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The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

Mr.. James Mitchell went to Pittsiicld
last spring and advocated the building of
the Hartland road. He canvassed for
subscriptions to the stock, and, when the
money was raised, took the contract and
completed the road at cost, equipped,
of about $4,000 per mile. The road is
eight miles in length, and in just ninety
days from the time the survey was com
menced the road was formally opened.
This is making good time.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

The Pennington Chronicle last week,
for the first time since the fire, made its
appearance in its full size and printed at
home. 1t has the advantage of all new
small gain at big loss. Success to it.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

Greenville correspondent of the Ban
gor Commercial says that Mr.. L. c. Moore
who came from Roach River, Tuesday,
says there was not the slightest ground
for the report that James Young of Farm
ington was murdered. Young is there at
work.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

Our esteemed Mugwunp friends con
graduate themselves on beirg Ion the
box and driving the Administration 1t
is customary in most parts of the coun-
try, and perhaps even in Boston, for the
person inside, and not outside of the car
riage' to say where it shall go. This is
not the case with the hearse, however Il
vehicle most sympathetic to the Mug
wump mind.-N \. SIM.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

The Maine Congressional delegation
were entertained by the board of trade of
the City of Bath Saturday last The spe-
cial object was to call their attention to
Bath as an available site for Navy Yard
should 1t be found desirable to establish
any new ones.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

ELECTION DAY AT WEsToN-1he fol
lowing statement of facts, signed by V.
+. Price, Bion w. Russell, James +.
Faulkner, Levi S Rollins, Edwin A. Whit
ney. John c. Heal, Edward Earl, e. II.
Springer, George NJ. Sabins legal voters
of the town of Weston, and sworn to be-
fore a justice of the peace, relative to the
town meeting recently held for the cleo
ton of State and county officers, has been
addressed to the governor and council,
requesting an investigation;
First, said meeting was holden without
the presence of constable; second, said
meeting was holden without any warrant
with the returns of constable signed by
said constable; third Constable Foss did
not get to the meeting until past o'clock
p. IN. and then without warrants fourth,
at the time of said Foss's arrival most of
the voting was done; fifth, the clerks rec
ord of the town shows all of the above
facts and the warrant which Foss after
ward returned to the clerk has return
on it dated September l6 and was made
after the election.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24
$50 MEALS FOR SlO0

Sold by DruERists-25c soc 81 90.
~ Anntcrestng pamphlet entitled Mcdica
opinion on the Nutrition of Infants and In
valids," free on application
Wells, Rich ardson ~ CO., Burln gton, VT
l46l-
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

Prison Inspectors, Porter and Bean,
are employed in taking account of the
stock and settling up the accounts for the
year.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24
COUNTY CLIPPINGS,

"llow about water supply nur cll
Iens are guilty of gross negligence in al
lowing the gtouud tn close up Withou
making some provision to eXtnguisl
fire" says the Madison Bulletin.
The new road to Skuwhcgan or the
Russell rorl 81 called, is wrctchcd pool
piece Of road and should net be accepted
by the town. The water courses are COY.
cred with small poles that will not last
more than one season, and the road
throughout Is but little better than Il bog
hole with little sand Sprnklcd upon it.
1t is not tit or Il safe road tn travel up
on on account Of the deep mud and its
poor condition in general If this road
is accepted the town will be Obliged to
spend no less than $500 to put it in safe
and pa,sable shape, says the Bulletin.
An illustration of the extent the imagi-
nation may deceive Il person \ number
of Pitt>lleld young ladies who were
obliged to stay in lIartland Wednesday
night, owing to the failure of the man
agcment to run train after the bail,
were obliged to accept somewhat crowd
ed accommodations. After they had
courted sleep awhile the density of NUM-
bcrs made it desirable that a current of
fresh air be let into the apartment, and
accordingly one arose and raised a Win
dow, and all were greatly relieved by the
ing Upon Investigating In the morning
it was found that the window opened into
another room ,-IdreniStr.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

The Portland Globe is soon to undergo
an enlargement of about forty per cent.
This indicates prosperity and enterprise.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24
Not Correctly Informed.

