The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-01
STATE AND GENERAL.

under contract 10 begin the new year
with. The boom isn't failing her yet
Franklin county closes the year with
out single prisoner in its jail, and the
Pennington Chronicle queries If any one
has aught 10 say against the morals of
that county.
The railroad commissioners have or
dered hearing on the petition of the
Aroostook Valley Railroad Co. for APP
proval of location, for Friday, Jan. 10,
at Pressure Isle.
The barge Gwen4ie, designed for the
coal carrying trade with a capacity of
1000 tons was launched, Saturday, from
the Kelley, Spear Co.'S yard Bath for
the Baltimore & Boston barge company.
There are now 347.72 miles of street
railway in operation in Maine, against
143 miles in 1897 Projects are already
under way looking to the construction
of at least 200 miles of electric railroads
in this State before the end of 1903.
the Augusta House, which has been
closed to the general public since the
adjournment of the Legislature in the
spring of 1901, will open on Thursday,
Jan. During the past fall Landlord
Henry E. Capen has renovated and i'm
proved every part of the building
There is movement on foot to or
ganize a breeders association in the
State and on invitation of Editor E P.
Mayo of the Turf, Farm and Home, the
first meeting will be held at Waterville,
early in January, for the purpose of dis
cussing plans and effecting an 'organiza-
ton.
The number of suicides is large. Very
nearly seventy are reported throughout
the State. Thirteen at least of these
chose to make way with themselves by
hanging The majority of the others
preferred death by cutting their throats,
though few tried poisons. Drowning
took the fancy of some.
Mrs. George A. Graves of Ogden,
Utah has just received check from
che U. ). Government for $3.50 in settle
ment of claim that had been pending
for los years. The claim was for the
capture and destruction by the French,
about the year 1893 of schooner be.
longing to Capt. Robert Patton of Gardi-
ner, Me. The claim was for 81, $50 and
there are seven heirs.
Marshall N. Rich, for the last 3s years
the secretary of the Portland board of
trade and the oldest board of trade sec.
rotary in the country, died very sud
denly Thursday evening. He was 70
years of age. He was president of the
Portland Mechanic Library association
in 1872, and of the Maine Press assoca
ton in 1880. From 1867 to 1873 he was
deputy collector at that port.
At the feld-spar quarry at Topsham,
Monday noon, an Italian was badly in
jured. He had left his coat near the
hole that had just been prepared for a
blast, and when the horn blew as a sig
nal that the torch wss about to be ap-
piled to the blast, this Italian thought
of his coat and ran to get it. The ex
plosion came before he could get out of
the way. The mans head was cut and
his arm nearly torn off. He was taken
70 ha boan;ta1 Of au,;ofop
The fire which damaged the property
of the Vaughn Machine company at
Peabody, Mass. early Friday practically
destroyed everything of value in the
cylinder, pattern and carpenter depart
ments. Nothing escaped save some
books and drawings in the pattern
departments which were protected by
vault. The firemen had hard fight
on account of second outbreak of the
flames after they had been once well
under control The estimated loss is
100000.
A meeting of the milk producers of
Maine will be held at Newport on Jan.
10, to discuss means for the disposal of
their milk in such matter as to get the
largest returns. The farmers say that,
if the high prices of feed are to continue
they must have more money for their
milk and butter or else go out of the
business. The matter was taken up at
the meeting of the State Grange in Port
land, and it is likely that some definite
action will be taken at the Newport
meeting.
Mamie O'Rourke, the 13-year-old
daughter of John T O'Rourke, was
badly burned at her home in Biddeford,
Friday A little child for whom she
was caring was playing with paper
which he pushed in through the CRATE
of the stove. The paper caught fire and
fearing the child would be burned the
little child picked him up to move him
away from the stove AS she did so the
flaming paper set fire to her dress and
her clothing was almost entirely burned
from her body. Her hair also caught
fire and was nearly all burned OFF. The
girls body was badly burned all over.
Ria Kitteredge of Belfast who some
years ago attracted general attention by
reason of the remarkably fine writing
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