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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11

Mr. and Mrs. J. Gleason of Quincy,
Mass, who have been visiting relatives
in town the past week return nome the
last of this week.
Harry Hubbard WAS home from Good
viii Farm over Sunday.
Miss Addie Jewell has gone to Water
vile to work in publishing house.
The grippe and bad colds are prevailing
about here at present.
Il. II. Harris is gaining slowly.
Winfield Goodrich and wife have
moved into the Scammon's house.
Mrs. II. G. Cover, who has been al
Shawmut with Mrs. Weymouth, who has
been very sick with measles, returned
home last week.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
Messengers Notice.
TATE OF MAINE,


SOMERSET S. Court of Insolvency.
In the case of Shepard Hunnewell of Scion,
InsolVeut debtor.
This Is to give notice that on the 9Th day of
March A. d. 1897, a warrant in insolvency
WA issued out Of the Court Of Insolvency for
said County OF Somerset against the estate OF
said Hannewel OF Scion, adiudged to be
an lnsolgent debtor, on petition OF sa
debtor. which petition was filed on the 5th
day Of March A. d. 1897, to which date inter
est on claims is II be computed, That the
sno the transfer and delivery of any prop
erty n' him forbidden by law.
That meeting % the creditors of said debtor,
to prove the debts and choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at Court
OF Insolvency t. be holden at the Probate
Court Room in Sko" hogan, on Tuesday, the
18th day of April A. ID. 1897, at one O'Clock
in the afternoon. 2YlO
Given under my hand the date first above
written.
6 \. MERRILL, Deputy Sheriff
as Messenger of said Court OF Insolvency.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
South Madison.

Mrs. Fred Moore is at work at Mad-
son.
Mrs. A. II. Ward went to Arson, last
week to see her mother who is quite
sick.
Mr.. Ben Adams and Fred Moore are
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11

Quint Brothers were at Madison,
Wednesday, on business.
Miss Olive Moore of New Sharon,
passed through this place, Saturday,
on her way to Frank Steward $.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
Or. Greene'S Nervura is the True King
Of Medicines.
More Powerful Than the Most Absolute Mon
arch, for 1t Creates Health and Strength.
DR.. Greene's NerVura the Greatest Cure
Known to Man.

Dr. Greene, cathartic Pills should be kept
in the house, for they are the sure cure for
biliousness and constipation. Sugar coated,
easy 10 take, certain and pleasant to act.
Or. Greene, 81 Temple Place, Boston, Mass,
who has the largest and most successful prac-
tee in the world, can be consulted free, per
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
lancashire Insurance Company
OF England.
incorporated 1852

A. NJ. Thompson ia buying few
apples.
Delbert Ames was at home from Pitt
field, Monday,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11

have few more OF those two-quart
fountain syrnges at moderate prices.
S lmpso0, the corner druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
AS. F. JONES, Skowhegau, Maine

To CHAS F, JONES, Skowhegau, Maine
We wish acknowledge by this which
settled companies represented by you you
the genteuany received and adjustments m
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
Statements January list 1897.

North BcitiSh Il Mercantile ms.
Company.
OF Great britain.
Incorporated 1909.
Assets i L. .. ..- .....-. -. II o67, 1851 OF /
liabilities - 2I7f 442 40
Vet Surplus...-.,=. - 1872 .gt8 81 /
Income in >. for s96.............. SOB 269 IS !
expenditure res ..-,.-...,.....- lot 312 -
Prems rec'd IN haiut.... ...s...... 37,Sil II /
Losses lncur5ed...-.,.- ......4.- 20 ,643 Ga /
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
Springfield Fire & Marine ms. Co.
of Springfield, Mass.

