The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-04-07
STATE NEWS

lAf PR ltdIiNf lJbHItlf MS gttb lliNlI-
e,i hy the Grand Army Of the Republic in
Baltimore 10 deliver fhetncnorial addrcs,
ip the Monumental Cit} un the aidth of
Nn}. but has been obliged to decline on
account Of the pressure of Other duties.
William Parin Of NV Vineyard Fri
,lav. committed suicide bv eating Paris
green. Disease and sorrow had prayed up.
on his mind and were the cau-c, Of his
act liz j, the second suicide in Frank
I'm county within week
BY the np~c,ting of kerosene lamp.
Thursday evening Mr., Charles BHrrill Of
Richmond Wa~ fatally burned. living until
six O'Clock Friday morning. This i the
third fatal burning accident TIL. winter,
in This vicinity
I. Z. Jersey, a prominent citizen Of
Portland, fell from Winduw ri Phila-
delpliia OH saturday and was killed. He
had been one Of the leading business
men Of Portland for many years, and re
tired on account Of i'll health a few
months ago.
The regular annual session of the g. l..
Of Maine Good Tenpar~ whirh will be
held At Augusta April II and l., promises
To be largely attended. and the usual
amount of routine business peculiar to
The Order will be transacted, including
election Of officer, for the &. l..
\ Portland spondcnt of the Bos-
ton Record lays Captain Chase expects II
decision of the Attorney General that he
may hold the office till the adjournment of
the Senate and then be rcappointed The
trouble with his scheme is that there are
too many democrats who want hi, place.
i Howard owen Esq, of the Maine Farm
cr la, received an invitation from the
/ trustee, of the kenncbec Agricultural So
ciciy, To deliver the annual address at the
ncXt fair Of the society, which will be held
at lcadiield Conner Mr.. owen will prob
ably accept
At South Hancock, Monday three
small children, one IA son of Capt. y. L.
Fo~~, the others children of Capt .. W.
! Fu>S. found ON some ploughed ground
some wild carrot of which they ate free
/ ly. All were poisoned. Capt. \. L FoS,S
SON fatally and dying shortly after. 1t
l. thought the Others will recover
Mc>~rs Smith, BiXby and Sands. Of
/ the Governor, Council, Secretary Gilbert
Of the State Board of Agriculture. DR.
George H. Bailey and Councillor Hatch
i~itcd the State College. Tucsd y to in
i Nc~tigate the cattle disease at the College
t
Council will inspect the State Liquor
Agency.
Mr. Gfro. VI Atwood. one of the editors
of the oxford Democrat, was united in
marriage nj the residence of Geo II. Wat
kn>. in Portland, Monday, to Miss Anna
Harlow. daughter Of the late Hon T..
q. Harlow of Dxfcld and ucicc of cx-
'ntcd States Marshal Bisbcc. Rev. a
X +. Small, ID. D.. olIciatcd. The we'd
ding WAS quiet one. only the relatives
being present.
Last Friday evening, aS Mr.. Charles II
Remission, Il Portland painter and plaster
cr who lives alone, was lying on hi, bed
smoking. he was startled by Il flash, fol-
lowed by report, and bullet which had
come through the windows whilzed close
by him bnrying itself in the stairs behind
where he was reclining. He rose and
went outside, when he saw a man stand
ing by the window with pistol raised aS
if to fire again. On seeing Mr.. Remission
the man ran away.
Passenger travel over the Maine Cen
trail from the Provinces is unusually good.
Many Canadian fishermen are daily pass
ing through to Massachusetts where they
will ship in American fishing vessels
Previously crews have been shipped AT
the Provincial ports. but the treaty ar
rangcment between he two governments
now prevents that The hShc men rs Il
rule, take provisions with them on the
trains. aS though they were booked for II
long cruise.
The Winthrop Mills Company, manu-
facturcrs of wooden and cotton goods
running two mills and employing about
300 hands, has decreased the hours of la.
Dor and also increased wages 10 per cent.
This restores the reduction of several
several months ago. {. NJ Bailey. Sons
4 CO., oil cloth manufacturers have also
reduced the time of labor one hour per
diem and will pay monthly. They pre-
yiouSly paid quarterly The Bowdoin
Paper Company have adopted weekly pay
mcntS
The shipbuildcrS ahd mechanics of Bath
are fully aroused to the importance of de-
fcating the frcc-shp bill, now before Con-
grcSs. Some of them have been inter
viewed by the Boston Post. Elijah Saw
yer. L. NJ Whtmore, Hon. VIM. Rogers
and others say that the passage of the
bill would be the death of the shipbuild
ing interests of this country The knights
of Labor have sent 1000 copies of a petit |
ton and resolutions to be addressed to
members of Congress, to 1000
assemblies in the United States, with the
request that they be signed and forward |
rd to their representatives. The petition
and resolutions ask for the defeat of the |
bill and will. undoubtedly. have much in |
fupUrc.