The Somerset reporter., 1900-04-26

exactly known, but one set of trucks
passed over his body. He was taken to
the baggage room of the passenger sta
ton. where he died about an hour after
the accident without fully recovering
consciousness.
Prof George c. Purington, principal
of the Pennington Normal school, was,
Saturday, presented with check for
$3.50 by his graduates from the school,
for the purpose of making trip to the
Paris exposition. Prof. Purington will
probably leave about the latter part OF
July and return in season for the open.
ing of the fall term.
Hon W. W. Stetson has been elected
member of the American Historical
society of Washington, D. c. Mr.. Stet.
sons "History and Civil Government of
schools, with scarcely the expectation
that it would BIZ required outside those
limits But 1t is found sufficiently at
tractive to be put into the Teachers
Training School at Lowell, Mass, and
has become authority in other schools
outside of Maine.
The Fairfield Lawn Swing Manufac
tory, Brunswick, received an order, re-
Gently, for lot of Is dozen "shoot the
shutes' and two dozen swings to be sent
to Hamburg, Germany, where the rud
dy faced little Germans enjoy the Amer
lean playthings immensely. An order
has been sent to Athens, Greece, inolud
ing eight dozen swings and lawn seats
The company yearly send their goods to,
England and Australia, Jamaica and
South America.
While on recent trip to New York
in the interest of the Sea Coast Packing
Co., b. F. Kilby purchased machinery
for the manufacture of mustard sauce,
such as is used in tie manufacture of
sardines, and also made a contract with
Henry Peterson of Brooklyn, N. Y. late
foreman of the Long Island mustard
mills, to superintend the mill that will
be erected at Eastport, the capacity of
which will be about 1850 gallons per
day, reports the Sentinel.
Mrs. A. K. Yates, a well known Wa
terville woman has just finished novel
piece of fancy work in the shape of
"warship" pillow. The principal part of
one cover is made up of the bands of
man O. wars. mems caps, artistically ar
ranged. Nearly 20 ships of the navy are
represented, including the hospital ship
Solace, the band of which has the red
cross. The gold stars and cord give the
needed bit of color and harmonize we'll
with the gilt letters on the bands.
#. f. c. Robbins has been recommend
ed az postmaster at Woodfords, Me.
This is at present presidential Office
but is soon to be transformed into SUBJ
station of the Portland post Office
whence the carriers will be sent out on
the free delivery routes in the DeeriDg
section. The pay of the postmaster at
the sub-station will be about $1,000
year, and it is understood that the post
master will be refrained in that position
when the change to sub station is
made.
An effort was made, recently, to re-
vive interest in the Sarah Ware murder
at Bucksport, two mass meetings being
held, Wednesday, to consider ways and
means. The call for the meetings was
issued by W. T. Treworgy, who was
once arrested for the crime and later re-
leased. The meetings had very small
attendance 1t is limited in this connec-
ton that the story of the murder Is
known to some extent by several citizens
of the town, though they lack sufficient
evidence to prove case.
Frederick Howard Owen of Bangor
Me, has succeeded L. A. Leonard as
eastern representative of Comfort with
office in 707 Temple Court, Bos on Mr..
Owen is practical newspaper man,
having served In all the departments of
the business. He did his first work
upon the Maine Farmer, going thence to
the Bangor Wing, Congressman Bou
telle's paper. Afterward he was in the
employ of the Bangor Commercial
Fred is whole souled, genial gentleman
and we have no doubt will fill mis- new
position with honor to himself and profit
to the paper he represents.
The steamer Rose Standish owned by
the Frontier Steamboat Co., was practi
cally destroyed by fire at Calais, Friday
night, together with the freight shed
and the pier was badly damaged. The
Standish was moored to the pier while