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The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The strike business appears to have about
run its rig The eight hour movement
has proved II dead failure. The conscrva-
tive element inside the labor organizations
have of lac appeared to be in the ascend
cncy and the prospect of harmonious ac-
ton between employe and employer Is
much improved. Meanwhile many import
ant business enterprises have been either
abandoned or dcferrc | an business is qul-
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

A special train will leave Watervlle for
Lewiston at 2 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon,
June Sth to accommodate delegates to the
Republican District Convention, who de-
sire to attend the State Convention at
Lewiston, June 9th
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The Lord Mayor of London was only a
porter la warehouse, but he persevered
In the face Of all opposition and rose rap
idly. 1t is only persisteney and merit that
has made DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup the
greatest family remedy for coughs and
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The cholera is becoming alarmingly
prevalent in Venice There is no doubt
that many cities of Europe will suffer
from it during the coming summer. Past
experience suggests that it will be likely
to reach this country before it has finish
ed its course in EurOUp
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
THE PINE TREE STATE.
AGENTS WANTED Ar ONCE

For NARNtY's Gazetteer Of the state of Maine
giving first History OF the State. each town
following In alphabetical order. A fine work
The people are ready for it, No competition.
a splendid opportunity for new us well MS Old
agents, The sons and daughters of Maine can .
not AFFORD to be without Gazetteer of their
own state. Address,
b. b. RUSSELL, Publisher, 81 CornhiIl. Boston.
lm22
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

General Grants tomb waa magnificent
ly decorated Monday, with impressive
ceremony, military display and an ora
ton by General Logan. President Clevc-
land was present and reviewed the mi
litia
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

ST. ALRANs.-At Republican caucus held
at the town hall Saturday the following dele
gates were chosen to attend the State Conven-
ton at Lewiston, also the District Convention
at Watersille j. b. Atwood, Moses Williams,
Peter Bradford, j. o. WINSTON. Atcrnates, y.
II. Nining, IL. A. lIurd, J, I. johnson, +. c.
Bukcr. The delegates are not pledged but
favor Hon. j. Il. Bodwell's nomination.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

j. F. Sprague, esq, of Monson offers
$500 to the scholar attending Monsoon
Academy that will write the best essay on
the native woods of Piscataquis County
A good offer and a good subject to write
upon.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

MADIsoN--Our correspondent writes
Saturday the 29th was observed here as
Memorial day. In the morning details
from the post visited cemeteries in other
O'Clock Z NJ. a procession was formed at
G. \. X. headquarters, consisting of the
Post, Madison band, Good Templars and
citizens, and marched to the village Gem
etcry, where the usual services were held
after which most excellent Grafton was
delivered by j. W Corson ESD, of No
New Portland. ON Monday our bant
went to Bingham.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

MORMON BY.-A Washington specia
to the New York 1ribHHe says that an at.
tempt will be made by the House judiciary
committee to report on the Edmunds
Utah bill No m';sirc before Congress
has been more actively opposed than this
one A powerful and persistent Mormon
lobby has been at work to prevent the
bill from reaching the House and to de-
feat il should it come up for considera-
ton. Apparently they have succeeded As
it is now so late in the session that even
should the bill be finally reported to the
House its opponents would talk it to
death. Hence there is little hope of any
thing being done by the House.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The drought in Texas continues. Crops
are almost II filure in Is counties of the
dry region. The plains are covered with
dead and dying cattle.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

Pres dent Cleveland visited his be-
trothcd, Miss Folsom, at her hotel in
New York Monday, dined with her ut 6
O'Clock, and returned to Washington on
the midnight train.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The very worst thing that can befall a
Republican candidate for party honors is
to have the Democratic organs advocate
his cause 1t is next thing to sure defeat
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The Pacific Veteran of the date ,Janua-
ry Goth last, has the following about
Maine G. A. r.. 1.-THE Encampment meets
at Shohogen, Feb'y 10th" A very bad
spell for Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

ORDERED, that the SOMERSET REroRrRR, pub.
lie newspaper printed at Skowhegan, in the County
OF Somerset, be designated, appointed, and made
the County Paper, in which hereafter all public no
tees to be printed, until further order of Court
l.. II. WEBB, Clerk.
a true copy of order.
Attest, l.. II. WEBB Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

There Is a renewal of the effort of the
Nova Scotia government to withdraw
from the Dominion Union. Premier
Fielding urges it in public address.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

