The Somerset reporter., 1898-10-27
STATE AND GENERAL.


tied the paper and wooden mills They
also visited Dexter and Hartiand where
/ they looked over the Improvements on
the mills ia the interest Of their depart.
ment.
Rain has fallen throughout Manitoba
steadily for three weeks, and it has been
to 300O0,0O0 bushels Of wheat it is esti-
mated that not over 800, 900 bushels
have been tbreshed. The balance is in
stack and is threatened with destruc-
tion.
One Of the heaviest transforms IN years
fell at Havana, Cuba, Thursday night Az
continuation of the storm Of the last
three days. Every stream in the vicinity
of this city oyerflowed. The streets Of
Havana presented an appearance Of run
ming rivers. The water was several
feet deep at many of the crossings,
swamping houses and stores and damag-
ing property.
The Massachusetts, papers announce
that the collection for the monument to
the battleship Maine and her gallant
crew who died at the time, is not meet
ing with universal favor. In the city of
Boston, the authorities have decided
that they will not let the collection be
taken in the schools, and in the State Of
New York they are also fighting the
idea. There is much opposition to this
project in other States
The 122nd anniversary OF the founding
of Princeton university was celebrated
Saturday with appropriate exercises.
The address of the occasion was deliv-
cred by President Daniel q. Gilman of
the Johns Hopkins university. Presi-
dent Gilman, who was member of the
Venezuelan commission and was ap-
pointed member of the war investigat-
ing committee, spoke on territorial ac-
QUESTION, including the annexation of
the Hawaiian island.
II. &. Chapples of Belfast, has a fine
lot of large tobacco plants which he has
raised. One of the plants stands about
six feet high and has long leaves about
eight inches wide. The plants are now
in bloom, having small red blossoms
The seeds of the plants are much small
er than that of the common poppy, and
of a dark red color. The plants are in
very healthy condition and attract
considerable attention from all who
have the pleasure of seeing it.
Up to Friday night there had been
transported over the Bangor Il Aroos-
took in October, 703 deer, II moose and
l l caribou. Al the present rate of kill
ing all previous records for October will
be exceeded in this month. The war
dens are looking sharp after violators of
the law and thus far this month over
800 in fines has been collected in the
Bangor municipal court while large
, quantities of game being illegally trans
ported have been seized by the wardens
there.
: Alexander Bates, a we'll known Bow
doinham orchardist, has just sawed
down a mammouth apple tree, the big
gest in the town and perhaps in the
whole State. 1t was 2S inches across
the stump, 6 feet trunk, then branching
out in long branches. 1t has been very
thrifty, heavy bearing tree of winter
Greetings for the last 81 years he has
owned the farm. Two years ago it bore
its last crop of apples and it has died
rapidly since until there was not green
quite 100 years old. 1t was truly a
monarch of the orchard.
Rev. A F. Chase, D. D., president of
the Maine Wesleyan seminery and fe-
male college, died Saturday evening at
his home at Kent's Hill. Death was
due to blood poisoning brought ON by
complication of diseases. Rev. A. Fitz-
roy Chase formerly taught in the school
at Nibraham, Mass, and was for
about 13 years on the faculty at Kent's
Hill, leaving there in 1888, soon after
being elected president of the Wesley
an Seminery at Bucksport, Me. He was
elected president at Kent's Hill about
two years ago. His wife and several
children survive him.
A crew of about twenty-five men with
engine No 3 of the Washington County
railroad, are now at work repairing the
recent washouts along the road in the
vicinity of Eastport. The largest one at
the 700 foot bridge connecting Pleasant
Point Indian village will be completed
early in the week and the work of filling
in along the bridge connecting Eastport
with Carlow's Island, B.! miles out, will
begin. The grading was also washed
Indian village to Little River, a mile
beyond, and the work of the storm has
prevented the train from reaching the
city since the l4th when engine No 3
hauled the five carloads of sardines out
of the city.
Recently Ellsworth S venerable citizen,
Hou, John d. Hopkins, found two pa
pers in an old desk dating back to the
war of the rebellion, in which residents
of the city will be interested. 1t was at
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