The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-07
STATE AND GENERAL.

The usefunes Of police matron in
Lewiston 10 shown by the fact that Mrs
Mitchell has placed 50 children in good
homes.
Gordon Dobson of Pittsfield, the head
of the tobert Dobson Co, wooden manu-
facturers of that town, left, Wednesday,
for Mexico on business trip.
Calais Advertiser: On opening bar
rel of beef the other day, the cook of an
up river lumber camp found single
on which was inscribed:
Although I'm dead and sailed here,
| was a truck horse all last year.
board of trade will soon be organ
ICED IN Dover and Foxcroft. A petition
which has been numerously signed by
the citizens is now being circulated,
favoling such movement and Offering
financial aid for its establishment.
The kennebec river was frozen over
five miles south of Gardiner last night.
he Eastern Steamship Co.'S small
steamer Della Collins was unable to
break through the ice and tug has
been ordered to tow her 10 winter quar-
tiers In salt water. One more schooner the
! ON Reed, was expected To bring car
60 of lumber for a Gardiner concern,
but will be unable to do so. The steam
er Ransom b Fuller made her last trip to
Boston from here Tuesday of Last week
and is expected to finish the Sc Ason from
Bath Friday.
Brunswick has not general reputa-
tiOn of being slow, and should Bruins
wick person be told that Brunswick liz
the slowest town in the State, there
would be apt to be trouble Immediately
However, the New England Telephone
Companyshave only recently proven that
the Brunswick telephone subscribers are
the slowest of any in the State to answer
their phones. By means of tests made
all over the State 1t was learned that
the average time taken by a subscriber
to answer his telephone is Is seconds
longer, or FL seconds, The test is some
what of surprise to the Brunswick
people.
Over 1,000, 900. 900 herring were pack
ed in tin cans as domestic sardines dur
ing 1913, the first time in the history of
the Maine sardine industry that the
figures have reached that proportion
That estimate is based on a count of SIX
herring sardines to a box or can; in a
majority of instances the packers give
full count and allow seven. Last year
the total of all kinds exceeded 995 Co.,
600 fish, and the increased pack of this
year added one more to the long row of
figures. The value Of the little fish in
cans this year will exceed IS, 100, 900.
making the industry one of the most
important of the Pine Tree state.
The poor and hungry. the old and
young were bounteously fed Thursday
h. ha nj. ha
trers of America at their meeting places
in different parts of Boston. About A.
600 enjoyed feaet such as many had
not known for year, and all were ur
ged not to go away until their hunger
had been satisfied to the fullest extent
In addition to the dinners provided by
the army aud the volunteers, other
charitable organizations and chuches
made the day memorable one among
the poor by distributing we'll filled bas-
kets among those unable to attend the
more public dinners. - 10 4aus n
Hon f lward Wiggin, secretary at the
educational department, who has been
looking up the population of the differ
eut towns in the State, finds that eight y-
three of the towns have population of
less than 400 souls, aud that IA towns
have population of less than 100 The
town that has the smallest population
of any in the State, is Mattamscontis
in PeuobscOt county, with total of %
souls. Probably the town that has ex-
perienced the greatest increase of popu-
lation within given time is Millinocket
In 1890 the number of inh abitants IN til is
town was two, while 10 1900 the census
gave it population of 1144 AS no CEN
sus has been taken since that year, fig
urea showing the present population Of
the town are not available, but no doubt
they would show a material increase
Mr.. <. K, Spear of Rocklsnd has just
received a check for the amount of his
interest in a claim against the United
states government which his great grand
father, Mr. Robert Spear, began to pro-
secute something like hundred years
ago 1t was one of what ia known as
French spoliation claims, which arose
from the destruction of an American
vessel during the Napoleonic wars
Robert Spears claim was originally
$1,000, and if paid in full with interest
would amount to good sum now. But
government refuses to pay interest the
expense collecting has been enormous
anu buo Hollb arc ~ MI. 4 j..
X. Spear was not overwhelmed with his
good fortune when the check was placed
in his hands. 1t is for the sum of 81 81,
in full Of all demands against Uncle
Samuel.
Thomas Kilerde, an employs of the
international Paper Co. at Rumford
Falls was the victim of a terrible ac-
cident Thursday evening. Kileride,
who had been in the employ of the
company for only three days, started to
walk across a vat of boiling water on
plank and not being used tc this stepped
from the plank into the water. He
caught hold of rope and thus managed
to keep his head and the upper part of
his arms above water In a few mo-
ments he was rescued by some of his
fellow workman and when pulled out of
the vat was seen to be terribly burned
When his gloves were taken from
his hands the skin came with them ald
The lower part of his body was In fear
ful condition He was at once taken to
the Oxford Emergency hospital, where
it is said that there is little prospect of
his recovery. Kileride is nineteen years
of age and comes from Prince Edward
island His relatives there have been
notified.
For Bnliousness and Sick Headache.
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