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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03

immersion and two sprinkled. The ser
vices was conducted by J. {. Gregory OF
of Bingham.
Mr. and Mrs. : (. Searle aud Mr.. and
Mrs. q. Parker made trip to Moo e
River, last " eek.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Blanchard Of SkoWho.
gan, were in town last week visiting
friends aud relatives.
Emma Durgin Is working at The
Forks Hotel.
Miss Nellie Webster no has been al
work at Parln Pond, returned TO her
home in Carratuhk, last week.
Mr.. aud Mrs. d. II. Williams of Cara
funk, were in town last week.
Frank Fitsimmons Of Bingham was in
town last week.
Ellsworth Elliott and Joseph j. Hig-
gins of New York city, y. Y, spent a
few days at the Holway House, last
week.
Wm. Adams of Carratunk was IN
town last week
Owing to the sudden changes in the
temperature for the past week grea
many Of our people are suffering With
severe colds.
Work on the chapel here i being push
ed right along. mason Oscar keenc of
scion, has just treated the walls Of the
building 70 coat of plastering and with
a little more work the chapel will suOU
be ready for dedication.
\ new fence has been recently built
on the northerly side of The Forks hotel,
facing the river which greatly improves
the looks of the estate.
Signs Of fall are noticed on all sides
The trees have put on their golden APP
parcl and the leaves are falling.
NEpA
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03
West Pittstield.

Rev. ora Chase will conduct an even.
ing service next Sunday at the new
school house in Dist. No. &.
Mr. Il. f. Stinson has five cows from
which WAS made 81 lba Of butter in
, days last week.
Judge Goram Powers and family took
the train Sunday night for their home in
Granite Falls, Mimi.
airs. j. +. Brown returned to her
home in Charlestown, Mass, Saturday.
Miss Bertha Phillips returned to Mass
achusetts, last week.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03

Lodge at Bingham, speak very highl, of
the entertainment. Great credit is given
to Bingham ladies not only for the well
filled tables but in the way they were
50 beautifully arranged.
Miss Dora keene Of Scion. is at her
uncle's, d. II. Williams
Mr.. HIATT we understand. will stay
through the winter. He Ii. a well fill
ed house every Sabbath which speaks
we'll for his popularity aud his sermons
every one seems to be the best. He spoke
sunday from the text found in John 3.
Ii
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03
CORRESPONDENCE
Starks.

one Of our Young men, Mr. Fred
Duley. from thi, place who is clerking
for j. ". Hines Of Pennington, caught a
thief that entered the store in the night
recently, after chase of about LOO rods.
Mr.. Albert Pratt from New Vineyard.
i in town taking pictures.
Mrs. Louise Merrill and son Ralph
from Madison, was in town sunday,
visiting her brother, l.. II. DuleY
Mrs. Alice Fields Of Boston is in town
visiting her father, Mrs. Joseph Fred.
erie.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03
Harmony y.

Mr.. Frank Chadbouru va, summoned
from Lowell. Mass, last week by the
-criou, illness Of his little child which
j. better III this writing.
Mr.. Albion Bailey of Portland. accom-
panied by his wife and daughter afe
visiting his brother Charlie, Bailey, Mis-
Della Bailey IS also home from her
work at skon hogan.
Guy Marble has hired to drive team at
the oilelolh factory at SkoNhegaa. and
expects to be gone all winter.
Apple bees and husking- are once
more in vogue. Many good daIds #
corn have been raised, but - It tew
are favored with the apple
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03
piSllOn's Ferry

Chas Head. wife and little daughter
of No Fairfield, visited relatives here
Sunday
Melvin Palmer ard Sanf I'D sti k
land attended the fair at Athens la
week.
Arthur Cain and Miss Addie Allen
visited friends il Belgrade, saturday and
Sunday.
Martin Ellis and family have moved
from Augusta to their old home in this
place.
Samuel Cone has been on the sick list
for several days.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03
ROLAND r. PATTEN, The Druggist.
Mo ESQ
Report of the Condition
OF
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
- -
RESOURC Is
OF sKOWHEGAN

At skowhegan in the State " inc. At the G. Sc
OF business, sept. . IS.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-10-03

Groder's Pine Pitch Salye-surc cure
for piles, II. w. Cushing's.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
Storms In the West.

