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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
An Alleged Gay Deceiver.

NEW HAVEN, Dec, u. - Charles H.
Fuller, whose home is in New Jersey and
who is II member of the class of rs of
Yale, has disappeared in a very mysterious
manner A society woman named Ada
Brown. % years old, claims that she was
married to Fuller last Tuesday night in
St. Mary's Catholic church and is anxious
to know his whereabouts Fuller came
to this city two years ago and has worked
In restaurant as waiter. 1t is rumored
that Fuller has contracted marriages with
II number of young girls, and an investi-
Qatjon il being inaugllrated
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
4 Cure For the Grin.

If you should be attacked with la
grippe stick your feet in hot water
with little mustard in it-put piece
of flannel dipped in hot hamamelis
witch hazel over your chest, with a
piece Of dry flannel over that, drink
warm sage tea and at night, every two
hours. take six pellets of aconite- the
homeopathic preparation-and during
the day one grain pill of sulphate Of
quinine. Keep yourself wann and eat
whatever your appetite calls for. This
treatment will positively cure you.-
Chicago Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

The Neuo Freie Press of Vienna be
lieves that Russia's object is to put al
end to the stoppage of the Dardanelle'
by Turkey and to obtain supremacy il
the Mediterranean. The Austrian organ
adds: Let England take care. 1t is shC
who is the aim of Russian ambition,
which is working to destroy her naval
supremacy in the inland sea. Is the
statement an echo to the campaign just
commenced i'll England to obtain an in
crease in the strength of her fleet or is
1t the beginning of a political cam
paign Paris Herald
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
DIDN'T KNOW" ETC.


LYNN, Mass. Dec. %. - Patrick
O'Rourke. % years Of age, was instantly
killed yesterday afternoon in his boarding
house, II Aliens court He met his
death through the earelessness of Bernard
ii. Mclaughlin, II years of age, who
pulled the trigger of IA self-actng re-
voIver while the muzzle was close to
O'Rourkes face.
The bullet had entered the forehead be-
tween the left eye and the nose. and had
coursed on, entering the brain mt the base.
ORourke laid on the floor of the hallway
at the top of the house, aud Mclaughlin,
cra2ed with grief, was bending over the
body of his chum, crying bitterly.
II didn't mean to shoot him. and did
not know 1t was loaded said McI.augh-
lin to the inquiries made by those who
had witnessed the last scene. The police
were notified and Mclaughlin was taken
to the station
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

PORTSMOUTH, y. H., Dec. 36 In the
police court Timothy Cronin, who stabbed
George Alfred Turner yesterday morning
was arraigned before Judge Batcheder,
charged with an assault with intent to
kill. \ continuance was granted until
Jan. 9, so that the extent of Turner'S in
jures would be known. The prisoner
was held in 5000, which he was unable to
furnish and the was committed to Jail
Turner is gradually growing weaker and
very little hopes are entertained for his
recovery,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
Doesn't Know His Own Mother.

George G. Hunter of Oakland has lost
his memory completely. He is alive
and we'll, but can recall nothing of his
past lite. He does not remember his
wife or his mother. Though he has
good education, he has forgotten how
to read or write. Young HuLter was
working on locomotive in the railroad
roundhouse when an iron plug was
blown from steam pipe and struck
him on the head, fracturing the skull.
San Francisco Examiner.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
A Team In Start Will,

J We understand, says the Wayno,bai,
Republican, there is ii Young lr, IT,
Washington county with Il s&pD - i
whose parents gave her horse '1qfi j.
him. She quit him and got the hi
After awhile the parents took :, 1.
TO the young man and gave her II ata 3
horse to reinstate him. She did - aud
now has two horses. The result l. th"J
have good team to start with.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
wyoming Elk In England.

