The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-30
STATE AND GENERAL.

Vim. c. Whitney says the sound
money Democrats will hold another
convention.
The saw mill of Walter Stevens,
Presque Isle. burned Tuesday. 1t was
supposed it caught from spark in the
engine room. Loss $1,000 Insurance
5000.
The 1000 New York tailors who went
on a strike, Wednesday, for an increase
of wages and shorter hours, had their
number increased Thursday 100 men,
employed infifteen shops who quit work
voluntarily.
Two hundred ladies' and gentlemen
ayailed themselves of the opportunity
to visit Kneo, offered by the Sports
mems Fish and Game Associations
excursion to that place last week. 1t
was delightful outing
Daniel 5. Gault Of Bow, farmer aged
50 years, came to Concord, y. H., Tues
day, and drew $1,000 out of the bank
which he lent to a young man whom he
met at a circus in Suncook, Monday.
The stranger offered to give him 5000
in week for the loan of $500. Nj.
Gault thinks he has been buneoed
The New York banks which agree to
turn in gold to the sub-treasury were
actively at work again Friday. 1t IS
estimated that when the bankers
throughout the country have completed
their arrangements tire governments
store of gold will be increased in the
sum of S23 100000.
Forest fires are working terrible de
struction in the far northwest. The re-
ports sent from Spokane, Washington,
say that great walls of lame are sweep
ing down the mountains and into the
valleys with great rapidity. The
damage is estimated at millions Of
dollars and it is feared many lives have
been lost
Levi a. Gray of Grays Business col
lege Portland, died suddenly of heart
trouble early Thursday morning, age So
years. He was born in New York,
graduated at Oberlin college, Ohio,
class Of IS, and came to Portland in
1861. He leaves widow, son and
daughter. The son is associate princi-
pie of the business college.
Wateryille Mail. The Bangor IL
Aroostook sets good example for other
Maine railroads to follow in limiting the
number of people which will be taken
on an excursion train. There is not
much enjoyment to be had for any one
when the cars Of an excursion train are
packed with people like sardines in a
box, with the thermometer way up
among the nneties.
Five moose skins were brought to Mt.
Kineo, Wednesday, by two wardens sent
by Commissioner Carleton into the Al
legash regions eight days ago. Mr..
Carleton says the evidence secured will
convict two men, one of whom declares
he will shoot before he is taken. The
moose were killed simply for their hides.
Mr.. Carleton reports clear case War
Justice in Guilford. The two wardens,
accompanied by Captain Pollard of
Dover, will start at once.
Alton Grant, a Lewiston confectioner,
has applied for patent on process by
which pastboard boxes may be so treated
that ice cream packed in them will re-
main solidly frozen for "a hours. The
box is an ordinary paper box, but after
making it is treated to a chemical pro-
the box capable of containing the cream
in frozen state for many hours. What
this chemical bath is, is the secret known
only to Mr.. Grant and the man who
makes the boxes, and it is on this that
the patent has been applied for.
There is a possibility that the new
grain elevator to be put in by the Grand
Trunk at Portland, will be of steel in
stead of the old styled wooden one.
Two of these steel elevators are now in
use in Toledo, Ohio, where they have
proved even a greater success than was
anticipated. With the air tight steel
tank taking the place of the old fashion
ed elevator, comes the new method of
handling the grain. The steel bins are
connected with the vessel by immense
steel tubes and air pressure moves the
grain, as it is needed from the storage
tank to the ship.
The tragedy which occurred on the
bark Herbert Fuller on the high seas,
about July Is, when Capt. Nash, his
wife and the second mate were murder
ed in their rooms, is the most shocking
which has occurred in many years.
Capt. and Mrs. Nash were Maine people.
Harrington being their home. Their
remains were carried to that place, Fri
day. The horrible affair is being in
vestigated and every thing possible be-
ing done to find out the murderer. The
general testimony of the crew and the
one passenger points to the first mate
as the perpetrator of the horrible deed.
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