, 900 shingles, io0,0o0
clapboartls. 1000 900 laths, 1000 pick
els. 100 900 slaves, 10000 broom handles
and trunk cases. The principle part of
the long lumber has been shipped to New
York and the short lumber to Boston
National Lecturer Mortimer Whitehead
of New Jersey will deliver an address at
the coming meeting of the State Grange.
He is pronounced very able speaker.
Mr.. Fred D. Hoyt, an cxprcssman in
Augusta, who went to Florida few
weeks ago, accompanied by his wife, in
the hope that his health might be inn
proved, died Tuesday, at the aye of tllir-
ty years. The remains Willsbc brought to
Augusta for burial.
The jury of inquest on the lire In the
Woodbury. building mt Dover, after Il
thorough examination of the ease, find
that the said fire was of mccndiary origin,
and set in the cellar. Kerosene oil was
used, and the inccndiary evidently planned
for biz blaze. Fortunately, the fire was
discovered just in season to control it,
In conclu ing its article on the subject,
the Observer says II is Il strange aifii'
and coupled with the alleged attempt to
burn the American house Il short time ago
by means of kerosene in an out building,
presents to our citizens serious ques-
ton, "Ilavc we IA person in this commu-
nifty who is capable of such lendiSh acts?'
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
The December Century.

There Is hardly reader of TUE CENT?
RY lat will not turn first of all 70 the
Life of Lincoln SO unique in its inter
est have the graphically written opening
chapters proved to be From all part,
of the country, aud even from Europe,
TnE CENTURY has received innumerabe
evidences of the deep hold which this en-
tcrprl>c has already taken upon the read
ng world. The second part deals with
Lincoln as Soldier, Lawyer, and polti-
cian"-one might also have said las
wrcstlcr'-and, tog' Their with what has
already been printed, forms sort of
cpiome of life in the Mississippi Valley
down to ls35.
The art paper of the number is the first
of several short articles on "Contempo-
rary French Sculpture, the critical text
by Mr. w. c. Browncll devoted this
month to the work of Chapn and Dubois
the former being represented in the Illus
trationS, by his LA Jcunc>>c, from the
Regnault monument, and by his Jeanne
dare >: the latter by his "Military Cour
age, from the tomb of Lcmoricicre, and
by his Infant John"
The Food question in America and
Europe is IA vital and suggestive study,
by Edward Atkinson, of most practical
subject, the victualinT question aS related
To labor and wages, the comparison being
greatly in favor of the United States
Mr.. Atkinson statistics will be rcvcla-
ton to his readers.
The topic in the War Series is The
Second Day at Gcttysburg,' treated by
Generals Henry j. Hunt and +. NJ. Law,
the latter with special regard to "Round
Top and the Confederate Right. The
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
pecllnine to Recognize Him.

Nurinus papcrS haXp 1raiu been greatly !
-. NJ pl.in, ,aoL in |
cXcrclscu at 'i'c '"'''se WI '''''''''
declining to speak to senator Eu'hunoS ~
the Arthur residence in New York on the
.Io,. ,orore President Arthur.s funeral.
=. mat. ,.;.,., ,l,o f,llo,y.
Inc Nc" i"'N i''"'''''
ing as the correct report OF inc inai'er
Erroneous reports being in circulation
in regard to II scene between Mr.. Blaine
and Senator Edmunds, it is proper that
the facts be accurately stated. On Sun
day afternoon MIR. Blame palu VIII 10
the house OF eX-Ircsldent ArthnI, anu "N
nc c''c.c. NV pt.i, ,at a,,,,o,,.,t rnr-
,1ia1itv nvtnndino his hand and saving,
How do you do, Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine
stood wi h his hands holulhG ms iiaC III
iro'it Vi mn VI VIZ ,,I ,,,'in n'' no.
snousc simply looking Mr. Edmnnds in
tlic e9'' ,,,-, tI VA, ~. th,
S.n,tnr Mr. Hlnine?' Mr.. Blaine re-
manned perfectly silent, and Mr.. Edmnnds,
at length apparently co"p'eh'h's'hS '"N
S'tua,'""' f,,,. ,,in,to. la,nr
Mr. RIoine nxnrcssed to Mr.. McMchacl
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Holiday Edition.

