The Somerset reporter., 1888-01-25
STATE NEWS.

Maine, for their live stock and farm pro
duets, in the wear 1887, over half a mil
lion of dollars Maine Farmer.
Governor Marble has authorized the
new military company recently recruited
and formed in Lewiston AS the FRYE
Light Guards" to be mustered into the
Volunteer Militia in place of the Reserve
Militia as first intended Papers have
been forwarded to them for this purpose
The Bodwel Water Power Company
have chosen officers for the ensuing year
as follows: President, Charles liamiln
Directors. Charles Iiamlin, Joseph L.
Smith. Josiah W. Bodwell, Charles \.
Lord and J. s. Wheelright.
Custom House Collector Cushing has
received orders from the Treasury De
partment at Washington removing deputy
collectors at the Office in Camden to
Rockport, and establishing branch Of
flee at Camden so that the towns Will
have two offices instead OF one,
Hon. William l.. Putnam will return to
Portland shortly to attend to his law
practice, the fishery commission not
claiming his entire time just now.
Ex-Governor Perham, who with his
wife and two daughters, is passing the
winter in Washington, writes mat ms
health is much improved, and that If
nothing should happen to prevent, they
will remain until May next.
Cases of contagious diseases were re
ported to the State Board of Health dur
ing the week ending Jan 2lst. as follows;
Typhoid fever, Castine, !; Houlton' I
Leeds. / ; Scarboro, /; Willmantlc, !.
Diptheria, Andover ! Bangor | : Carr
bou q Castine l Linneus |; Portland -
Buxton |. Scarlet fever, Bangor b.; Gum
berland l; Gorham .; Portland ); BuX-
ton 81 mild cases.
The prominent candidates for the posi-
ton of Deputy Collector OF Internal Kew
enue. left vacant by the death of Col w
A. Cromwell, are said to be Lew Patten
of Bangor, ID. j. Callahan OF Lewiston,
and United States Deputy Marshall r. NJ
johnson of Portland, also Col Benjamin
Bunker of Fairfield. Mr.. Patten was
Deputy Collector before the force was re-
duced in this State
The Waterville papers report that many
trains have been delayed at that station
the past week by the careful Inspection
which the employees give the cars, espec-
| ialy the wheels. Several defects in the
cars have been detected and remedied at
once. 1t is such care of details as TINS
that prevents the awful disasters like that
at llaverhill.
Mr.. Arthur Sewall of Bath is not very
sanguine that Congress will give the ship
ping men much help. He says that Speak
er Carlisle has appointed committee on
merchant marine and fisheries which Is
unfavorable to the plans of the shipping
league.
building owned by NJ. q. Shaw 4
| Sons, at Greenyille, containing two stores
and four tencments was destroyed by fire
| Thursday last The stores were occupied
by Mark Peavey, merchant tailor; ami
Miss Young, fancy goods. Their stock
and furniture We're saved, also the furnl-
ture of the tenants. Loss of building
| S25O0: insured.
Among the smaItest old men in Maine
| is the father of Alexander Carr of Amity.
who was 100 years old recently. He is as
smart as most men of fifty, does nearly
all the chores about the farm and is en-
| loving the best of health this winter.
Last summer he would frequently amuSc
the younger boys" by sprnging from
the floor and hitting his heels together
twice before alighting.
President Downes of the Calais Nation
al Bank says that the reports which have
come from Calais about the circulation
of Canadian bank bills in that city. are
exaggerated. He states that the bank
has sent no lawyers to Washington and
does not fear any trouble If any tax is
due and the amount can he ascertaned
which seems almost an impossibility, II
| will be paid. Senator Hale IS adjusting
the matter with the Revenue Commission
err
The Maine Hotel Proprietors Associa-
ton held its semi-annual meeting in Ban
gor, last week, small number of mem-
bers being present. The most of the
time was devoted to n conference upon
matters relating to the Maine hotels, the
prices, the temperance question, economy
in the service, etc. At the meeting thir-
ty-two applications for membership Were
received.
In the case of State US. one barrel of
whiskey, c. II. Guppy, claimant involv-
ing the constitutionality of the prima
face clause of the liquor law of last win
ter. decision has been received from the
law court, sustaining exceptions and
granting a new trial. The decision con-
strues the statute to mean that such eyl-
dence is competent and sufficient to JUST
fly the jury in finding the defendant
guilty, provided it does in fact satisfy
them of his guilt beyond reasonable