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The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Notice Of Sale. Auction Sale.

Pursuant to q license from the Honorable
Judge Of Probate, for the County OF Somerset,
shall sell at public auction on Saturday, the
Twelfth day OF March A. d. 1888, at Ten O'Clock
win in SkowhegAn, all the right, title and
interest which Judah Mcclellan. late Of Skow.
hogan, In said County, deceased. hsd In and
70 the following described real estate. to Wit
Mcclellan wood lot, situated in Skowhegan, on
TIE Ne utterly side Of the Middle road, so call
ed. leading from skowhegan to Waterville.
road, Easterly by land Of Pethuel Fletcher,
SSoutherly by land Of G. K. Turner and George
weld, Westerly by land Of Ansel Holway,
containing Fifty acres more or less.
Also Pew Number ten in the Congregation
siiet Meeting house In said Skowhegan.
dated this Seventh day Of February, A. D. 1893.
sws FORREST GOODWIN, Admr
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STATE OF MAINE.


Court of County Commissioners,
December Term A. u. lSg1.
Upon the foregoing petition il is considered
by the Commissioners that the petitioners are
responsible and that they ought to be heard
touching the matte set forth in their petition,
and therefore order, that the County Com
missioners of the Counties Of Piscataquis and
Somerset meet at the Shirley House SO calico,
in Shirley in the County Of Piscataquis. on
Tuesday the 18th day of June, A. u. 1898 at IL
O'Clock A. NJ. and thence proceed to view the
route mentioned in said petition; immed lately
after which view, hearing of the parties ano
witnesses will be had st some convenient
place in the vicinity, and such further meas
ures taken in the premises as the Commission
ers shall Judge proper. And il is further
ordered that notice OF the time, place and
purpose of the Comm ssioners meeting afore-
said, be given to all persons and corporations
interested, by serving an attested copy OF
the petition and this order thereon, upon the
Chairman of the Board of County Commission
ers for Somerset County and upon the Clerk
of the town of shirley, in the County of Pisea-
taquis. and by posting up attested copies as
aforesaid in three public places in said town
OF Shirley, thirty days at least. tefore the
time appointed for such view and also by
publishing the petition and this order thereon
in the Kennebec Journal, public newspaper
printed at Augusta, in the county OF keune bee,
by the printer to the state, The somerset
Reporter public newspaper printed at Skow-
began in the County OF Somerset amt in the
piscataquis Observer. a public newspaper
printed al Dover, in the County Of Piscataquis,
six weeks successfully in each, the last
publication to be thirty days at least, before
the time of said view that all persons and
corporations interested, may attend and be
heard if they think fit. 6w3
Attest; HENRY r. FLINT, Clerk.
true copy OF petition and order thereon
Attest: HENRY Is. FLINT, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
TIE HOUSE OF WISDOM.

rhad not thought-ah, God, had but knowni--
Tint this sad hour should ever me befall
When thou Judged the hottest Of all
Should como to be the thing must disown.
Was II not true, that April morn, thy blown
Gold hair around my hair for coronal.
Or IL this truer-thou at the outer wall,
Unroyal and with unrepentant moan2
Yet prize now this wisdom have won
Who must always remember-nay, my tear
Must close mine eyes, thou wouldst hide thy
face
II some great meteor kindred to the sum-
Should haunt the undying stars ten million
,earB
To fall some noon. dead in thy market place.
Francis Sherman in Bookman
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
COMPENSATION.

Dearest, for me the breath of flowers,
The morning breaking rosy WISE
For you the red worm through the hours
And mold -npon your eyes.
For you the earth smell and the rain,
The wan roots writing overhead.
For me an ever sobbins pain,
And few. few words you said.
For me the light pulsating waste,
For me the noisy wrinkling sea,
For you all silences are laced,
All darks wove endlessly
And yet / would that could lie
In darks and silences as deep,
Where drawn lips can not laugh or sigh,
Nor dusty eyes can weep.
II but knew that you o'erheard,
Beneath the sky's caressing smile.
Went sometimes Borrowing for tine dead
As do all the while.
Post Wheeler in New York Press
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
a Shattered Idol.

Barncs-That settles it. DR.. Howsit
can never Prescribe for me again. used
to think he knew something, but my
confidence IN him has been com pletely
destroyed.
Apsley-What' happened to change
your opinion of him?
Bsrnes-He has been giving expert
testimony in murder trial. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Petition.
STATE OF MAINE.


