The Somerset reporter., 1889-03-21
STATE NEW s.

! \ Il of which he is member, ana
Win tile Bangor Band escorted him from f
The train To his ho1se. A brief speech F
# welcome wa> taalt hY tntumabder
farnAam and responded to by Mt liam
lin.
The indications for good lumber mar
kct this spring was never better LAST
year at this time lumber was drug IN
The New York market ON account Of the
blizzard which stopped all building for
nearly STA weeks. aud made a terrible di
in the price of all grades and
sizes Of long timber, from which there
has been scarcely a day that bull ling
could not 20 Oh as in summer. This, Ia
Ken with the fact that there are now be-
low aud in the Pcnobscot IA NH over o.
900 .oo9 feet of logs promises well Tor
our lumber mauufacters.
Governor Burleigh has rendered u
Mayor Il f. Macomher aud II n. +. t..
Allen Of Augusta and to Hon. VIM l..
Putnam of Portland, positions Oh thr
commission nu the enlargement of the
Maine State House. The drst t"o have
accepted
1t is learned that the dam across the
river al New Sharon was partially car
riei on 10y the ice, stopping all the mills
there and causing damage Amounting
to i've or six Thousand dollars.
The purchase Of the Wilton Record by
A stock company In " iltnn from X A.
A Morrow, Livrrmore Falls. was elect
ed March 18th K A Carver viii Dr.
the managing editor of the new company
Mr. Jacob Crowell Of Ya>-aiblro will
on Thursday next. celebrate hi, one hun
dredth birthday by giving a reception to
his numerous friends in citizens Hall
He is a pensiouer OF thu var Of lsl2 aud
has been a republican ever since tue for
nation of the party.
The Governor and his staff and the
Council have decided to attend the launch
ing Of the fine new steamer for the Ken
nebec aud Boston line. at p. NJ We'd
ne,dIy, at Bath. She viii be placed up
,u tie route in June, and the steamers OF
rhr company will then make four trips
a week between Gardiner and Boston
Nelson's famous stallion. Dictator
chief, was taken suddenly sick Friday
last. while Mr.. Nelson was at Bangor
He telegraphed to DR.. Bailey who was a.
Dexter, aud he was taken to WtterYill,
~ special train. He pronounced The
trouble congestyc chill, and treat,
aim for it successfully. TUESDAY he wa
pronounce ont Of danger and Nelson lef
Tor Kentucky to bring home another sol
If Dictator.
/ Capt. Joseph A Clark. of Caribou,
member Of the present State Senate from
( Aroostook county, i candidate for th'
position Of nited States pension agen
! to succeed John ID Anderson
The first meeting Of the creditors of tn
lusolvent firm Of j. W. Porter & Sons
Strong, excelsior and wood noveltie
manufacturers was held here this after
noon. Lionel True, Strong was choseI
assignee. Liabilities reported ahon
tweuty.eight Thousand dollars, asset
about twelve thousand, secured liza iilitie
about twelve thousand.
DR.. j q A. IIawes died suddenly fipi
heart disease at his home in lIsllowtl
Sunday morning, aged 80 years He W.
educated at the Hallowell Classical Inst
tute aud after receiving his medical ii
ploma, settled in IIallowell. He was SUI
gcnn in the 18th Maine Regiment. f.
many years be occupied the position 4
city clerk, and was also for "A long time
member Of the school committee, At Ii
death he held the Offices of coroner ar
Of commissioner of pharmacy, to whic
he was appointed by Coy. BOdwel
ISL. lie was a native Of Somerset Coui
~.
crew of mcu were unloading An iro
girder from a car on the West DGtl'
bridge near Greenylle, on the Cana'iia
pacihc, Thursday, when some of III
hoisting tackle broke and a rope cangl
around A. X. VI kenzic whlrling hi
around and dropping him to the ice thirl
feet below Que leg was broken an
hadlv crushed and his spine and head 81
riously injured. The unfortunate man
about % wears Of age and belongs
Cape Breton.
couple Of our local stage drive
were comparing notes, Saturday nnoi
regarding the amount of -leighing "
have had this winter We have hi
just furty-thrce days on runners, tn
winter" said one Of them Last We,
we had one hundred and ten days of i
that's the difference, says the lewi>t'
journal
wA piilf 8{ePfJya daNg b g a named ei.i rsr
night. at Fairfield and badly hurt. Abo
two years agp he was run over by Il
cars aud nearly killed
The officials in the Office of the Seer
tary of State have been busy prcparit
the acts and resolves for the publish
the law requiring that they shall he is-u,
within 81 days from the adjournment.
On Saturday Superintendent Ssnburl
family, who have occupied a suit
rooms at Hotel North because Of dip
thera at the Insane Hospital returned t
heir home at the hospital. Not a case
diphth ria has appeared there for sever
weeks and the last being of an eIceedu
ly mild character, the officers of the i
stitution again have hopes that the co
tsgion is snbdued not to return,