incorporated in 1sB. Commenced business in
1851. a. ". Damon, president ). j. Hall, Sec
rotary.
capital paid up in cash. 81 800, Oo0O0
ASSETS DECEMBER 81, 1896.
Real estate owned By the company,
unincumbereth . SlS4 600 90
Loans-nn bond and mortgage first
LENS 6isn50 90
stocks and bonds gwned by the
sompany, market vaue ......... 2,77s 2tl 90
Loans secured by tollaterals IS 100 90
Cash in the companY's principal
office aud in ban acknowledgements. 1876 l2O o.
Interest due and aCCrI ed ....... 50 Isl %
Premiums III due course of colec-
ton .. ....... .. 2T2 $50 Il
Aggregate of all he admitted assets ---
OF the company at their actual
value .'..................... S41o5374 -
LIABILITIES DEC ENfBER 81, 1885.
Net amount of unpaid losses and
claims ...=....# ........- Sf55956 81
Amount required to safely re-insure
all outstanding risks .......-... 800 455 81
Ill other d. mands against the com
panY, viz, commissions, etc 5453l 50
Total amount of Liabilities except
capital stock and net surplus .- 81 1924 Sc
capital actually PAID up in cash ..-... 10000 40
surplus beyond capital ............... $50 430 %
Aggregate amount of Liabilities in
Guiding net surplus -................ S41o537l -
DINSMORE x RICKFORD, Agents,
SkoWhegan, Maine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
THE LATTER End

Of contract is vastly important than the front
Always find which likely to live longer, you
or the Company you insure in.
A dollar saved premium is trHe.
A thousand lost by bad security, is
80 40 companies fail yearly plenty examples
in Somerset County.
For 80 our friends have had reliable Co.'S.
Ia Fourteen represented. The futile The Jones
agencies combined make the Oldest and largest
agency in Somerset County.
Some Companies over one hundred years old.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11

The school board of Cornville have
elected l.. l.. Smith, chairman and j. H.
Stone. superintendent.
Have Just received another gross of
our cough remedy-Compound Syrup of
White Pine and Tar. Sampson, the
corner druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
H0usekeeper Wanted.

Must take entire charge of house and two
children and 10 yrs. old. Call on or address
stf GEORGE W. COVER, Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11

s0melhTns Csc cIam0d o De ''just ~ good. ~
There IS nothing else as good and rs sure to
cure as DR.. Greene Neryura. Call for itand
see that you yet il.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-03-11
Desirable Tenement
To Rent

On Madison Ave, in quiet neigh
borhood. Inquire of
f3 FRED A. WOOD.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

cred with dirt and cobwebbed with age,
as becomes rare old beverages.
When Mr.. Verdier had lifted dozen
bottles from their resting place he dis
covered queer state OF affairs. An old
Oporto Blanco. 1928, was light as a
feather. When held against the light
it was seen that every drop of the wine
was gone. The cap had been sllillfully
removed. Over half of the cork had
been eaten out and the rest was almost
imperceptibly perforated with tiny
holes, which acted as a syphon, and
through which the appreciative rats
had sucked the last drop.
The Oporto was so palatable that the
rodents tackled next superb Douro
Reserve Fine Aroma of 1915. This was
d half empty. The same skill with which
the first bottle had been operated upon
was applied to this. The cap was partly
torn off, the cork half gnawed away.
and through the little pinholes the rats
were sucking the delicious liquid. Those
found dead last had evidently INDUCED
too freely, for they succumbed to half
the bottle. This port was bought when
the hotel first opened, and the rodents
had shown greater appreciation of a
good thing than the guests.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
Another Victim of "society."

Otis Smith, of Atlanta, Ga, who was
arrested the other day for embezzle-
ment, declares that he committed the
crime through his desire to shine in So
ciety. 81 have been asked" he says,
why 1 did not go along and do the
best 1 could on my legitimate income,
which was about $1,000 a year. But it
takes money to hold place in society
in Atlanta. If you do not put up the
stuff you are not appreciated. So long
as you pay for the fun you are a king
bee, but the moment you do not get in
the push with the cash you are nobody.
l was in the push, and l had to get
money to hold my own. 1t took money
to pay for theater parties, germans, sup
pGrs, flowers and other presents, and 1
was like the fellow who had hold of a
galvanic battery-I could not let go.
After I once started had to keep it up
or 7 was lost"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
SWALLOWED THE CUB.
Boa Constructor Prepares to Dine
on a Baby Lion
But Just in the Nick of Time Circus
Employees Rescue Little Mckinley
from the jaws of the
Big Reptile.

