The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-31
STATE AND GENERAL.

An enterprising Aroostook firm ship
ped 20 barrels of potatoes to England,
last week, where they will be used for
seed.
That handsome $4,000 cottage being
erected at Kineo will not go begging for
a tenant, as 1t has been leased for five
years to j. Sloat Fassett of New York.
The annual alumni of the Delta Up
silon Fraternity of Maine will hold its
banquet at Hotel North, Augusta, Nov.
4th at 8 p. NJ. Pres, White of Colby
and Holman f. Day will be among the
speakers.
The Union Shoe Factory of Ellsworth,
has shipped several cases of shoes to the
Philippines recently The shoes are
packed in larger cases than the ordinary.
All the shoes are boys sizes, though
they are intended for adult Filipinos.
Harvey F. Wiggin, an inmate of the
Soldiers Home at Togus, committed
suicide by hanging himself in the Gar
diner lookup early Sunday morning,
where he had been arrested and placed
for drunkenness No cause was assign
ed for the act.
Several hundred thousand Holsters are
already In pounds in Hancock county.
One at Bunker Harbor has 10000 and
10000 will be added. At Dyer Island
one man has 20, 900 and at South Bluehill
where there is canning factory, thou
sands of Holsters are being brought in
weekly.
Work on the novelty mill at Stratton
Is progressing rapidly. The mill is to saw
squares, the boarding house and office
are up boarded and shingled, and they
are laying the foundation for the mill.
1t will be ITO feet long. The lumber is
being hauled from the Crockertown mill
to build with.
The duke and duchess of Cornwall
and York started for England at day
light Friday on board the royal yacht
Ophir with the British cruisers Niobe
and Diadem, forming the escort. The
flagship, the first class cruiser Crescent,
accompanied the Ophir outside the port
at st. Johns, N. F., and fired farewell
salute.
Local packers at San Jose, Cal, esti-
mate the amount of prunes of the crop
of 1900 now at hand at 1000 carloads.
The estimated crop of Santa Clara coun-
ty prunes this year is 40, 100000 pounds,
which, together with the Italian variety
produced by Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, constitute the stock to be dis
posed of.
Rear Admiral Bunce who died at his
week, was frequent and welcome vis-
tor to Rangeley. He WAS an ardent
fisherman, and often came to Maine to
enjoy the early fishing at Rangeley.
The news of his death was received
with deep sorrow there where he had
made many warm friends.
E. NJ. Lang & Co.'s solder manufac-
turing plant at PASSPORT was destroyed
by fire, Friday afternoon, involving a
loss of $500. The factory building was
burned to the ground and the machinery
destroyed, but 1t is believed that only
small portion of the stock on hand was
damaged. Two nearby buildings were
scorched, but not seriously damaged by
the flames.
According to reliable reports received
by the British consul general, Mr.. War
rem, 100000 in the province of An Hui,
and 800, 900 persons in the province of
Kiang Su are on the verge of starvation,
and the famine is spreading. The avail
able funds are insignificant. The Chi
nese have contributed $4,000 and the
foreigners $500. A committee of the
consuls is being formed to aid the
sufferers.
A verdict for $4,000 for the plaintiff
was returned by the jury in the ,,case of
Mrs. Bessie T. Haskell ys. the Great
Northern Paper Co, in the Supreme
court at Bangor at 1913 o'clock on
Friday. This is the largest verdict ever
given by jury in Penobsoot county for
damages to person and one of the larg-
est ever given in Maine, The defence
has filed motion for a new trial and
the case will be taken to law.tcourt.
On Wednesday, in Philadelphia, at
the meeting of the oommanderin-chi
of the Military Order of the Loyal Le-
gion of the United States, the invitation
of the Maine Commandery tol the Com
mandery -in.Chief to hold its next annual