The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-05-14
STATE NEWS

AUNT Ann" wife OF Scion Chase, died
May 8, aged 81 years. aunt Ann" WAS
the daughter Of Jonathan Phillips OF
Turner and has lived at Chase's Mills "A
years.
Robert F. Campbell Of Cherryfeld, for.
merly Colonel Of the lth Maine Infantry,
died Saturday night.
Sunday afternoon. Rev. N. T. Dntton
of the First Baptist church Houlton, bsp.
tised twenty-sx candidates for church
membership, and In the evening they,
| with ten others by letter and experience
were received into full fellowship.
W. II. Ballard of Lewiston, arrested
Saturday for selling and Offering TO sell
| liquors at Pennington as representative
OF Boston firm, has procured The re-
quisite bonds and Ia at liberty. This Is
the first case of the kind ever tried In
this section and considerable interest is
manifested In the outcome.
| Forestry Commissioner Packard is at
tending to the duties Of his new Office and
has already had printed on cloth for post
ing In the lumber regions, circulars head
ed In large letters, Beware of setting
fire on forest and timber lands, and con-
tanning abstracts from olo and new laws
relative to setting fires. The commission
er is also sending circulars containing
abstracts from the law creating For
| est commission and for the protection of
forests" to selectmen Of towns and coun-
ty commissioners"
Sumner Rowe was riding with his niece
Miss Belle Rowe. of Fairfield village,
Sunday night at ll.30 P. M, when the
horse took fright and ran and both were
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killed, her neck being broken. Mr.. Rowe
was taken up unconscious and remained
insensble during the night, but his con-
dition is improving, this morning. Miss
Rowe's body was taken to Undertaken
Redington for inquest.
Mr.. S. G. Tinkham of Arson, has fine
flock of merino sheep. Unlike many
strains of blood of the merino breed, the
wool of this flock is not short. We recent
ly saw specimens of wool sheared this
Spring from buck and a eve only one
year old. The wool measured 1-2 inches
in length and was remarkably fine in tex
ture.
There has been a rumor, of late, that the
Weston House was about to change land
lords. Such is not the case, however, as
we learn from authoritive sources. And
the present landlords, Smith Brothers, so
we'll and favorably known, will continue to
entertain the public in the same acceptable
manner as heretofore, says the Madison
Bulletin.
Mr.. NJ. Nj. Thompson of Bingham, is
surveying part of Plantation No,2. "No.
g" as it is called, or Highland township,
lies just north of Lexington, on the Dead
River road. The lines of the original SUR
vey, made before the township was opera
ted upon by the lumbermen, are nearly all
etfaced. Mr.. Thompson is surveyor of
wide experience, his field of practice ex-
tending from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast. Railroads in California, Arizona
and number of States East have been
laid out under his direction, also the Son.
erset railroad running through Madison.
James F. Rawson, ore of the most
prominent citizens of Bangor died Monday
morning aged nearly 10 years. Death re-
suited from being knocked down and Sc
verely hurt by runaway horse elk weeks
ago He was long a noted Democrat in
Maine.
President Burleigh of the Bangor &
Aroostook railroad has met with good
success about the city in obtaining assur-
ances of necessary funds to build the road.
This gives promise of the early building
of this important line.
At Waterville Saturday the first college
championship game of the season was
played the Colbys defeating the Bowdoins
81 to 8.
Col J. A. Smith of the Board of U. S.
Engineers says that a torpedo station for
the defence of Portland harbor is to be
established at an early day. Portland
| Head on the Cape shore is the place select
ed for the station, and the government has
| already made the necessary appropriations
SO that the work may be commenced at
any time, and probably will be begun by
June list.
The Sangervlle Wooden company's mill
was nearly destroyed by fire last week The
fire caught from the explosion of a lamp In
the card room. The machinery and large
lot of stock were all lost. The loss will be
heavy. There was an insurance Of
$35, 900.
Fred Allen. laster employed by the
John F. Cox Shoe Company, Auburn, at
tempted to run the rips in the river in a
canvas canoe. The canoe was overturned
and Allen was drowned.
Gen. H. L. Mitchell of Bangor, who has
made energetic efforts in arousing interest
in this State over the matter of forming 8
Maine Veteran Association, has Issued
call for such meeting to be held in Au
gusta about the middle of June. This
ssociation is to include all veterans in
the State.