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The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Libel for DiCOrce

To the Hon. Justices Of the Supreme Judi
cial Court next to be holden at Skowhegan
within and for the County Of Somerset, on the
third Tuesday OF September. A d. 1850.
Annie NJ. Clark whose maiden name was
Annie M. Scallien OF Skowhega libels and
gives this Honorable Court 10 he informed that
she was lawfully married to James IClark of
said SkOwhegnn, on the 18th day Of January,
A ID. 1884 by he Rev. j. Rackliff, pasi or of
the congregational church, and n preacher OF
the gospel, duly commiss' oned and empower ed
by tile governor uf this state to sOemnize mar.
riages and the said Annie NJ. would further
state that she has ways conducted herself
towards the said James Clark n II faithful,
Clnrk wholly regardless Of his marriage cove,
Dant aud duty on the-dav OF April A. ID,
1884, totally aud utterly deserted your ibeant
and has never provided her with any support
since that time, wherefore your libellant prays
that the bonds of matrimony between h r and
the said James Clark may he dissolved and as
In duty bound Will ever pray. Yout libeInnt
would further show that the present r. sdence
OF the said James Clark IL unknown tO her and
that she cannot by diligent and reasonable
inquiry ascertain the same, the hast she has
been able TO learn OF him Is he WAS iu some
part OF the West travelling with minstrel
troupe, but what part of the West, even The
name Of the state she is unable to learn
ANNIE NJ. CLARK.
State Of Name, Somerset So, Mnreh 2s, 1889.
Personally appeared the above named
Annie NJ. Clark and made oath. that she does
not know the present place OF residence of the
said James Clark and she cannot ascertain the
same although she has used reasonable dill
gence to 90 so. Before me
s. ii. WILLARD, Justice OF the Peace.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
POETRY.


There js 800 house, hsweser watched aud t,Hder,
BDt sics roam bett ard thcfc,-
No place, howc'cf SO sS,'i 10y SCREENS defended.
These insects d. not -h,re'
rAea Is dled with hpumiul irE Hs4ns
It iucs ,,,f, ,HA dead
rhe he,fi ri ho.-e0ite t.'f. th'eansc .yi0s
Nuull then b, .ltaf. Sled.
Let %. be- patient These ay- time arli.nHus
Fora hnct spare arse,
ro disappear amid the m.liclorions
We ,lrc not to- disgai~e.
Wh,f, ho aic. ro' ra,ame- where Other Uort,is
Their dy papers spread out,
And qul, Is set wide Alb the hytrAp portals,
1hc enemy to tout'
Pethap they do-bpt there. po duninuti.H,
Next season hads s'l
Poor victims in the usual di-trihiu1p,
Against our wish will
Aud though At times, ali weaficd with vain
sutne
And with nar lips comite srd,
W., sworn to pN, pu al, thi- useless fshtne
And give th, HE. afe>l.
w will take ,oura.r aud di.mis> thi' feeling
Un,e,singly wage WI.
a ic hong battle with the outmy NOW sealing
oar hattcd ev,unott.
f,0} I9Asfis,flHa+
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

STATE OF MAINE. lSEALJ
SOMERSET, rs TO the shertfs OF our several
Counties, or either Of their Deputies or any
Constable OF the town Of in the
County OF Greeting.
we command you to attach the Goods and
Estate of Cora W. Bowman, whose residence
IL unknown, to the value Of fifty dollars and
summon the said defendant III she may be
found IN your precinct0 to appear before our
Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court. next
to he holden at SkOwhegan, within and for the
County OF Somerset, on the third Tuesday of
September next then and there in our said
Court to answer unto Wesley NJ. Bowman OF
Hartland in the County OF Somerset and
State OF Maine. in n plea OF libel for divorce
which libel is interested in this writ and is as
follows, to wit:
To the Hon. Justices of the Supreme Judicial
Court, next to he holden at Skowhegan, within
and for the county Of Somerset. on the third
Tuesday OF September A. ID. 1889; Wesley M.
Bowman Of Hartland III said county Of SOmer-
set respectfully complains aud informs said
Court that he aa4 married to Cora W Bowman,
whose maiden name was Cora q. Whittier,
formerly Of St. Albans, on January 4th A. ID.
land, IN Palmyra in the county OF Somerset
and by said Sweetand IL minister of
the gospel duly authorized to solemnze
marriages: That soon AFTER their said
and 50 continued until the 30lh day Of May A
d. 1883 when she deserted and left him that III
June A. ID. 1887 she begun TO be quarrelsome
and manifested towards your libelant peey
sh and faulthnding disposition, and was guilty
of cruel and abusive treatment to him ever
afterwards from the first of June A. ID. 1897
until the Both day Of May A. d. 1873 when she
eft him as Aforesaid that your lihelant has al
ways behaved himself as IA faithful and affec
tionate husband towards his said wife ana al
ways possessed Of sufficient means to support
ami provide for her.
He therefore respectfully pra,s that
II divorce may be decreed to him by
tins Hon. Court. He further shows thai
| is unknown to him and that he and hi,
| counsel have made careful and diligent
inquiry to ascertain where her residence Ia
far as he knows and believes by any diligence
on his part. He therefore prays that sucl
notice may be given of the pendency of this
libel, as the law authorizes and requires
WESLEY M BOWMAN
Hartland, Me-, August 10th, A ID, 1889.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Seeing Corn Grow

