The Somerset reporter., 1905-09-21
STATE AND GENERAL

Veterans Of the First Maine Cavalry
Association To the number Of fifty met
at Lewiston, Tuesday Of last week. for
the annual reunion. Among the vet
Grams present we're Gen. J Z Cilley Of
| Rockland, Col A. {. Drinkwater Of
Bfaintree Mass. capt. Putnam Of Houl
ton aud Capt. Carson of Mount Vernon.
AT the business session after dinner
these officers were elected: Pres dent,
| George Dustin of Auburn; secretary,
! Lieut. l.. L Hill of Augusta; CORE
spending secretary, Gen. J. p Clley Of
! koekland. II was voted to hold the
next reunion at lewiston.
With bis left foot caught in a switch
aud with passenger tram bearing down
on him, Frank spelisy, ten year old
newsboy of Marlboro, Mass gave a
remarkable exhibition of self possession
and courage last week. The boys left
| foot was caught in a switch az he was
crossing the railroad tracks and bis eff
forts to release the foot were unsuccess
full. AS the train approached young
| Spelisy, instead Of becoming panic
stricken, calmly stretched himself on
the ground at right angles with the
track. The train cut his foot off at the
ankle, but the boy had saved his life
He was removed to the hospital where
the leg was amputated at the knee and
the physicians said that he would I'M
doubleday recover
After a separation of % years, Joseph
Saunders and his daughter, now q wo-
man Of IS years OF age and married
have been reunited at Bangor. Years
ago Mr. Saunders was a sailor, and
when his daughter Mary was but three
years old went on voyage that took
him from home many months. While
away someone poisoned the mind of his
wife against him and when he returned
he found his wife and daughter missing
and all trace of them lost. The daugh.
ter was brought up to believe her father
dead. Sometime ago she conceived the
idea that her father was alive and began
a search for him, leading to a happy re-
union Mr.. Saunders daughter lie now
Mrs Mary F. Tibbetts of Saco.
Announcement was made in the
columns of the Waterville Evening
Mail, Monday, of the sale of this print
ing establishment, through Il. {. Prince,
the former manager and principal stock
owner, to Herbert G. Libby of Cherry
! ll0lu d IOI IucI w dtcINliIc UOY. IL has
been known by certain parties that such
a deal was imminent, as negotiations TO
this effect had been in progress for sew
eral days previous to the official an.
nouncement. The new management
took possession, Monday morning. The
Watervile Evening Mail will. hence
forth, be printed by and its interests be-
come identical with those of the Central
AENfx DBL l,,l,
Libby Is treasurer and manager II. G..
Prince, the second party to the tran
saction, will remain with the company
and cooperate in its future work in that
city, and from which its six largely cir
oulated papers are to be sent out.
Among the corporations which have
recently been organized in the State is
that of the Lewiston News Publishing
Co, which has been formed at Lewiston
for the purpose of the printing and pub
LEGATION of newspapers, and transactng
all kinds of printing and job work. The
capital stock of the corporation is $40,
900, of which amount $500 is already
paid in. The par value of the stock ID
$25 per share. The president of the cor
poration Ia n. G. Foss of Auburn, the
treasurer Frank A. Morey of Lewiston,
and the directors, II. g Foss of Auburn,
II w. Haswell of Lewiston, d. J. McGil.
licuddy of Lewiston. r A. Morey OF
Lewiston, and Chas. II Osgood of Lew.
iston. The stockholders, together with
their subscriptions for common stock,
are as follows: Fl. G. Foss of Auburn,
40 shares; John l. Cummings of Au
burn, 40 shares; H. w Haswell of Lew.
iston, 40 shares Charles H. Osgood OF
Lewiston, 20 shares; Frank A Morey OF
Lewiston, 4 shares; Alonzo NJ. Garcelou
of Lewiston, 4 shares; George Pottle OF
Lewiston, shares. The certificate OF
corporation was approved september 0