The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-17
STATE AND GENERAL.

known.
One of the powder mill wheel houses
of the Oriental Powder Co. at South
Windham blew up late, Thursday after.
noon, but fortunately no one was there
at the time. Had the explosion &C.
Cured five minutes later, loss of life
,would have resulted.
| One of the last acts of United States
Congress just adjourned was that of rails
ing the pay of jurors in the United
States grand or petit juries from 50 to
SO per day. The act has been approved
by the president and applies to all jurors
serving in the United States courts
Portland will give the members of the
State government officials and clerks a
! fine time on June 23d, when they will be
guests of the Forest City. The program
will include trolley ride over the city
and suburbs, a shore dinner at Capt.
Cottage, theatre at the Cape in the after
noon, supper at Riverton and another
theatre party.
| The 18th annual reunion of the 14th
Ne. Regiment Association will DO held
at Camp Bolan, Long Island, Portland,
Me-, during the week commencing Aug.
4th to 9th. Meals will be served at
headquarters Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday; business meeting immedi-
ately after dinner, Tuesday, Aug. 5th, at
II 80 p. m, promptly. 49,
With the completion of the Bangor &
Aroostook extensions which will termi-
nate at Fort Kent, that town will become
important as distributing point. Along
this avenue OF transportation consider
able part of the 100, 900, 900 feet of Aroos-
took lumber that yearly is driven down
thu st John t. be manufactured 10 New
Brunswick will find its way to Maine
markets.
Bath has had an unusually large num-
Der of drowning accidents this summer.
Friday afternoon occurred the sixth in a
week Harold Morey, aged II years,
youngest son of Edward j. Morey of
l212 Lower Middle street came to his
death by drowning in the channel off
the slip at behring's yard at the South
End, near the home of the boy, while
he was In swimming.
| DR.. A. G. Young, secretary of the
state board of health, states that accord.
ing to information received at the office
of the board there is no occasion for a
continuance of alarm for the small pox
epidemic A week ago there were a
few cases in the state but according to
the report of the secretary, such drastic
measures were taken that a spread of
the disease was prevented.
| Thomas Landry, the city electrician
of Watervlle, was killed, at 1910
o'clock, Friday night, by an electric
shock from wires on the big pole at the
junction of Main, Elm and Center
streets. He was clearing the wires of a
large elm limb that had fallen upon
them when he received the shock.
Death was apparently instantaneous.
He leaves widow and three children.
An official of the Bowdoin Paper Co.
states that large mill will be erected
at Topsham this year. The plans for
the same are being made. The survey
ors are already at work. The product
of the mill will be ground wood fibre.
The capacity of the mill and the num-
Der of hands it will employ are unknown
at this time, but it's erection means a
boom for Topsham and is welcomed by
every citizen in that town.
Mrs. Matthew Fogarty of South Ber-
wick was probably fatally burned, FRI
day and her son, Daniel, was severely
burned while attempting to save his
mothers life. Mrs. Fogarty's clothing
caught fire from cook stove and she
ran into the street, where her son found
her. In attempting to extinguish the
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burned about the head and arms. Mrs.
Fogarty is 10 yearB old.
Frederick W. Brown, driver for the
Portland & Portsmouth Express Co.,
who was arrested, Wednesday of last
week, when barrel of liquor was seized
from the company's Office at Portland,
was released after a hearing in the
municipal court. 1t was shown that the
Express Co., which in the past has fig
ured in several sensational municipal
court cases, has leased car to handle
express matter and is doing a legitimate
business.
Chaplain David II, Tribou, U. S. N i,
the dean of the religious corps of Uncle
Sans navy, is to return to duty at the
Charlestown navy yard, Boston, from
which he was detached about 10 months
ago, after seven years continuous SER
vice there, to be captain of the receiving
ship Wabash at the navy yard. Chap
lain Tribou is a Maine man, aud was the
principal of Hampden Academy and the
supervisor of schools In Penobscot
county before he entered the naval SER
vice in 1872.
Hon. Edward H. Blake of Bangor has
sold his handsome and palatial steam
yacht, Aria, to John R. Rhodes of New
/ Bedford. Mass. for about 800 600 She