The Somerset reporter., 1905-05-18

and the last surviving veteran u tt
Wal OF lslZ For Year he had occupied
a unique place Il Amer an history AZ
the act survivor # the frat foreign var
IL which his country engaged after So
curing its independence he lad been
honored by the national goyer1meu. an
by his native state az vel
Judge spear Of the supreme court II
Auburn, sitting As appellate court 10
/ probate, handed down the decree ia lLe
Sanford Dunlap case on Saturday morn
ing The decree Of Judge Spear affirm
ed that Of Judge Newell of the Andre
scoRgn probate court and thus gives the
guardianship OF Erlon Dunlap - lis
grandfather, Cbarles Dunlap OF Port.
and, on the ground that shiloh is not
suitable place for the education and
rearing Of the boy The case goes 10
the law court on appeal
There will be at least three lady
Memorial Day orators in Maine this
year. Mrs Clara y. sawyer. the state
presdenf Of the department Of Maine.
ladies' Of Il & q. A. K, is 10 deliver Ike
address before the cltizens Of the town
Of Vim. while Miss A l.. Mcdonald Of
Portland will deliver the address iu TIE
town Of Fairfield. Mrs Florence N
Wallace Of China. Ne, The state seefe.
tary of the Department Of Name Ladies
Of the q A r.. is 70 be the speaker
this year in the town Of Oakland
The Cen'ra Maine Fair Association
has decided upon the erection Of 4 mas
ave auditorium which will be Of much
benefit TO the city and surrounding
towns as a place Of indoor amusements
az well as most significant addition TO
the property Of the association THIS
building, when erected, will be the
largest one Of any description ever seen
on New England fair ground It's 10
be l75xle9 feet in area and vii be stu.
ated between he Office building and the
exhibition hall and will require an out
| lay OF probably $1,000
There was unique article in the
| Palermo me town warrant Il MAS
| this To see if the town will accept Of
Thomas pnsmore the sum Of 800 as a
| trust fund, the interest Of same to De
! applied as follows, 10 wit: To celebrate
the memory Of the sigpefs Of the Dec
aration of Indepe udence Of the United
States of America, SO the lives Of The
! pioneers of the towns Of China and
( Palermo, once in every ten years. at
! a
ton to occur On the 4th day # July
1915, and each succeeding ten years
! thereafter
Gen. Joseph :. smith has received
telegram from Gen Joseph " heller.
famous both as an author and states.
man and one of the greatest of living
soldiers accepting the invitation of the
| local Grand Army Posts to deliver the
Memorial address in Bangor Arrange
ments have been pending with Gen.
| Wheeler for number of weeks, and
the announcement that he had accepted
the invitation TO Bangor will be received
with pleasure not only by the veterans,
but by all classes Of people n the city
and its vicinity as well.-Ssys the Ban
gor News.
The New York commission Of medicai
experts which has been making special
study of the dreaded disease, cerebro
spinal meningitis. whose ravages in and
around the metropolis caused such
alarm during the winter and early
spring. has finished its work, but it has
few definite conclusions to give out. It
makes the discouragipg declaration that
the various seIums and anti-tOxines
which have been tried are shown 10 be
absolutely worthless. 1t gives eucour.
agment 10 sufferers from the disease
by declaring that fresh air seems to be
the greatest help to patients
Governor Cobb on Friday nominated
Joseph W simpson of York, Horace
Mitchell of kltrery and George T Ham
mond of Eliot as a commission to ex-
anime bridges between Maine and
New Hampshire. Other nominations
made were as follows: Chairman board
registration. Henry L Nadsworth
Eastport; trustee normal schools, Vim.
\ Walker, Castine; Judge Pittsfeld
/. court, O H. Drake; judge Caribou
municipal court, Wallace K. Lumbert;
/ Judge municipal court for West Han
, cock county, Elmer P Spofford, Deer
Isle; member library commission. A j
Roberts, Watervi'le; agent Tor pie
vention cruelty II children, Juliet
Nickerson Bar Harbor
] SICK headache results from a disor-