The following communication leads us
to remark, that even newspapers are Ii
able to be slightly inaccurate
SAINT ALBANs, MAINE, Nov. 10, lssG.
Somerset Reporter,
SkOMhcgnn Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

Worumbo Beaver Over
coats, Plain Beavers in
black, blue and brown, for
Old Gents. Blue and
brown Worumbo Chinchilla
Overcoats custom made
finely trimmed for young
men.
Elegant Satin lined Over
coats. Call and see them.
Big stock of listers and
Medium grades of Over
coats for Men, youths and
boys. Boys Overcoats
$3.50.
Largest stock of leather
jackets and vests in town.
Headquarters for Scotch Caps
We placed a large order
for Scotch caps last spring
at extremely low prices.
We have now 40 dozen or
more in stock at wholesale
and retail. Can wholesale
them at Boston prices. We
keep those best quality In
digo Blue Haverlock scotch
caps, never before kept in
town.
Our stock of Fur caps
will compare with any on
the river in assortment,
quality and price.
We carry a good line of
Fur coats, Coon. Eskimo
Dog, Gray and Black Jap.
&c. The number we have
already sold this fall, show
our assortment and prices
are right.
Heavy weight Indigo
Blue Police cloth suits, our
own make, only $500.
The goods made by the
celebrated Middlesex Mills.
Only parties who have
them. They are bargains,
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The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

You can't afford TO get through your next
washday without using
No sticking. blistering. brcaking or trouble.
Elasticity. Stiffness, and gloss produced. Gives
Troy finish. Ask your grocer for STARCHINE.
See that the Fox head Is on every package.
Made and guaranteed by 3mh
THE GEORGE FOX STARCH CO. Cincinnati 0.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

Glolway. George HUI, VIM. =, Winslow,
and j. Magoon aud others of Fairfield,
have contracted 10 cut and haul about
900 cords of poplar for pulp. They haul
it to the bank Of Martin stream and lloat
il to the kcnnebcc, and to the mill ut
Fairfield Tilasc....B, +. Libby i, doing
good business in saving lumber for the
local trade and running his sheep->kin
tanucry -, Mr. Edward Narnum and
wife celebrated the 10Th anniversary Of
his marriage recently. Many valuable
present, were made, with appropriate re
marks 10y VIM. L WINSTON and an essay
by Mr. Eliza Colill Refreshments and
music followed, and Il good time general
~ ...John Martin of Norridgcwock, has
sold his farm to Frank Campbell.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

l.. l.. Cornish Esq. of the law firm Ba-
kcr and Cornish, Augusta, is ON Il jour
ncy to the west with his wife.
The fact that the Russians In Bulgaria
have been placed nudcr French protection
is regarded in European capitals "a sig
nilicant thai triple alliance is dead.
The numbering business, aided by the
new railway just constructed for Gilbert
Brothers, i booming in kinglield. The
business men Of That town and the citi-
zcnS Of Dead River, have contributed
funds to have nnrd+ road cut through
from .lcru>alcm to the road lcadn@ from
New Portland to Flagstaff, aud Il crew oi
men are at work. 1t will shorten the dis
tanCc several miles.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

REAL ESTATE TRANsFERS-lhc follow
ne are the real estate transfers which
have been recorded In this county the
past week!
Palmyra Ephraimc. Morrill, to Charles
| Sawyer $500.
Ilartland-larri> Pu,hor to Loautha D.
Bean $500. Nathan NJ. Webb to Will
/ lis 7. Bradley sl75.
Brighton Lewis Fish to Fannie j.
/ Dunlap. 81 ,0oo Joseph +. Lawrence TO
W. j. FoSs. $40.
Embdcn-DaAid 5. Whitney to Sophia
Hartford $3.50
Skowhcgan Mary 4. Clark to Alberta
Fisher. $50. Noah +. Reed to Alonzo
| Ilcrrin. $40.
Starks-James NJ. Oliver to Nancy NJ.
Whitehouse. S22O
Norrldgewock-Is c. Mosher to
Fred 4, Carleton &l3o Henry X Saw
yer to Fred \. Carleton. $50
St Albans-Curolinc Shorey to Ann
Reynolds 500 Leonard IL Tibbctts to
Francis w. Hill. 50
Fairhcld-Esthcr a. johnson to l.. Bar
ney. Sl,00O Lawrence to Frank Whit
ten. SG5O.
Canaan-Ilannah Amcs to Frank q.
Penney 81 900
Solon-Arthur s. Hall to Edmund Cool
idge. 81 George f. Elwell to Charles
Thompson ct al. $500.
Flagstaff Pit Miles L. Standish to
Geo. A. llewett $50.
Bingham-John Miller to Samuel A
Smith ct al. 81 400.
Pittsfcld-Ida NJ. Rhoades ct al, to Aka
\. Woodruff. 81 200.
The rush still continues at the Tea
Store at SO Norrdgewock. Holiday
goods of every description are offered for
sale at lowest prices.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