Augusta sends delegation to the State
Convention instructed for Bodwell. There
was one vote In the caucus opposed to In
stSuction.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

Purify your blood, tone up the system,
and regulate the digestive organs by TAX
ing Hood. s Sarsaparila. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The Governor and Council meet in
special session at Augusta to-day.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The conservatives claim a majority of
Gl against Gladstone s Home rule bill.
They expect TO vote on it Thursday.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

demand of their workmen for eight hpu.s' work
with ten hours pay have all, or nearly al gone
back to the ten hour system. Such artisn was
inevitable while the rest Of the country stuck to
ten hours.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

Ivy Day was observed at Bowdoin Col
lege the eth ult. with parade, literary
exercises, hop and the ceremony of
planting the ivy.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

There seems to be great uncertainty
about Morrison's course on the Tariff Bill.
One day it is TO be pushed early and hard
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

Lookout that your nurses do not drug your
little ones with laudanum, paregoric or other
soothing remedies. Give them Dr.. Bulls Baby
Syrup, which innocent remedy is warranted not
70 contain opiAtes.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

President Cleveland has purchased Il
S2l 900 house in Washington.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
TEN PERANCE.

Coop Misunderstanding Friday evenings at
Nutters's Hall, 81 Water St.
YOUNG MEMS REFORM CLuB-Mcctings sun
day evenings, at W. G. 4. U. Hall.
WoMENs CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Rooms in Coburn Hall Block, meetings Tuesdays
Il NJ
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The REPORTER is under obligation to
senator Frye for valuable Congressional
documents.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The people of this Nation never tire of
doing honor to the memory of General
Grant
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

NORTH ANsoN-At the republican eau
Gus Saturday the following delegates to
the State Convention were chosen; Sum
ner Dnsmore, George Flint, Stickney
Gray, Thos. b. Townsend; to the dis
trict convention, George Flint, Stckney
Gray, Ben NJ. Steward, T + Paine, were
chosen delegates. The delegates to each
convention were uunstructed.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The Maine Medical Association hold a
session at Portland this week.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

ANCIENT ORDER or UNITED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
hogan Lodge No. 40, Stated meetings ad and 4th
Wednesdays.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

ttahv IRVING HOUSE, Old Orchard Me-, viii
him be opened about June /; this house Of
49, 40 rooms is de ightfnlly situated directly
on the beach, and near depois. aud points OF
interest has been newly painted and furnished
and Will de managed by Mrs. B.W. HAPGO0D
OF y Pemberton so Boston 4w2l
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
Indian Burial Ground Discovered

Last week wnrkmen in the westerly end Of Mr..
IL. /, Waodcocks dam. Quantahacook fona'
Searsnont, uncarthed an indian burial ground.
The workmcn were digging in gravel PIT open
ed last fall. Thirty-hNe implements, including
ehsels, gouges, tomahawks, hammers, "hct-
stones, icwclry Nc. have been found, some
them very handsome specimens. dozen
would be found together, the different appear.
of the loan indicating that II was the grave "t
one person. These implements were found
at intervals from foot to three feet beio" the
surface aud others were found in the ddln where
the gravel had been dumped before the dSc"N-
cry. Mr. Woodeock thinks his gravel pit was
originally an Indian burial lot and that more
digging would murarth hundreds of relics.
Here i, rich held for DIR. l.. W. Prndlcton
and other hunters for Indian relics. The Artl-
ces found by Mr.. Woodcock are now on cNhibi-
ton At his fathers store in this city. Mr. Mich
ae Heating, of Belfast, says that when he was q
boy and living on the old place, they frequently
plowcd up Indian tools in the same locality.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

MAINE VOLUNTEER MILITIA COMPANY E.
Horace NJ. Weston, Captain, Arnnory I4s Water st
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
Notice of Foreclosure.

