The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-22
STATE AND GENERAL

Tn county Of ffslataqlIs = h-IflL
that the end II Tie preseut year "
f ID II wholly free from deb.
Mrs Kate 3 ElH- Of FalrheId, o1s4u.
ICED grange a. Ripley, lasf @eek @lta
80 members, te be- known a. Ripley
grange
George W. Beavers thr former chiet
of the saeries and allowances DIVISION
OF the post office department who pea
ded guilty, last week, to conspiracy IL
connection with postal contracts aud
who was sentenced 20 imprisonment f5r
two years, is i'll at the jail where he IL
awaiting transfer u Monndsvlle, "
Va, penitentlary.
Pat Grove, charged VIII the robbery
of Edward A Gudahy. the Omaha pack
er, of S25 900 in connection with the
kidnapping Of Mr.. tudahy's son FIVE
years ago, has been acquitted The j4Iy
was out i hou Last October Crow
was arrested IN Butte Mont. He was
put on trial Feb : There vas 80 egi-
dence positively 10 indemnity rowe as
one OF the kidnappers.
stricken with heart disease, while d.
recting the workman at blaze in the
g.
William r. ChesHell Of the Boston ire
department, died on his way to the hos
pital chief Cbeswell had been con.
nected with the department since l,82
and had been chief since 1901. His re-
putation as a fire fighter extended
throug bout the country He was born
in Boston SO years ago
A bin to permit hotels within An
feet Of public school house to sell IL
quor, provided the hote has closed b4T,
and the bar itself is outside The 400 feet
limit has been passed to be engrossed in
the house of representatives in Boston.
Tha vote was 1879 IL 50 The legislation
WAS introduced 70 relieve the liquor
situation at the Hotel T0uraine, IN Bos.
ton. and other public houses n the
state located near school buildings.
Clarkson Gould of Topsham, a widely
known Adventist preacher, died sudden.
ly a his residence, Wednesday, Feb Il,
al the age Of 100 years he was born ID
Winthrop, Dee. %. 1905 bar had lived
nearly all his life in Topsham Nr
Gould engaged in business in his eafIy
manhood, but IN 1910 rehnquished the
Free Baptist faith in which he had been
brought up and became an Adventist
pre- acher. His second wife, whom he
M lrried in 1896, survives him.
Minot St Clair Francis, the negro
convict, who escaped from the Msssa
chusetts State farm while serving a 20
year sentence for assault upon Lynn
woman. became 81 stubborn Thursday,
while being taken to the tram for
Thomaston to begin sentence 10 state
O. bs
break at Red Beach and assault On
Watchman Brown. that it Was necessary
to club him into submission He was
guarded by Deputy Z =. Marsha.S
Smith and Haskell and Officer Firth.
The town never realizes the value OF
its public library until for some reason
1t is closed The Guilford library
after being closed two weeks, when
opened again the stairway was packed
with people waiting to secure reading
The books we're all called in on account
of the prevailing ailment among the chill
dren and the people then began 10
realize what a source OF enjoym and
benefit the library really * Saturday
was record breaking day for issaeing
books and the room was crowded all
day long.
The Pacific express Tram nA the bos
ton 4 Albany division of the New York
Central system which left the south sta
ton in Boston for Chicago aud the west
via Buffalo a. : O'Clock Thursday hight
last was wrecked in the Huntington ave
nue. yard. about mile from the termi-
nal One person was killed. five wee
hurt and several others sustained minor
INJURIES The dpad MelEp lonaSHen 1f