To the Commissioners of the County of
Piscataquis, State OF Maine and the County
Com nissioners OF the County OF Somerset.
State of Maine, seyerslly and jointly.
The und ersigned citizens Of the {, unties OF
Piscstaquis and Somerset State of Maine re-
specially represent that public convenience
and necessity require that highway shall be
laid from point in Shirley near the house Ct
Smith Mcclure, through the town OF shirley
East Moxie, West Moxie and Moxie Gore town.
ship, to a place or settlement in said last
named township called The Forks. And we
hereby petition your Honorable Boards to lay
out such highway, and that the same may be
wrought and constructed.
Dated this 9th day OF August A. ID. 1897.
c HUNTINGTON AND O. OTHERS
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ANNUAL STATEMENT.

PHtENIN ASSURANCE COMPANY of Lon
don. Incorporated in January. 1882 Commenced
business in L. s. Oct. 1879. A. d. Irving Man
ager; f. r. Clark, Asst Manager L. P. Bayard,
2nd Asst Manager.
ASSETS OF I. S BRANCH Dec 81, 1897.
Stocks and bonds owned 10y the com
pany. market value. 50 pa. 952 30
Cash IN companys principal office
and in bank. 642.S4 -
Premiums in due course of collection. 225.5l0 Or
Bills receivable. 2.fS0 50
Aggregate of all the admitted assets
of the company at their actual
al ne. S3,0a5.52s o5
LIABILITIES OF I. 5. BRANCH Dec. 81, 1897.
Net amount of unpaid losses and
claims, 240,721 10
Amount required to safely reinsure
all outstanding risks, l.423.445 20
All other demands against the com
pany viz commissions e t, 1.2.174 81
Total amount of liabilities, except
capital stock and net surplus. 1854. o.
Surplus beyond capital, l.&9.lsl Oh
-
Aggregate amount Of liabilities in
GLIDING net surplus, $3095,52s o.
:. VA +. K. Philhnck, Agents. Skowheean.
Maine. 3w5
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
A few AGENTS WaNTED

For special canvass. With a special
work. Among special class. On a
special plan. Liberal Weekly Advances
Balch Bros. Co, 80 Bromfeld St, Boston Ia
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
HAIR WORK.

Combings & cut hair made into switches
puffs, etc. Hair Goods furnished and done
to order, gray hair speciality, all goods war
ranted to give satisfaction. Mail orders
promptly filed.
Miss D. @. Downes az North Ave. At resid-
ence Of John Kidder nearly opposite Univers-
slist Church 5mo48
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Blood
j; viii
: Tell

Latrue expression 1Obere bealtb
is concerned.
Good Blood means good bealfb.
Poor Blood means disease.
Purity your Blood and keep cell
81 F." 4f1uo0d'S BiftefS nidke
good blood.
sY@ ASK for IL. f.. and see
the Red Letters before It
is wrapped up. SIS cents.
Auoid limitations
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Wanted !!

Agents to solicit insurance for first class
Old Line Life insurance Company. A good
and remunerative contract win be made with
the right men to work in Somerset County
and elsewhere. Inquire of NJ. b. Heseltoh or
at the office of 2etf
SOMERSET REPORTER.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17

= Y T = Ut VI n Il
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, SOMERSET COUNTY.
Clerks office, Skowhegan, Feb 10th, A. d. 1895.
Pursuant to Chapter ~. sec. "a, of the Revis-
ed Statutes of Maine, and acts amendatory
thereof and additional thereto, hereby give
notice that William T. Seekins of st. Adams in
the County of Somerset, intends to make
application TO the march Term, A. D. 1895 OF
the Supreme Judicial Court, Somerset County,
for admission to practice law in the Courts of
this State. 6w6
n. w. BRAINERD, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Rheumatism

Is blood disease and only blood RENE
DIV can cure it. So many people make
the mistake of taking remedies which
at best are only tonics and cannot posi-
bly reach their trouble. Mr.. Asa Smith,
Greencastle. Indiana, says: "For years
I have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma-
tism, which the best physicians were un-
able to relieve. 1 tool. many patent
medicines but they did not seem to
reach my trouble. l gradually grew
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

