The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-31
STATE AND GENERAL.

he Union Veterans Union has adopt.
ed new name, the "Order OF Union
Battlemen.n This designation states
plainly what the organization is, a so
ciety of Union soldiers who saw service
upon the battle field.
Edward A. Willis, prominent mem
Der of the Knights of Pythias, com
United suicide at Thomaston Thursday
by shooting. He fired a bullet through
his heart III health is thought to have
promoted the act. He is survived by a
family.
Within a few weeks work will be
commenced on an addition to johnson
Bros. shoe factory at Halloween. The
roof of the main building which fronts
on Central street will be raised one
story, giving additional floor space OF
about 150x50 feet.
Secretary McKeen and Jonathan Benn
of the State board of agriculture, are
planning a trip into Northern Aroos'
took in few days. This will not be
institute work but will be along similar
lines. They will meet the farmers and
talk over things of Importance.
The secretary of agriculture, Mr..
Wilson, has returned to Washington
from an extended tour of the West and
he reports that wherever he went he
found the farmers heartily in favor OF
expansion and of the administration s
attitude on the Philippine question.
The export apple season has opened
up with several small shipments going
by each steamer from New York to
England which is at somewhat earlier
date than last season. The bulk OF the
consignments are made to Liverpool
dealers. Pr les range from 1926 to
So. IS per Dbl.
Julius Alexander, colored, was hanged
at Charlotte, Y. C., Thursday, for as
sailing white woman last February.
He showed no signs of nervousness, con-
fessed the crime and said the penalty
was just one. A colored preacher in
a talk on the scaffold sa d Alexander s
crime was lone in which we are glad to
see the law carried out"
Mrs. Mary Russell Bradford, believed
to have been the oldest woman in New
England, died Sunday at her home in
Cambridge at the age of lO6 years, 2
months, Il days, Mrs. Bradford was
born in that city in 1893 and was in
excellent health up to a year ago, re-
tanning her faculties to remarkable
degree and remembering many events
of the last century.
j. S. Sanborn, one of the proprietors
of the Maine Farmer and owner of the
stock farms at Lewiston Junction where
the celebrated French Coach horses are
raised, will make an extensive exhibit
at the International fair at ST. John,
n. b., in September. This is the first
time Maine horseman has exhibited
stock there and he is planning to make
good IMPRESSION having arranged to
take TWO CdTlOduS VI slOGh anu ilillhSos
The Maine woods will be more of a
game paradise, this fall, than ever be-
fore. Two Bangor gentlemen, one a
clergyman, have returned from sew
eral weeks canoe trip through the
Penobscot, Allagash and st. John
waters, where they have frequently
been before, and they declare that the
big game is more numerous than for
many years. "Why," they said to
Bangor reporter, "the deer were thicker
there than teams out in the square.
We saw them by the hundreds and
many times got almost near enough to
touch them. During the trip We came
upon moose dozen or so times.
The mayor of New York received a
cablegram from Admiral Dewey Thurs.
day, saying: "Will arrive Thursday,
rs, as requested" This will enable the
reception committee to hold the naval
parade Friday and the land parade
Saturday and obviate the necessity OF
having day intervene between the two
parades. Admiral Dewey will have a
100000 welcome when he reaches
New York next October. The city OF
New York is to spend $4,000, the
State has appropriated $4,000 and
within few days a call for public
subscription of another $4,000 will be
;ss,,ed With this $275 600 to begir
with the individual citizens of New
York will probably push the figures VI
to the 81, 000, 900 mark.