The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-24
and it was found necessary to amputate

the left leg below the Knee
Mr.. Kenneth Stills of Portland, who
graduated with the higest honors from
Bowdoin last June, has been appointed
an assistant instructor in the English de-
partment.at Harvard University, where
he had Just entered the graduate school.
As the appointment was entirely I'M
solicited It comes as a great compliment
to Mr.. stills ability and to the college
from which he graduated Mr. stills is
at the same time permitted to the un-
usual privilege of continuing some Of
his studies in the graduate school.
FIRE swept the city of Sidney, c. B,
Saturday, causing large damage for
town of its size, the loss being estimated
at $500 600 During the progress of the
fire consider able ooung occurred. Thir-
ty arrests were made but when the Jail
was threatened by fire the prisoners had
to be released. A feature of the fire
was the fact that some hundreds of
the people, including many of the lead
ing citizens of Sidney were spending the
day in Halifax for the reception of the
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.
Sec. Young of the state board of
health says there is not a case of small
pox in the state that he is aware of,
which is very gratifying to him, con-
siderlng the recent prevalence OF the
disease. The reduction in the mortality
from consumption as shown by his last
report on vital statistics is satisfactory
to him, especially as 1t demonstrates the
value of the educational work perform
ed by the board. The number of deaths
has been reduced one quarter since the
board came into existence.
Charles Lawrence, manager of the
Lawrence Bros. Company's mills at
Sonth Gardiner, and Gardeners repre-
sentative in the last legislature, died
FIR day last He has been seriously i'll
with stoppage of the intestines, and an
operation was performed that morning
by Drs. Weeks of Portland and Sturte-
want of Augusta Mr.. Lawrence had
been ON a trip, to Buffalo and other
places, arriving home Tuesday. He was
then in great pain and was hardly able
to get home. His age was 55 years,
His death is great loss to his city.
The Maine Historical Society will Gel.
citrate the 1000th anniversary of
the death of Alfred the Great, Fri
day evening, Nov. /, at Portland.
Papers will be read az follows: 1.-THE
Life and Character of King Alfred, y
Prof j. William Black, Colby College;
"Alfred, the Writer and the Patron of
Learning" rof Henry l.. hapman,
Bowdoin College; "rhe Anglo-Saxon
Constitution and Laws in the Time of
Alfred the Great" Hon Albert r. saw
age, Auburn; ALFRED the Great as
Christian" Rev. Asa Dalton, d. D
Portland
some one which will entail an expense
of $250,00O in providing machinery of
sufficient power to control the great
stone dry docks building at the League
Island, Kittery, Me, Boston and Mare
Island Navy yards. The machinery was
designed with a horsepower of 1900,
believed to be sufficient but an error has
now been discovered which will neces-
state the manufacture of machinery
with 1900 horse power. The govern
ment must stand the loss of the mistake.
The completion of the docks will not be
delayed.
Another instance in which man was
mistaken for deer with fatal result
occurred Wednesday of last week at
Elliotsville, when Henry McPeters, 40
years old, assistant cook for a wood
choppers crew, was shot and instantly
killed by his cousin, Leslie McPeters.
About g o'clock McPeters went to an
orchard and got a bag of apples which
he was carrying away, when he was seen
from a distance by Leslie McPeters.
The latter shouted twice and whistled
once, but receiving no response decided
that it was deer and fired, the bullet
passing through his cousins head. The
dead man belonged in Milford, Me-, and
was married although his wife did not
live with him.
When you have 10 appetite, do not
relish your food and feel dull after eat.
ing you may know that you need dose
of Chamberlain stomach and Liver
Tablets. Price % cents samples free
at the drug store of G. r, Fogg, Skow-
hegan;L e.. Williams, Athens: Sullivan