So. NoHElpGrWock.-lhc High School
closes this week....1wo Young ladies
were seen one day last week smashing in
the window of the primary school-house
in the silagp. These females must have
been on the war path....The Ellis Bell
ringers give an entertainment in the
Baptist church Monday evening -. Dr.
Robbins lost hi, pocket book recently,
containing one hundred dollars in bills
-. The ladies of this village are making
arrangements 10 give an entertainment
soon, the proceeds, TO 20 for making re
pairs on the high school building -. Oys-
trrS are having II boom in the market.
Thanksgiving services at the ton@rcga-
;ional church, sermon by j. NJ. Frost of
Skowhc@au, at 1890 \. NJ. T.. NJ.
Smith, OAK Hill, has recently put in a
new twenty horst power boiler, for his
mandatory hc shop girls are now
improving the ponds for skating pur-
The Somerset reporter., 1886-11-24

The rush still continues at the Tea
Store at SO Norridgewock. Holiday
goods of every description are offered for
sale at lowest prices.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29

Mr., HoAR said that the argument of
the Senator from New York, stripped Of
Its emotion, Its passion, Its eloquence,
its wit, its moral exhOrtations (Which
seemed strangely out Of place on the
eide on which they were invOked), was
reduced to these two propositions. First,
knowledge should precede investigation,
not follow 1t. Second, the people of the
whole country are not so concerned in
the question as to whether their law
makers sit In the Senate by uncorrupted
title as they are In the question whether
in this investigation the people of Ohio
had been remiss or tardy. II there was
anything else In the argument he could
not think what 1t was.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29

THE Morrison surplus resolution is
engaging the attention of the banking
and money lending interests, and these
are hard at work on Senator Allison to
induce him to oppose the resolution In
committee. They wish him at least to
raise the reserve surplus from $100, ,000,-
600 to $130OOO,OO0, which John Sher-
man holds Is necessary to fully guard
the United States notes reserve fund.
But John Sherman, when Secretary
OF the Treasury, did not keep his sc
counts In the form in which they are
kept under the present Administration.
he included In his estimate of the re-.
serve the fractional currency and
fractional silver under the statement Of
"assets and liabilities" The presen,
Treasury statements do not include
these items In the reserve. 80 that, In
fact, the reserve set apart by Mr. Morri
sons resolution, and the surplus ovel
which alone Is to be used for the pay
ment Of bonds, would, under Senator
6heIman's system of Treasury state
ments, be little over $140OO00O0 L.
stead Of $100OO0,OOO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29

THE Charleston News and Courier
COngratuIateS the people of South Caro-
lima on having giving up the dueling
habit for good. No duel has been fought
In the State since the one In which Col
Cash killed a most estlmable citizen
who was averse to the practice, but had
not the moral courage to decline a chal-
lenge. The tragic affair had one good
effect at least-it brought dueling into
disregute, and drove the Legislature In
to the enactment Of a severe law against
all who engage In 1t, and there has not
been a hostile meeting under the code
of South Carolina since.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
ooNaR Ess is ROUNDING UP.


