The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-23
STATE AND GENERAL.

time Monday morning.
The Cubans announce their intention
of fighting out the rebellion without re-
lying upon American Interference.
Meat and milk are 50 scarce at Ha-
yana that only the SICK in the hospitals
are supplied regularly with either.
Reports regarding the Argentine
wheat crop are more encouraging than
they have been, aud it is now expected
there will be 100000 tons for export
A head-on collision between two
freight trains on the Wisconsin Central
railway occurred al - m, at How.
ard, small town just west Of Chippewa
Falls, Wis, Thursday. Four men were
killed.
The entering class at the Kent's Hill
seminary is much larger this fall than
usual, numbering sixty OF more, with an
aggregate of 1Gj students enrolled in the
whole school, a larger term.than at any
time last year.
A misplaced switch caused a bad
wreck near Essex Junction Thursday
morning. Two trains came together
head on and although no one was killed
several were badly injured. The switch
man cannot account for his mistake.
The news comes from the interior of
Siberia saying that on September 4 at II
o'clock at night, the inhabitants Of the
village of Antzfirowskje, in Arctic Rus
sia, saw balloon, believed TO be that of
/ Professor Andree, the Swedish aeronaut.
Brockton Mass operators to the num-
Der of 1000 or more struck against the
Chase lasting machines Friday. There
is no trouble between employe and EN-
ployer, the fight is simply against the
machine company whose machines are
operated on royalty,
The bad harvest affects Il Russian
provinces and it is feared it will also be
felt in 1S9S, as the drought has prevent
ed sowing of water wheat ia a large
area. The immense reserve stock will
grevent famine, but the peasants are
ruined for seperal years.
General Luque reports that at the
head of his column of 1900 soldiers he
has utterly destroyed LOO farms in the
province 'ef Santiago de Cuba. Since
the Spanish defeat of Las Tunas, Ney
Ter has issued new eTders to his troop.
to carry on the war ruthlessly.
The poor people who are obliged Il
buy oesi in small quantities pay 30 cents
a bustel or about IS per ton. Thus it il
illustrated once &gain that the poor arr
obliged to pay a great deal more foI
1heir supplies than the well-todo while
the0ch, buying in large quantities, es
cape cheapest of all
". II, Lever, president of Lever Bros
(Linted), the soap manufacturers o
Liverpool, Eng, will sail from that cit.
fe- New York on October Is, to arrang
! fo7 the erection of a factory in thi
: country. The decision to build fac
, tsIy is caused by the new tariff bill
| which has doubled the duty ca laundr
} 'soap.
At the second days meeting OF til
i'hennebee Baptist Association a memo
cial service in honor of the late Rev
Joseph .Ricker, d. D., was held, led b
y A Ena hut
= was pad the late pastor by letter b
: President A. W. Thomas of TIE Ricke
Classic al Institute, which institution ID
Rickec founded.
The semi-aEnnal meeting Of the stat
, Board of Trade WAS held at Ellswort
Friday. There were forty-nine del,
, gates present, representing thirteen /,
cal boards. President Henry Lord ,
, Bangor, Secretary NJ. n. Rich of Por
t land. and Treasurer "a. n. Weymouth
of Biddeford, were reelected IN
pres. dents of IKE affiliated boards wei
elected vice presidents of tine Stat
= board
4 Tie most extensive piece of wor
= upon which the Hallowell Granite Con
= pany has been engaged is thai of IL
! Albany capitol building, the origin
contract to furnish granite for repair
and additions of which wac sgne
! twenty-five yeas ago. This old contra,
expires III March, 1875 but viii in a
probability be renewed, as additions an
> improvements on the building are a
still in progress which will require Ha
lowell granite.
Major H. S. Barrage Of Portland, ha
{ 'ust received the sword which was car
S tured with him at Petersburg Va, No,
> l,,1S64. The sword has passed thEoug
{ many hands since then. Lieut.. league
! Tho took Major Burrage prisoner, cal
; ried it all through the rest of the wal
Later league fell in debt and it Rex
came into possession of Capt. n. A
Poole, of Co. h, North Carolina troop,
who, in turn, gave it to a Masonic lodg
at Bolton, Mo. Major Burrage traced
to this place and then wrote asking fo
the sword.
| Frank @ Malley, contractor of Bos
} ton, came to Pennington week az
/ with ninety-six Italians who expected T.
get work on the proposed Franklin