Whereas Sumner W. Clark of Cornvile, In the
county of Somerset. State OF Maine, by his Nor.
tgige deed, dated the sixth day Of February,
A. ID 1885 and r, corded IN the somerset Rcgls.
try of Deeds, book 1872, page 422 conveyed II
me the undersigned certain parcels of real
Estate situate in the town of coinvillc aforesaid
and being the fam Wherein the said Clark has
lived for several years last past Bounded on
the East by the Canaan Town Line, on the
North by land oi George W. futile and land uf
l.. l.. Biglow, on the South by Land of Bella Bur
rll and samuel l.. Fogg aud ON the West by
land OF David J.. Fogg and Stlilman l. Blaisdel
heing the same conveyed to him by three sep.
arate deeds. one from Abel c. French, dated
sept 8, 1869, re, orded In somerset Reg. Of
Dccls Vol. 1lS page 2I1 one from Samuel and
Sarah Clark, dated June 22d 1869 recorded In
som Reg. Deeds, Vol 1876, page 49, and the
third from Joseph Flanders by his deed dated
Oct l76h, $50, and recorded i'll Somerset Reg
o. Deeds Vol 1856, page 265, to The record Of
wh'ch several convcyances reference may bc
had
And whereas the condition of said mortgage
has been broken. now therefore, by reason Of
the breach of the condition thereof ! claim a
foreclosure Of said mortgage.
Dated nj Skowhcgan, this first day of June.
A. D. 1886. EDWARD y. MERRILL.
3W1l
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
COUNTY NEWS.

NV FogfiA\D.-Ou correspondent
writes Sunday memorial services were
held in the Union Church and an able
sermon by the Rev. Mr.. Fogg, approprl-
ate to the day and the occasion, was en-
joyed by Il large congregation Monday
the Memorial Day ceremonies were held at
the west village with the customary gar
lands and music and an eloquent Grafton
by Mr. Fogg -. Josiah Chase retires from
the merchantile business having sold his
stock to his son, . W Chase--Thc H.
iVcr>alist Society has engaged the Rev.
Mr.. kmbal who is announced to preach
here next sabbath.
CAMBRIDGE Chester Pcasc has gone to
kinco to work Whitney \ Horne have
started quite number of their wagons
early for their market over in Penobscot
and Aroostook counties -. School i'll
Dist. No. is being taught by " Ealon
of Athens. No. ha, no summer term.
No. j. eng taught by Miss Folsom,
80. is to be under the charge of Miss
Hattie Bailey if her health admits She
being slim at present. No is to he
taught by Miss May Ham all except the
first named being residents of this town
.... Mrs \ z. Lcavitt has gone to Shcr-
man, her early home on visit to her par
ents Gilman Brown of this town fell
some time ago and injured his shoulder
after suffering for weeks, he called on
DR.. Merrill, he examined his arm and
found it broken near the Sh Iulder, and
partially knitted together Two parties
of fishermen left for Mooschead Lake
some time between Saturday eve. and
Monday morning. another party go in
few days-Mr> Fred Clark went te
Dexter on visit to her sister, Mrs. Nut
ter Mrs. { has not been So far from
home for "A long time-Mrs. I. '
Chadburn arrived home from Lewiston
Sat eye after his wife They mteno
taking up their abode in that city at pres
cnt- Mr. Edwin Bunker has been homt
to visit his parents the past week, he re
turned to his work again Monday--Mrs
Hiram L. Cole lies in II very critical con
dition not much hopes Of her recovery.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

Senator Hale presence -. me 6, = " "eIn-
oral Of the Eas. Maine annual conference
Of the M-.'oaist Episcopal church, asking for
l .islation by Congress to enable the officers OF
the law To suppress the efforts TO drive out the
Conrse residents and to secure to such resi-
dents life, liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness."
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02
Hoods SarsaparIlIa

Bold By n druggists. q; six for o. Made
only By @ !. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-02

The column moved down Water street
countermarching and to Coburn Hall, and
after. the exercises there reformed, march
ed to the ceneteH on the south side,
whhee1re the graves of IT, soldiers were dec
Grated thence to the cemetery on the
north side where the same ceremony was
nprfOrmpd
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15

then we sat down to that bsDquet-and
royal feast 1t was. We had soup and fish,
and big roast and about Z dozen little
stde.dishes, and wife had cent out and
bought gallon Of pink ice-cream and
frosted cake for dessert. stood It lust q
long a. could. When Il came to the pink
ice-cream Icould stand it no longer. As I
was slicing it on I looked st wife kind OF
hard and said in q falsetto voice; any
dear, I'm sorry Mrs. May-yah didn't
Gomez
wife dropped her Drssdin china cof1se
cup a. If she'd been paralixed.
f"William p. Msson-you brute!" she
grasped.
"The children enjoyed the joke quite ss
much as I did-yes, and wife, too got to
laughing about it after awhile. Our boy
Louis said: Do it again, pa. It's mighty
jolly to have big dinner once'n awhile.
"But look here, you reporter you aren't
taking notes on mef Come, come, now
that's not right, you mustn't tell the story
on me. Put 1t on somebody else-Put it
on Bill Campbelll"
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15

out Tor promenade In the park Of
the Berg castle, accompanied by DR..
dudden, his physician. The king
suddenly threw himself into Starbere
lake and was drowned. DR.. Gudden
jumped into the water TO rescue the
king and was also drO wned
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15

