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The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Aroostook railroad villages. the Big
Four" Houlton, Presque Isle. Fort Fair
field and last but not least, Caribou. are
busting, up.to-date. enterprisiug bust
intense interest in them and superb con-
fidence in their future. akd this interest
and confidence is of that quality that is
manifest by activity. They show their
faith by works. Building business is
booming. The years % and 81, which
in most Maine towns of like size as these
brought decided depression in building
enterprises. were the best in the history
of ar least two of these towns, HOulton
and Caribou and the Others We're not so
very far behind them. The b. Il A..
road undoubtedly had something to do
with this activity but it has come to and
gone through lIoulton and still the cree
ton of residences continues aud IA large
school house is in progress Of construct
ion and large addition to the Court
House. At Caribou. the half-shire of
the county. also, a new. cOmmOdiOus,
brick Court House is being built this
season, and in the railroad yard large
houses for the storage and shipment of
potatoes are being erected, ready for the
coming potato campaign. These villages
all have systems of water works for fire
protection, business and domestic
purposes, electric light plants, fine school
buildings, good churches, large public
and society halls and all the modern con-
venonces of large villages or small cities
in any part of Maine or New England.
Because of their rapid growth they have
less the appearance of completeness than
have manufacturing towns along the
kennehec, but this will be remeded
after the boom is over and they settle
down to every day life AID ordinary
0rOMth
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Missouri Democratic State convention
ON Tuesday unanimously adopted
resolutions demanding the free and un-
limited coinage of silver on the basis of
16 to /, and condemned the last sale Of
bonds made to maintain the gold reserve
in the treasury. Mr.. Bland seemed to
have the convention well in hand
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08
Mnrri. SUI nj Inrrn.

CARIBOU. Me Aug S-Gam, Warden
Edward Q. Collins. who was shot hy
Charles Morris, guide AZ Allegash Is
still alive, With chances Of recovery The
search for the would-he murderer has thus
far proved successful
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

The following ladies and gentlemen
made up the party:
Howard Owen and wife, Maine Fam
er. Augusta; Blaine Owen. Augusta; NJ.
y. Rich and wife. Board of Trade Jour
nal, Portland; Miss Rich. Portland !;
Mai. RoWell and wife. HalloWell; Geo.
). RoWell and wife, Advertiser, Port
land j. NJ. :. Hunter and WIFE Chroni-
Gle. Pennington; {. f. Flynt and wife,
journal. Augusta; Mrs. +. Il. Horton,
Dexter; {. Is. Haskell and wife, AdVer-
tiser, Pittsfeld; X. NJ. Dunbar and wife.
Damariseotta II. A. Shorey and wife,
News, Bridgton; {. W. Robbins and
" ife, Enterprise, Old Town; Mrs. j.
Abbott and daughter, Robinson, H.; o.
NJ. Douglas and wife, Am. Press Associ-
alton, Boston; Geo. II. Gilman and wife,
Pioneer, Houlton; has. :. Bickford,
Belfast; Thto Cary and wife, Times.
Houlton: Walter Cary and wife. Houl-
ton; John Y. Lane and wife, Journal.
Augusta John r. Hill. Nickery 4 Hill
Co. Augusta; Miss Mary j. Reilly, Bos-
ton Mrs. b. y. " hitcomt, Gardiner ;
Z. W. Morrill, and wife, Reporter.Jour-
nal Gardiner; H. *. Morrill, and wife,
Report journal. Gardiner; Mis-. lib
belts, Rockland; Henry ;. Webster and
wife, Gardiner; Miss " Webster, Gardiner 4;
Miss Morrill,, Gardiner; J. O. Smith and
wife, Reporter. SkoWhegan; c. +. kend-
rick and wife, Register, Boothhay Har-
Dor; Z. c. SWEET aud wife, Portland !;
Gen. j. 2. Cilley, Rockland; Carter b.
keene and wife, Hearth and Home,
Augusta Miss Park, Pennington; Miss
DR.. Higgins. Pennington Miss Cornelia
L. Crosby, Phonograph. Phillips; Mrs. j.
d. Machines, Philadelphia a. W. Hall,
Republican. Caribou; {. II. Ellis, North
ern Leader, Fort Fairfield.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08
Writer Greene Has Skinned,

NEWPORT II. l., Aug 5.-E NJ Greene.
a ships liter at the training station, has
mystcriol .y disappeared. He lad been
here but short time
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

BY the courteses of the Maine Central
and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
companies a ear from each company was
placed at the disposal of the excur
sionists, that by the former company at
Portland aud that by the latter at Bal
gor and the party used them through the
entire trip, Which with free Transports
ton was generous act and handsome
treatment. worthy Of thanks as well as
recognition.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08
Worth irving For.

