The Somerset reporter., 1889-05-23
STATE NEWS.


ceiyed by steamboat from New York to-
day, and forwarded to Brunswick Maine
his early hone. Mr.. Jackson was a men,
Der of the old hrm Of Phinney Jackson,
in the coal trade here, and son OF Capt.
Samuel Jackson of Brunswick. For the
past few pears he has been in trade upon
the west coast of Africa, where he re-
Gently died.
President Van Horn of the Canadian
Pacific with a special train turned the
first wheel of Canadian Pacific passenger
service in the State of Maine on Thurs
day, when with Maine Central engin-
eer as pilot his car was taken from Mat
tawaumkeag to Vanceboro, en- route to
st. John.
On the first Monday in July, when the
change is made in the time tables, the
Boston < Maine have decided to put on 8
train which shall leave Boston at 5 u. IN.
1t will make the run to Portland in three
hours. arriving at | | o'clock. Four hours
later the train will reach Bangor, making
the run from Boston in seven hours.
Great difficulty is experienced by ship
pers of lumber and ice in obtaining ves-
sells. Cargo after cargo awaits shipment
to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington
and other ports, the freight running at
nearly double usual prices. Efforts are
being made to secure line of ice barges
and New York and Boston tow boats to
come to Portland and load, as the ice
dealers inthe cities named are clamoring
for their merchsndise. The scarcity of
vessels arises from the fact that many1big
stickers- went OF shore last fall with
lumber and have not returned,
The contributors of the Maine Farm
ers' almanac will hold their annual con-
venton in Augusta on Wednesday, June
10th.
The State Universalst Convention
meets at Auburn, June 4th, jth and 18th.
There VIII DC quite a divit CATION il at
tendance from this city.
At the civil service reform examination
held in Portland, Friday, for applicants
for positions in departmental work and
the railway mail service, twenty-eight
were examined from all over the state
Answers will be received next month.
John Donovan, employed by the East
ern Forge Company of Portland. Me, fell
overheard from the steamer John Brooks
when OF Marblehead at $50 o'clock Sat
urday morning. boat was lowered but
The electric street railway at Bangor,
the first of the kind east of Boston, Is
now all ready for business and Saturday
for the first time car was run and fare
taken. The long delay has been due not
to electrical difficulties but to those purely
mechanical.
In one Of the driving camps on the
Aroostook river near Ashland few days
ago, the cook took some straw to kindle
fire In the straw happened to be rifle
cartridge which exploded. a part Of the
shell entering the leg of one Of the men.
lie was brought to Presque Isle and the
shell was extracted.
w. w. Bowen of Rhode Island, famil-
iarly called Bowen the butcher" on ac-
count of the way he slaughters land
locked salmon. WAS arrested at Grand
Lake stream Friday by Game Warden
French for catching his favorlte fish
with spoon hooks.
Complaint is made among Portland ship
brokers of lack of tonnage while orders
are numerous. The demand for ice at
southern ports is large. Shippers who
have contracts to Ill in stipulated time
have advanced rates l5 cents per ton
Similar complaints come from Bangor.
There is considerable talk Of erecting .
print mill in Lewiston. One patriotic
citizen has stated his willingness to put
in $4,000, and that four of them would
take third of the stock The building,
II erected, will be low, but wide of ex-
tent on the ground
VI. J. Merrill, of Harmony, made all
preparations for day of rest last Sum-
day, He ate his breakfast and went to
his barn to look after his chores, and
about six =. NJ. when he looked his
stock over, he found it had increased two
calves, ten lambs and q colt, all In nne
condition, says the Plttsheld Advertiser
The New England Company have closed
4 contract with James b. Drake. the Bath
ship broker and ship owner. for q i've
hundred ton schooner to be completed BY
the first of october. The frame will be
white oak and the vessel Is to be built un-
der the special instruction Of an agent Of
the American Record She will have
three masts and be supplied with all mod
ern convenences. Her master has not
been selected, but it will be one Of those
now in his employ.
Miss. Kate Gushing. daughter of Mr..
Gushing, of Atkinson. whose buildings
recently burned, was at home at the time
of the fire making preparations for her
approaching marriage, and her entire out
ut, representing several hundred dollars,