An interesting attempt is being made
to acclimatize the Wyoming elk in this
country Sir Peter Walker acquired 90
head while on tour in the United
States, and the animals have arrived
safely, after journey of 1900 miles
across America and the voyage from
New York. They have now been de-
posted in Sir Peter park at Osmaston.
London Tit-Bits
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
4 Hopeful View,

TOPEKA, Dec. 20. -- General Manager
FRYE of the Santa Ee does not feel at all
alarmed at the fact of the reeeivership.
''The appointment of the receivers was a
surprise to me- he said, "and while
don't wish to anticipate the general policy
that will be pursued by .he receivers, yet
l will say that at the end of the receiver
ship the Santa Fe road will be in the best
condition of any road in he world"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

HARTFORD, Dee 9',-Druggist J. d. Ty-
Ter of Windsor Locks took n dose of bella
donna to relieve pain. He discovered he
had taken an overdose and treated him
self with antidotc- He went intoa stupor,
the doctors were unable to arouse him,
and the indications are that he will die.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
GEO. w. GRAY.
sc Water St.
PROBATE!NOTICE
To ALI persons Interested I'M either of the
Estates hereinafter. named.

Estates hereinafter. named.
Alta COURT OF PROBATE held at SHOW
~ hogan, within and for the county of Som
erset, on the I'd, TUESDAY OF DEC. in the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninetythree the following business having
been presented for action,t hereupon hereafter
indicated, it is hereby Ordered That public
notice thereof be given to all persons interest
ed, that they may appear at a Probate Court to
be holden at said Skowhegan, at the Probate
Office on the End TUESDAY of JAN. next
at nine of the clock in the forenoon. and be
heard thereon and object if they see cause,
ISAAC GETCHELL, late of Arson. deceased
Will presented for Probate by John NJ. Hilton
the Executor named therein.
CALEB WOOD, late of Norridgewock, de
ceased Will presented for Probate by Bertis
in.
sCAMMAM BURRILL, late of Hartland de
ceased. Will presented for Probate by Fred
s. Burrll, the Executor named therein.
DAVID T. FREDERICK. late of Norridge-
wock, deceased Widows petition for allow
ance, presented.
NATHANIEL c. BABCOCK, late of Pal
myra. deceased First account of William W
Babcock Admr, presented.
EPHRAIM PERKI rs late of smithfeld, de
ceased. Second Acct. OF Willie NJ. Ellis.
Guardian of minor heir, presented
ASA NJ. DAGGETT, late of New Portland
deceased, Final Acct. of Otis Hutchins
Admr, de bonis non presented.
ELEANDR Il. III En- late OF SkOWneRan
deceased. First Acct. of Levi c. Emery, Ex
ecutor, presented.
JOSEPH CAYOUETrE. JR., late of Skowhe
gan, deceased. Final Acct. of Amelia Lessor.
Guardian of minor heirs, presented.
MARY ]. and EFFIE WALKER of Cohoes,
N. Y. minors. Final Acct, of Llewellyn
Parks, Guardian, presented.
CORA T., BURNS, late of Pittsfed, deceas-
ed. Petition for allowance, presented by
Rufus Burns, husband of deceased
ELIZABETH H. CRYMBLE, late of Har-
mony, deceased. Final Acct of VIM. Nc
Laughlin, Executor, presented.
PETER BE INETT. late of Cornville dc
ceased viii and Petition for Probate thereof
presented, by Elliot walker. the Executor
named therein.
CHARLES ". MACON of Skowhegan,
Insane. Petition for License to sell and con
vey real estate, presented by Annie NJ.
Magoon, Guardian.
3w5l TURNER BUSWELL Judge.
Attest:-NArHAN FOWLER. Register,
Post Office address, Judge and Register
Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
AslInre on Eire Island.

NEW LONDON, Conn, Dec. PA ship,
name unknown, is reported ashore ON the
east side of Fire Island. Captain Randall
of the schooner Mary A. Randall reported
the wreck, but could give no more par
ticulars of the vessel. She lies in bad
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

The greatest depth recorded of Lake
Michigan is $40 feet. or about one sixth
of mile. The mean depth is about 32j
feet. or one-si xteenth of a mile.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
peath rnder Suspicious circumstance

BosToN, Dec 91-Ars Ellen Murray. 81
years old living on fremont street,
Brighton, who wa, admitted into the city
hospital, this city, suffering from frac-
tured skull. is Gead. Her husband, Ed
ward Murray, was arrested and held in
5000 bonds for further examination on
Ian. 2
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

A woman is never known to adver-
tise for the return of stolen property
"and no questions asked" She would
asl, questions or die
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
For Killing James sullivan.

