The Somerset reporter., 1889-05-16
STATE NEW s.

and instantly killed. His age was about
20. Lightning struck the spire of the
First Congregational Church at Deer Isle
Friday and came out through the front,
causing damage of about $500.
The proprietors of the Kennebec Jour
nal have just placed in their press room
an electric motor, which runs all the ma
chinery of the establishment. This is the
first electric motor which has been set up
in the city
c. w. Flowers, of Maine, has been ap-
pointed ckief of the copying division of
the supervising architects Office at Wash
ington.
The Augusta Lumber Company is now
running full time with force of seventy
five men. Fifty thousand feet are sawed
daily. The logs left from last years
drive will not be all sawed for at least
two weeks. 1t is predicted that at least
one-fourth of the logs cut last winter,
will be left high and dry by the protracted
drought, and rise in lumber may be an
ticipated.
Two pairs of steers, thought to be the
largest ever sold In Aroostook county,
changed hands In Caribou last week
They were 4-year olds, and when dressed
weighed POO pounds,
The postal car upon the train to Ban
gor, Thursday morning over the Maine
Central was in charge Of the first entire
ly Republican force since the new admin
istraton. The clerks are Willis Knapp,
chief clerk; S. Lyman Hayes, second
clerk; C. w. Welsh and George Kennedy.
F. o. Beal of Bangor, one of the found
ers and prominent in the management of
the Eastern Maine Fair association, bas
rendered his resignation as vice president
OF the association.
Charles Pomeroy, Of the shoe manu-
featuring firm of Emery Holmes, has
just returned to Saco from Taunton,
Mass, where liberal offer has been made
them to remove their factory. The firm
decided to accept the offer and leave Saco
the latter part Of next month. Many Of
their help will accompany them.
The people of Calais are talking of
establishing new industry in their city.
The Calais Times says 1t Is believed that
there will be no difficulty in raising
bonus sufficient to establish a new indus
try a. soon as it Is definitely decided
what kind of factory to build. and
some agreement is made with Western
parties. just now the idea of cotton
factory holds first place. as the largest
owners in the st. Croix mill say it would
have paid better had 1t been located on
the Calais side of the river. Authorities
say that mill can be run in Calais by
electricity conducting power from the
falls on the river.
The career of Samuel Cleaves who has
just died at the Saco city farm after
short illness, was strange one. At one
time he was very wealthy man. His
business, as stone contractor and ship
builder, was very extensive. And 1t used
to support his family in elegant style in
the city of Boston. few years ago he
had three fevers and all property was
made over to his wife. As soon as he
got better, which was not expected, 1t is
stated that he was turned out of doors
broken-hearted and half-crazed man.
Vince that time his mind gradually failed
him and one year ago this coming June
he was brought from Lyman to the city
farm. Mr.. Ceaves reached his sixty
sixth birthday the twenty-flrst day of
last November.
The total shipments of apples from
Portland the past winter reached 1872 AIS
barrels.
Gov. Burleigh has nominated Charles
f. F. Stetson of Houlton for county COM
missioner of Aroostook county, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Hon. Albert =. Burleigh of IIoulton, to
accept the appointment of Collector of
Customs for the district of Aroostook.
Gen. John T. Richards has been elected
a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company of Boston.
The prize declarations of the Sophie
more class of Colby University occurred
Friday evening. Program as follows
Heroes of the Land of Penn" Lippard,
Alfred Bradbury Cottle "Eulogy Of John
A. Logan, Mckinley Arthur Tllley Wat
son MANS Use and Function" Ruskin,
william Abbott Smith THE Prohibitory
Constitutional Amendment in Massachu-
sets" John ID. Long, Charles Frederick
Leadbetter; Speech at Banquet in
Birmingham" John Bright, Franklin
Winslow johnson; Nomination of Gen
eral Sherman" Garfield. Adelbert Far
rington Caldwell; REPLY to Senator
voorhees, of Indiana Senator Ingalls,,
Norman Leslie Bassett; 'Eulogy of John
A. Logan in U. s. Senate" Senator Ev-
arts, Charles Stanley Pease; "Roscoe
Conkling," Ingersoll, George Albert Cor
ham, Jr. The first prize was awarded to