The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-21
STATE AND GENERAL

A number Of severe accidents have oc.
Cured to woodmen near Bach during
the past week. F. Shea of Arrowsic,
employed at Spinney's mills Friday,
lost his left hand on planning machine
He was taken to Bath for amputatiOn
of the hand Fred Grover and Frank
Preble, both of Wiscasset, while at
Woolwich, Saturday, had their feet
jammed by logs slipping of skids and
the injuries will lay them up for several
weeks Charles S. Drawn has fracture
of the bones of the right leg caused by
the logs rolling on him,
Formal announcement was made,
the 18th inst, by the President and Mrs
Roosevelt of tie engagement of their
daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt, to
Nicholas Longworth, representative in
Congress from the first district in Ohio,
one of the Cincinnati districts. Coupled
with the announcement of the engage
ment is the additional announcement
that the wedding will take place about
the middle of next February While
arrangements for the wedding have not
been made, it is expected that it will
occur at the White House.
The four.story mill of the Wright
Health Underwear Co at Pownal, Vt,
was entirely destroyed by fire, Friday
The fire caused a panic among 80 or
more employees. and many of them jump
ed from the windows Two persons
we're seriously injured and Others slight
ly bruised. The loss is estimated at
about 800 600; with only $40, 600 insur-
ance. The burning OF the mill is great
loss TO the town, as it was its only in
4 . half ~
been started by friction caused by some
foreign substance falling into the buster.
During the month OF November 10000
pounds of rabbits were shipped to Bos-
ton from points ON the Washington
county railroad. As the average weight
of a rabbit is about six pounds II can be
seen that about 66j IF these little ant
mails we're shipped out of the county via
the railroad alone and it il reasonable to
believe that great many were killed
and eaten by the Washington county
residents themselves Others may also
have been shipped our by water but the
quantity leaving by this means was
doubtless small notwithstanding the
great slaughter that is going on it is
said that there is still plenty of them
left for all who care TO come.
John Alexander Dowie, head of the
Christian Catholic church in Zion, has
given up his rule and will soon leave for
one of the islands of the aribbean sea,
there To remain until spring in hopes of
regaining health. Announcement of the
abdication of the leader of ZION City was
made at u on City, Monday by Overseer
John c. opeycher. On Saturday Dowie
made 1t known that he would transfer
all authority over the church unreserv-
eddy to triumvirate and leave for the
South as soon as he could arrange his
affairs Control of the church has been
placed in the hands of Overseer Speych
er, Judge d. V. Barnes and Deacon
Alex Granger
The Nickerson Acetylene Gas Co.'S
plant which furnished light for Hyannis
Mass. was destroyed by an explosion
which killed Osborn Crowell, who was
in charge of the plant, and damaged
dozen or more buildings The explosion
shook the buildings half mile distant
and dem olished windows and doors
within 300 yards of the gas plant. Crow
ellis body was blown to pieces and little
could be found except his clothing by
which he could be Identified The &C
cident extingushed practically all the
lights in town. The financial loss is es.
timated at $4,000 Crowell was 81
years of age and was married
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