Kansas City, Mo-, April IA storm
Of great severity passed over eastern
Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and the
/ west generally, yesterday and
last night. In Colorado and Kansas
it is believed considerable damage was
done. but it was impossible to learn
anything from those sections, because
all Geographic communication has been
cut off since 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. For a short time last evening
Denver was reached on a very shaky
wire, but after thirty minutes, the wire
failed, and since that time no word has
beer received or SEM into Denver over
telegraph wires. The storm covered a
wide area northward, and the Denver
wires via Omaha are also down.
Reports from Oklahoma say that a
destructive wind and sand storm passed
over southern Kansas and Oklahoma
yesterday evening. doing much damage
to crops. AT 10 o'clock a slow wire had
been u to Denver, but it is not
sure that it will hold good for n
length of time. Last night Denver and
the Pacific coast could be reached only
Via st. Paul and the northwest via
Spokane, Seattle. Portland and thence
down to San Francisco, and eastward
via Reno and Salt Lake.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
WARMING TO ROSERERY.
Gresham Tells Him Great Britain Mus,
Deal Cautiously with Nicaragua.

Deal Cautiously with Nicaragua.
New York, April IA special from
Washington says: Minister Guzmar
was closeted with Secretary Gresham
for Some time last evening, DISCUSSING
the Nicaragua situation. If England
looks with favor upon N~icaragua's an.
swer to her ultimatUsn there will be nc
special anxiety, but if Lord Rosebery
regards the reply as unsatisfactory
a different and serious phase of the
situation may and doubtless will arise.
From what can be learned from
trustworthy sources, Secretary Gresh-
am, through Ambassador Bayard, has
informed Great Britain thai this coun-
try will not permit, without an earnest
protest, the b"ombardment of t1reytown
and that the landing Of British troops
on Nicaraguan soil will be viewed as
an act inimical to American interests.
1t is aid that Secretary Gresl,asm con-
Veyed the attitude of the administra-
ton on these points in earnest terms.
One story heard at the state depart
ment was to the effect that MI. Bayard
was directed to inform Lord Rosebery
that firing upon Greytown or placing
an armed force on shore at that place
or at Corinto you'd be an i%nfraction
of the Monroe doctrine.
1T is pointed out that Admiral
Meade's fleet has arrived at Colon and
is near Greytown, and that the Mon
terey will reach Corinto about the time
the Royal Arthur anchors off the west
end of the proposed interoceanic canal.
Something may be heard from London
today which will clear up some of the
existing doubt and apprehension and
outline England's Intentions"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
MR.. JOHN BULL AT NEWTON.
What He Thinks About the Little Chap
Who Wanted to shovel Snow.

1881 --
What He Thinks About the Little Chap
Who Wanted to Shovel Snow.
Two days after the first big snow
storm of last winter an E~nglishman,
who recently took up his residence at
Newton, ear Boston. came with q
tale of wonder into the Office Of 9
Boston friend, says the Youths Com
panion. yesterday, he said, when
/ went outdoors about 6:45 to catch
the early train into town there was a
bright-eyed little chap standing on
my lawn with q snow-shovel. He said
he wanted a contract for %shoveling
my paths clear of snow all winter. /
thought he was too small, but wanted
to help him and told him to go ahead
and get his pay from my wife. Well,
sir, when l came back at night my
wife told me that that boy was the
son of an opposite neighbour man
worth stacks of money!"
What of that?" said the Bostonian.
Chang it all, man, his fathers rich!!'
said the Englishman.
''But the boy wanted to make some
money for himself"
We'll, you Yankees beat me
Wealthy people letting their boys do
such things! Why, in England"
..Oh, but this isn't England"
..But think of the poor wretches
that need such work" SAID the Eng
lishman.
.'Have you seen any in Newton?"
Cant say l have. But there must
be lots of poor people down on the
fiat"
''You may be sIre that every boy
in the place was %shoveling snow be-
fore school yesterday. It's a job
that's got to be done right off"
"But letting that little fellow
numiliate himself SO! Hiring him
self out, don't you know. It's awful"
Come, now, isn't that just your
English notion?"
The Englishman considered this
for fully a minute.
'.By George, it's finen! he then ex-
claimed. .'Snow's got to be shoveled
off quick, don't you know. Why
shouldn't the boy do it? That's the
point. Such an example, too. That's
democracy-now l see it clearly.
Such pluck Why. a chap like that
is sure to be a millionaire some day."
..Not a bit of it! There are thou
sands of such boys in the states. He's
got them all to compete against.
He's the right kind, that's all. Such
boys become men that run the coun-
try-make it what it is. Don't you
wish you were an Americana"
..If l wasn't an Englishman. I
might" said Mr.. John Bull. .'At any
rate III make my own boys get up
md shovel off the snow"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
FLOODS in THE EAST,
NEW ENGLAND RIVERS OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.
Heavy Rains Cause Overflow, and Much
Damage Observation-Disclosures in some
Places Higher Than ut Any Time
Since 1861.

