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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The fol-
lowing are the real estate tranfers dur
ing the week:
Norridgewock-Eliza A. Baker to
Henry futile, 81.
Mercer-Almon Works to Jonas NJ.
Varney, 1915.
Carratunk -Philander Baker to James
Martin, $35.
Ripley-IIerbert L. Addition to Noah
VI. Prescott, $3.50.
Cornville-Elsa II. Amazene to John
w. AmaZene, $500; Thomas J. Calden
to Clarence F. Spaulding. 81 200; Blanch
Gilman ct al to W. Scott Gilman, $1,000
Madison Betsey Steward ct al to
Milo NJ. Danforth, SIS.
Canaan-Sevall Brown to Chas, w.
Farnham, 81, 400.
Anson-Ephraim F. Sprague to Edwin
n. Merrill, $500.
Pittsfeld-Geo. w. Morse to Mae
Plummer, $500.
Detroit-Myra f. Phinney to Geo. NJ.
Bickford, $500.
Bingham-Eliza Turtle ct al to Edgar
Curtis, $50.
st. Albans-Charles f. Thompson to
Ellen f. Carson, 800.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
Astounding IDnaranca

AT an inquest held at Bilston on
the body of an aged paralyzed WON
an, who was burned to death while
left alone in her house, it was stated
that when the neighbors discovered
her enveloped in flames and in front
of the fire they made no effort to
move her or extinguish the fire, as
they thought they had no right to do
20 until policemen arrived. The cor
oner severely condemned such non
sensical views and instanced another
case of ignorance where the life of
a man who hanged himself might
have been saved if he had been cut
down when first observed A verdict
Of accidental death was returned
Pail Mall Budget
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
County Commissioners Cou

The December term of the Court of
County Commissioners began at the
Court House, Tuesday morning the 18th,
inst.
At this term there will he the reports
of the action of the Commissioners upon
large number of road petitions, and
the accounts for large portion of the
year are to be audited. The business
this year will be very favorable to the
county. Officers bills will not be as
large as usual, while the receipts from
liquor fines will be larger than ever be-
fore in any one year. County Attorney
Hovey in his annual statement to the
Attorney General reports $4,4o0 col
lections from this source for the three
terms of court covering the year past
This will help out considerably on
county finances.
B. E. Savage, road agent at Flagg-
staff, settled his accounts with the
board, Tuesday.
j. c. kinsman, Esq, of Cornvile, was
before the Commissioners asking that the
amount awarded to neighbor for land
taken in change of a county road be in
increased. The damage awarded was
S25.
The Commissioners have caused some
desirable changes to be made in the SUI
preme court room. The location of the
witness stands and the reporters tables
have been arranged so they are much
more convenient in the trial of causes,
and the private room of the Judge pre-
siding, has been renovated, supplied
with modern toilet convenicnces and
new furniture.
With good steam heating apparatus
the Court House would now be in very
good condition but 1t will not be O. X.
until this is put in.
The expense of running the Jail the
past year has been very light. The
average number of prisoners has not
been above 2.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

