The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-04-30
STATE AND GENERAL.

Item from an Exchange: "Over in
Bangor they are enforcing the liquor
law in great shape. Before, they had
219 liquor places, now they have 2l3."
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed in the United States district
court, Saturday, against the stevens
Lumber Company of Fort Fairfield, Me.
Penobscot's splendid new court house
will be dedicated at the annual session
of the Law court which will meet there
June Is The speakers will soon be an
nounced
The Maine court has rendered a
decision which is, in substance, to the
effect that an endowment insurance
policy cannot be considered among the
assets of a bankrupt
The Maine Sportsmen prints letters
from several men who say they will not
come to Maine to hunt any more on &C
count of the new license fee. They will
lose more than this State will by their
absence.
Bates was the winner in the debate
held with Trinity College at Lewiston
Friday evening The judges, Hon. Per
cival Bonney. Hon. Oliver G. Hall, and
Robert I. Whitehouse, Esq were unan.
imous in their decision.
The three year-old son of John o. Brien
of Lewiston, noted baseball player in
the National League, while playing with
other children Thursday, was run over
and killed by heavy delivery wagon.
mo blame attaches to the driver.
Ed ward +. Tirrell, aged 50, of Auburn,
Me-, committed suicide in the smoking
room of the Brockton, Mass railroad
station just as a train from Boston ar
rived 1t is thought that he was one of
the passengers to have left the train.
A fire which broke out in factory of
the Cooperage Co, in South Boston,
Wednesday, caused a loss estimated at
between $780, 900 and $25 900. The entire
building with its contents, including
$4,000 barrels and a large quantity of
stock, was destroyed.
This porcupine bounty business will
drive hunters and officials to drink
before the problem Is solved to the
understanding and satisfaction of every
body. IL is now figured out that only
those porcupines killed after April rs
are entitled to the bounty.
The large bridge of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy road over the
Black river at Trempealeau, Wis, few
miles below Winona, Mimi, was burned,
Tuesday night, causing a loss of about
100000 and suspending all traffic on
the Burlington south of Winona.
Oldtown claims the doubtful honor of
having more dogs in proportion to
population than any other place in the
state The great number is largely &C
counted for by the fact that every
resident of Indian island, warrior, squaw
and pappoose, has three or four each.
| A novel feature was introduced into
the closing of the Palermo High school,
last week, when Thomas DinRmore pre-
sented each of the al pupils with bank
book in his or her name, 81 having been
deposited in the savings bank to the
students account not to be withdrawn
for 10 years.
On Thursday morning Chris Toole,
! proprietor of the st. Jamss Hotel, Ban
gor, seoNred from DR.. n. {. Hagerthy
Bluffs Hotel at Mt. Desert Ferry, lease
for three years of that famous bouse,
| and will at once set about preparing it
sOr summer business.
Colby opened the baseball season
Thursday afternoon on her home
grounds with the Lewiston Athletic
Assn team and handly defeated the
Lewiston boys Is to l. There was
good crowd present and the Colby sap
posters were well pleased with. the show
ing made by the college boys.
The Maine Audubon Society and the
Matne archaeological Society have en-
tered into an agreement With the COM
missioners of inland fisheries and game
to- post in conspicuous places through
out the State Of Name a poster printed
on cloth calling attention to the laws
relating to the protection of birds Of
various kinds.
Charles M. Wallace, now serving a
life sentence in the State prison at
Thomaston for the murder of Sergt.
Malloy of the National Soldiers Home
at Togus, in 1884, has applied to the
governor and executive council for q
pardon or Communication of sentence.
Wallace was convicted of murder in the
second degree.
Cyrus w. Davis of Waterville has
bought two-thirds interest In the
Wateryille Sentinel. MI. Davis is max
ing no talk at present in regard to the
policy of his paper, but it is generally
assumed that the Sentinel wAl be a
democratic paper, and that Mr.. Davis
will use it to. pave the way for MT.
Davis gubernatorial aspirations.
Ii is very generous sum that Fl enron