at& HsHH
Boston, Mass, April 17.-Almost CON
tlnuous rains for the last forty-eight
hours n more, accompanied by melt
ing SHOWS among the hills and noun
talns, have caused h rivers in all parts
OF New England to rise to the highest
point since the great flood Of 1869. and
widespread damage has been wrought.
though up to midnight no loss of life
has been reported. No mails from north
or Nashua. N. H.. have reached Boston
to-day. At Lowell the Merrimac is
over eight feet above high water mark
and many cellars are flooded and houses
on the lowlands partially submerged.
Inc mills are troubled with backwater
and will probably have to rely upon
steam altogether. Many mill cellars are
hooded n the damage can not be even
approximately estimated. The Rhode
Island rivers have also felt the heavy
rains. but the ruin in that state is much
less thar in the north.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
IN CONNECTICUT VALLEY.
Waters Higher Than Any Time Sine.

1862.
Springfield, Mass, April 1.-THE Con-
nectlcut valley is the scene OF a f1ood
oi greater magnitude than has visited
'ils section since 1862. The most dam
age was done at Bellows Falls, VT,
"hefe the Connecticut river is narrow.
An old railroad bridge was swept away
ana there has been great damage to
me boston n Maine railroad. The
tunnel was flooded and rendered i'm
Fassapie. The mills are all closed. At
battleboro, VT, the river is higher than
!. mas been since 1862. At Turner's Falls
we water has overlooked the banks Of
the river to such an extent that many
Oh the mills have been compelled to
sHht down. The Consolidated railroad
tracks are flooded. At Windsor. VT,
the water has risen thirty feet and bust
ness is almost entirely suspended. At
northampton, Mass, the river is three
quarters of a mile wide AND the water
IS higher than it has been in thirty
years. yer nine feet of water is going
over the dam at Holyoke and many
in'lls nave been compelled to shut
down. Near Mount Tom the water has
oVerf1oWed the railroad tracks and
trains are delayed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
PEACE is CONCLUDED.
Japan and China Agree to End the
War.


London, April IA dispatch to the
Times from Shanghai says Ii Hung
Chang's son-in-law telegraphs that A
peace convention was signed at Shin
onoseki Monday by the plenipotentiaries
OF China and Japan. Following are the
terms of the convention:
l The independence of Corea.
2. That Japan retains the places she
has conquered.
.. That Japan shall also retain the
territory east Of the Lao river.
4. That the island Of Formosa be
ceded permanently to Japan.
.. The payment of an indemnity Of
$100, o00, 900 and
.. An offensive and defensive alliance.
Ihere was no information obtainable
on the subject at the Japanese legation
last night. The official tt whom the dis
patch was shown was inclined to credit
the report that a treaty of peace had
been signed, as in view of the near APP
proach Of the termination of the arm
lstlce some action was probable. Still
up to a late hour nothing had been re-
celved at the legation to confirm the
statements contained In the dispatch.
A dispatch from Shanghai says a
proclamation bearing the emperor's
name has been issued, describing his
empire as finished, and asserting he is
unable to govern any longer, and that
the officials he trusted are corrupt. The
proclamation has caused great excite
ment, and there are signs of rebellion.
The document, however, is said to be
the work Of the secret societies.
Shimonoseki, April 16.-The confer
ence yesterday of peace commissioners
lasted five hours. All the ENJOYS attend.
ed the meeting except the Viscount
Mutsu. 1t is believed the conference
was a final one. 1t is said the Chinese
p1enipotentiaries are preparing to re.
turn to their homes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
A WISE FATHER.
He Uses a Telephone to Keep His Boys
in Good Order.