The December term OF Somerset
Probate Court convened Tuesday morn
ing. The attendance and volume of
business was not rs large as at the No
vcmber term and hardly up to the ay-
erage.
The wills of Isaac Gekhell. Scammon
Burrill and Caleb Wood were presented.
Accounts were filed in the case Of
Mary j. Walker ct ais, Asa NJ. Daggett,
Ephraim Perkins, Nathaniel Babcock,
Joseph J. Cayouette, Eleanor l.. Turner
and Elizabeth II. Crymball.
Widows allowance was asked from
the estate of David T. Frederick aud
husbands allowance from the estate of
Cora +. Burns.
Administration was granted on the
estates of Blanch F. Fuller and James
Armstrong.
Guardians were appointed for Ichabod
B. Russell, Geo. NJ. Varney and Joseph
Cayouctte Jr.
In the estate of James Later of An
son, two petitions for appointment of
administrator were heard by Judge Bus
well, one from the widow of the deceased
and one from B. S. Collins, Esq, repre-
senting the father of the deceased. The
claim set up by the latter WAS that the
widow had not been legally married to
the deceased. This is controyerted by
the widow.
On Wednesday afternoon a hearing
was given on petition for the
appointment of guardian of FL
della Smith of Arson. c. o. Small
and l.. l.. Walton for petitioners, }. j.
Parlin for respondent. The question
was upon the sanity of Miss Smith. 1t
appeared that when the petition was
filed in the probate court, the question
of sanity was referred to the seleetmen
of Arson who reported that she was
not insane. Upon the coming in of
their report Judge Boswell ordered a
further hearing ut this term. Drs.
Sanborn and Baker of the State Insane
ASt iuii "cic PitNeut anu lcotthcu' hiso
Drs. Morrill, and Sawyer of Madison.
The, selectmen of Arson and others were
also present and testified as witnesses.
After n hearing occupying all the after
noon the court with the consent of all
parties appointed Tilson ID. Salley of
Madison, guardian.
In the Insolvency court the cXamina-
ton of Isaac O. Winslow was continued
No new facts of public Interest were
elected and the case was continued.
John r. Mcclellan was appointed as
signee of l.. NJ. Taylor, and Forrest
Goodwin of Daniel Foss.
Second meetings were held in the cases
of Geo. w. Bates ane Nellie l.. Blann.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
Number 80
A Referee Case.

Elias Milliken. ct all, through their at
torneys, Baker Baker Il Staples Of Au-
gusta, have filed in the clerk. ollice at
Skowhegan a petition IN review against
Oliver Moultou of Randolph. " hch pre-
-ent- some Interesting questions Of law.
Ihe original action VA sfmJght by Mr..
Moulton against the Niilib,i. The de-
ieudant- ofler, Il to be- n,l., I'D for SIPS,
which offer ga. not acc, pied. After
ward. and a; he >.pfeiIlir term. ls93.
an NkoWhrgan he acIi9u ~ referred to
Mo-e. VI. Thompson E-g.. Of Bingham.
Who met the parties. heard the case and
filed hi, report. awarding the plaintiff
the sum Of $50. Later in the term and
before the report was accepted the
referee asked that the report be recon-
United to him for correction which was
done and the referee filed his second re-
port awarding the plaintiff the sum Of
ninety dollars and full costs OF court.
By this report the plaintiff would re-
cover SO more than by the first report
aud in addition full costs If court. where
bA the former report he would recover
DULY such costs a accrued up to the
time Of The filing Of the defendants offer
To be defended. The plaintiff. in re-
view. Allege thar the OILY question sub
mittod to the determine ion Of the
referee was the value of certain stump
aye cut on land of hoult0n; that the
referee exceeded his authority when he
attempted to make second aud different
report that in the amount Of damage in
the second report the referee attempted
to include items Of damage not submitted
TO his determination. and that the
referee under the submission and the
circumstance, Of the case had no iuris-
dietinn over the matter of costs. The
circumstance, Of the case are novel and
excite considerable interest. Hon. 5. :.
Brown j. counsel for Moulton.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

prominent Skowhegan Republican
pas somewhat amused few d VS. ago
|lpon receiving letter from Hon. J. z.
BASS, of the Bangor Commercial, asking
Pin to secure the signatures of lumber
pen IN this vicinity to remonstrance
p Congress against including lumber in
PIE free list of the Wilson bill. Bro.
Bass don't seem to like to take his De-
|hocracy straight. He don't seem to
iDcy the genuine article when it comes
DO near his Bangor home. He realizes
Nat free manufactured lumber would be
bad "swipe" for the business interests
the Queen city" on the bank of the
snobscot and would like to see the
Htastrophy averted.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
Somerset History.

The Maine Historical Society has II
plan, proposed by Mayor Baxter of Port
land, president of the society, for the or
ganization of county historical societies
to act in harmony with the State socie-
ty.
There are already formed in this State
the Pejepscot Historical Society, which
may represent Audroscoggin the Ken
nebec Antiquarian Society, which repre-
sents kennebec; the Bangor Historical
Society, which may well represent
Penobscot; the Sagadahoc Historical
Society, which represents Sagadahoc,
and the York Institute, which may rep
resent York county. This leaves Aroos-
took, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock,
Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Piscataquis,
Somerset, Waldo and Washington coun-
ties in which no societies have been
formed.
The State Society at its last meeting
named committees for each of the coun-
ties named above, in which there is no
historical organization including Somer-
set, Messrs. Dana w. Hall and George
5. Webb being the gentlemen named to
organize society for our county.
This appears to us to be a movement
in the right direction and we hope the
people of Somerset and particularly
those of the Shire town of the county,
will move early in this matter. The
REPORTER is ready and willing to do
anything practicable to carry forward
this project, as we deem it one of great
importance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Portland Prcsr

