The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-08-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Archie Writing. aged 10. fell from a
boat on Lake Winnepesaukee. near
Glendale. y. H., and Was drowned.
Fire al Reading, Mich, a town OF
I500 population, destroyed p buildings.
! The aggregate loss is about s75 900.
Joseph White, aged 80 employed in
mmber mill, was killed at Lincoln, y. H.,
while rolling logs into sluiceway.
Bridget o Brien was burned to death
at Fail River, Mass. by her clothing
catching fire from an overturned lamp.
Mrs. Mary Harriet Robinson, the only
direct descendant of Columbus in Amer
| ta, died at her home in Sandusky, o,
aged 50.
Captain Andrew q. C Quay. son OF
! Senator Quay Of Pennsylvania, has re-
signed from the army to 20 into private
| business.
Cruiser Newark which was blown out
Of her course and ran short of coal While
rounding the Horn. has arrived at San
! Francisco.
The bench moulders of the Highland
stove foundry Boston, are on strike fer
d restoration Of a 10 percent cut in wages
made two years ago.
Colonel Robert Stewart Webb died at
! Pomfret, Conn. He was Is years old
| Colonel Webb was the eldest son OF the
late General James Watson Webb.
Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts
has purchased handsome cottage al
! Northeast Harbor, Mt. Desert island
which he will occupy as a summer home.
Fire almost totally destroyed the
plants of the Terre Haute Canning com
pany and gun stock factory of II. A.
Langdon & Co. The loss will exceed
$50, 600
! Charles w. Wells, vice president of
the San Domingo Improvement com
pany, diseredits the rumors that the city
| Of San Domingo has capitulated to the
insurgents.
The body of Arthur Colpritt. aged s.
was found on the beach at PASSPORT Me.
| 1t is supposed that the boy fell into the
water While playing near the bank and
was drowned.
| Rev. H. r. Moseley, d. D., of Florence.
S. C, has resigned his pastorate and will
take charge of Baptist missionary work
in Cuba for the American Home Mission
airy society
The new Masonic Temple al Boston is
SO far completed as to make certain that
| its dedication by the grand lodge Of the
| fraternity will occur in October, al
! though the date is not fixed
The Phillips Andover academy farm
! buildings. including the Mansion House
stables We're burned The cause of the
fire was spontaneous combustion in
some hay The loss is $500.
Mrs. Thomas w. Gardner of New Lon
| don, Conn died as the result of injuries
received by being thrown from her car
| riage during a runaway. She suffered
| from conclusion of the brain.
The brass and iron bedstead factory Of
| Oliver Bros. at Lockport. n. Y. was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss. S250O00 James
| McVittie was fatally burned. Three
hundred men are thrown out of work
Rev. Thomas Lynch, vicar general of
Vermont, was stricken with paralysis OF
the heart while out riding, and died be-
fore medical aid could be summoned.
Father Lynch was born in Ireland in
1881
George Dodge of Newburyport Mass.
aged 81, arrived at Passport Me. on a
steamer from Portland and gave him
self up to the police, stating that he had
forged his fathers name on a check for
$40
Lorin D. Avery, as, was found dead
on the tracks Of the New England rail-
road at East Longmeadow, Mass. The
head and both legs were crushed, and il
is supposed that he was struck by a
train.
Fire in the Bryant building at Brock
| ton. Mass, caused damage exceeding
1926 600 The block contained eight large
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| d. T. Burrill a photographer, was the
chief loser.
| The plant OF the Lacona On. H
Knitting company. manufacturers of
worsted and cotton hosiery, has resumed
operations, after having been idle since
| 1893. The company usually EMPLOYS
about rs operatives
The supreme lodge, Daughters of ST
George, in session at Pittsburg, elected
officers, including the following: Presl-
| dent, Mrs Minnie Stewart Bridgeport,
Conn; vice president, Mrs. S. p. Cook
son, Fitehburg, Mass.
The Young Mems Christian association
Of Lowell. Mass. has received a check
| for $1,000 as a gift from Frederick F.
Aver of New York city. This makes
$4,000 that Mr. Aver has given to the as
ISOLATION within a very short time.
Rev. Edward ]. Fink, S. j.. has been
appointed president of Gonzaga college.
! Washington. The appointment was
made from Rome by Father Martin. S. J.,
the provincial of the Jesuit order. Father
Fink was born In New York city in 1855.
Orders haxe been issued for carrying
out the provisions of the law allowing a
soldier serving on distant duty to have
part of his pay sent to his family. Pay
ments to the families of soldiers will be
made by direction of the paymaster
| general.
The body of John NJ Southwiek. who
disappeared from Claremont, N H.,
May %, was found in the woods north
OF that village. 1t was suspended from
| a tree by a strap. There was a bullet
hole In the head and a pistol on the
ground.
The Grand Trunk railway has notified
its employees that the passenger service
on the Norway (Me) branch will be dis
continued on Sept 1. The branch ex-
tends two miles from the main line to
| South Paris and has been In operation
| 20 years.
The will OF the late Samuel johnson
of Boston contained two pubic be
| quests The benehciaries are the Young
Mems Christian association and the
Young Women's Christian association
OF Boston and each received a bequest
Of $4,000
Major John A. Logan son of the late
| General John A. Logan. was recently
| apnoiuted nv the DrpSideut q ma io, i,,