The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-02-13

some % years HEH 6HHH# s#f# 5a H7e7f
factories in Maine. while nos = supply
the demand Hut presumably tae pto
duct from these Ii = considerably larger
than all so faet8fIss = fafmsf years
The York county #am|aaI docket sas
never 80 clear II liquor $3.50 a. 81 fhe
present time Nearly a taa ID tadIct
ments have besa banging faam 9ear 90
year and have e.fha6 HHsa saa.e1 - a.i
pressed
Judge Foster 81 80 ftsea sudden.
Iy ill at Farmiu8Ha - Friday where
be- was iu ATTENDANCE aFaa tie franklin
s. D. court. va carried = - home boo
Portland ou Saturday He stIH remains
a very sick man aaa = threatened rIth
pneumonia.
According T. faaeh estimate pre-
pared by The Naey Department $50 me
dals will be required for The Eft sefs sud
men Of the Navy aud Marine corps who
participated the engagements In and
dJaceut 10 the Heai indies. during the
tho war with spain
Hon. Ormandal smith. state treasurer.
Ia arranging to pay sl0o. ooo Of tho tenn
porary loans outstanding This sum be
comes due in March and Treasurer
smith thinks he will be ablo to meet the
payment from current funds, without
Gripping the resources of his depart
ment.
The London war office has published
summary of the British losses in
South Africa. Up to Jan. 81 the total
reduction of the forces from death or
permanent disability was 25,305 men.
The total of the casualties including
surviving wounded, WAS 5,240 officers
and 100. 701 men.
The Penobscot Central Railway is
making the final plans now preparatory
Tn the commencement of work on the
extension to Charleston and Pushaw.
The wire, both for trolley and power
purposes, has been bought and contract
ors have now begun to make figures for
the building of the two sections.
The formal transfer of the Ross & Ho-
we'll Cos fleet of tugs, which long had
a monopoly in towing on the PenOb
scot, to Captain James T. Morse, acting
for Charles W. Morse, the ice king, was
made Thursday last when the bills of
sale were filed at the custom house in
Bangor The price paid was $35, 900.
Saturday morning Louis Nelson of
Boston was found on the street at Port
land suffering from varoloid. He came
there saturday morning from Kenne-
bunk where he had passed the night in
hotel there. The man was taken in
charge by the Marine Hospital officials
and removed to their pest house in East
Deering.
The shoe factory question having been
satisfactorily adjusted, Belfast people
are now making plans to increase their
summer resort business and there Is talk
city people visit Belfast annually during
the heated season and as more and more
are coming each year the Waldo county
city seems to have bright future as a
summer resort.
Baker Weston, Augustus famous bell
ringer-hees has tollsd the knell of
our three martyred Presidents Tues
day observed his S5th birthday anniver-
sary, as he has each birthday for 80 years,
by ringing at morning, noon and night
the big bell in the Old South Congrega-
tional church. Mr.. Weston is enjoying
good health. His services through these
80 years have given him reputation for
punctuality and faithfulness excelled by
that of no man.
The Allan line steamer Grecian, Cap
tain Harrison, from Liverpool via st.
John, N. f., ran ashore five miles from
Halifax at three o'clock Saturday morn
ing. A great hole was torn in the
steamers stern aud she rapidly filled
with water. She had cargo of 800 tons
and one passenger. The Grecian was
the steamer that towed the ship Gro
marayshire into Halifax three years ago
with the surviving passengers from the
Inflated French liner, La Borgogne.
One of the largest transfers of property
ever made in this county was recorded
at the registry of deeds Office in Dover
this week on account of the sale of the
Katahdin Iron Works railroad to the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company.
The property so surrendered includes
the railroad which extends from a poiut
of connection with the Piscataquis dIvi
sion of the B. & A. X. K. at Milo juno
tioh to Katahdin Iron Works, all fran
chises, side tracks, buildings, rolling
stock, etc, belonging to said company
represented in their lease of said rail
road. The consideration was 1920, 900.
OF the forty senators in the Massachu-
etts state legislature, two are natives of
Maine among the 240 representatives are
found IS, or 504 per cent who claim
NJ aine as their native State. The follow
ing is the list. the name being followed
by the town or city which they represent