1t is often said that hot weather makes
the corn jump. On the other hand, 1t is
said that no matter how rapid the pro-
gress made Vt Is imperceptible to the eye.
A farmer Of northeast Pennsylvania made
two measurements of corn In July, which
showed growth that II watched might
well have been visible. A stake driven In
the ground and the longest leaf on plant
stretched up to it showed growth Of be
tween four and i've inches In twenty-four
hours. 1t is believed generally by farm
ers that the most rapid growth is made In
The night, when hot night follows a
warm day.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

NOWfiSet So
Court Of County Comm missioners
august Term A. ID. 1889.
Upon the foregoing petition. satisfactory
tons are responsible and ought TO be heard
touching the matter set forth in their petition,
II is ordered, that the County Commissioners
OF Somerset and Franklin counties meet at the
Lane hOnse 40 called in Highland Plantation
somerset County, on Tuesday, October 22nd.
A. ID. 1889 ut 10 o'clock A. NJ. and thence pro.
cetd to view the road mentioned In said petit
ton. and on the same day and at the same
place at two O'Clock p. N. q hearing of the
parties Will lie had and such further measures
taken in the premises rs he said commissioners
shall Judge proper, and the owners OF lntd owe
which said road passes being unknown 1t is
further ordered, that notice Of the time place,
and purposes OF the meeting aforesaid be
ed by publishing an attested copy OF the petl-
tiOn aforesaid with this order thereon six
weeks excessively in the Somerset Reporter.
"A public newspaper printed at Skowhegan in
Somerset County. and in the Pennington
Chronicle, public newspaper printed at
Fa1ningt In Franklin County, and In the
Keunpbec journal public newspaper print ed
ut Augusta In Kenneb-c County by the printers
TO the State. aud a also an attested copy OF the
same be served upon the chairman OF the Court
of County Commissioners OF the County of
Franklin. the publication and serving Of the
'lne to he ut least thirty days before the time
interested may then appear and be heard #
they think proper.
Attest: l.. H. WEBB, Clerk.
true copy OF the petition with order of
COnrt thereon.
- 6w3 Attest: L, Il, WE'RE Clerk
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

Weeds are the greatest bane of the clo-
yer field, and if they get good start by
mid summer they will do more toward
preventing good catch than any other
one thing. The clover will soon smothe r
ordinary weeds If it once gets to grow
ing properly, but some weeds, such as the
ragweed, will escape smothering. These
are few in number, however, and they can
usually be pulled up by hand. Canada
thistles can he removed only in this way.
Ragweed, unless 1t Is killed the first year,
will spread rapidly the next and create
untold trouble, The best way to kill this
is to SOW land plaster or gypsum on young
clover as soon as the grain has been cut
his will so stimulate the clover that the
-mall ragweedS will inevitably be smoth-
cred. The old plants can be killed by
cutting them and the clover early in Sep.
tember before they have deposited their
seeds on the field.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Petition.