The House having ignored the "Steer-
ing" Committee appointed by the Demo
cratic caucus, there is now no probsbil'
ity Of any further legislation Of any
consequence. All that remains to be
done between now and adjournment,
which 1t is conceded will be on Monday
next, is to adjust the disagreements be-
! tween the two Houses on measures al
ready passed.
The Oleomargsrlne bill being In the
hands of the President, 1t has
been reported that he would veto 1t.
1t was sent to the Attorney General
with instructions to report upon its
constitutionality. This action Of the
President seems to favor the bill. Its
constltutiOnslity was almost unques-
toned during the debate, and the AttOr>
ney Generals practice has been in this
direction.
The River and HsrbOr bill Is in hard
luck, as the Senate insists upon Its
amendments and the House refuses to
concur. As it would in all probability
be vetoed any way the House will most
likely let 1t die where 1t Is. There are
certain interests, the HenneDin Canal
and others that are fighting hard to
secure an agreement between the two
Houses, but the chances Of Its going to
the President at all are slim.
The House still refuses to concur In
the Senate amendment granting each
Senator a So per day clerk. Eventually
the House will have to yield, as 1t has
always done In previous contests upon
the same point, 1t was 3:4S a. m Of the
day of adjournment when they yielded
the point last year, and the fight will
probably be kept up for the remainder
of the week as a matter of principle.
Congress has practically made its record,
good or bad, for the present session,
and theremsining days will see nothing
but shaping NJ of the legislation not
yet wholly perfected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
THE N. Y. SUN
Charges that Evarts and Stanford's Sea s
In the Senate Were Bought.

, Charges that Evarts and Stanford's Sea 8
In the Senate Were Bought.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The New York
Sun has Washington special on the
subject of investigating the elections of
Senators, which would make a sensa-
ton In the Senate If majority had not
just declared by their votes that they
have no care about the honor of that
body, or the manner in which Its seats
are secured. The dispatch amounts to
a plain charge that the seats Of Senator
Evarts and Stanford were bought, and
1t repeats the charge that each member
of the Republican caucus In California
which nominated Senator Stanford re-
ceived present from some source Of
$1,000. i
As the Sun the day after the vote on
the Payne investigation said: "The SEN
ate mas very properly refused to inves-
tigate the ISLANDERS Of the Ohio Republi-
cans In regard to the election of Sena-
tor Payne" 1t Is fair to suppose 1t has
good ground for the special, and that its
statements, amounting under the cir
cumstances to direct charges against
Evarts and Stanford, are not ISLANDERS" /"
The Suns dispatch, which 1t places on
Its editorial page, is as follows:
WASHINGTON, July 23.-!The cold
chills which have been creeping up and
down the backs of several United States
Senators during the threatened iDvesti-
CATION Of the much investigated election
of Senator Payne, Of Ohio, have ceased,
and those Senators have resumed their
wonted cheerfulhess There will now
be no further talk at this session Of In
quiring into the causes which led to the
sudden changes Of some OF the members
of the New Legislature when MI. Evarts
was elected, nor to Investigate the pub
lished charge that each member Of the
Republican Senatorial caucus In the last
California Legislature who voted for Mr..
Stanford received from some benevolent
source the handsome present Of $4,000"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29

Gen. Clinton B. Fisk gives greater
prominence to the Prohibition ticket In
New Jersey, on which he Ia q candidate
General Fisk has for many years been
known In every part Of the Union as q
soldier, as q promoter OF education, es-
peclslly of the freemen, as a prominent
layman In ecclesiastical work, and as
an advocate of prohibition.
He was born at York, Livingston
county, N. Y. In his infancy his father
emigrated to Michigan. He was prepar.
ed, paying In part his own expenses
during his preparatory course, to enter
the University of Michigan, but bad
health forced him from his studies into
commercial pursuits. After success
ful career as merchant, miller, and ban
ker in Michigan, he removed to st. Louis
In 1859 Early In the war he became
Colonel of the thirty-secOnd Missouri In
fantry In the Union army; he was pro-
NOTED to Brigadier General IN 1862; he
was promoted to Brevet Major General
of Volunteers In 1865; and after the end
of the war he was Assistant COmmis-
siOner under Gen. Howard 10 the man
agement of the Freedmen's Bureau In
Kentucky and Tennessee.
General Fisk Is President of the Board
of Trustees of Fisk University, for col
ored students, at Nashville, a trustee Of
Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, Of
Drew Theological Seminary and Pen
niDgtOn Seminary, New Jersey, and Of
Albion College, Mich. He Is trustee
of the American Missionary Association;
he Ia also a mamhar of the ROOk Cam.
mittee of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and he has done MethOdism
conspicuous service in bis work toward
reunion of the Northern and Southern
branches Of the church.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
ALLIANCE.
An Alleged Sensational Kidnapping Case
Comes to Light.

