The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-01-20
STATE AFFAIRS.

Mail Agent Grcenleaf, on the Knox &
Lincoln ronte, has been transferred to
the North Arson and Lewiston route.
Detective Robert A. Davis, of Portland
recently met at Steuben Miss Belle
Smith to whom he was married after an
acquaintance of just one week.
Repairs on the broken railroad bridge
at Augusta are to be pushed with energy
and dispatch, and through trains will
again be crossing ere many weeks.
The Governor and Council will meet
the 25th inst. The matter of the appoint
mcnt of special constable for the en-
forcement of the liquor law in Aroosiook
County will be acted upon.
Mrs Lydia Larrabee. of Jackson, i'll
dicted for murder last week, is the first
person in Waldo county To be indicted Tor
such an offence since John T. Gordon OF
Thorndke murdered his brother and fam
III In 1873.
Charles Whitcomb, one of the Liver
more bows who robbed lady of $1,000
and fled west, was brought to Lewiston
and taken to I.iyermore Thursday night
The Barker boy escaped from the officers
in New York and has not been found
Mr.. Henry +. Judkins, formerly a
Maine Central conductor, and the inVen- |
tor of the Judkins electric railway train
signal, is In Portland arranging to apply |
the signal to the passenger trains OF the
Maine Central Railrosd.
The York Manufacturing Company, |
Saco, held meeting Thursday and took
n vote of employees In relation to payment
of wages. A majority preferred weekly |
payments and they will be adopted next
month Other mills will follow suit.
Henry r. Boothby, a lumber surveyor,
fell in the river at Saco Thursday and
was carried over the falls, going 80 feet
below the surface. The current took him
IA long distance below where he was res
cued by his fellow workmen. He was Sc
verely injured but will recover.
Governor Robbie has called special
session of the Executive Council for Jan.
18th at 4 p. IN. The petition of the citi.
Zens of Houlton and Aroostook county
for the appointment of special liquor
constable, will come up. Several APP
pointmeuts will be submitted.
There are great many inquiries for
Penobscot river ice and several contracts
have already been made by companies
here at very satisfactory prices. The
present appearance is that all the ice cut
on the Penobscot this year will be sold,
and at higher prices than the ordinary
year.
Two of the Kineo guides at Mooschead
Lake recently shot pair of moose with
in three miles of the hotel. Leaving the
carcasses in the woods and returning the
following day to bring the meat home,
they encountered on the way and shot
another of the monarchs of the forest.
All the animals were of very large size
The State has given 81 900 to the Or
land Matching works and Mr. +. VI. Still
WELL one of the fish commissioners, in
forms the Bangor wig that they have
received from this amount 700, 900 eggs OF
the sea salmon. To the Grand Lake
S ream Matching works $500 has been APP
propriatcd and 10000 land locked sal
mons eggs have been received in return.
Governor ROBBIE has made the following
nominations: Bank examiner, Fred ~
Richards, Camden Railroad Commissions
er, A. w. Wildes, Skowhegan Supern-
,endeut of Schools Nelson A. Luce, Vas
salboro; Trustee of Normal School, Al
bert F. Richardson, Fryeburg; Trustee
of Insane Hospital, Joseph III. Manley,
Augusta; Trustee of Bath Military and
Naval Orphan Asylum John G. Richard
son. Bath.
At the adjourned meeting of the
Blanchard Slate Company, the following
officers were elected: Charles Hamlin, A.
c. IIamlin, Henry McLaughl n, Cyrus A.
Packard and /. X, Stetson, directors; A.
c. fiamlin, president; and Isaiah X. Stet-
son, secretary and treasurer The MEM
bers of the company hope to commence
operations next summer at their quarry
at Blanchard.
Five ice companies have commenced
work on the Kennebec River below the
head of Swan Island to Merry Meeting
Bay, and will put up about 300, 900 tons
of first class ice, and, IL the season and
prospects are favorable, will put up more,
Probably from $4,000 to 100, 900 tons will
be harvested Oh the Cathance and Eastern
Rivers. If the Prospect for good mar
ket is encouraging more companies will
go in.
The committee appointed by the Cover
nor to examine the accounts of State
Treasurer for the year 1885, have COM
menced their labors. The
committee are; Hon. S. C. Hatch, and
Gen. John l.. IIodgdon of Bangor; Hon.
Rufus Prince of Turner; Fred w. Richie
esq, Winterport; and Hon. Henry ingalls,
of Wiscasset; the latter takes the place
of James Mccartney of Portland de-
clined.
The opening of the new Industrial
School building at Hallowell has occurred.
1t is handsome brick structure, three
stories high and located near the other
build ng. The exercises were held in the
schoolroom. Rev. DR.. Stephen Allen,
Chairman of the Committee, give brief
account of the origin of the school and
the opening of the first building. Inter
esting remarks were offered by Rev. Ed
ward Chase, Mrs l. NJ. n Stevens and
Mrs C A. Quimby. Hon. John l.. Stew
ems, the originator of the idea of starting
the school and who first introduced the
subject to the Legislature some fifteen
years ago, gave an interesting account of
the incident that first set him to thinking
of the need of such an institution and of
his efforts that resulted in the act estab-
fishing it. Hon. J. A. LocNe of the Ex-
ecutive Council delivered an able ad-
dress.
The Maine Reform Clubs met in con-
vention at Bath last week. The follow
ing State officers were elected President,
s. w. Townsend of Gardiner. Vice Pres
dents, Geo. II. Lafavor of Portland, 7.
H. Oliver and John McQuarrie of Bath, A.
X. =. Buham of Gardiner; Secretary,
Thomas Stevens of Bath; State Com
mittee, Aroostook, Mr.. Perry; Andros-
coggin, Oliver Laverty; Cumberland, JOS
eph Kennedy; Franklin, John Allen;
Knox, DIR. Wiggin; Kennebcc, A. X. p.
Bufium; Lincoln, L. lIeald Oxford, VIM.
4. Eustis Penobscot c. A. Page; Saga
dahoc, z. ii. Oliver; Somerset, L. S.
Howes; Waldo, Geo. Il. Bracket.
1t was voted to hold the next State con-
vention ut Skowhegan June 9th and 10TH
Stirring temperance speeches were
made by Buiium of Gardiner Lafavor of
Portland, Rev. ii. T.. Foss, John Mckiern
of Bath and others.
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