The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-01
STATE NEWS.

The citizens of South WATERFORD were
a9itated over the singular death of WIN.
II. Young, which occurred Tuesday night.
Foul play was suspected and the town
authorities summoned coroner Bradbury
of Saco to investigate. After thorough
investigation Mr. Bradbury is convinced
, that the suspicious are uufoundcd and
that Young died from excessive drinking
of liquor.
The memory of the lamented Governor
Budwcll Will be kept alive in the minds
of legislators next winter by All elegant
plaster bust, modelled by Mr.. j. H. Ma
honey, the talented IIallowel sculptor.
Mr.. Mahoney made Il plaster death-mask
of the Governors features, and from it
has developed an exceedingly faithful
likeness. The bust will be placed in the
State House rotunda, says the kennebec
Journal,
Llewelyn Quimby, who murdered Ken
niSton at Boothbay, was placed on trial at
Wiscasset, Tuesday, Attorney General
Baker appearing for the State.
Nathan S. Pickett, an old man - years
of age attempted to walk over the East
ern railroad bridge to Turner's Island yes
.erday forenoon about ten O'Clock. lie
vas deaf and his attention was not at
'racted by the approach of the incoming
10 O'Clock cab train. Mr.. Pickett was
struck by the locomotive.
The railroad commissioners have com
pleted their inspection of the western
portion of the Canadian Pacific. They
we're accompanied by party of railroad
men and travelled in Pullman car with
p dining car attached.
Peter Commiskey of the working camp
@, at Ship Pond, ON the Canadian Pacific,
went Thursday to the blacksmith's shop,
and while there picked up some exploding
APPS As he held them i'm his hands a
park from the forge ignted them and
they exploded. Both lips were blown OFF
and both eyes blown out, while his body
was perforated with copper from the
shells. DIR. Sweat cut off his hands, but
ne could not be saved and died in an hour.
lie was twenty-seven years old and ma
tive of Fort Augustus, Prince Edwards
island. This adds another to the long
list of fatal accidents on the Canadian
Pacific.
The Kenncbcc Steamboat Company has
contracted with the New England Ship
building Company of Bath for building
The hull of fine large steamer to be a
companion boat for the Star of the East
and thus n much talked of project is at.
last to be carried out. The new boat will
be some larger than the Star, and all her
appointments are to be first class, equal
Ing those of any of the Sound boats.
The number of state rooms will exceed
by some 80 those of the old boat. The
engines are to he built by a New York
firm, and the total cost of the craft will
reach S200,0 900.
Considerable excitement has been Great
ed ON Cape Elizabeth by report that the
Canadian Pacific intends to bnild big
station and elevators there, and bring in
m immense amount of ocean freight over
the p 4 o. route.
The Portland mackcrel fleet landed only
l0S2 barrels for last week against lsl1
"qrre,s the previous week, end lsG9 bar
ycls for corresponding week last year
Iot3l catch is 35,li9 barrels again>t -,
ia barrels in 1851, 7j,74l barrels in ls1G,
3l6,s56 barrels in 1854, and iIl,0SS bar
9ls in lsS5. Very little more fishing
sill be done this year.
Mr. Blaine is expected jhomc the Satur
day previous to the election.
In the official count of the ballots cast
20 the last election, now gong on al the
State House, many of the returns are
pund defective Some are not signed
~ the town clerk or the selectmen, Others
omit to state the number of votes cast
and in many the names of the candidates
are not correctly spelled. In cases where
two or more towns are in the same lrgis-
alive district, the votes of one town are
often returned for person whose full
came is given, while the other returns
contain only the initials of the same in
diyidual In all such cases a certified
ropy Of the town clerks returns is sent
for and used in the official count.