The Somerset reporter., 1889-05-02
STATE NEWS.


the young pastor Of the Congregational
church at Fryeburg, is announced this
week. This is both pleasure and sur.
prise TO large number Of Miss Earring.
tons friends.
Hon. w. w. Thomas, .Jr., and family
pass inauguration Day" in New York,
sailing for Europe in the Inman steamer,
City OF New York, Wednesday morning.
Thomas ii. Marshall, prominent resi-
dent OF Capitol Island, has been missing
since Monday of last week. On Monday
morning he took his boat and went down
TO examine his lobster pots as usual, and
nothing has been heard Of his where
shouts since that time The boat was
picked up. empty, by some parties sailing
on Inc bay, and fears are entertained for
MS sa1ety. lie was q man about forty
Two years OF age, married, and man
we'll known by summer residents at the
Islands of Boothbsy Harbor
The Portland Board of Trade protest
against any Legislation which will deprive
cltlzens OF the facilities of Transports
t'on OF merchandise over Canadian lines
between the Atlantic coast and the West
a committee was appointed, consisting
OF Capt. j. S. Winslow and twenty 9TH
ers. to meet Senator Culom's committee
In New York. May LIST, and make proper
representations To prevent recommends.
ton TO Congress of any measure tending
10 interrupt our present commercial rea-
lions with Canada.
The ice went out Of Noosehead Lake
Monday. The steamer Governor left
kineo in the afternoon, which is the ear
liest ever known.
A successful trial of Bangor's new
electric railroad has been made. A car
weighing five and n half tons with one
and half tons of passengers was handl.
ed a. easily as a six horse team could do
IL. The ffr-t electric road in Maine ia "A
grand success.
The following postal clerks for Maine,
were appointed Monday G. F. Mitchell
OF Bath on the Bath and Lewiston route
and c. ID. Jones OF Wadoboro Creinsta.
ted on the Rockland aud Portland route.
The geological specimens which the
asst legislature voted to deposit in Colby
have arrived Examination shows them
To be In bad shape. Only few have com
pleted labels, the greater part being with
out any distinguishing mark or having
simply catalogue number. which is lust
a. bad, since no trace can be found of
the catalogue which was made by State
Geologist Hitchcock at the time of their
collection. Whether or not those that
are unlabeled can be placed is yet ques-
ton.
There Is II great boom this spring in real
estate IN the towns of Camden, Rocknnd,
North Haven, Islesboro. Deer Isle, aud
other sections of the Penobscot Bay shore.
II shows that the magnificent scenery of
that section of the Maine coast and islands
IL becoming better known and appreciated
each year. and attracting constantly ill.,
cre's NJ numbers OF residents and tourists
The new wooden mill at Dexter is an as
sured fact and already the ground has
been broken and all arrangements made
for the immediate completion of the
building.
The first train on the Bangor electric
railroad made trial Monday starting
Just before midnight with President
Laughton and party Of twenty. The
car made a successful run over the entire
length of the line.
Advices received report the accidental
drowning of Chester Spencer, Friday az
ternoon, while at work on Spencer's drive
on the Piscataquis river. His body has
not been recovered
Willis S. A. Tyler of st. Adams and
Frank +. Collins Of Fit. Fairfield were
drowned at Aroostook Falls Saturday.
William Slocomb and A. +. Goodhue In
the same boat barely escaped.
The new time table for the Maine Cen
trail went into effect Monday The Flying
Yankee will take the place OF Jewett's
train between Bangor and Portland, leav-
Ing VancebOro at 9.30 and Bangor at |. 80.
The train from Portland to Vanceboro
will be an accommodation, leaving Port
land at 1870, arriving in Bangor at g. 20
and Vanceboro ats 05. Conductors II. A.
Whitney and NJ. +. IIealey will run the
Flying Yankee, and opposite accommoda-
ton, between Portland and Bangor. The
night Pullman between Vanceboro and
Portland leaves the former point one hour
later than now, Bangor fifteen minutes
later, and arrives In Portland at the same
time, making one hour less Of running
time. The opposite Pullman gains item
minutes between Portland and Gardiner,
bringing them into Bangor ten minutes
earlier. Beginning Sunday evening the
Pullman train will leave Bangor at 8
O'Clock, instead of 7.45 as at present.
A train will leave Bangor for Bar Harbor
at 1926 p. m, and a train for Vancehoro
will leave at 320 p. m. The Sunday
train for Bar Harbor will begin running
on May 18th.