To the Honorable Cou' ty Commissioners In
lin.
The undersigned, citizens and legal voters of
Dead River and vicinity, respectfully re-
present that the public convenience and nee
essity require alterations in the County road
leading from Lexington to Dead River in
somerset and Franklin counties viz: around
the hill in Lane field aud around the Welch
hill 30 called between the two following nam
ed points to wit: the Lane house so called In
Highland AMI Bog Brook in Dead River.
We therefore request your Honorable Boards
to view said road and make such alterations
In your judgment common convenience and
require.
Dead River. July 20, 1889.
J. ID. HEN TIT and twenty four others
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
OveF-Suppiy of Butter

1t is said that the present accumulation
of butter in New York City is without a
precedent. 1t Is estimated that about l3,
O0O. 600 pounds of this article are now
stored in the city and immediate vicinity,
and the supply is increasing at the rate of
about 3 $50. 600 pounds week. The end
is not yet, for from all parts OF the coun-
try come the reports that water and sue
culent grass are plentiful, that the cows
have good appetites, and continue to
make milk as fast as they can. The
supply from New York State Is large, but
the great bulk OF the supply of butter
comes from the Western States. Most of
the fine table butter remains in this coun-
try, and inferior grades and butter whose
flavor has been affected are shipped to Eu-
rope, where they are skillfully doctored
ported from New York each week has or
dinarly been about 500 900 pounds at this
season of the year. During the last six
days $50, 900 pounds were exported The
amount OF butter consumed in New York
city and vicinity per week In about ,G00,-
900 pounds. As will be seen by the fig
ures, the quantity that comes in every
week greatly exceeds that consumed.
Most of the produce merchants are re-
fusng to buy any more butter on their
own account, and will only agree to hold
and sell it on account of the shippers
Americdn Dairyman.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
MarketIns unrlps Potatoes

So long - the skin slips readily, pota.
toes are pepf property to handle, espec-
tally IN hdy WEATHER, II put in piles the
heae = fap6dly - any other green stufr
would do when exposed to air. II to be
sold q once II should only be in small
quantities In place. Put the potatoes in
small hsaps two or three days, and cover
w4AetfAW IL the Asld. This will make
~ - dry. 70 tAat II will 10 longer Sip,
aoG - pctatoes may be handled without
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Fifteenth Maine Reunion.

The fifth annual reunion of the surviv.
ors OF the Fifteenth Maine Regiment will
be held at Presque Isle, on Wednesday
September 2Bth. The Maine Central
Railroad Company promises very low
rates of fare for the occasion, in connec-
tion with the N. b. road. A very in
tresting occasion is predicted, and it Is
hoped that there will be a goodly attend
ance of the survivors of the old Regi
ment. b. B Murray, Jr., is President
and II. Shorey, Secretary Of the Associa
tiOu
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

STATE OF MAINE, SOMERsET ss:-Clerk's
Office, Supreme Judicial Court, IN vacation.
skowhegan, Aug. 10th, A. ID. 1859
Upon the foregoing LIBEL, Ordered, that
the Libe ant give notice to the said respondent
to appear before the Justice of our Supreme
within and for the county of Somerset on the
'rd Tuesday Of september A. d. 1889, by pub
lshing an attested copy of said libel, and this
order thereon. three weeks successivey In any
newspaper printed in SkOwheRan in our COun-
ty OF Somerset, the last publication to be four
cen days at least prior to said 3rd Tuesday OF
September next, that she may there and then
IN our said Court appear and show cause. IL
any she have. why the prayer of said Libellant
should not be granted.
JOHN A PETERS,
Chief Justice OF the Sup Jud. Court.
true copy of the Libel, and Order of Court
thereon.
SWISS Attest; L. ii. WEBB Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
STATE OF MAINE.

SOWeTSeT ~,
Supreme judicial Cou,t In Vacation |,
July, A. ID. II, 1sS9.
Upon the foregoing Libel Ordered that the
Libellant give noticed IT, the said James Clark
to aPper before the Justice of our Supreme
judicial Count. TO he holden at Skowhegau
third Tuesday of September, A b. 1889, by
publishing All attested copy Of said libel and
this order thereon three weeks. successively la
he SOMERSET Reporter a newspaper printed In
SkOwhegan. in our County Of Somerset. til.
first publication to be thirty days ut least prior
to said third Tuesday OF September, that he
may there and then II our said Court appear
ana show cause. Il any he has. why the prayer
ENOCH FOSTER
Justice Of the Sup. Jud. Court.
A true copy.
Attest: L. H. WEBB, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
CIeantngS