We have for the last three weeks III
order to accommodate our advertising
patrons, and at the same time give our
subscribers their full amount of reading,
been obliged to run six pages instead OF
four, and shall continue our six page
paper until New Years, with an eishe
page sheet Christmas week.
We purpose to make our Christmas
number one of unusual attraction with a
story and poem written for the RfroREER.
The subscription list of the REPORTER
has been largely increased during three
months past and foI the sake OF giving a
more extended circulation to our Christ
mas number, we will forward it to any
per on, who may want it enough to send
his or her name and address on or before
December 18th.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

CANAAN Our correspondent writes:
Thrty-livc delegates went from Canaan
to attend the railroad meeting at the
Town House in Cornyille Monday, p. NJ.
Nov 30, about the same number of the
Cornville people and J. +. Holman, Esq.
and Hon. IL. d. Bartlett of Athens, at
tended the meeting. Speeches were
made by V. r. futile, Geo. w. thomson,
Bartlett and Holman, of Athens all heart
ily in favor of the Waldo and Somerset
railway, which is destined to unite the
waters of Penobscot Bay, via, Belfast,
Canaan. Athens and Scion, with Moose
River and these connect with the Mcgan-
tic railroad from the West, and the
Point Lewis and kennebec railroad com
inp down from Quebec. T. b. Barrett. Esq.
in behalf of the friends of this proposed
railway. held meetings in Athens village,
afternoon and evening on Tuesday of
last week, which were well attended,
though during heavy rain storm, and
speeches were made by J. +. Holman,
Esq, Hon. Il. ID. Bartlett, and Hon. Al.
bert I.cavitt; Athens Is all right.
Wednesday evening Mr.. Barrett held a
railroad meeting in Scion village, Hon.
Turner Boswell, acting as chairman of
the meeting; good sized audience was
in attendance and manifested great inter-
est in the subject Of the proposed rail-
road. In fact the ice may now be said to
be fairly broken at Scion and all along
the line treat | tercst Is manifested,
which augurs well for the success OF this
great enterprise. The eople OF Corn
Vile can have this road = ~ the valley
of the Wesserunsett river, by rribing
$40. 900 to the road, which otherw.- Ill
90 by them to the East, touching only =.
northeast corner of the town With
subscription of 100000 by towns and in
diyiduals, along this route, we think that
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Notice Of Petition to The Legislature.

To the Honorable senate and House of Rep
resrnta'ivcs of the state Of Maine.
Your petitioners residents of the state IF
Maine respectfully request that by act OF the
Legislature. ut Your next session. they he in.
corporated as il railroad company by the name
of tie Waldo md Suln"lsct Railway COMPANY
and that you grant to them Charter and
thereby authorize them, MS such corporntiou
10 locate, construct, operate and maintain Il
standard giIage I'll '-roui for the conveyance
If passengers and freight to he known and
called the Waldo and Somerset Railway. con.
Meeting with the Nainr Central and Belfast
and Morschead Lake railroads AT their innc.
iion ut Bnruham village in the county of Waldo.
and extending thence, northery through the
town OF BurnhaIl and through Clinton in the
county OF kennehec. and in the county OF Som
crset, through the towns of Pitsdcd
and Canaan by wav OF Canaan Village,
and through Cornvile aud Athens, soion
and Bingham, through Moscow Cara.
funk and The Forks plantations, to or
near the forks of the kenncbec River, and
thence by the most direct aud feasible route
to the Mcgnntic railroad, so called. and con.
meet with the same In or near Moose River
plantation in somerset county, distance of
eighty miles
Dated Nov. 18th 1856.
V. K. FUTILE and forty-nne others OF
Canaan. SWAT
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
MeSScH9eP Notice.

