The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-07
STATE AND GENERAL.

Part of Smith & Morgan's broom har
die factory at Augusta was Quilted b
fire Aug. 81. Loss $500; insured
Cause unknown.
Andrew Perry, Grand Army veteran
aged 10, was struck by the afternoo
train at Bath, Thursday, and fatal
hurt. Both legs were cut off.
August 31st treasury statement show
ed that the amount of net gold on ham
is $247, SS0,601. This is the larges
amount on hand at any one time in tn
history of the department.
Phippsburg is feeling the shipbuildinI
revival and is to build schooner.
has been some time since a new Graf
glided into the Kennebec at this beauti
full spot, and the ring of the hammer
will be merry music there.
The Biddeford Journal oorrects the
Bath Enterprise in the impression tha
DR.. Simpson carries away large sums Of
Maine money from Old Orchard, every
year. 1t says that most of his money
comes from his New York followers
and that he leaves more money in the
State than he takes out of it.
Heavy rains have caused an unusual
freshet in Porto Rico, and the people
frightened on account of the recent
hurricane, are leaving their houses and
are being quartered in the public build
ings. The soldiers, police and firemen
work all night. The fords are impassa.
BILE but no further serious damage has
been done.
The first deer of the season was killed
at Kineo, Sept. l. The woods about
Moosehead lake are filled with campers
and great many have licenses to shoot
deer for food purposes. Aside from the
number the wardens and game COM
missioners have sold, Mr.. Judkins at
Kineo has sold so licenses, and more
applications are daily arriving.
Freeport's boom is arriving. Many
acres of valuable granite ledge have
been acquired by Pittsburg parties
buildings, wharves and roads are to be
built and the quarries will be opened al
once giving employment to many men
The management says that it will have
1000 men at work by next spring cutting
out the fine granite for which the towr
is famed.
Insurance Commissioner S. W. Car
says that the summer of 1899 has beer
the most disastrous one for number
of years as far as lightning losses have
been concerned. This condition o.
affairs is true of Massachusetts, as wei
as of Maine. The month of July here
was the worst one, but few losses hav
ing been had since the close of tina
month.
The Sixth Maine battery association
held it's annual reunion in Bangor Aug
81. The election of officers resulted a
follows: J. W. Burke, Lee, president
<. L. Merrithew, Searsport, first VIC
president; w. w. Sawtelle, Shirley
second vice president; j. e. Rhodes
Rockland, secretary and treasurer. Tn
reunion of 1900 will be held in Bango
during the week of the Eastern Main
State fair.
The feature of the day at Charter Ga
Park, Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. 81, wa
Star Pointers great mile which was /
two minutes fiat without slip or break
beating the track record made by til
same horse last season, 1904. Dav
aided by two running horses, one goin
to the half and both coming down tn
stretch either side of the PAGER. TIL
time by quarters was: 80, l co. 1905
200.
Pres. Chrisholm of the Internationa
Paper Co. sent s. W. Foster of Ora
about the State, last week, with a CON
mission to buy 5000, 600 brick for imme
date delivery at Rumford Falls. MI
Foster only succeeded in securing 4
100000 which cleans up the stock of tn
yards in the western and southern POI
tons of the State. The Great Norther
Paper Co. purchased the years outpu
of about all the yards in the norther
and eastern part of the State.
The Dewey home fund now exceed
$21 900 in the hands of the treasure
from 27,895 contributors, with sum
aggregating about $4,000 or $500
reported as subscribed still held by locs
committees and subscribers. Delay hs
occurred in raising the fund by reaso