II would be exceedingly interesting 10
be behind the door when the committee
Of Bangor democratic iumbermen ctll-
upon Prof. Wilson. aud lis democratic
spoke If course 4 denocra
will be selected for that hu.iuc,. pre-
sents the case Of The "robber baran, Of
the penob,cot. The conversation. w
Imagine, will run something in thi.
style:
Democratic SpuLesman-l'ref Wilson.
We wish to call your attention 10 a gr;iYr
injustice done the proprietors Of the saN
mills along the penobscot by the lumber
schedule Of your tariff bill
Prof. Nilson-In what does the in
Justice of the lumber schedule consist.
Democratic Spokesman In putting
lumber on the free li-t, lhu- exposing u
to the ruinous competition If the poorly
paid labor of Canada.
Prof. WILSON, on are "A deno erat. |
believe?
Democratic Spokesman. with pride
Yes, have always voted the democratic
ticket, aud am proud to say HAT be-
lieve in the principles Of the party.
Prot. Nilson-lhcn yon yofed last
year that protection was robbery aud in
violation of The constitution:
Democratic Spoke>man--l believe there
was something like that in the platform.
Prof. Nilson-And you have from
time to time denounced the '"robber
barons,' whom protection enabled 10
rob the poor man:
Democratic spokesman-N Yes, but the
''robbcr harons We meant We're the coal
and iron barons Of enusylvania-Wic lex
ed republican barpns like Mr.. Carnegie.
Prof. Wilson-But the tarin on lumber
is protective iarifl like the tariff on iron
and coal?
Democratic Spokesm1n-lcs. but
there is "A difference. The tariff on iron
aud coal protects some other fellows.
While The tariff ON lumber protocts Us.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
THE SHUT EYE TRAIN.

Come, my little one, With mel
There are wondrous sights to see
As the evening shadows fall;
In your pretty tap and gown,
Don't detain
The shut Eye train
"Ting-a iingl' the bell 1t goeth,
foot, toot." the whistle bloweth.
And we hear the warning call,
All aboard for Shut Eye TOWN.
Over hill and over plain
Soon will speed the Shut Eye train
Through the blue where bloom the stars
And the Mother Moon looks down,
Well away
To land Of Fay
Oh, the sights that We shall see therel
Come, my little one with me there
IT'S goodly train of cars
All aboard for Shut Eye Town.
Swfter than wild birds flight
Through the realms of tieecy light,
We shall speed and speed awayl
Let the night in envy frown-
What care we
How wroth she bel
To the Balow land above us.
To the Balow folk who love us,
Let us hasten while We may
All aboard for Shut Eye TOWN.
Shut Eye Town is passing fair
Golden dreams await us there;
We shall dream those dreams, my dear,
Till the Mother Moon goes down
See unfold
Delights untold
And in those mysterious places
We shall see beloved faces
And beloved voices hear
In the grace of Shut Eye TOWN.
Heavy are your eyes, my sweet,
Weary are your little feet
Nestle closer up to me
In your pretty cap and gown!
Don't dctain
The Shut Eye trainl
"Ting ling!" the bell 1t goeth.
foot, tootl' the whistle bloweth-
Oh, the sights that we shall see!
All aboard for Shut Eye TOWN.
Eugene Field in Chicago Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
Clubbing Rates.