NEWPORT, X. l. Aug 5.-It Is stated that
John Jacob Astor has offered cup valued
at $2t00 for the yacht making the best
showing in the trial races
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Were we inclined To criticize Aroostook
towns, it would be in lthe line of street
walks. They have not as yet emerged
from the plank sidewalk era, but we
have no doubt they will soon do 50, in
fact were informed that movement in
that direction had already been made in
IIoulton. We can see no reason for sup
posing that concrete walks properly
laid will not ork as well IN AroostOok
as on the kennebec. II appears to US
Aroostook soil is better adapted 70 them
than kennebec. We can testify that ten
years experience with concrete walks in
Skowhegan forever dooms the plank
walk here. and we think much shorter
period would settle the question in
Aroostook towns. Public water works
has had much to do with Improvement
of the grounds about private residences
and public buildings in these places and
the substitution of the concrete walks
for the unsightly and often times broken
aud dangerous plank walk, would con-
tribute further to this desirable end.
There may be something better than
concrete walks but they are far superior
to the spruce plank.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Mrs. Smiths got a dog that likes
me, said little Emily, coming home
from a visit to her aunt.
How do you know he likes you?"
her mother asked.
Cause he tasted me and then wagged
his tall answered the little girl.
Pearson g Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Some one says that, although 1t is sad
to see family relics sold at auction, the
most painful thing under the hammer is
generally ones thumb nail
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

The play Of Hamlet with the one prin-
cipal character omitted would be no
more Inappropriate than would any
sketch of Aroostook with the great
staple of the county. the potato. omitted.
\ drive through almost any part of the
county brings into view large fields Of
the tuber a. numerous and extensive as
grass fields in other counties. Any
other branch of agriculture is thrown in
TO shadow. The Aroostook valley is the
great potato center, but in other parts of
the county there are immense fields of
them. The average this year exceeds
that of any former year and the yield
promises to be large. Competent Judges
say it will tax the capacity of both rail.
roads to ship them To market if the crop
comes up to expectation. There are al
so 30 starch factories in the county that
will grind immense quantities if the
price is not too high. One "Starch
King" in Presque Isle, Hon. L. II. Phair,
has large factories in that and sur
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

The sound of a bell which can be
heard as, 200 feet in thf watsr can be
heard only 456 feet in the air
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

BANGOR. Nj. Aug - George W
Johnson Of Nealle was thrown from u
load Of hay, and the wheels OF the hay
rack passed over him. causing injuries
from which M dir1
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Rob Roy" the new and popular per-
fume is sold by sampson the Corner
Druggist.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

The four large towns in Aroostook
county, Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou
and Fort Fairfield since the completion
OF the Bangor and Aroostook. enjoy the
convenience and advantage of two lines
of railroad. The Canadian Pacific
branches 10 Houlton and the Aroostook
river towns have served them a very
good purpose. but the direct road to Ban
gor through Maine territory and Maine
towns is greatly superior and gets
the "lion's share" of business. This
must necessarily be so as the gain in
time between these Aroostook towns
and Bangor is from two to three hours,
giving business men opportunity to leave
home in the morning. after breakfast, go
to Bangor have two hours in that city
and return home the same evening. A
saving of six hours in the round trip is
made by Presque Isle people, five hours
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08
The Somerset Reporter,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

T. O. SMITH e. E. McNRRLIR.
10. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
1ss WATER STREET, sKoWHEGAN, ME.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

The Textile Company laid the corner
stone of their large mill at Fairfield,
Tuesday evening with music, prayer
and speeches by DR.. A. f. Farnham,
Simeon Merrill, Y. r, Conner and
George NJ. Chapman. There were 1jOC
towns people present and they felt with
cause, very much like rejoicing upon
the erection of this large mill which will
be completed early in October and oc-
cupied very soon thereafter. It's fine
thing for Fairfield, and good credit is
due Mr.. Gerald and other citizens foi
securing it.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