Mckinley" n cub lion, was doing
beside the stove in the winter quarters
of Lemen Bros circus. Around the
room were the animal cages containing
the 1.-the creatures of the jungle placid
~ passing the time away waiting for
the circus season to open. Not far
from the little sleeping lion cub stood
several large boxes of snakes, which
have to be kept near the stove to pre-
vent the reptiles from freezing. There
was not a human being in the room.
1t was as still as death.
Suddenly the head of large South
American boa constructor appeared
above one of the boxes. 1t rose slowly
up into the air until about two feet of
it's body was in sight. Its evil little
eyes sparkled and it twisted its head
and looked around the room until it
beheld the sleeping cub. Then its
head dropped over the side of the box
and began moving across the floor.
Yard after yard of snake came out of the
box. 1t was a monster reptile, and it
moved cautiously and with its eyes still
fastened upon mckinley" The snake
moved up to within few feet of the
lion cub, when it paused. The cubs
tail was closest to the snake. 1t glided
closer yet and then drew the tail into
its mouth. AS the tail disappeared the
snake drew closer and closer to the
cubs body, and then with wide spread
ing of its jaws it took in the entire hind
quarters of the cub. Mckinley"
awoke and began to cry in a plaintive
voice. Swiftly its body disappeared,
and louder grew its cries. The mother
of the only lion cub born in captivity in
the United States heard the walls of her
offspring, and, looking between the
bars of her cage, comprehended the
situation at glance. She sprang to the
bars and let out a roar that brought
every animal in every cage to its feet,
and pandemonium broke loose. The
mother of Mckinley" roared inces-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

Undoubtedly one of the most intelli-
gent dogs in the country is Alexander
C. Young's liver and white notified full
blooded Ridgeway setter Frank. u
Young lives in Flagtown, Summerset
county. y. j., and he has taught his
dog to bring his clothes to him in the
morning when he wishes to rise and
dress, to carry notes wherever he is
directed and to perform various other
duties that richer men than Mr.. Young
intrust only TO their Wallets. Among
other things Frank carries wood into
the house when Young chops it. He
has on some occasions carried as many
as so or 60 sticks, one at time, from
the woodward into the house without
cessation, and he seems to enjoy this
snd every other of the pieces of work
he is directed to do.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

sanity, while the lions joined in the
chorus and even the sea lions beloved
and soon the elephants began to trum-
pet.
Only Mckinley" was silent. All of
his body had passed inside the snakes
jaws except small part of his head
and his front paws. There was a self
satisfied look on the snakes face. The
turmoil of the animals reached the
circus attaches in another building, and
they ran quickly to the scene. They
comprehended matters at glance. One
OF them ran to the elephants, which
were Juggling at their chains and still
trumpeting, and with an iron prod
quoted them. Others tried to extricate
Mckinley" The snake, like a miser-
able coward, tried to sneak away, but
was caught and held. Then one man
caught Mckinley" by the paws and
other men held the snake. and they all
pulled together. Mckinley" stayed
where he was. He either refused OF
couldn't come out. Occasionally little
more of him slipped inside. Matters
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

were approaching a crisis. TWAS either
the life of the snake or the cub. A
quick consultation was held and it was
decided to sacrifice the South American
native. Knives were procured and the
snake was cut in two. When the blades
penetrated it's flesh it seemed to realize
its position and struggled with its cap
tors, the men finally falling upon it
and holding it still. The snake was
handicapped by its meal. 1t did not take
long to sever the body, though, and then
they tried to pull the cub through, but
it stuck and stuck tight. 1t was neces-
sary to split the snakes jaws and pry
them apart before the cub could be re-
leased. Then Mckinley" was taken
out. He was nearer dead than alive.
The snake was one that had been
with the show for many years. The
cub is one of twins born just prior to the
last election. Being born in captivity
and an exceptionally fine specimen, he
was highly priced. Last November, just
prior to the election, one of the lionesses
gave birth to two whelps. Both were
males, and in keeping with the spirit of
the times one was named Bryan, the
other Mckinley. Just before the cleo
ton the cub called Bryan sickened and
died. Mckinley, on the contrary, grew
sleek and fat and met with no mishap
until the escapade of yesterday.
That evening, after the attendants
had given mckinley" a bath and
careful rubbing, he appeared to be quite
recovered from the squeezing process
he had undergone and gamboled about
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
story Told by Bill Nye.