QUINCY MUTUAL FIRE ms. 90. of Qui.
ey. Mass. Incorporated and commenced husi-
ness in 1851 Charles A. Rowland. president;
William II Fay. secretary
ASSETS. Dec Il. lSa7
Real estate owned by the company
nneneumbered, lt.sOo 90
Loans on bonds and mortgage FIRST
liens - 400 on
Stocks ana bonds, market value Slt2>i 10
Loans secured 10y cullatera> TO- 500 90
ash in office and in bank $50 -
Interest due and accrued. 5a5- -
Premiums IN due course of collections So %
Aggregate assets Al actual value. Sbls.87r -
LIABILITIES December 81. ist7
Net amount of unpaid losses and
claims none
Amount required To safely rriu>urr
all outstanding risks, Is ~ st
All other demands against the COM
pany, VIZ commissions. etc. - Is
Total amount of Liabilities S2h3 22l o.
surplus over all liabilities 3w5 S&ol54 IS
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17

worse until I was un-
able to take my food
or handle myself in
any way; / was abso-
lutely helpless. Three
bottles of S.S.S. re-
lieved me so that I
twas soon able to move
my right arm; before
long / could walk
across the room, and
she'd one dozen bottles
tely and am as we'll as
- r-Ny
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
ct us do Your Printing
Highway Tax in Unincorporated Places
For the Year beginning January lst, 1898.
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset ss.-COI

m =.
An owontes oondda ter to Wit 5 tina he sdup-
owingt ships o il o. Of hi
the arendmg lr ms o
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
No. Rance.
Description
"a DIV AnN -

No. Range Descytpttou
PARLTs POND Wgsr Kgssyhpe Pl.gs
Resdsntt-E. W Murphy, 49,. fotel and Farm
Non Resident.
IN Haynes. Wiz Lsn1.
Inc above sH to be expended the county township
pointed agent 10 lay and ezpcnd the ssne
no Range Description.
MAYFIEID
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17

A true copy of petition and order thereon.
Attest: HENRY 3. FLINT. Clerk
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
NO .

arlington, Agent. 50. Norridgewoek.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
LEXINGTON. W. p.s

The above tax 70 1e enpenned on the coanty ?.
agent to lay out and expend the SANE
No. Romeo DeSer3Dfiou
The Somerset reporter., 1898-02-17
Aeres Value Per q. 7
Aeres. Ealue Per Ct Tar

to expend and lay
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
NoRrHwEsT NEWS NOTES.

PAYNESvILLE, Mimi. Nov. 26.-At 1920
today the Great Northern passenger train
was pulling in two empty 500 cars standing
on the "Y," three-fourths Of mile west OF
this village, were discovered to be on fire,
supposed to be the work OF a tramp. The cars
were stored there on account of lack of
room at the 500 yards at New Paynesvlle.
SAUK RAPIDS, Nov. 26.-Rev. w. L. Ian
grell. of Princeton, has moved his family here
and will occupy the DR.. Mayo residence on
Grand street. Mr. Langrell will occupy the
pulpit at the Methodist church.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Nov. 26--Con-
gresham Eddy has to select a young man for
West Point, and a competitive examination
will be held at Morris very soon open to the
young men from the Seventh district.
IOWA FALLS, To-. Nov ga snow storm
has been raging In this section for the past
thirty-six hours and there is four or Ave
inches on a level. The snow Is light.
EDGEMONT S. D., Nov. ga great feat
of engineering is about to be accomplished
north of this city few miles on what Is
known as Sheep canyon. There, is Burling
ton railway bridge which spans the gulch, 74S
feet long and 126 feet high. It is made of
heavy timbers, bolted together and is a fine
piece of work. This bridge is to be taken
down and the gulch filled In with dirt. It
will require 800, coo yards of material and all
OF 1t will be handled with teams and scrapers
requiring ten months OF work. 1t will cost
about $4,000 and will be equal to building
forty miles Of railroad Of average heavy grade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
LIFE OF A GUARBSMAN.
What 1t Costs to BE an officer I'm
the English Guards.

From Harper's Magazine.
The actual surroundings OF a guardsman's
daily life are simple. II quartered IN Lon
don. unless at the Tower, he will live at the
Guards club, as the mess at the Tower is
the only one maintained by the footguards in
London, and his expense at the club will COM
pare favorably with the expenses OF any other
club In town If the battalion 20 which he
belongs is quertered at Chelsea barracks he
may very possibly have a room In the bar
racks. II his people live in town. as is often
the case, he may live at home or he may pre-
fer the freedom OF a couple OF rooms in the
netghborhocd or JerTnyn street or st. James.
The entrance fee to the Guards club is 30
guineas. and he will have to pay an annual
subscription Of I'll. A fair average of the
living expenses of the club may be taken as
some t2o a month, though II OF extrava-
CANT tastes, II may be much higher, and the
rent of his rooms Will depend almost entirely
on what he chooses to pay. So that IL Is clear
that the necessary expenses Of life in the
tootguards are not nearly as prohibttory as
is generally supposed. The guardsman re-
ceives the same pay officers OF the CORE
spending rank in the line, with the addition
OF f1o year guards pay, 80 that 1t Is posi-
Die for youngster OF an economical turn to
live In the guards on an allowance Of 900
year in addition TO his pay
As We have Just shown. II is possible, but
must admit that Il is not often done. The
young guardsman 10 very seldom contented
with one club or even with two, and the
brigade will be found tosbe fairiy strongly
represented at the BacheIorss Whites, and
the best service clubs. Tbs lovers Of cricket
ana tennis proper are mostly habltues Of
Princes. and the majority belong to the prin-
cipal racing clubs, such as Sandown Park,
and the hersey. or, rather, pony clubs OF
Hurlingham and the newer RSneiagh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