STATE or MAINE.
SOMEsET IS: COURT OF INSOLVENCY
IN the cu-c of Harrison F. Kimball, Iusolvcnt
Debtor.
This IS to give nuticr that on the thirtirth day
Gf November A. -. l~-Ga warrant in insolvency
was issued out of the Court of insolvency Tor
said County of Somerset, against the estate of
SAID Harrison + kimbll, of Skowhcgsn, ad.
Judged to he an iu~olVeut debtor, on petition of
said debtor which petition wa- filed ON the
thiriicth day of NuN. A. ID iss6, to which
date interest on claims is tn he computed.
That the payment al any dents to or by sad
debtor, and the transfer and delivery of any
property by him are fOi hidden by law That
il meeting of the creditors of said debtor 10
prove their debt and choose one or more
assignecS of his estate viii be held at n Court
of Insolvency To be holden at the Probate
court Room IN said SHOWN, gin, on the four-
teeuth day of December, \. D. 1856, at ole
u'cock in the afternoon
Given under my hand the date first above
written.
HENAs VAUGHAN,
sheriff as Messenger OF said court of In.
SuyencE. owls
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Railroad Trains and Tariffs.

The people of Skowhegan have made
move to see if they can secure something
in the way of additional railroad facili-
ties A meeting of promcnient citizens
was held at Hotel IIeselton Saturday
evening for consultation at which it was
concluded that it would be better to have
II meeting of more public charac-
ter at Engine hall. Accordingly one was
held at that place Monday afternoon at
. o'clock, at which a goodly number OF
business men assembled. Mr.. Charles NJ.
Brainard called the meeting to order,
Mr. w. r. q Estes was called to the
chair and Mr.. J. o. Smith was made sec
rotary of the meeting. Discussion as to
the needs and wants of Skowhegan was
participated in by Mcssrs r. w. Brown,
John Vosmus Lewis Anderson, +. b.
Ileselton, S. w. Gould, Esq and Rev. j.
H. Little. The latter made the remark
that among travelling men it is generally
held that Skowhegan has the most incon-
vcnient passenger train service OF any
town of It's size and Importance in Maine.
This fact is generally conceded and is
incontrovertible. On motion, Mcssrs.
S. J. Walton, Ii. S. Steward, X w.
Brown and S. w. Gould were appointed
a committee to lay the subject matter of
train service, freight rates and passenger
rates before the officers of the Maine
Central Railroad, and represent the
wishes of the citizens of Skowhcgan in
regard thereto. The committee was au-
ihorized to fl any vacancy that may oc-
cur and arrangements were made to pro-
vide for expenses that may be incurred.
The principle matter discussed was the
change of trains, and the one thing upon
which all agreed is the Instability o
connection with the SO called Jcwet1
train at Waterville, by a train leaving
Waterville at TO- 80 A. NJ arriving here a
HE A. NJ, returning leave here at Ia
7 NJ. arriving at Watcrvlle at 2.30 L. NJ
The dcsirabillty of this train is too plat
to need elaboration or explanation.
As supplemental to this it was propose
to ask that the mixed morning train leav
Waterville on arrival of the Pullman
from Boston and returning leave Skow
hogan in the evening in time to connet
with the night Pullman to Boston
There was some opposition to the ide
changing the time of the arrival of tn
morning train.
If the extra train cannot be secured III
general feeling prevailed that the mex
best arrangement would be to have I'll
time of the morning train from waite
vile changed to an earlier hour and hay
the afternoon train out, leave Skowhega
at |. 80 Z. M or in season to connect ,
Waterville with "Jewtts' train froi
Bangor to Portland, This train to sto
at Fairfield for passengers only an
avoid the long stop there.
The matter of freight and passenge
tariff was talked over somewhat. I'll
business men here are of the oplnlo
that there is too great difference b'
tween the rate they have to pay here an
the Bangor rate where the road ha
competition. They expect to help pa
the freight bills of the larger places bu
1t don't make them feel good to pay to-
large fraction of them.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
GENERAL NEWS S.