Boston, Dee. 2i.-A sentence of five
years in state prison was imposed upon
Sandy W, bryant, colored, by Judge
Blodgett. yesterday. Bryant several days
ago pleaded guilty to mansaughter in
causing the death of James \. Sullivan,
Nov - last, in poolroom owned by the
decensed and situnted on pleasant street
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
FORECLOSURE NOTICE.

Whereas Henry Lovejoy of Moscow, in the
County of Somerset by. his mortgage deed
dated the 3Oth day OF April A. 1891 and record
ed in the Somerset Registry OF Deeds, Book 2ll
Page SO, conveyed to me, the undersigned a
certain tract or parcel of land situated in said
Moscow, known, as the Asa Turner farm and
bounded North by land now as formerly own
ed by Wallace Turner and r. b. Ham, and
East by Burton and l.. Bassett, South by the
s. w Turner farm and West by the Kennebec
River and containing one hundred and fifty
acres more or less and whereas the condition
of said mortgage has been broken now there
fore by reason of the breach of the condition
thereof claim n foreclosure of said mortgage
and Civ this notice accordingly.
SkowMgan December 18th A. d. 1893.
SUMNER w. TURNER.
3y5l BY Walton & Walton his Att'ys
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
$5iI.oI6 81
STATE OF MAINE

County OF Somerset ST..
|, James Fellows, Cashier OF the above named
bank, do solemnly swear, that the above statement
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JAMES FELLOWS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this aad day
Of Dec, 1898.
IL 81 GEo. N. PAGE. Notary Public.
Correct--Attest
r. B. SHEPHERD,
JOHN A. COLBY, Directors.
John r. McCLELLAN)
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
NO. 298--
Report of the Condition
OF
THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK

AT SkOWIiEGAN.
At Skowhegan, in the State OF Maine, at the close
OF business, Dec. 10th 1873.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, St54,lS5 ~
Overdratts, secured and unsecured, AS II
u. ). Bonds to secure circulation, I7S,ooo 90
Premiums on U. S. Bonds. 5000
Stocks, securities, etc. HIS 90
Banking house furniture and fixtures, 4,4oo
Due from approved agents, 1850 is
Checks and other cash items, i,aoa 80
Notes OF other National banks, $50 90
Fractional paper currency. nickels and cents 81
Lawful money reserve IN bank, viz
Specie, 7,st5 90
Legal tender notes, 500 90 sos 90
Redemption fund with U. 5, Treas
urer per cent of circulation, s,ol5 90
Total S5rI,oIo 81
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in, $4,000 90
Surplus fund, $4,000 90
Undivided profits, less expenses ard
taxes paid. 5Ios a6
Nati.r al Bank notes outstanding, Iio,4io 90
Dne TO other National Banks. III o.
Dividends unpaid, +SS 90
In. lual deposits subject to check, 4o,s1S 81
Total, SAT-, oIo 81
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

There is an easier feeling in eggs and
there is Il good supply of fancy fresh laid
eggs which are bringing in good prices.
There is, however, an immense stock of
storage eggs on hand which tends to keep
the market down. Fancy cape eggs are
calling for 80 cents, eastern choice, 2S,
while Vermont and New Hampshire
bring 2S. Western firsts sell at 20 cents
and ordinary westerns bring % cents.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28
A Gentleman

Who formerly resided in Connecticut. hut
Who now RESIDES IN Honnlnln. Nliies. "Enr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-28

Business continues to be dull. The de-
mand is still exceedingly small, but deal
ers cling firmly to prices. New York and
Vermont extra demand II - cents, while
other brands bring any where from to II
cents
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
FOR HIS WAGES.
". Dixon Sues Mcdowell and
His Bondsmen.

