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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
The 4. ~ Nj. X. IL.

Mr.. 4. d. Lancaster of the S. & NJ. X.
K. was seen, Friday, by Bangor Com
metcial reporter in regard to the rumor
that requisition papers had been pre-
sented to the governor for his arrest by
an attorney interested in the suit
brought by contractor W. t. Davis OF
Boston. Mr.. Lancaster states if they
have any papers to show that can IN
criminate him in any way as forger, as
it is alleged, he wishes that they would
bring them forward and that he is per
sectly willing to face any and all
charges which they can bring and sub
stantiate.
He has contended all along that in
time matters in regard to the >. ~ NJ.
would be Strengthened out, but he stop
ped there, and the public has been
guessing how it would be accomplished
He has been disposed to meet the just
claims all along. The suit OF W. l.
Davis, however, changed his plans, Tor
il placed him in "A position where he
must pay premium as he regarded IL
for what was to all appearances a snap
game, pure and simple, for Davis to get
control of the road, beat the manage
ment out of the Harmony bonds, or TO
get more than what the contract called
for as remuneration for what he had
done on the extension.
MIR. Davis proceeded and when the
suit was brought Davis attached the
franchise of the road. This franchise
he advertised to sell at the Dancey
House. Saturday The sale did not ma
terialiZe The next move was to get
reduisition papers for Lancaster, which,
if they had been procured and that, too,
in season. might have complicated
matters, but the effort falls fiat.
Friday, a special train went up over
the :. IL NJ. Aboard it were j. n.
rawford and E. l. Van Etten, both OF
Wiseasset, formerly of New York. Ac.
complaining them was A. b. Thompson,
who is now super ntendent of the 5. u
NJ.
j c. Connor of Pittslield, has been
trustee of the second mortgage of the ).
q NJ. This mortgage was placed on
the road to cover an issue of S5O,OOO OF
bonds. The bonds were issued but the
interest has never been paid on them.
J. c. Common has resigned as trustee
and Messrs. Crawford and Van Etten are
now the new trustees. As the interest
on the bonds has not been paid, the new
trustees have foreclosed and taken pos
session. Their trip DER the line, Friday,
was to notify all the employees OF the
fact.
The result of their taking possession
of,the road will in effect cancel all obll-
cations against the road. 1t leaves w.
r. Davis and his franchise, his suit and
his counsel out in the cold and utterly
powerless. Mr.. Lancaster states that
work will now be resumed on the ex-
tension of the s. q NJ.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
PislIOn' $ Ferry.

The circle meets with Mrs. Selden
Manson, Tuesday of this week.
Llewellyn Decker, Jr., is attending a
business college at Portland.
The children and neighbors of Israel
Richardson gathered at his home, Satur-
day, the 18th inst, the occasion being
Mr.. RS S0th birthday.
Mrs. Minnie Brown of Lynn, Mass,
who has been visiting at j. Nj. Petit
CREWS went to Benton, last week, where
she will visit relatives before returning
home.
No crossing on the ice with teams for
about ten days.
Sewall Wells of Portland, is expected
to be at home during the holidays.
1t is generally suspected that Santa
Claus will not favor this community
with visit this year.
Harry Ellis expects to return to Cali
fornia with his family, soon. -
MIR. and Mrs. Burton Wells of Clinton
village, passed Saturday and Sunday in
this place with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Wells.
Miss Ella Holt goes to Pttsfield to at
tend the winter term at M. c. |.
Ed. Cain has started his hay press and
is engaged in buying and pressing hay.
school, attend ut East Skowhegan, this
term. Miss Emma Ellis, one of the
number, engages to carry them.
The Free Baptist society held their
parish meeting, Saturday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
Meeting of the Somerset POmO-
na at NorridgewOck.

