The Somerset reporter., 1897-08-05
STATE AND GENERAL.

The ninth annual reunion Of the I'D
Maine Regiment Association will be held
at Dexter Maine. Thursday, Ang. lzth.
1885,.
John p. Lowell Of Weymouth. Mass.
the well know bicycle manufacturer
and founder Of the John p. Lowell arms
Co., died July -, aged II years.
The Western wheat crop is great and
growing bur the Delaware peach crop IL
a failure-not exceeding 800, 800 baskets
this year, AZ against 10000 last sea
son.
Great Britain has accepted the propo-
sition of the United States for an inter-
national conference on the question Of
pelagc sealing IN the Behrng sea 70 be
held in Washington, during the coming
autumn.
Col Fred Grant has resigned his posi-
ton as police commissioner Of New
York because he does not approve Of
some Of the police methods Of the city
thinking that they promote rather than
suppress wickedness
OF the % Hebrew families in Lewis
ton and Auburn. numbering 800 souls,
there is not one person over i've years
old who cannot read tie mother
language. Tie Bibles are in Hebrew
and everybody knows how generally the
book is used in Hebrew families.
The worst thunder storm in many
years struck Wateryille. Saturday after.
: noon. Hail as large as walnuts fell for
- minutes, cracking windows and beat
ing down grain and garden sauce badly.
A large amount Of damage was done to
roads and sidewalks, while the hal
fairly whitfield down the foliage.
: Lieut.. Seth II. Milliken Of Belfast.
who graduated at West Point, last
week, is appointed second lieutenant in
the Third Regiment L. :. Cavalry, with
] headquarters at Burlington, Vt. He
: has not fully decided however, to ac.
! cept the appointment and may not enter
the army, but is disposed to business
life in New York.
. The Boyd x sorey Shoe Company OF
} Augusta, recently organized with a
, capital stock Of 100000, part Of which
. is represented by Marlboro capital from
the concern of the same name, have
commenced work on grading. prepare
tory to erecting a five story factory
modern in every respect, - feet by L
1t will employ 800 hands.
Prominent farmers of Somerset
Franklin, Kennebec, Penobscot ano
Aroostook counties allege the rains Of
, tins season have damaged the crops Il
an extent to be computed in the hun
r dreds of thousands of dollars. The hay
crop alone is nearly a 80 per cent los,
and roughly estimated at $500. 000. II
the eastern portion of Maine the potato
, corn, barley and apple crops get the
worst of it.
Forty steamers were chartered to load
cargoes of grain at Philadelphia, New
, York, Baltimore and Newport News for
: ports in the United Kingdom and
Europe, Friday, making a days record
. which, it is claimed. has never beer
equalled. To ill these vessels it vii
require over 100000 bushels Of grain
During the past two weeks fixtures for
steam tonnage To carry over 2o.oo0,QB
bushels of cereals abroad have beer
effected
A controlling interest in the Lewiston
and Auburn Horse Railroad bonds has
been bought by a syndicate represent
+ ing S7,oo0,0 900, which it is expected VIII
extend the road to Turner, Bath and
other towns in Maine. The Maine mem.
beers are understood to be Galen c
Moses of Bath, l. c. Libby OF Watervl)e
and Amos F. Gerald of Fairfield Tie
price paid for the bonds is understood
to be $4,000.
A movement has been started by the
Grand Army men in New York to BRING
about a change of the date of Memorial
Day so that it shall always fall on sun.
day. The day this year fell on Sunday
and the members of the Posts were sur.
prised to note how we'll the day and the
ceremonials fitted to each other The
day was originally observed on sunday
and there is little doubt that when the
matter is fully discussed there will be a
return to the old custom.
The widow of Lieut. sehwatka, the
Arctic explorer, being interviewed con-
corning the Klondyke gold regions,
, which country she has repeatedly visit
ed with her husband, declared that the
government should stop the tide Of
emigrants going to the gold fields in
Alaska. She says that the mountain
passes are strewn with the skeletons OF
+ unfortunate miners who persisted from
, either cold, heat, malaria or starvation
while trying to reach the golden region.
James Mathieson. president of the
, Rangley Guides Association who Is SUI
: engaged in his regular pursuit without a
license proposes to test the constitutions
atty of the law recently passed 10y tie
legislature requiring all guides 90 be
, licensed. In this effort il Is known that
several Of the most prominent sports
men who visit this region. have tNp,ess-
ed a willingness IL assist NatAirsou