The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-12-27
State News.

Hon William u. Thompson. collector
of customs, has retired from the editor
ship of the Belfast Age. after filling
that position fer one year. He is sue
ceedcd by Mr. Frank Wilson.
Boston Transcript 1t is gratifying
to learn that Skowhegan is 10 be con-
nected with Athens by an electric road
/ There are other moderate Athenses be-
sides our own. and Maine too, has one.
a Brunswick millner who supposed
she had been robbed of $50 by burglars
/ last summer, has found the bills under
/ the box from which she supposed the
| burglars bad taken them, Fortunately
no one was arrested for the alleged
burglary.
Hon. Joseph Williamson. who last
week read a paper before The Maine His
torical society in Portland, says that
Martin Pring. Who landed on the Fox
Islands in peuobscot bay in 1908. was
the first white man to step his foot on
Maine territory.
The ice houses on the Penobscot river
are practically empty, rs only about
1000 tons remain along the river front.
The supply on hand was rapidly dimin-
ished by the vessels which took it away
since the river has been open, aud there
is consequently very small supply on
hand.
There are now between 20 and 81
tralnps iuBellast Jail. 1t has been de
eided to work them. The county lot
will be fenced and the rocks on the lot
will be removed and the larger ones
sunk. The tramps will be made to do
the work. Two made their escape
while out the other day
The eight shoe manufacturing cstab.
lishments of Auburn have decided ON
cut in the wage scale in all depart
mcuts of the shoe business of from j
to 10 per cent. The Cushmau Com
pany have notified the help of Il cut OF
10 and Wise Il Cooper OF 10 per cent.
Interviews with leading shoe workers
show no disposition to resist the cut.
1t is reported that Il representative of
a New York syndicate WAS in OldtoWn
and Orono, Saturday calling upon the
stockholders in the company that has "A
charter for the building of a street rail
way from that city through Orono to
Bangor. If the trade is made, n rumor
from Old Town says, work Will begin
before the expiration of ten days after
the completion of the trade.
Edward Z. Harrington Of Brewer.
treasurer of the Brewer Savings
Bank, committed suicide at G.15 O'Clock
Friday morning by shooting himself
with IA pistol through the temple. He
WAS promiueu, merchant and business
man for many years. His age was -
years. No shortage in his accounts has
been found and the cause of the act Is
assigned to depression aud sudden in
sanity.
Warden Allen of the State prison re-
ported that 81 100 is needed for def
ciencies. He says the business depres-
sion has been felt in the industrial de-
partments of the prison. Sixty-two
were committed the past year and 81
discharged. two deceased. Now pres
ent l59. The insane department has Is
inmates. Two prisoners were commit
ted convicted of murder in the first
degree, one for murder in the second de.
gree and two for mansaughter,
The annual report of the State reform
school, rendered to the Governor and
Council. shows that 2,lO2 boys have
been admitted since the school WIS in
slituted, lG being brought in the past
wear, aud % went out, leaving 10.
Two boys died the past year. There
has been an increase toward the ideal
of the reform school The appropri= A.
lions recommended for lS91 and lNg6
amount to $1,000 Many hcne ficial
changes have been made the past v,ar.
Educational advantages have been it,
veloped and the boys interest /, iucrcaS.
lug in the work carried, on.
\ movement is being inaugurated in
Portland according TO the Press. II in-
troduce bill at the coming legislative
session roquircing the state board of
health to appoint "A committee to estab-
lish limits around all the water supplies
in the state. within which limit no
houses of any kind may be erected.
The object of this is to prevent the con
taminaIion of water used for drinking
purposes by the inhabitants of tn" state.
The bill will also provide for the re-
moval of all houses now situated within
the limits which shall be established
/ about the lakes and ponds by the board
of health and the payment of damages
to the owners of buildings and houses
thus removed 1t is good movement
and should result in success
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