The Somerset reporter., 1886-03-24
STATE NEWS

ne flI1ItIN Dl W dlti ' Illtt shhill't wv
ed unanimously at their town meeting to
close the town liquor agency The agcn-
cy has sold 81, ,3G3.3j worth of liquors
during the past year.
Governor Robie and his wifi, have plan
ned a European trip next year. He has
served seven years in Augusta without
break, four A. Governor and three in
the council Before this he had served
nine years in the legislature, making six
teen years in the public service.
An Augusta young man, lunatic, was
committed to the Insane Hospital last
week At the time his hair was IL dark
brown, but since it has turned completely
gray.
The Hallowell Cotton Manufacturing
Company recently made an advance in
wages, and the company now pay semi
monthly.
The State commissioners on contagious
diseases of animals have issued an order
barns of the State College at Orono, where
the tuberculosis has appeared in n herd of
Jerseys.
Mr. Charles Brown Of Orrin9ton, who
sailed as mate with Capt Kendall on the
schooner Annie Lord, is reported to have
been lost overheard Mr. Brown leaves a
wife and two children, and if the story of
| his death is true, the widowed mother viii
have lost her third son by drowning at sea.
The board of management of the State
experimental station, met at the State Col
lege recently, and elected Prof. l.. H. Mcr-
rill, at present of the Smithsonian lnsti-
tute, Washington, assistant chemist. y
plan of field experiments for the year was
| mappcd ont Prof Jordan was induced
to make an exhibit at the State fairs Of
products cf the college farms, IN cases or
otherwise and the fertilizers employed.
Collector Anderson has sent verbal
message to Major X. A. Shorey, of the
we,ghers' aud gaugers, department in the
cuntom house. Alfred l.. Turner, fireman.
and Charles C. T0lman, night watchman,
asking for their resignation.
On account of sickness in family re-
siding near the railroad at Olamon, Gem
era Manager Tucker has issued an order
to all conductors running east of Bangor,
not to allow the whistles of the locomo-
lives to be sounded when the train is ap-
preaching that station from the east for
the next twenty days
Major Isaac Bethen well known to the
TRAVELLING public in connection with the
Blethen House vt Dover, died last last
week, after lingering illness. He was
about so years Old
A bunch of shingles fell thirty feet in
Rnssels ice house at Richmond, striking
John Collins on the head, and fracturing
his skull. His recovery is doubtful.
Mrs. William j. Allen, of Richmond, so
severely burned on february 2S, died from
her injuries.
The convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association from the Eastern
District of Maine assembled in Foxcroft,
on Saturday, March 5lst at 2 Z. NJ C. c.
Nichols of Foxcrolt extended the greet
ings of the association, after which the
convention was organized as follows f..
j. Mayo of Foxcroft, Pres, c. w. Davis,
Vice Pres. j. A. Gauld, Sec. w. f
Whltiemore, Assistant Secretary.
IL Is expected that the kinding wood
factory at South Gardiner will be running
some time in June. 1t will make work
for about thirty hands, says the kennehec
Reporter.
The State Fair trustees are to have
meeting probably next week, In Lewiston.
Clark Hatch of Bowdolnham, aged
eghty-two years, started walk To
neigh bor's Friday morning, ard was
found soon after lying in the road dead,
with bis clothing entirely burned from
his body and his body burned almost to
cinder. 1t is supposed the fire caught
from bis pipe.
NJ. j. Kcld, while Numbering on Town
ship No. 3, landed recently at Trout
Brook two loads of logs scaling respect
lively 3,l7s and 3,25s #.
President Scwall of the Maine Central,
will be ut home from his California trip
shortly.
The business of the Maine Central
road has been steadily increasing since
the severe snow storms. Indications are
that the pleasure travel of next summer
will be larger than the like travel of last
year
The spring term Of the Pennington Nor.
NAL School open, d with l07 pupils in al
tendance The entering class numbers 30
with ten more certainly coming The two
new teichers in place of Misses Swift and
Pinkham resigned. are Miss Harriet T.
Young of Mattinicus, and Mr.. Holmes II
B ,iley of Industry Both are graduates
OF the school.
Maine paper makes novel and ex-
cellent suggestion for Il State Fair srecial-
~ 1t is a churuing match. The idea is
to place dozen or twenty churns in a
row on stage and have plump and rosy
farmer daughter operate each dasher,
offering good prizes to those VINO excel in
time, quality and quantity of produc ion,
neatness in appeara ce, and jsuntlness of
motion also to be considered as points.
II Is probable that such a charming match
will be one of the attractions of the next
Maine State Fair 1t well be a pretty
spectacle and crowd will go To see it
and the male part of he crowd will wish
TO help the dases churn.
Mr.. Blaine has sent TO ex-Gov. Foster
of Ohio n valuable souvenir letter from