The Somerset Pomona rounded out
the last meeting of the year with
Gro wded hall at Norridgewock, Dec Ia.
Patrons came from Victor, Starks, An
son, New Portland, Kennebec Valley,
Harmony, Skowhegan, Scion, East Madi-
son, Bingham, Athens and st. Adams
Oranges to meet with Somerset Grange
whose members were out In full torc9
to give the Pomona generous welcome.
Worthy Master Lester Holway occupied
the char, with overseer, lecturer, treas
urer and gate keeper also present. Sis
ter G.. II. Morton had the honor OF CIV
ing the address of welcome and instead
of the usual response the grange listen
ed to eloquent and interesting remarks
from Prof f. Cook of Vassalboro. The
most important business of the session
was the selection and organization OF a
legislative committee consisting or one
from each of the sixteen subordinate
oranges in the county. This committee
was duly organized with Hon. M. l..
Merrill of ST. Adams grange as chair
man, and s. f. Emerson of Skowhegan
grange, as secretary. Bros Allen OF
Mercer, Holway of Skowhegan, Butler
of Starks, Russell of Scion, and Jones
of Athens, each offered remarks in re-
lation to the work of the committee,
followed with paper on "a legislative
committee, what does it mean|' by ).
f. Emerson. The paper was unanimous
ly adopted by the grange.
The exercises of the afternoon con
sisted of five minute speeches by Bros
M. L. Merrill, S. IL. Goodwin, Ansel
Holway, l.. c. Jewett, e. Cook and
sisters l.. Beal and Z. Town; select read
ing by sisters j. II. Burgess and Georgia
A. Tobey; sister j. d. Ames gave
splendid recitation in poetry, on the
sinking of the rebel ram, Albamarle, in
the time of war, by Lieut.. Gushing; Sis
ter Belle F. Ward also gave a recitation.
A class of eleven was instructed in the
fifth degree and admitted into the Po-
mona.
The annual meeting for the election
of officers and settling the years busl-
ness, will be held with Skowhegan
Grange, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan.
Hip, 1898. SECRETARY.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
DennistOWn.

The following service in connection
with Emmanuel Episcopal Mission will
be held in this place during the holidays,
Christmas morning, 10 30 a. M; Sunday
morning and evening, Dec. 26th, at 1870
a. m. and p, m; Wednesday evening,
Dec. Goth, p. M. Sunday morning and
evening, Jan. ID, az 1880 a. m. and : p.
m. Thursday, Jan. 9th, festival of the
Epiphany service with a celebration of
holy communion ut 10 30 a. M; Sunday,
Jan. 9th, services, morning, 1890
o. clock, evening, Z O'Clock; Wednesday
evening, Jan. 12th, p. IN. SUNDAY, Jan.
l6th, morning, 1879 O'Clock, evening, Z
p. m. On Thursday evening, Jan. 6,h,
there will be an entertainment and Christ
mas treat for the children of the Sunday
school. All the above services will be
held in the school house.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
SOlOIl.

The crossing at the ferry was good,
last week, and had been good on the ice
for nearly a week before the thaw.
The Congregationalists and Methodists
are to unite in having Christmas tree
ut the town hall, this week. The neigh
borhood tree at s. Scion will be at Alvin
Heald's, this year.
The Sunday service at the Scion church
Is suspended for the season.
Not so much lumber will be cut as
usual in town, this winter.
Asa Walker is delegate to the State
Grange from Scion Grange.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

Portland Press Gov. Powers has
been requested by a large number of
petitioners to issue special orders to
officers whose duty it is to enforce the
prohibitory law, "calling for the earnest,
impartial and faithful enforcement of
this law. Very likely the Governor
will favorably respond and give the
special orders asked for. 1t must be
obvious, however, that officers whom the
Governor has no power to remove, and
for the most part officers whose special
duty it is to enforce the prohibitory
laws, belong to that class, are not going
to be much affected by any orders from
him. They are in no sense of the word
his subordnates. They do not owe their
positions to him, but to the people. 1t
is what the people want, therefore,
rather than what the Governor may
want, that is likely to control them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

