The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-12-03
STATE AND GENERAL.

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Winslo@. were destroyed b. fire. Fri
day The loss Is $500 insurance.
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John h Martin has again assumed
the pfopiictorsAip of the FMmoua
hotei ii Portland with which he has So
long been connected
The late Hon. W " Thomas al
Portland, who lived To the ripe age oi
% years, WAS Il total abstainer from Tire
use Of both liquor and tobacco.
A Singapore dispatch to the Times
says that the Spaniards have been de
feated by the insurgents in the Philip
pines with the loss OF three hundred OF
their men
\ St Louis firm has been asked To-
quote prices on ten tons Of dynamite,
which is supposed 70 be wanted for
shipment to Cuba, for the use Of the
insurgents.
The giagham department OF the
York mills, Saeo, whose product has
not been profitable Of late years, is be
ing fitted with machinery FOR the manu-
tacture Of cotton dannels
Albert +. Bradbury, treasurer OF the
Dexter Savings Bank and treasurer and
director OF the Dexter and Newport
railroad company died Wednesday,
from kidney disease at the age of 50
years.
The annual report Of the railroad
commissioners, which will soon be
issued, will show that the number Of
miles of road operated by the Maine
steam railroads at the present time is
j 1920
A Biddeford officer who learned that
a man bad sold horse for 80 cents de
cided such a case demanded inyesti-
cation for the animals sake. The
result was the killing of the horse, and
/ by the owners consent too.
The Reportcr-Journal says that car
diner lumber manufacturers are reeeiy-
ing more orders than they can possibly
execute, and all Of the mills have turn
ed away many orders this week. 1t
looks as though things were going to
be different in that industry.
The dock strike in Germany effects a
large number of laborers. a despatch
from Hamburg, dated the 10th, says
that 1000 men had quit work and the
number was increasing. A large mum
Der of dock laborers from England and
i Sweden have gone to take their places
1t is reported to be the intention OF
the emperor of China, to appoint Ii
/ Hung Chang to the post Of reorganizel
of the whole imperial navy, and that
i the programme is to build within five
years time six large battleships twelve
first class armored cruisers and twenty
second and third class fast cruisers.
The stories told of the suffering OF
sheep left exposed to the inclemeney OF
the winter on some of the inhabited
islands along the Maine coast, have re
suited in the society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals taking hand il
prevention. At Monhegan it is sale
many of the sheep run wild, are never
sheared or cared for.
Young ladies of the Bates street Bap
fist church, Lewiston, have organized {
literary club, the members of which
will study the State of Maine, whicl
will embrace all prominent people
cities and towns and everything per
tanning to the state government. This
is very sensible, and will be far more
profitable, we believe, than readin-
Browning, or studying the condition OF
woman during the dark ages.
The shipment of Christmas trees t.
the big cities from Central Maine, seem.
to have been on the increase in late
years and probably the present yeal
will be no exception to the general rule
About three car loads day now go out
of Maine over the Maine Central, beside
a large number that 90 by boat down
the penobscot and kennebec.
Forty-one highway robberies il
Chicago is the official score for Noyem
Der up To date, and the police belicy,
the number will exceed - before th,
month is ont. Probably one-half o
the hold-ups have not been reported
Chief Badenoek is alarmed over tn,
situation, and has asked Tor l5o more
policemen to help check the epidemi,
of crime which is terroriHng the city.
The friends of the Eastern Main,
Conference Seminary at Bucksport, AZ,
making special effort to secure Al
endowment for this seminary o.
$4,000 The limit of the conditiona
pledges is Jan. /, 1897. At the presen
time ST. 900 have been paid in notes o.
hand and about the same amount ha.
been pledged, conditional upon tn,
securing of the whole amount
The Rockland Star says. at is an
derstood that owing to the pressure o
other business II. NJ. Lord for severa
years the able editor Of the Courier
Gazette has determined at least for tn,
present to sever his connections viii
that paper and has sold out his interes