Twenty-Five or thirty of Mellow
ellis ex-workmen tramped up the
stairs leading to the district court
last Wednesday to listen to the
trial of the suit brought by w.
Dixon, one of the unfortunates,
against Mcdowell and his bonds
men to obtain the wages due him
amounting to six dollars.
Mcdowell himself was the first
witness put on the stand. He tes-
tilted, after considerable coaxing
by counsel, that W. F. Wilson and
Alex. Cockburn had loaned him
$2500 to further his scheme of float
ing the Miowera on condition that
he pay them $4,000 if the plan was
successful. If not, the gear used
was to be theirs as a partial return
of their money. He also promised
Captain Hilbus and McRae $500
apiece. Orders on Davies 81 Co.
were given for the above amounts.
Thomas Lindsay and W. H.
Smith were on McDowell's indem-
nifty bond for $4,000. Mcdowell
was asked whether he had told any
of the men when they asked him
for money that bonds for their
wages were up. He replied that he
had not, and the men in the back
part of the court room Immediately
began groaning; several called out
Yes, you did," and half rose from
their seats as if to come forward,
but they were silenced and the case
went on.
Smith, Wilson, and several others
testified that they had lent Nc
Dowell money and gone on his
bonds.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
ROYALTY DOESN'T COUNT
In Breach of Promise Case,
as the Sultan of Johore
Has Discovered.

Miss Jennie Mighell, of Brigh-
ton, England, who is suing the Sui
tan of Johore for breach of promise,
is making things uncommonly live
ly for his dusky majesty. She has
got him in such a corner that his
attorneys are resorting to all kinds
of legal bubbles to extricate him.
They have pleaded that, being
reigning monarch, he cannot be
sued in England, but the court
held that as he had chosen to travel
incognito as "Mr. Alfred Baker"
he had waived his royal privilege,
and that, moreover, he was sub
ject of the queen. 1t is thought he
will try to compromise for good
round sum.-Chicago Herald.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
Racterin In Hens Egg.

Is the putrefaction of eggs due to bacteria
entering the egg as it passes through the
oviduct. or through the she'll after the egg
is laids
A healthy laying hen was washed re
peatedly in a solution Of bichloride Of mer-
curry followed by sterile water. She was
then placed in a sterilized cage. The hen
continued to lay regularly every other day.
A portion Of the eggs were placed, as soon
as possible after being laid, in sterilized cot
ton and then in an incubator.
Recalling this experiment from memory,
Professor AlcClintock tells in Science that
all those eggs decayed and swarmed with
bacteria, but he adds that to conclude that
all eggs when laid contain putrefactiye
bacteria is not warranted. 1t is a matter
of common household observation that
few eggs do not decay, no matter how long
they may be kept, aud the further fact
that eggs packed in some dry material, as
sawdust, salt, etc, aud those creased or
coated with gelatin, etc, seem to keep
longer than those left in the open air
would seem TO indicate that the bacteria
enter through the she'll
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
TIE BRITISH MAILS.
Curious Adventures of Letters as
by the Postoffce Report.

The annual report of the British
postofice has just been issued,
from which it appears that 1885,
10000 letters, ETC., were handled
during the past twelve months,
The revenue in round numbers was
SOL, 100000. Some curious Incl
dents occur in the report. Among
the articles found loose in the post
was a bar of unwrought silver, de-
scribed as piece of white metal, F"
which had been sent by parcel post
from one of the Australian colonies
to be used in making the key with
which Her Majesty opened the I'm
perial Institute. 1t was promptly
claimed and handed over to the
colonial general agent.
Among the letters returned from
abroad was one addressed to Jacob
Stainer, ESQ.,, violin maker, Absam,
Germany. The writer, who asked
to see one of that celebrated violin
makers price lists, received his let
ter back with an endorsement in
English and German to the effect
that the gentleman had been dead
two hundred years.
The following story of the re-
covery of a parcel of long-lost bonds
is interesting. In December, 1889,
a parcel of foreign bonds, valued at
over $500, sent to Fredburg, in
Germany, by a London banker,
was reported missing. Inquiry was
made and showed that the parcel
left London in due course and was
duly received in the postoffiee at
Cologne, but beyond that point all
trace was lost. The German postal
authorities made diligent but fruit
less inquiries, and finally aban-
doned the search. Two years after
ward a letter was received from the
German postoffice, stating that the
Bank of London had recovered the
parcel with the contents intact.
The British postoffice naturally
wished to know how the recovery
had been effected, and it was in
formed that a minister of religion
had delivered the parcel to the
bank, stating that it had been in
trusted to a minister of the same
faith in Germany by a dying man
who desired to return the property
to the owner. Beyond this he de-
clined to give any information.
Eek.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
Wrecked in a Smooth Sea.

