The Somerset reporter., 1898-11-10
STATE AND GENERAL.


a double tenement house on Granite
Street, Biddefofd, owned by Hayden
Emery was damaged Friday forenoon,
by fire from defective chimney. Loss.
$1,000; the house was insured, but there
was no insurance on the furniture.
An artist in New York paper pc
tured the Yesnyius in action and en-.
shrouded in dense clouds Of smoke from
her neumatic guns. That artist needs
to be informed that the Vesnyius uses
only smokeless air in discharging her
dynamite guns.
A little surprise awaited two women
who recently met in the Office Of a
Chicago lawyer. They had never seen
each other before, but ere they left the
office the discovery was made that each
had called to begin proceedings to
| obtain divorce from the same man.
Government transport Michigan ar
rived at Savannah, Ga, Friday morning
having on board the Maine Volunteer
Artillery Regiment and battalion Of
the Second Volunteer Regiment of Engi-
neers. They will be attached TO the
Seventh Army Corps and 90 TO Cuba
The preparations for replacing the
buildings of the Maine Central Railroad
Company at linton, which were destoy-
ed by fire about a month ago have be-
gun and in few days the grounds will
be ready for the carpenters to begin
work on the freight house which will be
a modern one In all ways.
| Vim. Barnes, who escaped from the
insane department at the State prison,
last Tuesday, was captured, Friday
afternoon, at Saturday Cove, near Bel
fast, and was brought back to Thomas.
ton. Barnes is badly used up, having
sprained his ankle. lie offered no lie.
sistance.
Wednesday night fire was discovered
in the old stable at Blanchard Depot
owned and occupied by 6. W! Stacy as a
store house. The building with guam
tity of pine boards, spool bars and other
lumber was consumed. The loss is esti
mated at about 81, 600, covered by insur
ance, The fire is supposed to have beer
the work of tramps.
Tuesday morning, while at work about
his home premises, Charles Il. Merrill OF
Gardiner, slipped, hardly saving himsel
from fall. He went at once to the
house, and died almost Immediately
The physician thinks the shock induced
heart failure His age was so years
He was with Co C, of the First Maine
Cavalry during the Civil War.
The recent ruling at Washington, re
fusing to local newspapers at Porte
Rico, the right to pass in the mails al
second-class matter, renders the tariff
on the delivery of papers in the islanC
so heavy that the subscription lists hav,
been practically suspended. 1t nov
costs more than the price of paper I,
mail it and there are loud complaints
At seven O'Clock, Friday night, Lori
Judkins and Zader Talouse of Water
Vile, engaged in a fierce fight upol
Ticonic railroad bridge and Tallous
was thrown from the center of tn
bridge into the kennebec river, from
which he was rescued in an APPARENT
dying condition from drowning. TIL
distance from the bridge to the water i
about % feet.
Lieut.. Col. Morton of the First Main
regiment, who was appointed drill in
last November, upon being mustered
out of the volunteer service, the 10th o
this month, will according to the Port
land Courier resume command of hi
old company, Co. |, Sixth United state
infantry. His regiment will be station
ed at San Antonio, Tex.
Pres. Ryan of Electrolytie Marin
Salts fame is still experimenting il
Lubec at Plant No. l, and claims tina
there is still hope of getting gold out o
seawater. Most people, however, Civ
it little credence and never expect to Sc
operations renewed on the mammoth
canal plant. Everything remains jus
as it was when work stopped July 81
Contractor Cushman of st John is saw
ing up the remainder of his lumber AM
shipping it away.
The roof of the New Wonderlan,
Theatre at Detroit, Mich, collapsed
Saturday afternoon, about two O'Clock
carrying down the iron galleries of tn
structure and a great mass Of debris
About twenty five men were working
under the collapsed part of the struc
ture. Dead bodies of fourteen employee
which were buried under the ruins hav
been recovered some being frChtfull,
mangled. The cause of the catastroph,
is yet unknown The loss on the prop
erty is estimated at Sl02, moo.
Mrs. Frederick Robe, wife Of EXtuv
ernor Robbie, died, Saturday morning a
Gorhan, after long Illness, salrounde,
by her family and friends Her maidel
name was Olivia NJ Priest and she wa