1t is now the season when our readers
are thinking about subscribing for one
or more magazines, and in accordance
with our usual custom we make the fol-
lowing offers until January LIST. The
magazines named below and the REPoR-
TER one full year at the following
rates:
North American Review, 4.75
Harper's Magazine, Weekly Bazaar, 4.75
The Century, 5.25
st. Nicholas, f.25
Scrbner's, 400
New England, 400
Cosmopolitan, 2.75
McClure's Magazine. 800
Worthington's, 800
The Forum, 4.25
Little Men & Women, 2.30
The Pansy, 2.30
Babyland, LOO
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F, !. CHENEY & Co, Props.
Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, having known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and fnanciyly able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Waldng, kinnan 4 Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Tested 10y the first principles of politi-
cal rrcti!ude and party honor. the Pro-
teclionist Tariii proposed to Congress by
Mr. Wilson and the Democratic majority
Of the Committee on Ways aud Means is
"A fraud. an intamv and an insult A.
the years 90 by, wonder will increase
that II, mocrats could Ice found willing
to sign thcir names to this confession of
imposture and false pretcnses. this ac-
ccptancc of the tokens of degrading
humiiation.-NDr I"rf sun bem
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
Accomplishments of a Montana Girl,

Paul Van Cleve, a member of the
Montana Legislature, owns a big sheep
ranch in that state. His daughter
Helen, aged II years, is his constant
companion in his rides about the
ranch and is reputed to be one of the
most accomplished riders III that part
of the country. She is a picturesque
figure on horseback, as she dresses
somewhat after the cowboy style,
wearing trousers, colored shirt and
broad sombrero and rides in the true
cowboy fashion, often bareback. She
is also good shot with the rifle. AL
though living in an isolated spot Mr..
Van Cleve has had his children care
fully educated, and his home is one
of refinement, being in fact a social
gathering place for ranch owners for
miles around. Illinois State Regis
ter
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
A Pious Maiden.

Mile. Jonjon visited one day vii
lage church and began to sing with
her usual enthusiasm There was a
powerful echo in the old church, and
each sound that she uttered was dis
tinctly repeated This did not dis
turb her in the least, for she at once
exclaimed, 1T is only the good God
who is answering me Paris Figaro
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Mr.. Charles NJ. Bailey has had a long
experience in oil-cloth manufacturing.
He is reported as saying in regard to
the Winthrop factory: "Our factory
has run without the break of single
day, except Sundays, for forty-five
years. This includes all holidays. If a
man doesn't wish to work on holiday
he has the privilege of staying out.
But find that most of them like to put
in at least half day"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Chicago is the one city most unfavor-
ply effected by the hard times. The
peat fair brought the floating popula-
bn to the city in large numbers, thou
Pnds upon thousands. They waited ex-
feting work in the demolishing of the
(hite city, the immense show buildings.
t did not get the work and now thou
PODS are without food, shelter or mon
4 and the city is Obliged to furnish
Filter and help to large number to
Pevent them from starvation and
Fishing with the cold. :.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
He Wrote maryland, My Maryland

James R. Randall, the author of
Maryland, My Maryland, is an EN-
ployee in the Office of the senate Is
sergeant-at,arm in Washington. He
is said to receive requests from all
over the English speaking world for
copies of his song. He is frequent
visitor to the press galleries and oc-
casionally writes a clever letter to
his home newspaper, but he is not
the man one would pick out as the
author of a famous battle song
New York Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
Strange Lakes.

The Dead sea and the Great salt
lake are the best known examples of
lakes below the sea level whose wa
ter is briny with salt The Mohave
sink and the SaltOn desert are the
beds of just such lakes On the pc
ninsula in the Caspian sea is n small
lake more heavily saturated with salt
than either of the others. Another
Caspian lake has the color of the
rose and pleasant smell. both de
rived from peculiar weed which
grows in its basin The lake of pitch
or asphaltum. i'll Trinidad, from
which comes most of our asphalt, is
certainly one of the marvels of lake
dom.
The lakes of Switzerland are great
settling beds for glacier mud. Every
one has gray river flowing into its
upper end, blue river leaving it at
the other Eleven miles of the head
of Lake Geneva have been filled up
with the gray glacier grit of the
Rhone. The queer finger shaped
lakes of western New York, all run
ming north and south We're undoubt
eddy scooped out and formed by gla-
cial action, their steep banks being
formed by glacial moraines. All Of
them are deepest at the southern
end Kansas City Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

The Atkinson House furnishing Com
pany at Portland were burned out Mon
day night by fire, destroying a 4 story
brick block on Middle street. The dam
age is estimated at $4,000. insurance
$4,000. The fire bill this year is a
very heavy one.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

