The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-03-01

used about the quarry, and now the
company is more inclined to favor the
railroad idea. The horses which are
now used to break out Winthrop street
from the quarry to the city, are fur
nshed by the leamsters who have here
tofore transferred stoue from the quar-
ries 10 this city.
1t reported that hot fight is on for
State railroad commissioner, the capdi-
dates being Hon. Parker epofford of
BuckspOrt, and Frederick Danforth of
Gardiner. Mr. Danforth is the present
incumbent and his second term expires
Nov Is
Mayor W. C. Philbrook was renomi-
mated as the candidate for mayor at the
Republican caucus at Watervile. Satur-
day evening This is the first time such
an event has occurred in the city and it
speaks volumes of praise for the admin
istration of Mayor Philbrook.
The trial of Arthur Sargent of Stetson,
for the murder of Henry Quimby in that
town on Aug II, 1899, which has been
in progress at Bangor, since Tuesday
morning, came to an abrupt close at
1875 Saturday forenoon, when on re-
quest of Attorney General Haines, Judge
Powers directed the jury to return YER
dict of not guilty, which the jury did
without leaving their seats.
The Republican mayoralty delegates
chosen Tuesday, in Portland, met Friday
evening, and renominated MAYOR Frank
w. Robinson. An effort was made to
have the convention endorse the Dem
ocratic nominations for three women as
members at large on the school board.
This it declined to do after some oratory
and two ballots. One of the three DEM
ocratic nominees was Endorsed.
At the meeting of the Canadian Lum-
bermen's Association last week, reso-
luton urging the Canadian government
to impose an import duty on lumber cor
responding with that imposed by the
U. s. government, was adopted notwith-
standing that the president stated that
Premier Laurier had informed him that
the government did not intend to make
any change in the tariff at present.
Plans have been completed by the firm
of Arthur Sewall & Co., at Bath, for
two big four-masted steel ships larger
than any of the magnificent specimens
of maritime architecture which are now
included in the Sewall fleet. The new
vessels will be $500 tons each and have
so tons more capacity than the steel
monsters, Erskine M. Phelps, Arthur
Sewall and Edward Sewall, built by the
busy firm within the past few years.
Rev. FIR. Narcisse Charland, Sunday,
delivered his farewell sermon, or the
last before his departure from Water
Vile to visit the Holy Land, which visit
is made necessary through failing health.
OF late his health has been such that he
has not been able to devote as much
time as he wished to his parish duties,
aud Bishop Healey, of whose advisory
board Rev. FIR. Charland is member,
advised that he must take trip abroad.
f. S. Moore was walking on Ash
street, Lewiston, Thursday afternoon,
when he was struck on the head by
Charles Vanette, an eleven year old boy,
who had fallen from Osg0od flats He
fell four stories, striking and breaking
an electric wire in his fall and landing
finally upon the neck and shoulders of
Mr.. Moore The wire and the neck of
the man on the sidewalk doubtless saved
the boys life and when he struck the
sidewalk he only suffered the breaking
of his leg just above the knee. Mr..
Moore was not hurt much apparently
though he spat blood for an hour or so
The most important deal in ice prop.
erty ever made on the Penobscot river,
and one that is of much significance
the future of the industry at
Bangor, was concluded, saturday, when
A. G. Nickerson, New York broker,
purchased for parties not named, but
supposed to be the American Ice 60. of
New York, three of the largest proper
ties on the river-those of E. & l. X.
the Orrington Ice Co. and the
Arctic Ice Co. The price paid Is under
stood to have been about $85, 900 for the
three plants, and this includes the ice
now in the houses The Stetson houses
have capacity of $4,000 tons, the Arctic
Of $4,000 and the Orrington of $4,000
tons. The stocks of ice on hand in the
houses are: Stetson, $4,000 tons; Arctic,
IL, 600 tons; Orrington, $4,000 tons; to-