The Government at Ottawa, Canada,
has offered to contribute $1,000 To the
scheme for keeping the st. Lawrence
open during the winter by means Of tueS
plying up and down the river.
1t is expected that the House at Wash
ineton will he kept busy with appropria-
ton bills for some time. Indeed the
general expectation is that not much will
he done except to pass these bills, a. the
session closes March eth. The session
which begins Dec. 9Th will he interrupted
by the usual two weeks holiday recess.
which bc9ins about Dec. 22d. The uu-
finished business of the last session
stands where it was left at the adjourn
ment and of itself would require year,
for action on all of it, But very few of
those unfinished matters can come up this
session
The Washington Post coins the phrase
"odious agility to describe the course of
District Attorney Stone Mr.. Cleveland
must regret HAT he had not thought Of
that phrase, 10 put by the side of "mnoc-
uons dcsuctudc, offensive partisanship'
and "pcrnicious activity.
The grand jury at Chicago has ignored
the bill against the Pinkrrton men
charged with completely III the death of
Terence Bagly near the stock yards at the
close of IA recent strike. The Pinkerton
men are discharged. Al is quiet al the
Chicago stock yards and the strike is CON
sidcred oV,r. The socialists of the city
denouncc the plan of Il cooperative pack
ing house, but it is estimated that in the
10 days strike, Si0O,0oo or enough To
start one, WAS lost in wages alone.
According to the report of the New
York Bureau of Labor Statistics. there
were more than 1900 strikes in that State
the last year rs against 800 in lS-5. In
one of he strikes of this year lS,o1o men
were out for six weeks, at Il loss in
wages of - ,ooo,ooO.
The death of Erustus Brooks remove,
the last of the old journalistic landmarks
Of New York. He was The contemporary
of Bryant. Webb Greeley, the elder Ben
nett and Raymond when they We're ii
their prime. and antc-dated some Of then
as leading newspaper man. In the day
of the old Wing and Democratic conflicts
james and Era~tuS brooks published til,
New York Express, and II was the lead
mg Wing organ Of the city before TIN
Tribune was founded. Mr.. Brooks wa
borne in Portland Maine Jan. Is, lo1l
and was son of james Brooks, VIII
commanded the Yankee, sailing frou
Portland, and who lost his life in the WA
of lsl2.
Gov. Currcr of New Hampshire, ha
appointed eX-Gov. T. {. Cheney ute
States senator 10 MI out the mcNpirc,
term of the late senator Pike. Mr.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01
Distinction without difference.

The President when confronted with
the fact that unless he restored District
Attorney Benton, whom he had removed
from his Office, for alleged offensive part-
sanship, he would loose the Missouri del
egation in the next Democratic National
Convention promptly yielded to the
pressure, and with lengthy explanation
for Mugwumpian ears, gave him back his
Office He could not however see his
way clear to restore District Attorney
Stone whose ofiense was the same as that
of Benton with the difference that Benton
made democratic speeches in the campaign
and Stone made republican speeches.
No one is at all deceived by the Presi-
dents labored arguments on these cases.
They were both removed before election,
for political capital and Benton was re-
stored because he was democrat and the
democratic rulers of his state demanded
it, and Stone was refused restoration
simply because he was republican, and
the President could gain nothing in the
way of political strength in doing it,
The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-01

The intention on the part of the Maine
Central Railroad to reduce its passenger
tariff next January is another instance of
its good will towards the people of the
State of Maine. The consideration of
this company in voluntarily reducing pas
scnger rates and in granting concessions
in freight rates is one which will be ap
preciatcd by its patrons, and shows II
willingness in this great corporation not
to misuse the great power which it posS-
csSes, but by generous and fair usage to
maintain the favor of the citizens of the
State, and aid in developing its business
and resources hcHHebec JoHHdl.