" Love is not love that alters when 1t alteration
finds"
That is one of the sublimest lines in all
literature 1t is the final definition of love
by the world greatest reader of the human
mind, Shakespeare Nearly all women
who truly love, love in this sublime way.
Men seldom do
Womans most glorious endowment Is
the power to awaken and hold the pure
and honest love of a worthy man. When
she loses it and still loves on, no one in
the wide world can know the heart agony
she endures The woman who suffers
from weakness and arrangement of her
special womanly organism soon loses the
power to sway the heart of man. Her
general health suffers and she loses her
good looks, her attractiveness, her amia-
bility and her power and prestige as
woman DR. r Y Pierce, of Buffalo. Ny,
with the assistance of his staff of able ply
sicians, has prescribed for many thousands
of women. He has devised perfect and
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is known as Or Pierce Favorite Prescrip
ton 1t is a positive specific for all weak
nesses diseases. disorders, displacements,
irregularities and dcbilitating drains pc
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stre ngthens and heals. Medicine dealers
sell il, and no honest dealer will advise
you to accept a substitute that he may
make a little larger profit.
afflicted with kidney trouble and l
have always had torpid liver" writes Mrs. f.
Crosswhite of Duhau. Erath Co. Texas WI en-
l commenced your medicine was not able to
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the treatment, but in ten days | was able to
walk everywhere.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
Attorney for District of Maine.

The nomination of Isaac w. Dyer OF
Portland, Me-, to be attorney of the
United States for the district of Maine
was sent in to the Senate Saturday, by
President Mckinley along with the other
nominations. Isaac w. Dyer is native
of Baldwin, in Cumberland county,
Maine. He was educated at Bowdoin
college and the Harvard law school.
After his admission to the Cumberland
bar he assisted in the revision of the
Maine statutes and was representative to
the legislature from Baldwin. He was
chairman of the Republican county com
mittee from 1884 to 1890. He was
United States district attorney under
Harrison, and has had large corpora
tion practice He succeeds Col. A. w.
Bradbury of Portland, who resigned
some weeks ago.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas, William T. Tosure OF Bingham, by
his mortgage deed dated the sixth day of Sep
TENDER, 1898, and recorded in Somerset Regis
try of Deeds, book go, page SO, conveyed to
Edmund Coolidge certain land in said Bing-
ham, bounded as follows All that part of lot
numbered seventeen in the north half of Scion
which lies north of land sold by Chandler
knight to William H. McQuilkin, Sept. IS,
1877; also the north half Of lot numbered six
tee n in said north half of Solon, containing
ninety acres more or less, and whereas the
condition of said mortgage has been broken,
now, therefore, by reason of the breach OF the
condition thereof claim o foreclosure of said
mortgage. 3w so
Dated Scion, December IA. 1897.
EDMUND COOLIDGE.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
East hogan.

The school in district No. II In this
place taught by Mrs. Sanford, has been
in session two weeks With an attendance
of seventeen pupils. Six are from the
yer road, and the prospect is good for
profitable term.
The grange at Canaan is in good
healthy working condition, il good sup
pers are any Indication. IL is reported
that quite number of new members
were received, last Thursday evening,
followed by good supper.
The wedding reception Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Kicker WAS held at
Adelbert Richardson's at Moore's Mills,
Canaan, Nov. 24fh. 1897. The following
presents were received by the hippy
couple: One vase, lamp, and half dozen
silver knives and forks, Mr.. and Mrs. +.
L. Smith; George Kicker, silver but
ter dish; Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Kicker,
silver pickle jar; Mr.. and Mrs. l.. \.
Moore, silver spoon; Mr. Harold Smith,
gilt edge sugar set; Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Richardson, crazy quilt; Mr.. and Mrs.
+. X. Brown, half dozen dinner plates;
Mr.. Elwood Richardson, glass berry
dish; Mrs. Emma Smith, half dozen
steel knives and forks; Mr.. Harry Pen
ney, vinegar set Charles Brown, fancy
cup and saucer Amos and Ansel Brown,
half dozen cups and saucers; Frankie
Brown, glass knife and fork tray;
Charles Burrill, glass water set; Lester
Fitzgerald, hot water pitcher; Harry
aad Charlie Kicker, salt and pepper
shaker; Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Kicker,
fancy cake plate; Mr. and Mrs. +. b.
Richardson, glass water pitcher; Mrs.
DR.. Turner, fancy painted plate; Gussie
and Josie Littlefield, pair cheese plates;
Miss Mae Moore, glass pickle dish; Miss
Lizzie Fitzgerald, banana dish; Miss
Merle Brown, glass cake plates Miss
Alice Moore, fancy bowl; Minnie aud
Myrtle Brown, half dozen tumblers;
Mrs. Elhridge Richardson, one pair cake
plates; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald,
hand lamp; Miss Sadie Staples, glass
berry dish; Ivy and Ina Fitzgerald, three
table spoons; frankie Foster, glass
pickle Jar; Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Smith,
glass pickle dish; George Lambert,
chair tidy; Mrs. NJ. j. Kicker, Rocky
Glen quilt; Mrs. Hattie Horne, linen
towel Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Haynes, pair
towels Mr.. Preston Kicker, pair towels;
Miss Ethel Hight, towels; Mrs. K. II.
sinclaire, fancy pin cushion; Mr.. and
Mrs. j. s. Hight, pair towels; Mrs. NJ.
Y. Sinclaire, vase mat. Cake, candy
and nuts were served in abundance to
the happy company assembled, and at
late hour all left for their homes, feeling
that they had good time.
All in this vicinity are ready for snow
and hope to have sleighing on or before
Christmas, so that people may enjoy
themselves and be happy. A. K.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

