The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-12-29
STATE AND GENERAL.

Sunday evening, under the auspices of
the W. c. T. U.
There was conhagration in the
lumber district at Burlington, Vt. Sat
urday morning. Shepard d Morse
Lumber Company of Boston, lose about
$4,000
Fred Kelley, treasurer of the Lewiston
Machine Co, died at his home in Lew.
iston, Monday, of apoplexy. Mr. Kelley
was one of Lewiston's prominent and
respect citizens He was 30 years of
age.
a Roekland ship broker was needing
% vessels one day recently for which he
bad charters. Only small part of that
number were available. The recent sea
losses have increased the demand for
vessels left afoat. In the coming season
vessels are to be built at Thomaston and
Camden as well as several other places
along the coast.
BY the recent death of Frederic Waite
Burke, the oldest alumnus of Bowdoin
college, and one of the oldest members
of the New York bar, James Ware
Bradbury of Augusta, is the oldest liy-
ing alumnus of Bowdoin. Mr. Brad
bury is in his 9sth year, and is daily
seen on the streets He enjoyed the
recent cold snap immensely.
A large pulp mill and adjoining sheds
at Berlin, n. II lately purchased by
Elias Thomas of Portland, were destroy
ed by fire Sunday afternoon and four or
five men were caught under the roof of
one shed and severely burned. The mill
was formerly chemical pulp mill but
bad been idle for many years There
was no insurance.
Through the sudden breaking of the
ice on Leverett pond, Brookine, Mass. j.,
Sunday afternoon, over thirty young
boys and girls were thrown into eight
feet of water, and while the numerous
spectators and police worked hard to
save them from watery grave, three
children were drowned before help
could reach them.
Few people have any idea of the
amount of money the veterans at the
Soldiers Home at Togus, send away
just after receiving their pensions Ex-
press Agent Fuller brought to Gardiner.
Tuesday, $500 which the old soldiers
were sending to their relatives. He
brought 5000, Thursday, and could have
brought more if he had had time to
make out the money orders.
News WAS received in Rockland, Fri
day of the safety of the schooner Yam
kee Maid, which has not been heard
from for 43 days, and which, it was
feared, had been lost. letter received
from the captain says that he is at
Anderson's Cove, N. F., where he has
been loading frozen herring. As he was
a hundred miles from postoffice, he
was unable to communicate with rela-
tives.
Payson Tucker of Portland, formerly
General Manager of the Maine Central,
who has been seriously i'll for several
weeks, is believed to be on the road to
recovery. He has been at lie recently to
take some nourishment, and his symp-
toms were generally pronounced to be
somewhat better. A recent operation
by surgeons has caused considerable
suffering, but his friends are hopeful
that recovery will now be sure
The steamer Salacia, which was built
to run between Portland and Bath, but
which for the past year has run between
the former city and Bangor, left Friday
for New York in charge of Capt. Will
liam Preble, pilot of the steamer Kenne-
bee. From there she will 60 to Porto
Rico, where she will engage in the
freight and passenger business. The
Salacia was built by the Bath Iron
Works in 1895 and cost $4,000 She
was owned by her builders.
j. S. Burrill, one of the old and re
spected citizens of Corinna, died Sunday
night. Mr. Burrill had filled numerous
offices of trust and responsibility in
town serving on the board of selectmen
for a number of years. His health has
been poor ever since he suffered shock
a year ago. He was a Mason and had
filled the highest Office within the gift
of the lodge there He leaves wife and
two children who have the sympathy of
numerous friends in their bereavement
The Bath built ship, Tacoma, sailed
from San Francisco, Thursday, for
Honolulu with Ill army mules on
board. At Honolulu the mules will be
turned out for few weeks exercise and
will then be re-shipped along with 200
mules and horses already in Honolulu
and the whole lot will be taken to
Manila for the use of the United States
troops there. In addition, the Tacoma
carried large assortment of wagons,
dump carts, plows and other things nee
essary for the work of improving the
roads in the Philippines.
She "You played poker again last night"
He who lost all he had)-"No, my dear, |
WAS merely an onlooker at the game