The library law of last winter includ-
provision for the benefit of free
raries. Towns appropriating money
\ the purchase of books for such libra
= are given by the State 10 per cent.
the sum appropriated. But two
Pwns have awaited themselves OF the
Pvllege, Norway and Vinalhaven, and
whole amount given by the State to
ese towns is but 975. This makes but
mail hole in the appropriation, which
r o., 900 for the year.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

The Scion Creamery is running in good
shape, turning out about 800 lbs. per
week of nice butter. Hotel Ileselton
had small shipment from there this
week and the guests pronounce it first
quality. The Creamery has been erect
ed on very economical basis and at a
minimum cost. 1t is a good piece of pro-
perty for the stockholders and SPLEEN
did thing for the farmers of Scion and
vicinity. This Creamery will be grand
thing Tor Scion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

After having heard so much about
the beauty of the dark eyed, olive
tinted senoras and senoritas of South
America, it is startling to find THEN
natural charms obscured under
clouds and drifts of paint and pow
der, and that the cnamels, cosmetics
and other French devices. which
seem to constitute the most impor
tant articles of their toilets, have
rendered most of them positively
CHASTITY when seen by the gaiish
light Of day, old and haggard in ap-
pearance while yet young i'll years.
Doubtless this pernicious paint habit
originated in the admiration which
these naturally sallow skinned PEG
pie entertain for the Saxon pink and
white, forgetting that by the psyche
logic laws of contrast blends are at
tracted to brunettes as powerfully as
are the latter to their own opposites.
-Buenos Ayres Letter in Philadel
phia Record
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

The Provisional government at Homo
lulu is urged by leading citizens to
resist to the utternost any attempt to
overthrow it. 1900 volunteer riflemen
are said to be in readiness with Calling
and Maxim guns. A mass meeting of
citizens Nov. 25 among Others passed
the following resolve:
Resolved, that we will support to the
best of our ability the provisional gov
eminent to resist any attack upon it
which may be made, contrary to the
usage of nations.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Nero tiddling while Rome was burn
ing is fifty represented by the young
mems Democratic Club of Portland
While the State and the whole country
are suffering because of the triumph of
the Democratic party these Portland
young men hold festivals and rejoice
over this general suffering and oppression
of business, and laud to the skies the
promoters of this Democratic desolation
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

About 60 iron workers at the Sewall
steel ship building plant went out Mon
day morning because nOn-union men
we're given employment there. The
Sewalls will hang up, If necessary, rath.
er than submit to dictation.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

And now Bowdoin College has trouble
on hand with the sophomore class. Two
members were suspended ard other stu
dents are indignant thereat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14
a Parasite.

johnnie What is a parasite, mar
Mrs. Newlirich Gracious haven't
they taught you that at schoola It's
a native of Paris, of course. Ray
mond's Monthly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

All Around the ear is the title of
charming little calendar for 1894, pub
lished by Lee and Shepard. Boston.
The designs appropriately carry out the
intentions of their titles. They have
quaint little figures. in all sorts of atti-
tudes. that give piquant significance to
the verses selected as their companions
The scenes are full Of life and sweetly
pictured beauty. and often with some
little humor therein. The individuality
of the illustrations is what specially
catches the eye and makes one involun-
tarily seek to interpret the full con-
uection between word and picture
Their arrangement is worthy Of rote in
its charming effects, and some exceed
ingly beautiful aud sweet thoughts are
expressed in their composition. All
Around the Year. has, further. a calen-
dar for each month OF the year 1891
AS 4 holiday souvenir for friend moth
ing could be more suitable. That it
would give satisfaction and pleasure we
know. Each comes in a neat box and
the t"Ht eaSembi, i charming.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Mayor Mathews of Boston, was re-
elected Tuesday by 5000 majority, and
the city voted for license by over H.
900.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Judged from the point of view Of the
business interests of the country. With
out reference Ia party politics. the Viii
son bill is a disappointment Blnd-
Sfrt,fS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

The President last week sent to the
nate the nomination Of Joseph B. Doe
Wisconsin, to be assistant secretary of
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-14

Senator Hoar on Monday. presented Il
resolution upon Hawaiian affairs, which
after discussion went over until Fri
day