The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-02
STATE NEWS.

Five hundred tons of starch have been
made in the Caribou Starch Company's
factory this season, and nearly 80 tons
more will be made. About $4,000 bush
els of potatoes have been ground
The coloring of animals seen in Maine
this season is something unusual There
have been white moose, milk white
fawns, gray wolves. and there has re-
Gently been captured pale yellow fox.
A special solid starch train will be
one of the first flyers over the new Ash
land branch. one of the secrets of the
enormous business of Aroostook rail
road lines, is that Aroostooks pro-
ducts are all exceedingly bulky.
\ Rockland baker says that last sea
son he gave a number of bread tickets to
a local organization to give to the poor,
but recipients of some of the tickets
sold them at a discount or exchanged
them for tobacco, candy and the like.
Giving is not always charity-but is bet
ter than not giving, almost every time.
\ telegram was received at Deer Isle,
Me, Wednesday, req esting II members
of the yacht Defenders crew, who live
in Deer Isle to proceed to New York at
once. The men started on their trip the
same day and will be present at the in
yestigation of the charges made by Lord
Dunrayen.
The hearing Of the Sawyer murder
case at Augusta, is watched with in
terest by many, and is attended daily
by crowds. The state has not yet finish
ed its presentation of the case and has
still witnesses who will be put on the
stand. The hearing is resumed today.
Thus far there are no especially new de-
velopments.
An important purchase of the Dexter
Savings Banks interest in the Eastern
Gazette property an interest which has
been outstanding under different pro-
prietors for nearly twenty-five years,
was made, Monday, by Amos Gerald Of
Fairfield. The purchase gives Mr.
Gerald complete control of the property.
1t is understood that Editor Bunker will
continue in charge of the paper.
II. NJ. Lord, the genial editor of the
Rockland Courier-Gazette recently re-
eeived a telegram from Hon. Nelson
Dinglcy, Jr, asking him if he would
accept the position Of chief clerk to the
Ways and Means committee of the Ma
tonal House. Mr. Lord was greatly
surprised, and at first inclined to hest
tate, but upon consideration, was in
dueed to return an answer in the affirm
alive. The position comes to him unso-
licted, and, in fact, without the least
intimation that he was under considera-
ton for it,
Out of a herd Of thirty-one animals
owned by Mr.. f. II. Chandler of New
Gloucester, eighteen were found to be
diseased when the tuberculin test was
applied and were ordered killed. They
were all THOROUGH breds and the di-
sease was introduced by imported ami
mails. This is the largest number killed
since the slaughter of the State College
herd in Orono in 1856, when u fine ami
mails were killed. Ever since then the
diseases has been confined to isolated
cases The appraisal for the Chandler
herd amounts to about $500 for which
the state pays one-half.
The five Maine postofices where
commissions soon expire, are Fort Fair
field, Machias, Cumberland Mills, Madi-
son and Skowhegan. All are third class
postotfices and pay an aggregate salary
of $1,000. The commission at Fort
Fairfield where the salary is 81 200, ex-
pires January 18th; that at Machias, car
rying a salary of 800, January 9th ;
while the commissions at Cumberland
Mills, Madison and Skowhegan, where
the salaries are respectively 81, 100, 81
300, and $1,000, all expire January DIST.
No action has been taken yet with refer
to any of these third class Offices.
1t has been repeatedly stated that
Watervile should have a daily paper,
and it has as often been said that 1t was
impossible to start a paying daily paper
until the population had increased from
5000 to 10000. Yet in the face and
eyes of these predictions the firm of
Prince and Wyman will commence the
publication of an evening daily early
in January. There are few outside the
firm that have the least idea of this ne W
plan, but the fact is nevertheless true,
and is given to the public with the CON
sent of the aforesaid gentlemen, who at
the present time are publishing the
Waterville Mail.
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