The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-09-18
STATE AND GENERAL.

new battleship Maine.
The six Penobscot saw mills which
were shut down fer eight days by
strike of the mill men, have all resumed
work.
Vnal X. Perkins. Vi. D, while cross
ing the track of tie Bangor Il Aroos-
took Railroad with a team at Sharp's
Siding, near Monticello, was struck and
killed by an engine at 926 o'clock,
Thursday morning.
Lieut. Gen. Miles left Washington,
Thursday, for the West and will sail
from San Francisco on the transport
Thomas for the Philippines, where he
will make a tour of inspection of the
army In the islands
Georgia fruit growers are claiming
the peach crop OF their State yields
more money to the producers than does
the cotton crop. The area devoted to
fruit is now large, and these assertions
are likely to cause it to be increased.
Secretary Hay has accepted an invita-
ton to be present at the dedication of
Camp Roosevelt, which is to be fea-
ture of the coming Grand Army encamp-
ment, and to deliver the Grafton. The
dedication will occur Monday afternoon,
Oct. 9th.
Philadelphia finds, at the opening of
the school year, that it has $3.50 more
pupils than it has school accommoda-
lions for, and will be forced, therefore,
to put $500 pupils on half time. The
board of education has been authorized
to expend 100000 for new school
buildings, but cannot make these avail
able this year.
Twenty-sx members of the old Clo-
ver's Band of Auburn, which, in the
early 80s won the state championship
of Maine in band tournament held at
Lake Maranocook held a reunion at
Lake Grove, Wednesday of last week.
! The program included concert at the
grove in the afternoon, followed by
dinner at the East Auburn grange hall.
The body of former alderman, David
Legalle, who resided at Biddeford Pool
and has been missing since Monday of
last week was found, Sunday, by diver
who came out from Portland, under a
schooner which had been tied up at the
wharf at the Pool The coroner decid-
ed that it was case of accidental
drowning and that no inquest was neces-
sary. Legalle was AZ years of age.
Dana Golf, a prominent resident of
Lewiston died, Sunday, aged 80 years.
He had been confined to his bed for six
months and during that time was unable
to speak but his death came unexpected.
He was born in Lewiston, where he has
always lived. In carly life he was
civil engineer on the Maine Central rail
road and for twenty years was conduc-
tor on that road between Pennington
and Lewiston.
Ellsworth is congratulating itself up
on a hard wood industry which, it is
reported, it is surely going to have. A
corporation has been formed and they
will manufacture all kinds of hard wood
articles, including hardwood furniture
and hardwood sporting goods, such as
Indian clubs, dumb bells, baseball bats,
etc The opening of this industry in
Ellsworth means the employment of
from 300 to 400 hands
Wytopitlock in Reed plantation,
Asoostook county, on the line of the
Eastern division of the Maine Central
is experiencing genuine boom this
year, fact that is fully appreciated by
the people of the settlement. Two large
new saw mills have been erected there
and placed in operation. The two mills
give employment to nearly three score
men, which means considerable to a
place the size of Wytopitlock
The north woods of Maine have been
conRected with the outer world by tele-
phone, the 100 mile stretch between
Mattawamkeag and Houlton being COM
pleted last week, Thursday, two of the
New England telephone officials, C. 5.
West and A. j Shea, formally opened
the line, conversing freely with Boston,
400 miles away. The entire length of
New England from Greenwich, Conn,
to Fort Fairfield, Me-, is now on speak
ing terms.
Fred Stewart, who keeps a small store
close to the boundary line between
Maine and New Brunswick, Wednesday
night, took his friend, M, D. Bradstreet,
for burglar and shot him through the
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