The striking feature of the toy trade
this year, AS observed by New York
dealer, is that the higher class of toys
are being bought. People are going in
for scientific tOys-cameras, miniature
but complete steam engines, vitascopes,
microscopes, Punch aud Judy shows,
and toys that reproduce athletic sports
and games. In such tokens the philo-
sophie mind may find a promise that the
coming generation are TO be athletic,
with strong bent for achievements in
physical science.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
Davis Bros Neuralgia Cure.

Is a nerve cure only, and is not recon-
mended for anything else. 1t is taken intern
ally, and will cure any nerve pain in any part
of the body by healing process, and in that
way cures Nervousness, Nervous Prostitution,
Neuralgia in the head, face and eyes, Tic-doul-
oureux, Toothache, Lumbago, Sciatica, Neu-
ralgia around the heart and in the stomach,
Pleurisy pains, or pains in the shoulders,
arms, neck, chest, back and limbs. This is a
vegetable compound and contains poison
GUS drugs, it will cure permanently cases that
will yield to no other treatment. Similarly
For sale by Skowhegan Druggists.
DAVIS BROS, $50 Washington ST.,
Care of Weeks & Potter Co. BOston. Mass.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
One Essential Lacking

The Engineering and Mining Journal
says: "Ifthose who think of going to
the Yukon country to get rich will work
as hard and undergo as many privations
here at home in the pursuit of money,
they will, we have no doubt, be richer al
the end of FIVE years here than will be the
average of those who go to Klondike. >
The trouble is they can't find the priva-
tons here. Boston Transcript
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

In the Olive Pecker case, Saturday,
the new grand jury returned three in-
dctments against John Andersen, cook
of the schooner, charged with the muir
der of Capt. Whitman and Mate Saun-
ders, and with burning the vessel. An
dersen was put on trial for the murder
of Saunders, and pleaded not guilty. A
petit jury was empanelled, and the case
came up, Monday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

write this to let you know what |
woudnot do. | would not do without
Chamberlaih's Pain Balm in my house,
If it cost $500 per bottle. 1t does all
YOU recommend it to do and more.-J.
r.. WALLACE, WallaceWlle, Ga. Cham
berain's Pain Balm is the best house
hold liniment in the world, aud invalua-
BILE for rheumatism, lame back, sprains
and bruises. Be ready for emergencies
by buying bottle at Horatio w. Cush-
iug's drug store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
TRY ALIENS FooT.EASE,

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet swollen and hot, and get
tired easily. II you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents
swollen and sweating feet, blisters aud callous
spots. Relieves corns and bunions OF all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try 1t to-day. Sold
by ali druggists and shoe stores for 26c. Trial
package FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmstesd,
lie Row, N, Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

