The Somerset reporter., 1886-02-24
STATE

The President has appointed tharlcs Il.
White postmaster at Gardiner.
| The st. Croix valley was visited the
18th inst. by a remarkably heavy thunder
storm, hitherto unknown at this time OF
year.
| Everett A. Iarrahec, ased 10 son of
Josiah Larrabcc of Rockville, committed
suicide by hanging in the woods near his
home, Thursday last.
| 1t is said there is to be new deal in
the craftsmanship Of the democratic
State committee, and that headquarters
are to be established at Portland
The wife of President Cheney of Bates
College, died Saturday last. She had Il
paralytic shock, a week before, from
which she did not rally. Aged seventy.
Prominent lumbermcn say that the de-
crease in the cut ON the pcnobscot on ac-
count of the warm weather will not be
less than ten millions of feet.
Governor Robbie has been chosen dele
gate at large to represent the Maine de
partment of the Grand Army of the Re
public at the national encampment in San
Francisco, next August.
The knights of Labor, in Gardiner,
have nominated Joseph f. La,ld as candi-
date for mayor. Nj, Ladd has already
| served in this capacity, having been elect
ed as Prohibition candidate in 1881.
| Clara Loring, 20 years old, the unmar-
ried daughter of r. ID. Loring, supcrin-
tendcnt Of the knickerbocker ice works
at Boothbay, drowned herself, recently
in Reeds Pond, leaving a note on the Ia
BILE explaining that intention.
| The West Branch drive was sold at
auction ut Bangor, last week to Ebcn II.
Huntington of Bangor, at prices ranging
| from 80 cents from the head of Chesun-
cook Lake to cents from Shad Pond
| There will be over forty millions in the
drive
The owners of the mill property at
Rcadhcld, the Nawoc Wooden Co, are
making many needed changes taking cut
old machinery and putting in new. They
are soon to change the saw mill also,
| having decided to put in board circular
saw, so they will be able to saw lumber
| in any form with trst-class mill man to
run the same
Lucien d Pillsbury NJ. D., of Farm
ington, died in Deland, Florida, the 18th
inst, of II carbuncle on the back of the
neck. DR.. Pillsbury was prominent
citizen Of Pennington and for man.
years one of the leading druggists He
twice served in the Maine legislature
He was a brother of Eben +. Pillsbury OF
Boston.
The Portland Company have delivered
to the Maine Central railroad new plat
form car fitted with a double hosting en-
CINE for use on the bridge at Augusta
now being rebuilt. Besides the hostine
engine, the car is provided with steam
apparatus for propeling it from place t.
place so that the use of a locomotive or
the bridge is rendered unnecessary.
A well know Augusta citizen who i,
well acquainted with the river, think,
that if the ice leaves the Kennebec bcfor,
the 10th of April there will be big fresh
ct, He says that in many places above
Skowhegan anchor ice to the thickness o
many feet, has frozen to the rocks ant
bottom so that if suddedly liberated i
will come down and, by damming up tn,
river below the city, make trouble.
Mr.. Milliken has presented petitions o.
large number of citizens of Augusta
Hallowell and Gardiner; and Mr.. Ding
ley the petitions of many citizens of Rich
mond and Bath for an appropriation 70
the improvement of the navigation of TIN
kcnnebcc river between Augusta and til,
lower part of Perkins Island near Rich
mond, Mcssrs. Milliken and Dngle
have presented the subject to the com
mittee on rivers and harbors, showing til,
Importance of the kenncbec river naviga
ton.
The Courier Gdzcue says The uncom
Portable condition of affairs in relation t,
the suspension of lime-bnrning in tn
county still exists No decisive uctiOl