preliminary arrangements He de-
signs his own scaffold and gallows and
builds them himself, with the assist
ence OF local carpenters. For several
years he used an arrangement not
much known in the United States
Ihe victim was placed upon a plat
FORM elevated only two or three feet
from the ground. The rope, which ran
over a pulley attached to the cross
oeam of the gallows, had about four
feet of slack and to the end was at
.tached weight about twice as heavy
as the body of the condemned. When
the moment for the execution arrived
this weight was released, causing the
victim to be jerked to the top of the
gallows, after which it would drop into
place few feet above the platform.
The upward jerk invariably broke the
neck. OF late, however, for some rea-
son which he does not care to ex-
plain, Radcliffe has changed his meth
od. He hangs his man ON a scaffold
about ten or twelve feet high and
drops them through double trap DOORS
The two doors, which swing either
way under the pressure of weights on
each side, are held in place by a strong
bolt, which is withdrawn when the
time comes. An innovation in this
method is that the scaffold is boarded
IN from the platform to to the ground.
There is a door near the ground, and
through this only the sheriff and the
physicians are admitted There is
talk, however, of having the Enclosure
abolished. A few years ago, in Eng
land, when similar Enclosure was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

at the same time has been less eX-
plotted than has that of the meanest
public man in the country. This man
is 7. r. r. Radcliffe, Esq. official ex-
ecutioner of Canada. While the name
of such men as Deibler, of Paris and
the much-detested Binns, Of London.
have acquired worldwide notoriety.
that of Radcliffe is a stranger to al
most every one.
For almost seven years Radcliffe has
followed his calling, and in that time
has off1ciated at nearly sixty execu-
lions. His official appointment is Of
the most recent date, however. He re-
ceives regular salary and Is COM
PEELED to travel to any part of the
Dominion where a man is to be hang
ed, his travelling expenses and the ex-
penses of the execution being borne
by the government of the province
whose court has ordered the execution
In addition to his regular salary the
executioner has certain perquisites.
such as are derived from the sale of
fractions of the robe that furnished the
moose and such articles Of wearing APP
parel as are often given him by the
laws victims. In some cases these
things are bought outright from him
by some local Spectator, who often
supplements his stock of greWsome rel
les thus acquired with others less gen
uine.
III all his executions Radcliffe has
never made a mistake or failure, from
the time that he made his debut in
Canada. This debut was the occasion
Of the hanging of Birchall. the young
English gentleman and son-in-IaW of
one of the most prominent English
railroad officials. Birchall had made a
business of inveigling wealthy young
Englishmen to Canada on the pretext
Of teaching them scientific farming
and then numbering them.
Radcliffe is an expert at his work
1t takes only a few minutes from the
time the condemned persons enters the
prison yard to the time Of his death,
and those who have watched Rat
cliffe's work have been struck invaria-
bly, by the delicate manner in which
he accomplishes his duty.
DESIGNS HIS OWN SCAFFOLD.
One thing that Radcliffe insists upon
is that no one shall interfere with his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
NEW CARNIVAL PROJECT.
The Frost of This Year VIII Not Be
Repeated Next Season.

