The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-02-01
STATE NEWS.

S Brown of the democrat lc state COM
mittee to present his case before the de
partmeut of justice at Washington.
That was the main object of Mr., Browns
visit to the capitol
The Calais Advertiser favors the nom
nation of Hon. +. c. Burleigh for Gov
ernor, by the republicans.
The wife of wel-known Lewiston
clergyman went to breakfast Friday
morning on snowshoes. She used to
snowshoe in Aroostook county, and
thoughts of breakfast induced her to don
the snow-shoes and start out. The break
fasters at the boarding house were sur
prised to see her figure over the drifts.
She said it seemed like the days when her
big boy was a DISQUALIFICATION Journal.
Col. C. b. Morton, commissioner of
navigation, has transmitted to the House
the facts developed under his investiga-
ton proving that American ports and
water routes were Disseminated against
by Canada, in respect to the tolls charged
on the Weland canal.
A new starch factory is to he erected
in New Sweden in the early spring by
New Hampshire man. Mr.. b. j. Smith
the well known proprietor of the
Vaughan House at Caribou who has re
Gently been in Bangor, tells the CONNER
cial that New Sweden is fast coming 10
the front as one of the best towns III
Aroostook County. He cannot speak III
terms too high of the people of the town
and says that in point of wealth and pros
pcrity they are improving very fast.
Mr. Edes, the senior proprietor of the
Piscataquis Observer of Dover, comes of
a race of printers. Ills father was the
late George Il. Edes, who set the first
type ever put up in Somerset and Pts
cataquis, and assisted his uncle, Peter
Edes, with whom he was then living, in
getting ont the first issue of the Bangor
Register, from which sprung the Wing
and Courier. George V Edes' grand
father was fellowworkman OF BenJa-
min Franklin in Boston, and compos-
ing stick which he used is now one OF
heir-looms of the Edes family.
Mr.. w. b. Ferguson, Superintendent
of the Fairfield and Watcrville horse rail
road, was DiXmont boy, but now re-
sides in Salem, Mass, where he is doing
large and successful business. He is
interested in several horse railroads.
The first Maine Central train to arrive
at Pennington after Wednesday night.
got in Saturday.
The first mail for Rockland 50 sacks
after the storm arrived Saturday after
noon.
one of the Maine Central trains to
Bangor left the rails Friday afternoon
between Newport and Etna. Two pas
scnger cars rolled over on their sides
bruising some of their passengers. The
road was cleared in short time and
other trains went on without delay.
Hon Calvin Page, collector of internal
revenue for this district, has appointed
Alfred S. Kimbal of Norway, deputy
collector, In place of w. A. Cromwell,
deceased.
A man giving the name of Thomas
Porter Of Fredericton, \. b, while walk
ing on the track between stations, in Ban
gor. about eleven O'Clock Friday, was
struck by the delayed Bucksport train
from behind, and run over, shockingly
mangling his hip and aausing his death
in about an hour.
Thursdays Waterville train arrived al
Lewiston at $50 Friday afternoon. As
it entered the station Joseph Dubois,
aged 20, shoveler, was struck by the
pillow and probably will die from his in
| juries.
1t is said that the counsel for the de
| tense IN Unc DtlIDeJJ IDDDtl1 tdSt VIII
introduce testimony at the coming trial
to show that the night before the burgla-
ry Whitney played poker all night with
some Newport men and was winner for
large amount. An attempt will be made
to show that while at this game Whitney,
cut his finger and that the blood found on
the bills came there through this cut.
The yarn around the bills, which old
Bennett swears to as his own, will be az
counted for by the statement that it is
common practice with farmers out
through that section to tie up their mon
ey in that way.
The body of Thos. Porter, killed Friday
night in Bangor by the cars, was sent Ia
Fredericton, n. b., this morning. The
coroners jury declared the death his own
carelessness and eXonerated the road.
one Watervile lady expressed a grea
deal of anxiety over the result of the
vote when asked her reasons she re-
piled Il don't want Watervillc to hr-
come city because they say cities are
very unhcalthful places to live in
BY the report of Col. II. NJ. Sprague,
| State pension agent, it appears that the
number of applications under the amend
mcnt to the pension law passed last win.
cr, was 80. This amendment allows at
1 npnsion to dpDendent widows mothers