There is a household in this city
tor at present, the mother having
gone away on a visit to some rela-
tives for a short stay, says the De-
troit Free Press.
The neighbors have commented
upon the order which reigns among
the Juveniles, who are in charge of a
nurse, while the father is down at
the office during business hours.
Discipline is maintained, however,
by an intermediary-the telephone.
"Mr. Blank" the nurse says when
the fatherly car is turned on, willie
says he is going out skating, and YOU
know he has D cold"
"Send him to the telephone" com
mands Mr.. Blank. sis that you,
Willie"
"Yas, papa"
''Do you want a jacketing when I
come home to-Eight?"
"No, papa.
Then you stay IN the house, sir.
or you'll get one, sure"
Then Mr.. Blank goes back to his
desk and takes up a customer at the
precise point where he dropped him.
The other children are disposed of
in the same way, and unless the
telephone wires are cut there will be
no danger OF any refractory child
having his own way while papa rules
the roost-not much.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
DID NOT GET MAcEo.
Denial That the Cuban Generai wa
Captured.

VI IA ~ NOUOu 0C0SC0& vHD1
Captured.
Havana, Cuba, April 17.-Chagrin and
anger succeeded the premature election
of Capt.-Gen. Calleja over the supposed
capture of Jose MRceo. Maceo's double
was captured, but not Maceo. Antici-
pating unusual efforts TO capture him,
the willy Cuban general donned a dis
guise and went to the front in COM
mand. Col Guerra was the one cap
tured, while Maceo escaped to the
mountains with a few of his followers.
1t is expected, however, that he will
be captured, as many small parties are
in pursuit of him.
AT the head of one of the regiments OF
Cubans was Brig.-Gen. Crombet, who
died a hero. His men, encouraged with
inspiring words of cheer. fought like
demons, but they were not well dis
ciplined. They were brave, but their
recklessness counted for naught when
opposed to Spain's regulars. On
Crombet's body, which was terribly
mutilated by his enemies, were found
papers giving names all the leaders
and estimates Of the strength of the
revolutions.
Campos' ship was sighted off Man
zanillo early yesterday morning. AS yet
1T is not known where Campos will
land. Loyal Spaniards say the war has
ended.
Maxine Gomez, who has been in
Hayti enlisting recruits, landed near
Santiago with 600 men. He has gone
to the mountains and will attempt to
join Maceo. If he succeeds in doing so
1T is probable that their united forces
will give the Spaniards one more bat
tie. Everything seems to indicate, how
ever. that defeat is staring the revolu-
tionists in the face and nothing but a
miracle will now save Cuba from the
domination of Spain.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
Country q Sheet Of Water.

ST. Adams, VT, April 1.-THE Wi
hoosk1 river is higher than it has been
Tor twenty-five years. The country for
mics around is n sheet of water,
many farms being either partially or
wholly flooded. Several villages are
using boats and RATS as a means of
moVing about. Much damages has been
done to bridges. The railroad between
Proctor and Central Rutland has been
abandoned. Many of the residents of
Mortified and Central Rutland have
been driven from their dwellings, the
water having cached the second
stories.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
Railroads Suffer Washouts.

Portland, Maine, April 17.-All rail-
roads centering here report bad wash
outs on their lines. In many cases
trains have been cancelled. The Grand
Trunk 0 is impossible on account
of the damage to the roadbed. No rains
can get through from Montreal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
River Still Rising.

