The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-11-30
STATE AND GENERAL

The relatives and friends of Harry
Perkins of Abbot. Who disappeared
while hunting several weeks ago, have
given up hope Of ever finding him alive.
Searching parties have secured the
woods in the vicinity Of where be was
last seen but have been uusuccessf0l a
their search.
What is probably the whitest deer
ever taken out o. the Maine woods
has been received by Reeves brothers.
taxidermists. Of Portland This IS
handsome albino which was shot by z
{ Rogers OF Putnam. Gonn at Brandy
Pond The deer IL a perfect white
with the exception Of very little patch
of brown on his forehead. Il weighed
when dressed about 100 pounds
On Wednesday evening, Nov q
Jonathan Benn one of tue weathiest
and most widely known farmers IN
Houlton, was leading one of his prize
bulls to water, when the animal made
a savage attack on him, throwing Mr.
Benn about two rods amongst a lot Of
barrels The maddened brute made an
other dive for him and the barrels were
all that saved his life As il was he WAS
gored in a frightful manner and Was
unconscious for nearly seven hours
Govetnsr Cobb has appointed the
following as delegates = the National
difference of Immigration. which will
be held under the auspices of the Ma
tional Civic Federation at New York
city, December 6. 7 and :; Edward =.
Clark, Bar Harbor; HeDrs Z Dunmack,
/ Augusta; Edwin Riley. Livermore Falls;
| Robert Macarthur, Biddeford Hayward
/ Pierce, Frankfort; Jasper Wyman Mill
! bridge; F. E beet, Rumford Falls
Charles L. Fox, Portland; David y.
Beach. Bangor; George X. Walker, Mill
nocket.
1t is seldom that a person is called
TO attend the funeral of as many relatives
in one week as has been the experience
of Smith Maxey of West Rockport. On
Wednesday the 18th he buried his sls
ter, Mrs. John Thorndike. the next day
he was called TO East Union to The
double funeral of his wife's sister and
her husband, Mr. and Mrs Daniel
Titus on the same day and hour tie
wife of his cousin Wm. Maxey of Rock
land, was buried and on Monday the
Doth John Thorndike his brother-in-law
was buried, making five of the family
in six days
The difference between apples last
! year and apples this pear is well IL
Illustrated by the case of one PARIS
farmer according to the Oxford DEM
ocrat Last year, without furnishing
barrels. this farmers total receipts
for the products of his orchard were
1857 This year he had remarkably
good crop for an 'off year tbough
actually less than last year He fur
nished his own barrels this year, and
his total receipts amount to S737.
After taking out the cost Of the bar
rels this leaves him over 5000 for this
years fruit.
1t is seldom that good-sized $ ark is
found in Hancock county, but such WAS
the case recently when one measuring
nine feet in length was caught in a
Southwest Harbor fish weir by an old
fisherman of that town. 1t is supposed
that the shark chased tish into the weir
and then was unable TO free himself
This fact is rather astonishing to some.
as the shark weighed 900 pounds aud
/ looked able to break through the
strongest weir in the country. When
found the monster was lying on his back
in shoal water whore he was killed by
the weir tenders.
j At general meeting of the citizens
of Augusta, held at City hall, Monday
afternoon and evening, for the purpose
of ascertaining whether or not the mu
nicipal officers should be authorized 10
/ fix the valuation of the Edwards Man
ufacturing Co's property in that city
at 81 900, 900 for period of ten years,
commencing with the present year, pro-
vided the company should abandon it's
appeal to the supreme Judicial court
from the valuation of 1904, and pay the
said tax in full as assessed, with inter
est, it was voted to accept the proposal
| by vote of 387 to 3l7.
The most DISASTROUS railroad wreck
in this state for many years occurred Sun
day night at Bakers Bridge station, a
/ mile and half west of Lincoln, on the
main line of the Fitchburg division of
the Boston 4 Maine railroad The reg
nlar Sunday night express, which left
i Boston at ! 45 o'clock for Montreal via
the Rutland system, crashed into the
rear of local train which started from
Boston at 7 Is for points on the main
line and Marlboro branch At least 10
persons were killed outright. burned TO
death or suffocated, and 80 or more
we're seriously injured. Many passep-
gers sustained minor cuts bruises and
/ burns.
Crescus, the world = champion trotting
stallion, record 024 was sold at
auction, Friday. for $21, 600 at the Old
Glory sale in n. Y, to NJ. W. Savage
of Minneapolis Mimi. Mr. Savage is
the owner of Dan Patch ond Direetum
George H Ketcham of Toledo, Ohio,
was the former owner of Crescus
| This sale was regarded as the final
passing of Crescus from the race track
by breathless thousands who crowded
every seat in Madison square Garden to
witness this particular auction. When
the beautiful chestnut stallion was led
into the space reserved for him he VAS
cheered SO heartily that the racket
frightened him and the aucuoneef re-
quested silence in behalf of the famops
trotter. The bidding was brief Z II.
Mcguire opened it with $4,000, and after
a short silence Mr.. Savage said "Twenty-
one thousand Within five minutes
more Crescus was sold at this figure.
Bilious Attack Quickly Cured
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