A large majority of this party had
never before been over the Bangor and
Aroostook road or at least the new por-
ton of it. from Brownville to Caribou
and Fort Fairfield, and it was a revela-
ton to them. They took the plunge in
To the forest near Brownville and from
that point to Sherman was little but for
est which before the construction of the
road was dense and not remarkable for va
riety, except where the road skirts lake
or pond and where the lofty katahdin.
the highest mountain of Maine. breaks
the Western horizon fifteen or twenty
miles distant. From sherman lloulton
there were long stretches of fo-est with
cultivated fields, farm buildings and
small villages at infrcquert intervals,
but for the most part the road avoids
these and clings to the level stretch Of
land aside from the ridges. upon which
the good farms are located. The cedar
swamp and the flat, spruce land. appear.
81 ~ W S''AA '0libhSh l'l AiA' IL ~ ~
and the engineers laid a wonderfully
direct and level road from BrownVille to
Houlton and one easily built and operat-
ed. Above Houlton. until Presque Isle
i reached, the road also avoids the
ridges and the villages which grew up
along the long travelled stage road, and
thus one who has Travelled this route in
the days of stage coaching is surprised
that 50 little is seen of the fine farms and
trim villages of the long travelled high
way between these places. A mile
above Pressure Isle the rail reaches the
famous Aroostook river, for which the
county was named, and crosses it by an
iron bridge of three spans. following
closely the left bank to Caribou, and
there secures an advantageous situation
upon the same side the river as the
village. This is decided advantage
over the {. +. X. as the station of that
road is across the river from the village.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

Ten missionaries, eight women, one
child and one man, were shot AID killed
at their doors at Whasang, China, Thurs
day of last week, by mob, and several
others were wounded The mob also
set fire to the homes of the missiona.
ries. Chinese troops were dispatched
to the scene. Those killed were British
the Americans succeeded in escaping.
The government of China is SO imper-
feet in its police organization that the
foreign residents in many places are in
great peril. It's bad country to go to.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-08-08

SUBSCRIPTION RArEs;-One year s1.60; SIX
nonths, rs cts; three months, 81 cts, when
naid In advance.
si76 will be charged II not paid until the
nd of year.
xKrRRRD AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-24
lYNCHEO.
A Galloway County (Mo.) Mob Hangs .
Brutsl fiend.

a Galloway County (Mo.) Mob Hangs .
Drutsl fiend.
FULTON. No, Aug. l6-Emmet Div
vers, the negro who assaulted and
murdered Mrs. John Cain Few weeks
ago, was hanged by q mob yesterday
morning ut o'clock. He was taken
from the St Louis Jail Wednesday
at 4:30 p. m, and started for Full
ton, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
buchanan, and q reporter for st.
Louis paper. He was taken
from the train at New Florence,
and q party Of four. besides
DIVERS, started overland for
fulton. The night was dark and
rainy, and nothing occurred until they
neared bridge about 10 miles from
here. At this point they were ap-
preached by several parties, who halt
ed them. and when satisfied they had
DIVERS, hundreds of men came out
Of their hiding places and sur
rounded Buchanan and his prisoner.
The negro was quickly takon from the
officers, dragged to the bridge and
hanged. The body was then taken TO
Fulton where IL was again hanged as
q warning to all such criminals The
negro had made q full confession Of
the murder Of Mrs Cain. who was the
young bride Of q farmer Of Galloway
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Two Lives Saved.

8. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors that she
had consumption, and that there was no
hope for her, but two bottles OF DR.. Kings
New Discovery completely cured her, and
she ssys 1t saved her life. Mr.. Thomas
Eggers, l3S Florida street, San Francisco,
suffered from q dreadful cold, approach
ing consumption. He tried without re-
suit everything else, then bought one
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, and was cured In two
weeks. He is naturally thankful. II ID
such results, of which these are samples,
that prove the wonderful efficacy OF this
medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial
bottles at Tevis' drug store. Regular
sizes, fifty cents and $l.0O.
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NEWS NOTES.

