The Somerset reporter., 1905-12-14

night, and held to await the action of
the grand jury at the March term of the
supreme Court at South Paris, was
taken to the county Jail at South Paris
by the officials, who left on the noon
train for Portland.
The shipme nts aof potatoes over the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad during the
month of November amounted TO TIC 5ll
bushels This makes the cotal ship
ments of the crop of 1905 to date 1858
098 bushels or an increase of $50 500
bushels over the same period last year
The total increase Of the November crop
is 1920 347 bushels over 1904 Owing to
the fact that the metropolitan markets
have been influenced by the large guam
tity of foreign potatoes received the
Aroostook shippers have not been over
anxious to unload their potatoes up to
the present time, for to do so they would
have TO sell at price pushed way down
by the presence of the foreign spuds.
Joseph w. Fairbanks, president of the
Franklin County Savings Bank. vice
president of the First National Bank
and a member of the State Board II
Trustees of Normal schools. died Fri
day night last at his home in Farming
ton, aged "a years. Death was due TO
physical infirmities induced by old age
A native of Winthrop, he went to Farm
.ngton when % years of age and had
since lived here, being prominent
factor in the banking. civic and politi-
cal affairs of the town and county for
go years HI was for many years
selectman. served in both branches of
III I al nd in
member of tie state valuation commits
sion. He was an original stockholder
in the Sandy River Railroad
What will prove to be triple murder
and suicide was the APPALLING discovery
made Friday at the home of James
Golfer at Nbelburne, Ky we'll TODD
farmer Upon entering the house d
farmland found Mr., Golfer lying dead
on the bed while in other parts of the
house were found the dead bodies of his
wife aud daughter. and in the barn the
11-year-old son dying. The crime was
apparently deliberate. The son was at
tackled with an axe and then his father
went into the house, shot down his wife
and daughter and retired to bis bedroom
and turned the weapon upon himself, all
With fatal precision. In shooting him.
self he set fire to the bed clothing and
the smoke of the fire was what attracted
the attention of the passing farmland
who discovered the tragedy.
Already anticipating next summers
tourist travel, the Maine Central has is
sued a very neat little booklet of so
pages on Names Inland Rest Retreats
Well written articles profusely illustrat.
ed with excellent half-tones deal with
Lake Cobbosseecontee and its summer
attractions; Belgrade lakes, Pennington
and vicinity, " ilton pond, Lake Mariana
cook. Poland Spring. Waterville, Hay
den lake. China lake, Lake George in
Canaan and other inland places where
increasing numbers of summer visitors
come each season. These articles are
supplemented by lists OF hotels and
boarding houses, and full directions as
to how to reach the places described.
The frontispfeoe of the volume is beau
tiful view of Craig's Point, Lake Maran-
aoook. The circulation of such an inter-
esting and attractive little volume can
not fail to be splendid advertisement
for inland Maine.
MANY Maine people will regret to
learn that Francis Murphy, who for "a
years has pleaded throughout the
English speaking world with all his elo-
quent strength for the cause of Temper
ance and who began his reform work in
Portland is dying in Southern California.
He is SO years old; born in Wexford
county, ireland. and came to the United
States when he was Is years old. He
arrived with a small sum of money,
which was at once spent in drink, and