The Somerset reporter., 1886-05-26
STATE NEWS.

Chairman Manley. Of the Maine Rrpub.
lican Stat committee, announces the fol
lowing list Of speakers for the Maine cam.
pagn. which j. 10 begin August 1t sen
ator, Logan. Sherman Allison ana lluar
Cougres Mckinney Burrows Gros-
ycnor and Hi,cack Governor Foraker
Lieut.. Governor kcnncY and Ex-Governor
Foster Of Ohio.
Ex-Congre>sman I.add of Bangor aud
u. H. Thing Of Vermont, are the latest
nalues mentioned a, candidates for thu
democratic nomination for governor.
j. l.. Cutler y Co. of Bangor make a
speciality Of shingles aud are the most cx-
tcn~ise dealer, in New England They
have tfe selling agency OF numerous mill
in Aroostook and the Provinces and ham
die all the shingles from these establish
mcnt,. Last year this firm sold 5000
e0o shingles and the present year they Will
probably handle upwards Of do.ooo.o"o.
The East Dover Wooden Mill, lately
started up by Seckn>. Hawkes. y Co i
running to it, full capacity With orders
ahead. and Will soon begin 10 run nights.
if boarding accommodation, can he found
for the crew
Col. W. \. Cromwell ha> resigned hi>
position on tie Democratic State Com
mittecs.
The advances Of Eastern Railroad stock
from ee-l-2 10 - this week within uine
points II it, par value while not paying
cent in dividends shows that IT, posi-
tiou under the lease To the Boston y
Maine has been greatly improved and IL
f dividend earning capacity demonstrated
says the Boston Transcript.
Cummings shoe factory at south Ber-
wick. employing $50 hands ha> shut down
because the la>ter> union submitted new
/ list Of prices which the proprietors re-
+ fused to listen To. 4 considerable mum
Der OF the employees left town. Friday for
Massachusetts, 10 look for work.
i rwenty-one candidates appeared at the
+ Portland Custom House Thursday before
I the Civil Service Examining Board, which
f was composed Of Hon. BiOn Bradbury
/ Edward r. Pierce. Horatio Hight and
4 Charles W. Roberts of these twenty
one. nine were candidates for the position
of weighcr and gauger. and eleven fol-
j that Of >torckeepcr. Among the caudi-
i dates wa> cX-Mar>hal Andrews.
j There was a conference of prominent
railroad men at Pennington last week.
i The closest secrecy was maintained a IL
/ the doing> and results Of the meeting
f The Rockland Opinion calls upon the
1 Democratic State Convention to take al.
yanccd ground on the labor question and
make 'abur reform the principal issue
7 of the campaign. A. the Opinion in an
other article in the same issue comments
/ Martin Irons, who has been chased out of
! St Lons by the dupe, whom hc man
aged to deprive Of a living. a IAN ELI
/ Client and trusted Official il would be
interesting to be Informed whether it i
/ the kind of labor reform" which Iron,
represents to which the Opinion would
/ Ike to have the Democratic State Con
vcntion commit itself If 80, it j. safe to
predict tha' it, advice will be di>rcgard
ed --BaHgor Commerciai,
Judge Samuel Bclcher Of Pennington died a
his home the 22nd inst, aged Il years.
A private letter from Mrs. David Davis say'
that ex-senator Davis is not AS sick the re-
ports have represented, and thai there is reason
for believing that he will soon be restored c
health.
The Rockland Opinion announces that Judge
! Kedman "ill be nominated as the democratic
candidate for Governor, but that he will insist
before accepting the nomination, that he shall
not BE- sold out BY hi, party again the Opin-
/ ion says he was in 1854.
The members Of the Fifth Maine regiment
will celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary o
thcii muster into the United States service, in
| Portland, June 9th and 18th. GOV. Robe viii
give the address Of welcome. Invitations have
been sent To Gems. Sloeum, Wright and Bart
lett, to be present. 1t is also expected that tht
presidents Of the different rcgmental assoca
tons, the 10th, 9th and Dist New York, tbs
9th and JGth Penns ylyania and the ID Connec
ticut Heavy Artillery, will be the guests OF thu