Leonard w. vosk, the eminent sculp-
tor, died In Chicago ON the 10Th
BY the capsixing Of . pleasure boat
at Oceanic. Nd, . party Of seven were
drowned.
most destroyed by ire Monday night
The loss Ia estimated ~ es00. 900
The republicans Of Maryland NOM
mated Lloyd Lowndes for governor
and declared against free silver coin
age.
Dr. Samuel s. Laws, formerly presi.
dent Of the Missouri state university,
has become mentally unbalanced and
IL now In IN asylum 81 Columbia, s. c.
A. C Sherwood, of St. Louis. . MEM
ber Of the Missouri democratic state
central committee. died from the cf-
fects of fall st the fair grounds in
that city Sunday night
The grand jury 1t Hannibal, No. In
dicted DIR. J. C. Hearns and wife for
the murder Of Amos J. Stillwell In De-
csmber. issa They were placed 10
jail, and will be held for trial
Gen. 8. B. Maxey, . noted sx-ooa1sd-
crate general. died at Eureka SprinRs,
Ark, on the 10th. He was . resident
Of Paris, Tex. and at the breaking out
of the war raised the Ninth Texas In
fantry for service In the confederate
army.
A telegram from Washington says
the Office of minister to Mexico has
practically been declared vacant, for
the reason that Matt w. Ransom 81
the time of his appointment - min
lister to that country was legally In
eligible.
A compiled statement of the condi
tion of the ATS national banks Of the
country has just been issued. II shows
over 500. 0o0. 900 more on deposit than
ON May Z. The gold coin on hand Il
| "a, 900. 600 less than In May. while the
amount Of silver coin on hand Is the
same a. on May 2, about tl2, 900, ,o00
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The Commissioners Opposed e BG1l6Gu&1l =
preparations for Their oubsistoao6 ~.
WARRINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The commits.
sioner of Indian affairs will recon.
mend In his next annual report that.
all appropriations for sub
sistence of the Indians be cut of.
Congress now appropriates about 81
900. 900 for this purpose, but he will
that q much less sum
be appropriated. to be used in cases
where 1t is really needed, and under
the control of the commissioner. This
recommendation, II carried ont, will
revolutionize the whole Indian ques-
ton. At present about $500, 900 IL ex.
pended annually in feeding Indians,
with the result, In the opinion Of
the commissioner, of doing moro harm
than good, because It encourages
idleness on The part of the Indians
and removes them that much further
from the point of civilization, where
they could maintain themselves. The
plan is TO have funds provided, to ex-
pend on poor Indians and the sick, and
compel the healthy bucks to work fDr
q living. This can be done with tribes
with whom treaty obligations do not
compel the government to furnish
them q certain amount Of pro-
visions. II Is by no means GER
tain that the recommendation will
be followed by congress, for appropria-
tions of this sort are urged by con-
tractors, who are after the money, and
when the committee on Indian affairs
takes up the matter tho members are
constantly urged to make the usual
allowances for the tribes who have
been supplied with rationa The rec
ommendation of the commissioner will
cut down the funds for Oklahoma In
dians for rations about $500, 900.
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HoRRieIV 0URNEo.


Wog0o D3peoooa
PTrTssuass, Pa, Aug sL-Furnsos
q, of the Edgar Thompsou steel works
(Casnsgis's plant) st Bessemer, near
Braddoek, Pa. exploded between 4
and o'clock this morning, hll.ng six
men and badly burning eight others,
two Of whom died while being taken
10 tAs hospital, A large barrow load.
ID with draw iron ore had fallen
through the huge bsll on he top of
the furnaes stack. Fourteen men were
engaged In removing the barrow
from the bsll - that Il conld b closed.
While thus engaged ths explosion 90.
currsA Work In svsry department Of
the huge plant was temporarily aban-
doneA sad ell efforts .exerted for the
rs.sus Of the horribly msnsled Victims
who had heAn hurled in sll directions
By the terrible uphsaval which closely
ressmblsd . volcanic eruption Of g.
gantie pgoportionA
A the men were carried 70 the ohace
Of the company, women and children
rushed frantisally, from their houses
and the large foros Of policemen and
guards were powerless 70 prevent them
from rushing into the improvised hos.
pital and desdhouse. IL.
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FAMOUS ARTIST KILLED.
Died io . Heroic Effort to Have the LII
Of . l.lttla 0lrl.

