The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06
STATE AND GENERAL.


ers for the establishment Of a stone
yard for tramps.
Miss Lucille, eldest daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Of New York
died at Chatwold, their summer home
at Bar Harbor, at O'Clock, Friday, after
an illness from typhoid fever lasting
over four months. The most noted
specialists in the country were employ
ed, but without avail.
Portland Advertiser: Names murder
record for the year is remarkably clean,
the double murder and suicide by John
w. Lane at Benny Eagle being the only
- There have been, however, too
many murderous attempts, and the list
of N en- killed by mistake for deer is al.
together too large.
The director of the mint says that |
there is substantial evidence that the /
worlds product Of gold for the calendar
year 1897 will approximate $40 100000, /
an increase of nearly 20 per cent over
1896. The gold product of the United
States for 1896 was $50, 100, 900; for 1897
it will approximate S61, 800, 900.
A West Bath man does not confine his
market gardening business very closely
to his near home customers. This week
he will fill an order from New York
for 5000 heads of lettuce, the product of
one crop. He has for several years been
shipping large lots of lettuce, packing
it in barrels and delivering it in New
York in prime condition.
President Mckinley has accepted the
| invitation of the National Manufac-
| turers' Association, to attend it's ban
quet at the Waldorf Astoria on January
q. Senator Frye of Maine, will be one
of the principal speakers. Covers are
to be laid for Sc guests. 1t is expected
that the President will discuss the eco
nomc features of the tariff.
"Smoking of cigarettes is dropping off
among little children" says City Mar
shall Teel of Lewiston. Before the last
law was passed we used to see four little
boys smoking to where we see one now
| The tobacco dealers are more careful.
Now about 5,046, POS, ITO cigarettes are
smoked in the land every year. That's
an increase, but the increase is not
visible in Maine"
Roth ralahrota1 rictr
day by hanging on the outside of his
stable four or five old garments, still
warm and serviceable, intending them
for any poor soul too proud to beg. But
it seems that all the poor people who
came along were too honest to steal and
it was not till he added placard bear
ing the words, ''Take One," that the
garments walked off.
The volume of west bound traffic
freight that is passing over the western
roads is SO great as to astonish the
traffic officials. There is usually very
light traffic at this time of the year, but
now the roads are having all the trade
they are able to handle. The amount of
business will cause an increase of earn
iRgs of nearly every western road not
withstanding the demoralized condition
of the freight rates.
Mark Twain writes to Vienna news
paper that the recent Thanksgiving re-
ception at the American legation of the
American residents in the Austrian cap
ital was great surprise, because it dis
closed the fact that there we're twice as
many Americans living IN the city as
had been generally supposed. Accord
ing to Mark Twain's observations, the
men were all medical students, the wo-
men all pupils of noted pianoforte
teacher.
The post office department has ruled
that an ex-Union soldier drawing pen
sion under the department pension law,
may be re-instated in position he for
merly occupied in the service. The
case arose in connection with the ap-
plication of a veteran employed in the
Philadelphia post office. In order to
obtain pension under the department
act, O claimant must swear that he is
without support and is unable to do
manual labor.
The annual report of the Maine Insane
hospital for the year ending November
80, which comprises the reports of the
trustees, superintendent, treasurer, etc,
has been submitted to the Governor and
council. The number of patients has
been larger than that of any preceding
year. In October it was 1877. The daily
average has been 722, considerably ex-
ceeding that of any previous year. Whole
number of patients under treatment,
964; 537 men and APT women.
The West Bethel people, after much
effort and expense have built a hand
some little church with the distinct I'M
Outstanding that it should not be called
denominational church, and denomi-
national sermons should not be preach
ed there. Now that it is done the peo-
pie are trying to settle upon a preacher
aud find that it is pretty hard work. If
one should show up who was utterly
without UNCONVENTIONAL Difference, he
would be hired at once. The people are
all agreed upon one thing and that is