hepetseu NGAA SCabOhs
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 26-The Minneapolis
Commercial club, according to telegram
from Omaha, has big carnival project on.
During the day a delegation from the club
was in conference with the executive COM
mittee Of the Omaha exposition, at Omaha,
with a view Of purchasing carnival equipment
of the late Trans Mississippi exposition. 1t
appears that the two committees are progress
ing well I'm the overtures, and that the sale
will be contaminated.
AL w. Paris when asked what truth, II
any, there in the report that the COM
mittee from the Commercial club would
purchase the floats and uniforms or costumes
used in the Omaha exposition street displays
and parades during the carnival just c,osed.
said he had heard nothing of such a nature.
He said he had understood, however, that a
committee of Minneapolis business men were
In Omaha getting some pointers and making
a study of such matters but that he know
they would not buy any floats or costumes
used in Omaha.
twenty of the best and most influential BUSH
ness men of Minneapolis backing it, ard Is
TO hold another meeting next Wednesday
night TO perfect the organization. The car
nival this year was such a frost and was
so rldlcued. even by country visitors. that
the business men feel that they cannot af-
ford TO repeat IL again, although they had no
hand in it, other than to make their duna-
lions toward TIE fund" that some say was
never spent for carnival purposes. 1t Is
the purpose of the new carnival association
20 have a substantial organization, with say
a membership of 1900 people at SO per head.
The floats and furnishings which it is said
the local committee went to look after, are
worth about SIS 600 and can be bought for
about 81 500. II has been the custom in all
the large cities where such events have been
held to destroy the floats and costumes after
the festivities are over. but that If the hopes
OF the Minneapolis Carnival association are
realized such wi not be the future polio,
OF that body. Il is also said that such was
the intention Of the Omaha officials and that
for that reason, It s said, almost any figure
will be accepted from Minneapolis committee
now there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27
New York Sold for a
Five-Pound Note.
Kings Favorite Pre-
scented With the Whole
of Canada.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
e
| 0IES GIVEN AWAY. !


life. He was given 1000 acres, which grew
later to $4,000. on condition that he placed
settler every 200 acres Today this
territory is occupied by some Of the most
nonrAshfng towns in the Dominion. and a.
the beginning OF tho queens reign Col Tai
Chief Of Fwenty-eight towns al of which
had been given to him years before as I'M
occupied land.
Prince Edward Island, covering 5000
towns as Georgetown. Charlottetown and
Princetowp. was given away In 1857 to ab-
septee preprietors, and was bought back
being for s1so. 300 The Canadian COMPANY
founded in 1925. received grant Of a million
acres for nothing. and bought 2S0o.0OO more
at The the I rate e % !, cents s 81 sers
recalls probably the most famous gifts Of
territory IN history. In 1870 Charles Il. gave
4 90 h Iss-. sel Sssd ssd
ton g vast empire Of prsst and prairie Ia-'
.Rupert's Land" as the territory was
cslief. became amazing in its extent, uld-
mstely stretching across Canada from the
Atlantic end Of Hudson's strait TO the shores
Of the Pacific. As rent for this territory.
covering 2,so9, 600 square miles, the company
paid to the king "two eiks and two black
Thirty years ago the Canadian confederation
took over the eompanys monopoly for 81
10000, but the company still retained a
twentieth part OF its lands. The original
capital OF the company was $4,000 and in
two centuries its income from furs was slO0-
0e0.e0o. 70 - -
When Sir John Macdonald came into power
In 1880. he persuaded Parliament to vote
S25.90o.60o and rs. geo acres Of land to 4
Scotch-Canadian company which promised
TO have trains running across the continent
Ia ten years, and the trains were runnlne
within ave years. this vast territory b now
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-27

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The city OF New York was sold. $50 years
ago, for a Is note: the whole of Manhattan
island, upon which the American metropolis
now stands, being bought early In the
seventeenth century from an Indian chief for
hat sum Part OF the same land has lately
been sod at the rate OF SO, 600 an eorei
About the same time, too, probably in con-
nection with the same transaction. an old
farm on the island was granted by royal
charter for the support OF Trinity church,
The farm = now in shs heart OF New
York, and Yields an annual income Of about
so, 10000, which goes into the Golfers Of
Trinity church, broadway.
America has been freely parcesed out in
gifts since Columbus first set eyes on the
New World. Most OF the United States ter
rttOry has been at some time or o her hand
ed over to public and private companies.
had been sold for Is, was presented. with
other lands. to the Duke Of York. by his
brother, the king. and the
NAME OF THE CITY
is a witness Ehis day to that transaction.
The duke granted New Jersey TO somebody
else, and few years previously tpe king
had carved out Maryland for Lord Balti-
more
Pennsylvania was given to William Penn,
the Quaker who founded the state, In pay.
nent OF q debt which Charles II owed Penn's
rather ard the same monarch gave botn
North and Sou b Carolina TO eight London
gentlemen Eo stayed at home. called them
s. tie &. DsoDs drew ana ID a H. yo Z.
ana George II. took Over Tie colonies.
The STORY Of Col Talbot, the Cecil Rhodes
Of Canada. 1t the beginning Of this century.
The colonel went out In 1873 as an aid-ds>
camp to the governor, and the founding OF
q oslo1y Became the ruling pessssa q has