Died is Heroic Effort to Have the Life
Of . l.lttla 0iri.
PHMADELPHIA, Aug. iS.-Thomss
Hovcnden, the famous artist, was
killed by Pennsylvania railroad
freight train near Norristown wednes-
day evening. lie met . hero's death
trying 10 save the life Of little girl
The sacrifice OF Mr.. Hovenden's life
was useless, because the child that he
attempted to save also met her death
heneath the wheels of the engine that
ground out the life Of the artist
Thomas Hovenden was one OF the
leading artists that America has pro-
duced. His best known painting.
Breaking Home Ties" has been en-
graved probably more than the work
of any other American artist and 70 .
familiar object on the walls OF thou
sands of homes In the United Statea
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- TO az REORoANiZe0.
Ths saats Hs RailsosA WIN sooa n Ost -
lANnlRNeue HaAAa


TOPEKA, Kan. Aug. so.-Charlss 8.
0leed, attorney for B. p. Cheney. Of
the new Santa Fe company, who has
been in Topeka for . couple Of days,
left yesterday afternoon Tor Boston.
Mr.. Gleed gives It ~ his opinion that
the Santa Fs will be out of the hands
of the receivers by the last Of October.
The order of sale. he sayA will
Issue within ten days and the sale Of
the property will be made In thirty
days thereafter. The new COM
pany, Mr.. Gleed says, will be made
under the laws of the state of Kansaa
The name Of the company will have to
Be changed. The name Of the present
company IL the Atchison, Topeka 4
Santa Fs Railro Dad Co The new COM
pany will only change one word, max
ing Il railway. instead Of railroad. I"
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MISSOURI CROPS.

Early Corn 1atariag Rapidly y-Coetsa nank
-miliss sd Fsss Hsavy-Peaches Ret
tlag h se0e Cesstles.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Aug. :i.-The follow.
Ing IL synopsis of tho weather-crop
bulletin issued BY the Missouri westher
service for the week ended August II:
Early corn ID maturing rapidly and
Ii generally out of danger. In . few
Of the extreme southern counties carly
corn Ii being cut
Cotton Ii reported light crop In
portions Of Dunklin county. owing TO
rank growth and shedding. In Penn
iscot county Its condition II somewhat
improved.
Millet and stock peas are generally
heavy cropa
There % considerable complaint In .
aumber OF the southeastern counties
that peaches are rotting, but as rule
fruit continues In rood condition.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-24
GOLD RESERVE SAVED AGAIN

The synaieats Deposits o.. 3.OO0. 600 n Tias
% Save II from IslliaG Below ths nese.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 81 - The gold
syndicate yesterday prevented the gold
reserve from falling below the $780,
900. 600 mark. About o'clock the
treasury department was informed
that 81, $50 600 in gold had been with
drawn for export from the sub-treas-
ury In New York.
Al the gold reserve at the closs oi
business yesterday stood st el0s, ,ss7. lls,
the withdrawal would have reduced
the reserve TO so9. GIT. l4a A few min
utes sfterward, however, Acting Secre.
tary Curtis received Telegram saying
that Mr.. Pierpont Morgan. Of the syn
dicate, had deposited q. .0Oo, 900 in gold,
In exchange for greenbaola Thh de.
posit swsllsd the reserve 70 eiol. ST.
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Elec. rlc BltterS,

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and kidneys. will remove pimpies, boils,
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Impure blood. VIII drive malaria from
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constipation aud indigestion try Electric
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sousA Carelies Dewoorst,o.

COLUMBIA, aC., Aug. si.-Very full
returns to the register from the thirty.
Ave counties Of South Carolina Of the
election held yesterday show the dem
ocratic nominees In every county have
been elected, with . few possible ex.
ceptions- Tho reform democrats will
hsvs large majority in the constitu.
tional convention. which insures the
making Of . constitution which will
largely eliminate the negro vote.
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A Verdict OF Murder Against Holmss.
TORONTO, Ont, Aug. 19.-The inquest
on the body of Nellie, the youngest Of
the two Pietzel children whom H. H.
Holmes is suspected OF numbering. was
resumed last night, when the jury.
after having the evidence rendered at
the inquest ON Alice, the eldest girl,
read to them, returned verdict OF
murder against Holmes.