The Somerset reporter., 1886-12-15
BIG LOT OFF
Writing Desks
Il Lap Tablets.
STATE NEW S.

The Gardiner Reporter says building
association is being organized in that
! city.
/ Ex-Governor rcrham has 50 far rrc0v-
cred a~ to be ont. and with his family
will soon start for Washington 10 spend
the winter.
The best school house in Turner village
was burned 10 the ground Sunday morn
! ing No insurance.
Friday. Coroner Wilson eNenmcd the
/ body of Rurl Crockett Of SWanNillc, aged
/ 20 ycurs. who died recently mlcr Sus-
/ piciou- circumstances indicating poison
and sent the contents of the stomach To
/ Prof Carmichael for examination Fam
/ ly difficulties are alleged Il the motive.
! Tie curoners jury has adjourned to
await the result Of the analysis
Charles II Haskell, town treasurer of
rop~ham. NaS found dead in his Office
Saturday afternoon with a bullet hole
through his head 1t was ease of sui
eide Mfr Haskell had been treasurer for
several ycurS and his accounts are sup
posed 10 be all right. The reason for his
suicide is supposed to be temporary in
sanity His health has been poor for
~nmr time.
The following Maine persons have
been granted increase of pensions at the
pension Office Darius Stevens, Madison :;
Geo &c W Heal. Liucolnyillc Centre :;
VIM Frye East sumner; Peter King,
Togu,; Rufus X Paterson, Lee, reissue
aud increase. The following claims for
pension have been allowed: VIM. H..
King, Togu~, original claim; jeremiah
NJ Barker. reissue.
The ten conyicts who appeared before
the Governor and Council AT GhomaSton
aud asked for pardon, were Joseph ID.
Smith, highway robbcr, Tom Conroy,
bad man in general. the two Chadbourns,
convicted of numbering Alvin Watson,
JOS T. Clinton, the Rockland shootist,
Thomas d Jordan, burglar, james \.
Cary, forger, John Lawrence, murderer,
l. C. Jones. thief. and Lorenzo IL. Turn
cr and Lewis L. llopk MS, murdcrers
Captain Nickcr.on of the schooner
james F. Machela, from Ctilla, reports
that he was detained ut Ctilla for five
days by violent northcrly gale He
sailed November 30 and encountered Il
terrific noltherly gale in \. lat. % 80
The vessel was hove to for forty-eig
hoWS. On the 9th inst during gale,
Seaman Warren Bossbridge, Il native of
Bangor, Me, was washed overheard and
lost.
The faculty and friends of Bates col
lege have great reason to rejoice. Not
only has n Boston lady left the college
Il bcquest of So, 900. but there is every |
that the will of Mrs Bclcher |
cannot be broken. PrrSi |
lent Cheneys frank and mistaken tcsti-
nony settled the case.
Last June j. l.. H. Cobb of Lewiston
pledged gift of S25 600 to Bates College
N condition that friends of the college
asc SO 900 additional. The fund is ac
at a goodly rate, Sl0,o0o of it
laNing been raised Hon. JAS q Blaine
las pledged $1,000, and President Cheney
las recently received $1,000 in cash from
our women. This fund is independent
# the two large requests recently left
he college by Mrs. Belcher of Farming
on and Mrs. Caroline \. Wood of Cam
ridge, Mass.
The consular and diplomatic bill, which
he House Committee on foreign affairs
AS approved, increases the appropria-
ions for the service from $500, 900 to ,
800 900 above the bill of last year, l his ,
mainly due to the fact that the commit
&c, in many instances, has adopted the |
communications of the Secretary of ;
he Secretary of State and has abolished ;
he fees for many of the consulates and t
INSTITUTED salaries in the place of them.
The committee of the council selected
} take the valuation Of the State grass ,
nd timber lands have completed their !
'ork. They have found 3si 900 acres
f this public land, and have valned the ,,
mbcr and the little grass at $751; 900.
hese lands are mostly in Aroostook,
enobscot, Somerset, Piscataquis and
rankin counties.
statement was published to the
feet that Secretary Manning and Attor-
ey General Garland will shortly retire {
rom the cabinet. The President has had