The late Bill Nye was fond of telling
this story of his small daughter: At the
dinner table one day there was party
of guests, for whom Mr.. Nye was doing
his best in the way of entertainment. A
lady turned to the little girl. "Your
father is a very funny man." said she,
YES" responded the child, "when we
have comuany."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

The people of Wolfe valley, Tex, have
organized a rabbit club. The club pays
one cent for each cottontail scalp and
two and one-half cents for each jack
rabbit. The organization of this club
is a necessity. Rabbits have ruined all
fruit trees this winter which were not
protected by oak bushes. If something
is not done to destroy these pests the
farmers will suffer great loss.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01
RATS ON A BENDER.
Five St. Louis Rodents Die in IN At
tempt to Get Drunk.

Several days ago Steward Verdier, of
the st. Nicholas hotel, at ST. Louis,
found in his wine cellar two dead rats
No poison had been strewn about; no
body had gotten after them with a
shotgun, and Mr.. Verdier could not ac-
count for their sudden demise.
The next day the steward found three
more cadavers, The thing began to
look suspicious, and he hunted about
for the cause. In bin after bin the bot
ties were found intact, until he came to
the bin in which some rare old port had
been stored. All the bottles were coy
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-01

the building quite as happy and care
free as ever.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
Miss May Bronson Held
Funeral Services Over
Her Dog,
Insisted That It Should Be
Regularly Buried in
Coffin.
& Schoolteacher Who Was Inoonsol-
able When Her Setter Fannie
Passed Away.

A strange ceremony that is the talk of
the neighboThood was enacted at the
Hotel Marguerite on Larkin street, near
Golden Gate avenue, on Friday evening 2
last when ceremonies were held over the
remains of a handsome setter dog that had
died during the day.
The owner was Miss May F. Bronson, a
teacher in the Lincoln evening school.
who had owned the dog for more than ten
years and was attached to it to an extra
ordinary extent
Several days ago Fannie, as Miss Bron-
son called the setter, was taken ill with
one of those mysterious maladies from
which dogs suffer and Miss Bronson was
IN dire distress
After eXhausting simple remedies she
called in DR.. Masoero, the veterinary sur
geon, and he exercised all his skill but
without avail.
Fannie passed on to the happy hunting
grounds. Miss Bronson was lnconsola Bile,
and when the carcass of her favorite was
removed her sobs could be heard even be-
hind the closed doors.
Fannie was decentiy laid out in the rear
OF the hotel, ana the proprietor, suppos-
ing it was all over but the carrying away
OF the remains, gave a man about the
place 8 consideration to remove the car
cass. He had scarcely LETT with it when
Miss Bronson made her appearance TO
gaze again on the body of her canine
friend.
When she saw that the remains were
missing her lamentations filled the house
and she would not be consoled until they
we're brought back. A messenger was
dispatched post haste TO bring back the
man who had taken away the dog, and he
was found just as be was interring the
body In a convenient spot. When all that
as earthly Of Fannie was again in her
keeping Miss Bronson decided to hold a
regular funeral, and the doc W rs laid out
with as much care as though she had been
child. The bereaved teacher brought in
her friends to view the remains and then
read something appropriate from the
Bible.
Yesterday morning she sent an order to
an undertaken for a suita bic coffin, and
when the body had been arran ged IN is
last resting place Miss Bronson hid her
lace In her hands and burst in to tears.
The ambulance of a hospital for aiIing
animals had previously been teIephoned
for, and 1t was arranged that the coffin
and contents should be taken to some
convenient spot and buried, which was
done.
Miss Bronson is surprised that any one
should see anything unusual in the desire
TO see her pet properly inferred and SAYS
that the dog was her constant friend and
companion for so long that she had grown
extraordinarily fond of it.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
BIG CLOTHING SALE.
A Local Firm Offers Rare Barg aims in
Clothing.

A Local Firm Offers Rare Barg aims In
Clothing.
Probably one of the most gigantic cloth
ing sales that have ever been inaugurated
in this City is now in progress at the Bald
win Clothiers,- the large. and handsome
establishment at 924 to 926 Market treet.
In to-day's issue of THE CALL appears
an advertisement of the firm in question,
comprising a mum Der OF phenomenal bar
gains that are now being offered TO the
public.
The Baldwin Clothiers recently pur-
chased. the entire stock of the Famous
Clothing Company of Oakland, consisting
OF about sos 600 worth of goods, for 30
cents on the dollar
Every article is being sold at actual pur-
chase price, and 1t is not surprising in
view OF this fact that the enterprise of this
progressive local firm is meeting with a
big success. During the past week the
store at times has been crowded to the
doors, andit would seem from the nature OF
the advertisement in to-day's papers that
the articles TO be offered during the com.
ing week will continue to attract a great
deal of attention from shrewd buyers and
neat and economical dTessers.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
EXTRA STREET LIGHTS.