LONDON, June 15.-Tas Post com.
menting on Mr.. Gladstone's manifesto
to his constituency said the document
bristles with transparent sophIsms and
is based throughout upon obvious
fallacies.
The Chronicle says. the address is
disappo, ,ntlng. 1t is needless to say
that 1t is able and ingsnlus, but It IL
by no means up to the high standard
OF Mr.. Giadstone's man.sestoes.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15
Sentenced To The Peu,tentiarv

CINCINNATI, June 15,-Fred Herr
man, late director Of the city infirn.
ary, was yesterday sentenced to the
penitentiary for twelve years upon six
indictments for misappropriating ng fu Ids
OF the infrmary, TO which he had
headed guilty.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15
Business Manager.

Big Storms at Galveston and St. Loui.
GALVESTON, June 15.-One Of the
heaviest storms that ever visited GAL
weston at this season set in at sundown
Sunday evening and ragged furiously all
night. The wind blew directly from
the east, torrents of rain falling. By
midnight the wind had blown the
waters into the bay until the dock was
nearly submerged. At the east end of
the island the waves lashed the shore
with great fury, encroaching further
than any time since the great flood Of
1874. About 4 o'clock this morning
the gale reached its height, blowing
hfty five miles an hour for nearly two
hours. Daylight found the city close.
~ surrounded on all sides by angry
waters. The docks were now sub
merged and railroad tracks under
water and shipping scattered. At 9
O'Clock the wind shift ed to the north.
ward, thus saving the city from being
submerged. The waters of the bay be>
gan 10 recede and all danger was pass
cd. Communication with the ;main-
land was entirely cut of, the first train
Crossing the bridge about O'Clock this
evening. Both long bridges withstood
the storm but the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe bridge was damaged to
some extent. The Santa Fe track was
washed out for two miles approaching
the long bridge. 1t will take a week
to repair the damage at the cost of sew.
eral thousand dollars: On the gulf
side OF the island the damage to prop
cry is quite serious. The Gulf Citv
street railway lost its tracks f.ontiup
the Beach hotel, number of smaller
bath houses were washed away and
several larger buildings damaged by
undermining. Two small coastinp
vessels foundered in the bay. No serI,
Gus disasters to the shipping is report.
cd. Several foreign vessels were living
at the outer bar last evening but their
captain weighed anchor and moved
out to sea. They have not returned
yet.
ST. LOUIS, June ia severe wind.
storm prevailed in Texas last night
and early yesterday morning and it is
feared great damage has been done
No particulars are obtainable owing to
the fact that telegraphic communica.
tlon has been severed since 1880 this
morning. At that hour Galveston re-
ported the wind blowing at the rate of
sixty miles an hour: The lower part
OF the island, on which the city of
Galveston is situated, is under water.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15
An Umpire Released,

i; ST.. LOUIS, June 15.-Umpire Tuni>
son of the American Base Ball Asso.
citation, received notice from President
Wickof Sunday, notifying him of his
release. Tuison has given entire salts
faction in all the games which he has
umpired and no cause for his release is
known.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15
HEARD ON THE QUIET.


