The Somerset reporter., 1888-08-02
STATE NEW s.

Hon Increase Sumner kimhall. the
Nestor of the York county bar. died
Tbursdav morning AT l9.45. aged = wears
II months He represented Lebanon 10
The STATE Legislature in 1851. declining
a denomination in 80 He WIS the Young
est member of Governor kent=s council III
l.40. represented Sanford ia the legiSla-
ture Of lsGa. and during the last three
years of the rebellion served a. county
attorney His son sumner /. hlmball j.
chief Of TIN uiicd States Life Saving
service.
Portland non,rs announce that Hon.
G.a p U4.rott will decline being a
randiIat, for the Maine State Senate.
~ p,.,,.a,, ,,ha ,n.,,a. ,y,,ch
= ~ ", aI5,,i. 1.r.,'-,,,r, non AZ
no ea.t .nd Of the bridge. Augusta, by .
thu deatb of a rich uncle in California. /
bas fallen heir to $4,000. The fortunate /
nan is n vears old and has family of .
d,e cbflaren He was formerly of Dix /
Acid
Major r : Kycs. formerly of jaw. /
Mann and far several wears past a clerk /
In tbe nenSion office. died at his residence
in thjs cjty Wednesday. after a brief
iIlne.. Induced nv oyrrwork. Major
Kyes was prominent Grand Army man.
and the funeral services here were in
charge of that organization. His re
mains will be taken to North Jay for In
terment He leaves a widow and one son
having buried i've children.
D.nnty Secretary of State Chadbourne
received fy mail recently from NJ
Wcatherbee Esq, one Of the leading re-
publicans Of Warren, two brass buttons,
one for himself and the other for Hon. l.
G. Burleigh. which were worn on coat
during the campaign of ls4o. \ log cab
in is represented in the middle Of the but
ton, and above it "llarrison. while below
appears the word REFORM These relics
have been in Mr.. Weatherbee'4 family
ever since the famous campaign Of 1870,
and he still has full set Of them left.
D4nartment Commander Horace H.
Hnrbauk has lust issued an official invita-
iion To the Grand Army Posts. Relief
Corns aud Sons of Veterans to attend
the exercises of Ocean Park. Old Orchard
&. A. r., Friday, August third.
,r,...,..,. IL. ,.o,or. Of pann{n,,op who
..,,..i g., CON Harrison in l.tG nronosp
,"' s,.., - ei',h in "nnnar, Of Harrison
a,d Ut, II IL thonoht that tbere are
forty or more living in town OF the
twenty.six already enrolled several voted
in lsst for Cleveland.
AZ. c,.,,ho,n possora,, f,rm.rlv of
| ,nhnrn No has rcsjuned the nosition
| he hos held for some wears in the pension
Office To accent a position i'm the new
Rureau of Labor Statistics, under Col
! Carroll ID Wright.
,r,.i + ,h,, ,,o, IN Which Mis- Eeie
cai,,,t,,, uoin9 ,,;rl cama ~ write the
-, .,port.a r. Rabv " she
]
,o,, ~ ocaon crrov a summer resort
asa ,,,a,, ,,,i,',,ing a cbild in a hammock
anu ~, "' oia",a yhen sha hegan singinr 10
il imnrovising As she sang. The strain
! hnalIy resolved itself into the nucleus of
the ,,Rock.a-Bve" chorus. Afterwards
while travelling, Miss Canning thought
ont in a rough way the words which are
associated with the tune. Subsequently
she tried to play the tune on the banjo
Her teacher recognized the merit of the
composition, and advised her to have it
published, which she did. The song at
once became popular. Since then Miss
Canning has composed several songs and
is now at work upon an operatta which
she hopes to make the most brilliant sue
cess of her life.
Tho North Star saws. Last wear p Isle
,o, In ua,or works electric lohts and
-oy, ~ This year we are introducing
concs and nlur hats-the boom still CON
tin,,es nnahated
-, 49,. ~ ata..ri, 1;,,b.
II II eNpcNVou ',a. "o cati iii
ho discontinued and the CITY lighted from
,rans,o Thc circuit hetween the two
Ill and To- connect here with the the
dftv ligbts now set will be twenty miles
lana M tronhle IL anticipated in light
in, from Anonsta az circuits are work
ing well on the arc system a distance Of
thirty miles and furnish sixty lights.
TN ne,y road IN the summit of the
Green mountain has been formally open.
od In tr,vel The distance from Bar
Iarhor to the summit il about four miles
rho road cost ~ 900 and was built and
owned Inv a corporatiou.
,rh. a,,,,l,oans hod rnoo, successfuI
,naning of tho camnaign nj Bangor
unndav Two flags were raised in East
and vast Market SQUARES. which were
hacked with thousands of people. Hon.
Henry Lord presided. lion. S. W
Mathews of the State labor committee
and Hon. c. +. Littetield of Rockland
, spoke. After this the new republican
headquarters were dedicated. DR. ID. A.
Robinson, president of the club, spoke.
An address was made by Hon. A. Z. Wis
well of Ellsworth, and brief remarks by
exNice President liamlln, non, Lewis