Merchants Consider Paying for Center
IlluminatiOns an Extra Tax
The electric llluminations which have
thrown an additional ray of splendor over
the business streets, and which the store
keepers placed there at their own expense,
are about to disappear as the term for
which they were contracted expires.
So lar as Third street is concerned, some
OF the merchants are willing TO continue
their use. Il for one am in favor of hav-
ing the lights burn the whole year round -
said B. Katchlnski of the Philadelphia
shoestore. ''It has improved my business
since it was started so much that am
going to make i'm Improvements next month.
ct think the Supervisors should make
arrangements 10 distribute the liyhts over
the business portion of the City in sue b a
way as 10 encourage trade. What the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27

other storekeepers will do l cannot say.
Our street is the last upon which the con-
tract expires. BY that time we will see
what will be DONE"
Fourth street IS at a stand still on the
question. The merchants there are look
ers-on waiting 10 see now the Others fare.
l.. V. Merle, president OF the Sixth
Street Improvement Club, said: 1--WE are
Just going along from month to month
laying as we go. Yet we are anxious to
see the City come to the front and do the
spirited thing by its business people, and
this is to light up the business streets,
Ninth street has shut off the light alto
gether. This, however, WAS more through
a personal disagreement as between con-
sumers and the electric company. There
fore the lights on that street will not be
turned on again unless the City agrees to
pay for them.
The same condition OF affairs exists on
the other streets which had been lighted
up during the past year.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-27
WHEAT MARKET
ON THE RISE
Some Prospects Of a Furry
in September Options
Visible.
Brokers Will Now Be Affected
by the Row in the Chi
oago Pit.
The Conditions of the Market Are
Peculiar, but Charters Still
Go Begging.

Local dealers in wheat have not thus
far been disturbed by the furry in the
Chicago pit, nor do they anticipate that
any reverberations Will reach the coast.
/ September wneat moved up IL cents
yesterday, but the advance. so the brokers
say, wasdue to activity in foreign markets
and in no way connected with the Chicago
trouble. December options are slowly
rising for similar reasons.
As faras is known the Chicago nervous
ness is confined to July wheat dealing
and must exhaust itself within a very
short time, as the new crop will begin to
move with n at most thirty days, thus
relieving the pressure on the shorts" 4"
Still good deal might take place within
that time should the price continue to go
skyward. July wheat has been oversold
by the brokers. with the result that they
are now compelled to go to Armour for
goods TO fill their contracts and pay him
his own price. This is an old game on the
exchange, and hardly year ago San
Francisco had a whirl at it. The crop ali
over the country is short, and it may De
that this factor may cause general SYM
pathetic rise.
Estimates made yesterday on the Pro-
duce Exchange place the California yield
ioT tnlS season at SOO,UOO tons. harvest
ing Is we'll under way and the crop will
soon begin to move. Prices here are gov
erned genera lily by the Liverpool market.
Spot wheat here to-day is worth 81 % TO
81 %, and the supply is equal to any
probable demand. Very few charters have
yet been made, the river at Martinez
Icing full of idle craft. 1t is estimated
that the disengaged tonnage at the pres
ent time is I15, 600 tons, as compared with
43000 last year.
For these reasons the local brokers are
watching the Chicago circus with noncha-
lance. Still some of them think a com BIZ
nation OF conditions might arise, should
Armour continue to control the market
that might change the situation entirely
to, the benefit of the local market in a
speculative way and possibly to the ad-
vantage OF the grower. July wheat even
ket in the country.
There are those who say that the corner
Armour has on the Chicago market is not
manipulative, but based on natural condi-
tons and the prospect of a big shortage
all over the world. AS it happens. the
crop is failure in India Argen tinr and
Australia to a more or less extent, al
though there is a vast improvement over
the famine in those countries last wear.
The absorption of old surpluses has been
complete, and it may be that before the
California crop is ready to move Septem-
Der options will take a jump that will
twist some local brokers almost as Sc
verely as the July shorts in Chicago are
being handled at present.