III ID only ABOUT twice year, remarked
State Senator William e. Mason yesterday
"that I'm smart enough to fool my wife.
Last Monday played trick that ought to
serve as capital suggestion for other hus-
bands to Iconduct operations on. Along
about four o'clock in the afternoon began
to get faint and hungry; had boon work.
ing hard all day and was as famished and
as tagged out as hunted wolf As 1 sat
in my office chair wondering what 1 was
going to find for dinner when 1 got home
an entirely new and marvelously brilliant
idea flushed upon me. 1t broke upon my
intellect much as stray plank dances
before the despairing vision of drowning
man. 1t made my mouth fairly water as
it developed it's details in my greedy
brain. Imade bee line for the telephone
and called the central Office.
"Give me 556S, says l, and then /
chuckled all over, and my mouth kept on
watering.
'Bur-r-r' went the telephone. / put
I my mouth close to the telephone, and in q
shrill falsetto voice asked, rs that Senator
Mason's house,
eyes, came the answer, and recog-
nized my wife at the other end of the wire.
sis the Senator at home? 1 asked in
the same feminine voice:
Z" No was the reply.
"Well, then, is Mrs. Mason there p 1
inquired
"'Yes, am Mrs. Mason was the an
swer.
oh, is that your i cried; show do you
do?' responded my wife. But knew by
her tones that she hadn't the remotest
idea whom she was talking to.
"'How are all the childrens asked.
" They're all very well,' said wife.
"'Well," said l, Il happened to be in
town shopping to-day, and I thought I'd
go over to your house for dinner
swell, that sort of staggered wife. She
mustered up voice enough to ask: Who
are you2" "Then answered: Why don't
you recognize the voice? I'm Mrs.
Myra-yah.'
"I don't catch the name--speak it
louder she pleaded.
"Mrs: Mya-yahp repeated, and with
that in order to preclude all embarrassing
complications, shut off the telephone as
tight as L could. Then 1 threw myself
into chair and laughed till like to went
into apoplexy. Laugh! Well, you ought
to have seen the plastering fall all around
me! But. to make long story short, 1
reached home about quarter to six o'clock
and of all the dinners ever clapped eyes
on--gosh it was banquet Wife had her
new black sill dress on, and she had
slicked the children up 80 that 1 could
hardly identify them,
"I think we'd better wait dinner awhile
my dear said wife,
"'Why so? asked. Bless you, Pm as
hungry as an alligator!
Then wife told me she was expecting
lady guest, aud she repeated the details
of the telephone talk of the afternoon. 1t
was fearful ordeal, but L managed to look
innocent, and of course I wondered who
the lady could be.
Indeed don't KNOW said wife, but
her voice was strangely familiar. I've been
puzzling myself nearly to death trying to
guess what it was"
"Well, we waited fifteen, minutes, and
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15

A DethronCd King Commits Suicide.
MUNICH, June 15.-Ludwig, who
was recently deposed from the Bava-
rian throne, committed suicide at 6
o'clock Sunday evening. He had gone
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-15
THE DRUMMER TALKED TOO
MUCH.

An ambitious young commercial
tourist living In one Of he cities on
the Middle HUDSON became acquain.-
ed with young lady attending
wellknown seminary, whose father is
an Influential citizen of one OF the
Washington county towns, and is re.
puted to have eolid bank account.
Having progress in his acquaintance
with the young lady 80 far as to seek
and receive an invitation to visit her
home during her school vacation, he
essayed to risk the danger that might
attend his reception at the paternal
domicile.
Having engaged the fastest trotters
and the nattiest turnout Of Athe village
liverymen, our tourist set out. The
ride was about six miles, and after he
had journeyed about half that distance
he overlook pedestrian and inquired
If he was .on the right road to Mr.:
Smiths farmhouse ?'' Receiving an
Affirmative reply, the drummer asked
the farmer to ride. The latter got 10
The latter got In the buggy,
and as soon as he was seated
the young man pulled out his flask
and asked his new.made friend to I'm.
bibe. 1t Yves declined, and the prof
fered cigar ELECTED the response that
he neither drank liquor nor smoked
nor chewed tobacco. TO this the sharp
young man rejoined by avowing bis
belief that there never was q man but
what was addicted to some of the
vices.
Meeting with no contradiction on
this topic, he inquired of the stranger
II he knew Mr.. Smith and his stand,
ing In the community. eyes" re-
piled he, 81 know him very well, aud
/ think he is quite fair with his town.
men," SHE'S well hooked up, aiu't
he? Well, he owns one Of the best
farms in the country and he prides
himself on his stock. He has daugh.
ter? Yes, three Of them. "Well, I
mean the one that is at school in?
I have met her and am invited by
her to call and spend the evening""
"Ah is that so ? She is an excellent
girl" "Well, she is clear mashed
on me, and ! intend to do my level
best to marry her and get q share of
the old mars money to set me up in
business. Don't you think that
bright business idea?
"Well, as 1 said, she is good girl
and one that loves her father dearly
and obeys him in everything. You
could not obtain her hand without the
fathers consent" "I'il see about that
I'd give more 20 obtain the daughters
than the old mans consent" replied
the impetuous but undiscerning young
Continued on Fourt Psge.]