The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-16
STATE AND GENERAL.

zen. eyer idea OF body guard in I
pacihed province is several hundred
cavalry and 1000 infantry kept near at
hand. The prospect Of peace IN Cu5a
may be judged accordingly.
August gross railway earnings make
the best showing Of any month for year,
past. Total earnings Of 109 companies
fo1 August aggregate So, 7z7,915 an IL
crease over last year Of 10 per cent.
An Indictment charging murder in
the iilst degree, ha- been found by the
grand jury against Joseph T. Kelley,
the young Amesbury man who killed f
Cashier stiekney Of the Great Falls Va f.
tional Bank at somerswortb and robbed
the bank last spring.
The steamer Queen has sailed for
Alaska from Port Townsend, and not.
withstanding the fact that on her return
from the north only four days ago, she
brought - Disguised men from skaguay.
she carried north 40 bound for the
klondyke via. Dyea.
Bangor had three terrific thunder
storms, Thursday afternoon. The
damage was large. Lightning struck
the barn Of Henry NJ. harrington in
Brewer The barn WAS totally destroy
ed. One COW was killed and Nr. Far
rington received severe shock.
Aroostook Times The fairs have
ended and the country youth has re-
turned home to pick potatoes and pile
rocks while beautiful visions Of the
Midway, etc, fit across his memory.
The question now i, was there anything
OF value gained for the money speut2
The railroad commissioners gave a
hearing ON the Etna railroad accident
last week for the purpose Of ascertain
ing what caused the broken wheel. The
wheel was produced and was shown 10
have flaws in it, though no evidence was
obtained that would show the exact
| cause OF the accident
A sensation was caused in the village
of Oakland, Thursday, by The discovery
Of the dead body of Elbridge Bickford,
wel-to-do farmer whose home was
about mile outside the village. The
circumstances made the neighbors sns-
pect foul play. but physicians say lie
evidently died from heart disease.
Another mans bIunder adds to the
list of recent railroad disasters. A
heavily loaded passenger train and a
freight collided head-on near New
Castle, Colo, Friday morning. Twenty
five or more were killed and many were
injured. One of the conductors is
thought to have made a mistake in read
ing the orders.
The oldest shoe manufacturer in
Maine today in point of continuous ser
vice is Ara Cushman, president of the
Ara Gushman Company OF Auburn, who
in the early tifties in a modest way in a
little building known as the Tea can"
at West Minot, inaugnrated the bushes
that in recent years has assumed such
large proportions.
Never in Pennington history, with
the sole exception Of two years Of re
building directly after the big fire. has
there been SO much building in progress
as at the present 1t has been estimat-
ed that 100000 is being expended for
that purpose in this town. and the est-
mate probably could be raised $4,000
more and still be within limits
The financial statement of the Do
minion of Canada, shows that the reye-
nue. for the fiscal year ending the 3oth OF
June last was s57,S09,34 and expendi-
lures S3s, 335, 0S6 leaving a deficit for
the year of 500, 769 The deficit fol
the previous year was S330,50O. The
net debt of the Dominion is SOL, 2q1. 900.
an increase of over two millions during
the year
Mr. larence King, formerly Chief OF
the United States Geological Survey.
predicts that the country is about to en-
ter upon an era of unprecedented min
ing activity, and that "the time is not
far distant when a man can start out Of
Denver and travel to Klondyke. stopping
every night at a mining camp" All the
signs point to the conclusion that 1sas
will be the greatest year for mining in
the history of the country.
The Maine Central is to re-grade its
tracks between the Wateryille bridge
and Augusta, raising the rails about a
foot. The preliminary work has been
done and crews have been put at the
task of raising the road bed and the
rails This job has To be done once in
about SO many years as the effect of the
weight Of the heavy rails and the trains
together with rains slowly bat surely
produces settling of the entire road
bed.
The W. {. 7. L. had a lively meeting
at Old Orchard, sunday. in which the
enforcement or non-enforeement OF the
prohibitory law was the question under
discussion. Mrs. J. Thornton, a Cana
dian woman, claimed that lax enforce
ment in Maine is a great barrier 10 the
success of the temperance cause else
where. "When we ask tor prohibito-
~ law in Canada, they point Us To
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