The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-05-11
STATE AND GENERAL.

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tug Rescue sailed from New York,
Thursday, for Santiago to tow the Span
ish cruiser Reina Mercedes to Norfolk.
The Kennebec and Penobscot rivers
are both very high and freshets are
feared. This condition Is due to the
gradual melting of the deep snow in the
woods.
The ice is now fully out of Moose
head lake and the steamer Katahdin
made here first trip from Greenville to
Kineos Saturday. She commenced
her regular trips Monday.
A boom in the potato market which
began the later part of the winter and
lasted for some weeks, has subsidized,
leaving the Aroostook county farmers
with about 100, 900 to 125, 900 bushels of
stock on their hands.
Charles A. Hall, employed by the
Emerson & Stevens Company, axe and
scythe factory at Oakland, was instantly
killed Friday by the bursting of grind
stone. He would have finished his
years work on Saturday.
Mrs. William G. Whitney, wife of the
former secretary of the navy, died
shortly before O'Clock Sunday after
noon at their home, Wesbury, near
Rosyn L. l., from the effect of an injury
received by being thrown from her horse
about year ago.
The powder mill plant of the Potts
willie Water Co., located in the Indian
Run valley, several miles west of
Pottsvlle, Penn, blew up Sunday,
destroying 10 tons of powder. No one
was hurt there being no workmen about
the plant at the time of the explosion.
The iron moulders in Is Montreal
boundaries decided to go out on a strike
Friday night. The shops of the Cana
dian Pacific and Grand trunk railroads
are included. The men demand a mini.
mum wage of 81 so per day, recognition
of the union and the abolition of job
bling.
The New England Ship Building Com
pany of Bath, has just closed contract
for the immediate construction of five
more coal barges, work upon which will
commence just as soon az the three
barges and five masted schooners now
on the stocks can be launched. This
insures several more months of rushing
work for the New England Company.
Capt. William A. Tobie of Mechanic
Falls is dead. He was late captain of
Co. K, 9th Regiment Me- Vols, one of
the original ten captains mustered into
the United States service, June, 1851,
and Immediately ordered to the front.
Col. G. S. Edwards of Bethel is now the
last surviving captain of the "Old
Guard to answer to the last rOllcall.
Revenue Officer N. c. McCausland has
during the past week seized over 1900
cigars in the city of Bangor bearing
counterfeit stamps. The officials say
that according to the indications the
cigars have not been there long, but
have been sent to Bangor recently.
The cigars are locked up in the revenue
Office awaiting action of the government.
The cigars were all shipped from, one
large mandatory.
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Aroostook county this year will exceed
that of 1893 by more than 100 per cent.
The farmers up that way have begun to
realize that they must not depend
wholly upon the potato crop. but must
plant other crops IL they hope to pros
per. 1t has been clearly demonstrated
that Aroostook wheat is the equal of
any grown in the western country, and
right in the heart of the county are
located mills that produce flour as good
If not better than that which comes
from Minneapolis.
Rev, Charles Fox Penney, ID. d., a
widely known Free Baptist clergyman,
died Sunday afternoon in Portland aged
o5 years. He was born in New Glouces-
ter, Me-, where he remained until nearly
30 years of age when he fitted for college
and later graduated in the class with
Speaker Reed in 1850 from Bowdoin
college. After course in the divinity
school in New Hampton he took the
pastorate in Augusta where he re-
manned "a years. He had since had
pastorates in Oakland, CAL, Auburn,
Me-, but for several years past ill health
prevented active work.
Will Mclaughlin was repairing a hog