Augusta. Maine, April 1.-THE Kc.-
hebec river is still rising and the
wharves along the water front are en-
tirely submerged. Millions Of feet of
lumber are coming down the river. At
Brunswick the Androscoggin is the
highest ever known. The pumping sta.
ton is under water.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
ARE STILL ON GUARD.
Heavy Rains Dampen the Ardor OF tho
Striking Iowa Miners.

C~enterville, Iowa. April 1.-THE
heavy rains Of Sunday night and yes
terday prevented any movement of the
strikers at Cincinnati. None of the
mines along the line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road are running.
The strikers moved on them and they
came out. Company E of the Second
regiment. Capt. Ogle, has been at Gin
cinnati since Friday. There are also
fifteen or twenty deputies armed. The
Erjikers ~-.Ectest they intend no E;clence.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
1000 Thrown OUT Of vora.

1000 people were thrown out of work
yesterday or account of the rise the
P~resunapscot river, which prevented
the factories from running. The river
is higher than it has Keen since 1861
and is still rising.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
Where 1t Went.

Mrs. Kerstyle-I gave you more
material to make this dress than I
ever used in a garment before, and
the skirt is hardly full enough to fit
a churn. How does that happen?
Dressmaker, struggling her should
ers-Madame inseested on having re
sleeves in re height of re fashong.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
Peculiar Freak of the storm.

Denver, April IA dispatch from
st. Elmo, Colo. says hat after yester-
days storm everything in that neigh
oorhood was covered with a thick coat
ing of red sand. 1t must have come in
the snow. the ~diEpaic'r 81 tI~~@
is no such sand in ~
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

We have not been without Piso's Cure
for Consumption for 10 years.-L1zzIE Fee
REL, Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, '94
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

China has only forty miles OF railroad on
which to transport 4OO,O 200, 900 people.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

Soft, white bread. soups and other cooked
victuals are believed by scientific dentists
to be the cause of the prevailing decay az
teeth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

A man laughs when he is amused; .
woman laughs when she think~ peopls
think she ought to.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

The supreme court of California has de-
cided that the holde of a through railroad
ticket has a right to stop-over privileges.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

Goes Cough Halsam
Is the Oldest and best. II viii break up a Cold qutck
err than anything else. 1t Is always reliable. Try H.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26

IT h Baby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Ms
WlSsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teethinr-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-26
How tho typewriter An.ots tho Eye.

How tho Typewriter Affects the Eye.
One of the favorite arguments for
the use Of the typewriter when this
machine was introduced was that it
aided the vision and prevented tho
injury done by following the hand
writing with the eye. This argument
has long since been abandoned, it
having been demonstrated that the
rapid jerking OF the eye to and fro in
following the fingers along the key
board is far more hurtful to the vision
than following the letters as they are
formed by the pen. A great many
young women who practice typewrit-
for a livelihood complain of tilcreye
and with good reason. for the machine
is ruinous. The greater neasness OF
the work, however. when done is .
wonderful recommendation, and the
typewriting machine,e eyes or no eyes,
has come to stay.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
A Great Roman Catholic Publisher.
The late Alfred Name, of Tours,
France, was the greatest publisher Of
Roman Catholic literature in the
world. In less than a year this estab-
lishment used up 40, 900 sheepskins
in binding books in parchments and
the mere sweepingssf from his gilder's
room were sold for $4,000. NJ. Name
made most of mis- great fortune BY
cheap catechisms that sold as low as
three cents each and leaflets and
pamphlets required for pupils of .
ligious schools. On the %reproduc-
tions of illuminated missals and other
expensive publications of interest to
book collectors he always lost money.
$40 buys a good Top Buggy, with Leather
Quarter Top. The Chicago Scale Co. are
the only ones who can sell at this price, they
furnish their customers a thousand articles
at less than the usual prices paid by dealerA-
1t will pay to secure their catalogue which
they send free on application. This com
pany is perfectly reliable and they make ,
speciality of supplying the wants Of farmers.