An Alleged Sensational Kidnapping Case
Comes to Light.
supposed case Of kidnapping came
to light at Alliance, Saturday night.
The police authorities received a tele-
gram from Mrs. Estel, of Youngstown,
requesting the arrest Of Annie Callahan
for kidnapping her sixteen-year-old
daughter, Sadie, both of whom she
thought had come to this place. Before
the police were able to find the girls,
Charley Wilson, of Youngstown, same
after them, finding them at the UliOn
depot. He tried to persuade the ahild
to return home, but failing in his CI lect,
he gave them both severe choking md
then had the police take charge ri mem.
They we're taken before mayor COxen.
Sadie Estel, the siXteen-year. old, told a
most pitiful story and says she was not
kidnapped, but left on her own accord.
In an interview she told q story which
reflects dtscrelit upon her mother and
Wilson. She declares that she will not
return home, but that she wants to go
to her father, who lives In New Lisbon.
Annie Callahan and Sadie Estel, while
In the Mayors court, undergoing an in
vestigatioD, swOre. out a WarTent for
the arrest OF Charles Wilson, the man
who came after them, on a charge Of
ASSAULT and battery while at the Union
depot. He was placed under arrest,
pleaded not guilty, and being unable to
OBTAIN bail, was confined in the city
bastile. This done he swore out war
rant for the arrest of Annie Callahan on
the same charge. She plead guilty and
was fined So. lhe trio are still confined,
Wilson on the aforesaid charge and the
two girls until further information
from Youngstown authorities has been
had. Sadie Estel, who claims that her
age is sixteen, looks not over fourteen,
is of small stature, rather pleasing
features, sharp-witted, and is ready
talker, while the Callahan girl Is Of q
rather morbid, morose nature, and bears
evidence OF having been behind the
prisoners bar many times before.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
A Beautiful Present.

The Virgin Salt Co., of New Haven,
Conn, to introduce Virgin Salt into
every family are making this grand
offer: A Crazy Patchwork Block,
enamelled in twelve beautiful cOlors,
and containing the latest Fancy Stitches
on large Lithograph Card having q
beautiful gold mounted Ideal Portrait
In the center, given away with every
10 cent package of Virgin Salt. Virgin
Salt has. no equal for household pur-
poses. It is the cleanest, purest and
whitest sslt ever seen or used. Remem-
Der that q large package costs only 10
cents, with the above present. Ask your
grocer for 1t.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
Esr1MArEs Of the wheat crOp ranpt

ESTIMATES of the wheat crop range
from 39O.OOOOO0 to 425,OOO,COO, the Chi
cagO Tribune placing 1t at 4OO.OO0OOO
bushels. A great deal has been written
lately on the damaging effect of the
drought in the Northwest, which, how
ever, affects only the spring wheat. The
great winter wheat crop Is safely har-
vested throughout the larger part of the
area devoted to it,and 100000 900 bushels
Is believed to be a conservative figure,
against 21O.OOO.OOO bushels last year. 1t
will be seen, therefore, that even a
severe falling of in the yield from the
increased damage Of spring wheat can
not wipe away more than part of this
gain. Harvesting In the spring wheat
crop has now begun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-07-29
1T WAS THIS WAY.

Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
arose to a privileged question, and un-
dertOOk to explain how he endeavOred
to obtain fee Of nearly 5000 from Mrs.
Hannah Lsdd, of his State, whose only
son had died in the army. 1t was a
claim he had charge of just previous to
his election to Congress. He presented
an itemized account amounting to about
$50, made up Of his fee and small
amounts that he had paid out Of his own
pocket In prospecting the claim. When
he came to Congress he turned the case
over to his law partner, who had unsuc
cessfully endeavored to collect Mr..
Blair's bill, and just as the obligation
was about to be outlawed, his partner
brought suit and got judgment through
default. Hearing of this Blair became
frightened, and says he asked his part
ner to drop it. The fee and interest
amounted to over $1O0. The remainder
was for Interest.
Senator Kenna explained how the
case was brought to light. He said that
as a member Of the Committee on Public
Expenditures engaged in an examina-
tiOn of the Pension Bureau the papers
in this case came into his hands, and he
would frankly say that, while he did not
think that, in view of Mr.. Blsir's deVO
tiOn to thAsOldiers, and his abuse Of
the President because of VetOes, the case
was noteworthy, showing that Blair
was willing to press IN old lady whose
only son died In the Union cause, and
who was burdened with an imbeclle
husband. The whole case was re.
ferred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.