The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-30
STATE AND GENERAL.

olaOo prison.
Burton Merrill of North Parkman.
aged u, and youngest son Of Daniel S,
and Hannah Coburn Merrill was killed
by the accidental discharge Of his gun,
Tuesday.
The danger from yellow fever cpl
demic in New Orleans is not yet over.
The weather is such that the death rate
has Increased somewhat during the past
few days
hatergile has had a case Of malig-
nant diphtheria As the nature of the
disease was not discovered until shortly
before the chid's death il is feared that
an epidemic may result.
shipping potatoes brought sl.65 per
barrel in Fort Fairfield, Monday. Tues
cay in Houlton buyers were giving 81 50.
The farmers Of Aroostook won't grow
poor very fast at that price. All Maine
will rejoice at their good fortune.
London, England, is again suffering
from an epidemic of murder, suicide
and outrages upon women. The crimes
are most atrocious and thus far the per-
petrators have baffled the police and es-
! capped without leaving clue
An alliance has been formed between
the leaders of the revolution against
Spain in Cuba and those who have
charge of similar movement in the
PHILIPPINE Islands. 1t is believed that
the community of interests thus secur-
ed will be of service to the patriots that
are so widely separated by geographical
lines.
There is evidently going to be no lack
of big game in the Maine woods this fall.
Deer are reported to be plentiful in al
most every section of the State, and now
and then moose or caribou is seen.
An engineer running between Bangor
and Vanceboro on the Maine Central
sees in the neighborhood of a score of
deer on his run
Several carloads of wooden toothpicks
have lately been sent from Portland to
California. Great improvements have
lately been introduced in their manu-
facture. 1t is only within few de.
cades that the wooden article has taken
the place of the old quill toothpick, and
even now in Europe the wooden ones
are cut out slowly by hand. instead of
by machinery as in this country.
Hon David II. Chandler, for the past
IA years judge of the municipal court
Pennington, died Friday, aged 10. He
was admitted to Franklin county bar in
1877. He was a member of the State
and also served three years as clerk of
the supreme court. In 1898 he was ap-
pointed judge of the municipal court
and held the Office until his death
One of the great new structures for
which the Hallowell Granite Co., is get
ting out the material is the Empire
building, New York skyscraper. The
superstructure will be wholly of Halo
we'll and Mt. Waldo granite, while the
bodwell Granite Co., of Vinalhaven. will
furnish the stone for the basement
The building will be 200 feet long. -
feet wide, and 20 stories high.
There is considerable talk In Bowdoin.
ham, says the Bath Enterprise, regard.
ing the recent death of little girl six
years of age. 1t is said that she was
very i'll, out of her head and suffering
dreadfully, but that instead of calling
on a physician her parents tried to cure
her by prayer Finally two days before
she died doctor was called, but he told
the parents that it was then too late to
save her.
The college year at the Maine colleges
opens under favorable auspices The
entering classes are large-77 thus far al
Bates, 63 at Bowdoin and 90 at Orono
Somerset has one enter Bowdoin, Joht
II. Wyman of Skowhegan; four enter
Bates, Ivan [. Felker and Harry l. Smitf
of Pamvra, jesse 5. Bragg of St
Albans, Ethel B. Viekery of Pittsfeld
four enter The University OF Maine
Thos. a. Anderson, Robert W. Lynn o
Hartland, Raymond j. Mayo of Nortl
Anson and K. Morrill, Walker of Anson
Operations at the Bangor lumbe
: boom in 1897 will be the largest TO
) many years if not the largest on record
The crews are now engaged in raftins
: out the ninth drive of the season, anC
on Monday next will go after the tentl
drive. The nine drives already aggre
l gate about 55, 900, 900 feet, and it is ex
5 pected that there will be three NOR,
\ drives, bringing the total for the season
, up to 72,00O,o00 feet, which will b,
much in excess of the amount RATED i,
= 1896, and probably the greatest in tn
history of the BOOM
At the Auburn corn factory one is i'm
. pressed with the fact that nothing i
wasted, not even the silk on the well
filled ears of corn. The cobs and mos
of the husks are carted away by tn
farmers and of late years boys have bee
employed to pick out the beautiful sill
from the husks. They are worth fiv
dollars barrel and are sought by drug
e gists, being used for medicinal purposes