Hon. James w. Wakefield, State liquor
agent, has submitted his annual report
to the governor and council. This re-
port shows that the sales of liquor to the
several agencies for the year ending
Dec. |, 1897, amounted to $52,537, divid-
ed among the different agencies as fol-
lows: Auburn, $67S9; Bangor, $305l !;
Bath, $2llS; Bethel, $2423; Brunswick,
$lsOl; Bucksport, $230S; Fayette, STA;
Gardiner, $l092; Greenwood, $l2S2 !;
Lewiston, S6607; Machlas. 1927 !;
Philips, $l393; Portland, $40, S93; Ran
doph, 1896; Rangeley, 1858; Richmond,
$25SS; Rockland, $l70S; Skowhegan,
$l643; Waterville, $l745. The quantity
sold included 6275 gallons of whiskey,
1873 of brandy, 925 of gin, 1884 of cherry
rum, six quarts and one pint of cham
payne, 2ll dozen quarts of porter, 800
quarts of ale, 800 pints Of beer, two
quarts cordial. The total amount dis
pensed through the agencies is less than
for several years.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

County Attorney Rogers of Sagadahoc
county, is waging war on the slot ma
chimes. He had complaint, Friday,
against c. B. Day of Richmond, ard
Day was brought into court at Bath,
and bound over in $3.50 for the supreme
court. Mr.. Rogers says the slot ma
chimes have led boys and young men
into habits of gambling.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23
Athens.

Miss Caddie Tobey has been spending
few days at Skowhegau, with her
sister, Mrs. j. ALBERT Moore, who is in
very poor health.
Stephen Knights of West Athens, died
last week. The funeral occurred Thurs
day.
Miss NJ. S. Jones has just received a
large and varied stock Of Christmas
novelties.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-12-23

Go to any druggist for No. % %.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-01-14

"He has been like that ever since he
came on guard. He says the ghost dogs
were howling the death song last night
and that somebody's to get his death
blow tonight. We can't laugh him out
of it. -
Will turned away and watched the
rapidly retreating form, growing dim
mer every second. II suppose he breads
trouble for his people, and this row
makes him nervous, said he. sI'm 60
ing the rounds now, sergeant. and will
leave you here in charge
'sIt is just 1880 now, sir. Shall we
call off?''
faye, aye, let it go, was the answer
as the young fellow stalked away in the
direction of the stables. It was his pur-
pose to take the sentry posts in inverse
order, so as to visit first those on the
eastern flank.
Without break the watch cry went
from man to man, No. shouting a
gruff, stentorian, "Alls WELL" that
again directed the attention of the off,
Ger Of the guard to his probable condi-
| tion. The last sentry had called off and
No. / had given, loud and prolonged,
! the final assurance that all along the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-27

and horizontal, tandem and compound,
developing up to 700 II. p. and em-
ployed for q great variety OF purposes.
Authoritive tests are attainable Of the
actual power developed with this gas
and from the coal with which It IL
produced, comparing these tests with
the results attained at the experiment.
al plant OF The Anthracite Gas Produce
er company In Scranton, and IL IN
found that one pound of culm will
produce suilicisnt gas to develop one
IL. L. per nour in q gas engine, estt-
mating the cost of culm in the gas pro-
ducer at 20 cents per ton and we find
that we are able to furnish unlimit-
ed power near the culm piles at a
fuel cost of l25-10,O00 of one cent per
horse power per hour, or for ten hours
at O. cost of 125-f000 of one cent per
horse power or 100 horse power for ten
hours at a cost Of IL 1-2 cents. Con-
sidering the comparatively small OUT
lay necessary for erecting a gas plant
which will furnish power equal to
that at Niagara or any other hydrau-
lie plant, and 1t is evident that the
the anthracite regions can furnish the
cheapest power known. The other ad-
vantages of cheap gas for fuel should
pc considered, especially by manufac-
turers recurring ControllAble heat. As
for illumination, If, as is demonstrate
ed electric lighting can be furnished
by means of the gas engine, cheaper
than the light from the same amount
Of gas burnt direct. 1t is not conceiv-
able that any one would prefer to burn
gas, but IL they should the Welsbach
or other incandescent burners can be
used with this cheap gas.
Electricity has already been success
fully installed as the motive power
on several steam railways and Il Is
more than probable that its very gem
eral adoption will soon follow.
Considering the low cost of electrical
generation in the anthracite coal re-
gions the cost Of transportation should
be reduced to a point far below what
has Heretofore been dreamed of.
]. Gardner Sanderson.