The wreck of the City of New
York is one of the most unaceount-
able accidents in the naval history
of the port, says the San Francisco
Call. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
in fog not thicker than usual at
this season, with an experienced
captain in command and an ex-
perienced pilot on the bridge, in a
perfectly calm sea, she ran upon a
ledge of rock within five hundred
feet of one of the heads which con-
stitute the Golden Gate. The
disaster would hardly have been
more surprising if she had run
ashore on Angel Island. Nothing
but the mercy of Providence saved
the numerous lives which were on
board.
1t will devolve on the board of
government inspectors to apportion
the blame for the accident where it
belongs. But neither nautical
knowledge nor evidence is needed
to decide that the ship was wrecked
through negligence or carelessness.
A witness testifes that if she had
given the land a wider berth by SO
little as fifty feet she would not have
touched. There was no possible
reason for hugging the shore so
closely. Every one who has sailed
out of the port knows how far the
rocks extending from Point Bonita
and Point Lobos stretch. There is
plenty of room between them. The
fog horn on Point Bonita
sounds every thirty-nine seconds
and should enable a passing vessel
to reckon her destination from the
shore with almost absolute accur-
acy. Considering all the circum-
stances-the daylight, the smooth
ness of the sea and the locality-it
does seem that the City of New
York was absolutely thrown away.
1t is a parallel case to that of the
Toxic, though there was more ex-
cuse for the wrecking of the latter
at the entrance to Yokohama than
there seems to be for the person or
persons responsible for the loss of
the City of New York.
Apart from the loss of money,
which will be distributed between
the Pacific Mail Company and the
insurance offices, the accident does
not call for sympathy, as it has
involved no loss of life.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14

who did not care to dance, or who
wished to rest between dances.
Waikiki road was crowded all
the evening with carriages loaded
down with people on their way to
the dance. Over three hundred and
fifty invitations had been issued,
and very few regrets were sent.
The music was furnished by
Prof. Berger, and the lanai vas
early crowded with dancers.
A dainty supper was served, pre-
pared under the management of
Mr.. James, the chief steward OF the
Australia. Dancing was kept up
until 8 late hour.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
has NO PROPERTY.
Why S. K. Aki Cannot Collect
His $245.zz.

S. x. Aki has obtained judg-
ment against Mrs. Theresa Cart
wright for $245.77, and Thursday
the marshal endeavored to collect
it by attaching her personal prop
erty. But a slight hitch in the
proceedings ensued, because the
fair Theresa claims that she has
no personal property of her own at
all. She says that the buggy that
she rides in belongs to a carriage
maker, that her furniture belongs
to her aunt and that everything
she has is the property of someone
else besides herself. Just where
Aki gets off is now bothering that
gentleman considerably.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-11-14
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Edward Gifard's and Henry
Vida's Wild Ride.

News arrived by the steamer
Hawaii Thursday of a very mar.
row escape from death of two
popular Honolulu young men.
Edward Gifard Of Spreckels' bank,
has been visiting Henry Vida at
Mana, Hawaii, for some days, and
last Tuesday they went out for a
horseback ride. Giffard's horse
bolted with him, and while at
tempting to stop him, the bride
reins broke, leaving him powerless
to control the animal.
The horse dashed into a grove of
trees, and Giffard was caught by
some low hanging branches, and
swept from the horses back.
Vida, who, when he saw the
perilous position of his friend
had tried to catch Gifard's
horse, but before he could
catch up with him, the animal
stumbled and threw its rider, break
ing his collar bone and bruising his
body considerably.
Gifard had miraculous escape
from q very serious injury, but be-
yond a few scratches and bruises,
he is well and able to be around.