The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-21
STATE AND GENERAL.

Forest fires have been raging in Bill
erica, Mass, destroying $4,000 worth
of timber.
In excayating for the foundations of
new business houses in Machais, this
season. they have unearthed old Spanish
coins minted as long ago as lao or
earlier.
Sir. Donald Mckensie Wallace, at one
time we'll known newspaper man, has
been offered the post Of British am.
bassador to Turkey in succession to Sir
Phillip Currie.
The Aroostook Times comments upon
the very youthful appearance OF the
prisoners in Houlton jail. There must
be some reason for the increasing
number Of youthful criminals and boy
tramps.
Mr.. Joseph II. Marley, who has been
conducting Mr. Reeds campaign from
Washington, has removed his head
quarters to Augusta, Me, whittier he
went Saturday, and where he will re
main until he leaves for st. Louis.
The gross receipts of the three
largest post offices of the United States
in April, 1875, were -, $4,000, against
s., GG2.0l, April 1s95. New York heads
the list, Chicago second, Philadelphia
third, Boston fourth, st. Louis fifth.
The condition of the Kennebee river
banks in places along the rears Of the
business blocks, and in other localities
at Augusta, the Journal says, is a down
right disgrace, and the popular feeling
is arising strong for its improvement.
Maine granite is in the lead this time
at Haverhill. Mass. The city's contract
of 100000 paving blocks, 5000 feet of
curbstone and 2000 feet of nAgstone will
be filled by Frank Bradbury of West
Franklin, who also has other contracts
in view.
Cecil Rhodes has not yet been com
PEELED to retire from the management
of the British South Africa Company,
but in case he should, the position has
been offered to Sir Edgar Vincent, gov
ernor of the Ottoman bank and chief
comptroller of the Turkish and Egyp-
tian finances.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Domnick |. Murphy,
of Pennsylvania, now first deputy com
missioner of pensions, 10 be commits
sloner of pensions, vice William Lochren,
resigned; Napoleon T. lara of New
Hampshire, to be first deputy commits
sloner of pensions, vice Murphy.
The death dealing cyclone has begun
its terrible work for the season. The
city of Sherman in Texas, was visited
by one Friday. The path of the des-
troyer was one hundred and fifty yards
wide and it went only part way through
the city, but devastation was complete.
The loss of life reaches nearly two
hundred.
The mill owners of Lewiston and Bid
deford, where strikes have been threat
ened, have consented to reduce time to
40 hours a week instead of cutting the
wage rate. This is what the labors
unions wanted and the threatened strike
will thus be averted. The Lockwood
mill at Waterville has also made the
same agreement. The mills will be
closed Fridays andiSaturdays.
The first scheduled train over the
Rumford Falls and Rangely Lakes
railroad came down to Auburn on
Thursday and bore to their destination
a large party of Maine railroad men and
capitalists. The new road, which runs
into the heart of the Maine wilderness,
extends to Bemis, 2S miles from Rum
ford Falls, land is through one of
the richest wooded districts Iof the
State.
The report of advisory board of the
supreme council, A. f. A., while ex-
onerating Mckinley of some of the
charges that had been made against him
and withdrawing the boycott, does not
declare him to be the choice of the A. =.
A. The Ohio candidate is to stand on
the same footing before the A. z. A. as
the other Presidential candidates. The
board condemns no one and does not
endorse any one.
The New Portland and Pennington
Talaphona Gnp,pany hos hoo,, 1,ro.;nol