The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-07-27
STATE AND GENERAL.

The Blanchard hotel OF South Gardin-
er was partially destroyed by fire Thurs
day morning. Probable cause was
sparks from passing locomotives. Loss
5000; insurance $500.
The two.masted schooner Superb,
Capt. Nutter, from Sullivan, Me-, for
Boston, with 5000 paving blocks, sprung
aleak and was bsached Tuesday about
half mile northwest from Mark Island,
Me. 1t was calm weather at the time,
and the captain and crew reached the
shore in safety
The Augusta shoe factory was sold
last Thursday at auction by the assign
ees to William II. Lee of Boston for the
sum of S., $50 The original cost of the
plant built in 1897 was $4,000. Mr..
Lee states he will not conduct shoe
factory, but further than this he de-
clines to talk.
By the will of Andrew Walker of
Kennebunk, who died July IS, public
requests aggregating $4,000 are made,
the largest being $4,000 for the public
library of Kennebunk. Other requests
of about $1,000 each are made to eight
churches of Methodist, Baptist, Free
Will Baptist and Advent.
Ruel Foster and Samuel Smith of
Argyle, two Penobscot river lumbermen
were arraigned in the municipal court
at Bangor, for having moose meat in
their possession in close time. They
were found guilty and fined $500 and
costs. They appealed aud gave bonds.
This is the first case under the new law
to be tried there.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
elevator, located in East Toledo, was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday night
and the loss on building and contents
is nearly a million dollars. 1t is not
known how much insurance is on the
100000 bushels of wheat, but on the
building there is S1S5 900 in various
companies.
Peter Wright, % years of age, stone
cutter of East Haverhill, n. H., jumped
from moving train at SaCo, Sunday
afternoon and fell headlong striking a
steele axle-box fracturing his skull and
killing him instantly. His parents
resided in Biddeford and his object in
jumping was to save the time of ride
back from Old Orchard.
There was a serious demonstration
sc
about 800 persons seized the opportun-
ity afforded by the presence of the
French Admiral Fournier at an official
luncheon TO parade the street carrying
the French tri.color and shouting Sc
ditious cries. The crowd was dispersed
by the police after some trouble and
number of arrests were made.
Harry Roberts of Mattamiscontis paid
S40.95 cents in the Bangor municipal
court Thursday afternoon for killing
one salmon in the Penobscot river at
Montague. The fish at certain times of
the day try to jump the dam there and
are easily caught and killed, Warden
Neal says he saw Roberts and another
man catch salmon In this manner and
Roberts arrest and conviction followed.
An explosion on board the torpedo
boat destroyer Bullfinch, on the Solent
during her trial Friday, killed nine and
injured four of those on board. 1t was
the worst naval accident of this nature
that has occurred in the British navy in
20 years. The victims were terribly
injured, steam and boiling water falling
on them. The Bullfinch is one of the
destroyers.
Since the paper makers began to
build big sulphite pulp mills in the
Maine woods the price of spruce timber
lands has doubled Next to spruce the
timber in greatest demand is clean and
thifty white birch which is sawed into
bars and sent by the ship load to Scot
land, where it is made into spools.
Nearly all the thread factories in the
United States, and more than half those
in Great Britain obtain their spool
stock from Maine.
The War Department received the
following cablegram from Gen. Otis
Friday: Captain b. A. Byrne, Sixth
infantry, with seventy men surprised
united robber bands, Negros, number
ing four hundred and fifty; killed one
hundred and fifteen; wounded many;
captured few rifles and revolvers, many