The Somerset reporter., 1902-10-09
STATE AND GENERAL.

There are Is prisoners in the Knox
county jail. The whole Is are convinced
that this is an unlucky number, but it
is probably lucky 8or the county that
the Is are confined.
Gen. Chaffee and Vice Governor
Wright sailed from Manila for Sau Fran
cisco on the transport Sumner today.
They were accorded general and pop
ular farewell demonstration.
A fire which started in the restaurant
occupied by E. E. Jones at Augusta,
Thursday night, did damage to the
amount of about $1,000 Three firemen
were seriously injured by the breaking
of an extension ladder upon which they
were climbing.
An explosion Of fire damp occurred
Wednesday night, Oct. LIST, between 8
and go O'Clock in the south end of the
fourth level of the Lawson mine near
Black Diamond, Wash, badly wreckng
the mine and killing Il miners. For.
tunately no fire vas started
Leon L. Lord was the victim of fatal
shooting accident at Hartland lake, Sun
day. His gun was discharged while he
was leaning over the muzzle of the
weapon, the charge of shot entering his
side. The unfortunate young man died
within a few hours. He was aged %.
William Wellington, an employee of
the Whittemore Furniture Co. of Water
vile, had his left hand caught in buzz
planer, Friday, and the fingers were
badly damaged. The knuckles of two
were cut SO badly that they will prob
ably be stiff. The end of another was
badly lacerated.
Herbert Butler, while driving gro.
Gerry delivery wagon at Rockland, was
struck by a train of two heavily loaded
lime cars of the Rockport, Thomaston
Camden electric railway, Thursday
noon, having both legs broken and sus-
tanning internal injuries which probably
will prove fatal.
The record for the month of Septem-
Der shows that of every 100000 pieces of
first-class mail sent out from the Angus
ia post Office, 10000 we're distributed
and dispatched correctly. This record
is compiled by Capt. Carson, the superin-
tendent of mails, from returns made by
the general superintendent at Boston.
Crawford Lord of Falmouth was in
jured at Cumberland junction at an
early hour, October 1st, by jumping from
as result of his injuries died at 1890 in
the forenoon. He thought the train was
not going to stop, and jumped, striking
bis head against an iron water tank.
At exactly 1l.50 o'clock, Thursday
noon, the new four masted schooner
Samuel w. Hathaway, slid gracefully
off Der ways at Stetson's shipyard in
Brewer, and to the footing of whistles
from tugboats, locomotives and mills,
rode proudly upon the placid surface of
the Penobscot. The launching was wit
messed by fully 5000 people.
Chief Justice Wiswell has Issued com
missions to Associate Justice Frederick
A. Powers, Houlton, Hon. Waldo Pet
Iingill, Eumford ard Hon. Henry b.
cleaves, Portland, as appraisers to value
he property of the Dover & FoEeroft
alter Co., for the purpose of disposing
IF the same to the Dover & FoXoroft
Village Fire Protective Association.
In the suit, State VS.. j. P. Bass, pub.
Usher of the Bangor Commercial, on. an
appeal to the supreme judicial court from
he Sanford municipal court, the de-
endant has admitted the facts as
alleged but pleads not guilty. The case
las gone up to the December term of law
,oust foy report. This suit was brought
because of liquor advert isement print
I'd In the Commercial.
Charles Williams, aged about so years,
was gored to death by bull at his home
n Webster, Saturday morning. Mr..
Williams led the bull out to water while
ais family was at breakfast. He was
,ut 50 long that a son went out to dis
,over the cause. The bull had done his
awful work and the sight that met the
young mans eyes was CHASTITY. His
father was terribly gored and in few
minutes was dead.
DIR. l.. j. Blanchard, a prominent den
hist of Dexter, who was stricken with
paralysis at his office on Tuesday night,
died at his home, Thursday forenoon,
having been unconscious since Wednes
day morning. His death was due in
part to an accident sustained by being
struck in the side by falling timber ON
Monday while he was overseeing the
work on his new house he was building
ON Highland avenue.
The slate quarry at Monson was sold
at auction, Thursday morning, to Ghas.
Wier of Lowell, Mass, Il. T. Moulton
of Salem, Mass, and Harry Waite of
Boston, Mass, as trustees for the bond
holders, for $4,000. The quarry was
sold by decree of the conrt. The work
which has been conducted by the Mon
son-Burmah Slate Company will be car
ried on by these trustees whose agent is
4. F. Barnard of Worcester, Mass.