Sweetness of temper is not an acquire
but natural excellence, and, therefore
to recommend II to those who have 1t not
may be deemed rather an insult than ad-
Vice Addison.
Women never trus command till they
have given their promise to obey, and
they are never in more danger of being
made slaves than when the men are at
their feet,-Farquhar,
Nothing sinks young man into low
company, both Of men and women, so
surely as timidity and difildence of him
self. If he thinks that he shall not, he
may depend upon 1t he will not please,
and a degree of persuasion that he shall,
it is almost certain that he will. Chester
field.
He that will not permit his wealth to
do any good to others while he Is living,
prevents It from doing any good to him
self when he is dead, and by an egotism
that is suicidal and has a double edge,
cuts himself of from the trueSt pleasure
hare and the highest happiness hereafter.
Cotton.
A woman OF fashion who is employed
in remarks upon the weather, who OBJ
serves from morning to noon that 1t is
likely to rain, and from noon to night
that it mizzles, that 1t is to set in for a
wet evening and being incapable OF any
other discourse, is as insipld a companion
aud just as pedantic, as he who quotes
Aristotle over his tea or talks Greek at a
card table.-Thornton.
If gave YOU pound of metal and or
dered you to make the most out of 1t
what kind of metal would you selectT
asked well-known jeweler Gold, oi
course" was the prompt reply. "I'd pre-
fer a pound of steel, said the jeweller
land Id have it made into hair springs
for watches. A pound of such springs
would sell for an even $40 900"
Benjamin johnson, it is said, owns 6
farm in Rush Valley L. T., upon which
he has just discovered a miEe of natural
shoe backing. All analysis of this pecu-
liar material shows that it contains six
| teen per cent. carbon, thrtyfour per cen1
aluminium, and the remainder clay
When taken out the material is moist and
soft. and when used as a shoe backinl
produces fine polish, which is not easily
destroyed.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
CAUTION !

This is to certify that ha We given my SON.
John Il. Stanley, the rest Of his time, and will
not lclaim auy Of his earning, nor pay any
debts Of his contracting after this date.
Skowhegan, August l, 1889,
3ws JOHN R STANLEY
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
CAUTION.

My wife ClementiDs A. Durgiu having left my
he'd and board without just cause or provocn.
tion, this notice ia To warn sll persons against
harhOrlng or trusting her on my account as
shall pay no bills contracted by her after this
date.
The Forks, Aug. IS, 1889.
3wSss JOSEPH A. DIJRGIN
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
| Sample n Copy rs pages Fun, Stories, etc.
TOME uUARD FREE Box B.Aupu.s. Nh.

"Max, don't you think it extravagant to give
three hundred dollars for diamond to wear on
my hand' I" "Not at all, my dear; you don't
consider how much shall save on your gloves"
FIT.-Al Fits stopped free by DR.. Kline's Or at
Nerve Restorer. No hts after first days use. Mar
yslous cures Treatise and q 90 trial bottle free
Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline 93 Arch St. Phils- Pa
A bill has been introduced into the N. H.
Legislature for the better protection of pickerel
OF all the fish that swims, the pickerel is the
best adapted to take care of himself
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
Multiplying Potatoes. J..

writer in the London Garden gives
au account OF the method he adopted to
increase high-priced potato. The yari-
ETY. was the kind known as the Pride Of
America, Of which he gave something
ike dollar for two tubers, one of them
large and sound and the other small and
diseased. Early in March they were laid
In a pan, covered with fine soil and set
on a warm staging in his peach house.
They soon sprouted, and when the sprouts
were three inches long, they were care
fully pulled off and the tubers returned TO
the soil, The sprouts were potted of
singly, in good, loamy soil previously
warmed, 3 l-2 inch pots being used.
They were set on the front staging and
watered They soon became well estab-
lished, and were transplanted. The tub
ers gave second and larger crop OF
sprouts than before, and these were treat
ed like the first. A third but smaller crop
Of shoots was obtained. All the plants
formed row In the garden hfty-one feet
long, on deeply-dng, thoroughly pulver-
lied ground, eight inches apart. lnvert-
ed flower pots protected them from any
threatened frost, and evergreen branches
were used for the same purpose later on.
Two bushels were obtained from the one
pound of seed. The above is substan-
TALLY the process given in the Garden,
greatly reduced and condensed and it
may afford useful suggestions to those
not familiar with the process adopted by
gardeners for rapidly increasing rare and
costly sorts.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
QI nm Made Pure G $l.oo BEST
DLUUUAD D.&C CO. OARSApARIIl La

"style," says a writer literary topics
"means everything eyes," said ellison
whose wife is deyotee to fashion, at means
everything man has got"
Diyorces-cheaply, speedily, quietly, for de.
sertion, non-support, intemperance Insanity
Fees contingent. Blank application for stamp
Advice free, confidential. Address Rober
White, Attorney, l45 Broadway, New York.
Physician says that bowlegs due to the
descen; OF the hills" As it is impossible to
prevent hills from descending without levelling
them, bowlegs we shall always have with us.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
iICkljr CAPSULES so Cu.nnIInu
nfAvf by mail. AUBURN DRuG & UUUuU
l. CHEMICAL Co.. AUBURN, MAINE.

1t looked so much like rain this morning that
not more than one woman out Of twenty on
the hill could resist the temptation to wash the
front Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
MISCELLANY.

House-seekers say that the coolest place they
can find in Washington is the White House.
There is where so many of them get the "cold
shoulder
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22

bhIOKS 6RICkS,
Dusty 4 Lewia at their new brick yard. Eat
Fro st. are now ready to furnish bricks to
CONTRACTORS or others, In large or small quaint.
ties. Their bricks are OF first.elass quality
made from choice clay. and their pr ices ar
bottom. Give them call when IN neei - tbev
can save you money.
skowhegan. Nay =, 1872. tin
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
STATE OF MAINE. SOMERSET ss.

STATE UF NJ AINE, SOMEKSHT SB.
August 10th, A. ID. 1889:
Personally came the above named Wesley NJ
Bowman and subscribed to the above libel ant
made oath ~ the truth thereof before me,
DAVID K. THOMPSON,
Justice of the Peace.
The Somerset reporter., 1889-08-22
LiOeE for DiUOrce.
STATE OF MAINE. [SEAl

GEORGE CUSHING, County Treasurer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-15
NEW YORK IN GLOOM
Electric Currents Closed in the
 Great Metropolis.
NO MORE RISKS WILL BE TAKEN
The Electric Light Companies Shut OH
 Their Currents fo: the Present.

They Wish to Provent the City from Cut.
 ting Their Wires-Extra Vigilance by tho
 Police During the Nisht-strange Sights
 on All the Th"roughfares-Gas Used in
 and About the Theatres.
 NEw YORK, Oct. 15.-This city was in darkness last night. There was no electric lights on the most frcquented avenues and streets. The public parks and squares were great black spots, framed by lighted windows of surround ing buildings.
 YAe Brush and the United States elec- trfr light companies, tho two largest pnrteyors of light to the city, cut off all cireAts yesterG ay afternoon. After run ming for the help of the law and enioin- ing the city from cutting its wires, the companies came forward with proposi- tion. This was to shut off their cur rents until the injunction obtained by them on Saturday last could be thor oughly argued before Judge Andrews of the. Supreme Court.
 The proposition was accepted by John M. kowcrs, representing tho municipal au uthorities, because it was felt that the principal object in view-the safety of the public-was temporarily assured by the Voluntary offer of the companies.
 Whom night come on, the city's thoroughfares looked as gloomy as those of country town. But the pub lie took the darkness good humoredly. There was but one opinion expressed, ''Bettcr darkness than moro deaths by wire.'
 Although it was an unusual dark and stormy night, the city was we'll pro- tected by the police. Superintendent Murray ordered out the reserves, and tho patrolmen did extra duty.
 Thcatergoers witnessed plays by gag in some theaters that ordinarily use electric lights, and after tho stores closed the public squares and streets were very dismal and dark. In some streets tho darkness was so great that Pedestrains had the greatest difficulty in plodding through the rain and across streets. After 10 o'clock Fourteenth street, from river to river, had only a stray gas lamp, and the entire length of Twenty-third street was without an squares were black blotches set in a border of lights from hotel windows, :
 Broadway was unrecognizable after 10 o'clock. From Fourteenth to Fifty ninth street all electric lights were out. Fifth avenue looked strange in- deed, and the upper stories of mansions were not visible, SO black was the night. Private lamps gave little liFhs,r but they scarcely penetrated the gloom more than few inches. The old had been cast of for the new, and but very few gas lamps were available last night in any portion of the city that was covered by the Brush and United States supplies.
 Downtown the darkness held the streets and avenues captive. City Hall Park was without light, and the tall buildings in Newspaper Row served to make the a4uare more dismal. Down in Battery far,. the darkness was i'm penetrabie, and it was hard wo@ 70 find Castle Garden. Along the ri.. fronts no one ventured except those whose business was imperative. Tho docks ! were dark and forbidding, and extra policemen patrolcd them.