The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-09-13
STATE AND GENERAL.

Bangor was visited by swarm Of flies
of some kind which filed the down
town streets during Thursday afternoon
and were noticeable all the afternoon.
Shortly afternoon they were 30 thick In
West Market SQuare that they seemed
to be like a cloud What the flies we're
or where they came from nobody seemed
to know. They were of good size, being
a little larger than an ordinary house
fly and having head which resem bled
the head of an ant in appearance. So
far as is known they did 40 damage aad
carried nothing away with them in their
fight.
During the time of the destructive fire
at Fryeburg on Friday morning, Aug.
81, several automobile parties passed
through the village. The occupants of
these rendered efficient assistance in
checking the fire and saving household
goods The homes of George o War.
rem and Miss Abbie Page were saved
through their help Among the visitors
were Mrs. Garrett Hobart, her son, and
his wife who was Caroline Frye Briggs
Mrs. Hobart made inquiries as to the
greatest sufferers from the fire and
learned that they we're the families of
Nathaniel Walker and Woodman Gray,
both of Portland street. check for
5000 has just been received by Mrs L. l..
Eastman TO be divided equally between
these two families.
The contract for the further extension
of the big car repair shop plant of the
Maine Central railroad at Waterville
has been awarded to a Waterville firm
Ioa ha
The new part will run along the east
side of the present plant and will be
39x362 feet. The annex is to be com
pleted before the first of the year. The
addition will give employment to 100
more men. The same contractors have
we'll under way the addition to the paint
shop department of the plant and some
time during the present month begin
work on the foundation of a new round
house which will be the largest in the
state and will contain dozen more
stalls than the present one. When the
present proposed changes have been
made the Maine Central will give work
to nearly 200 more men than now
Two men were fatally, one seriously
and 10 or a dozen slightly injured by
an explosion on Lerox Hill, Ora ate
street, in Lynn, Mass Friday. The ia.
tally injured are Frank w. Worden-
berger and George Tatnsll, both of
New York city Wordenberger died at
the Lynn Hospital at hight. Francis Chi
COME an Italian laborer, who lives in
Swampscott was seriously hurt, but
will undoubtedly recover The slightly
injured include Il number of Lynn and
Salem contractors WoIdenberger
German by birth and chemist by occu
patton, was the inventor OF new ex-
plosive compound, and Tatlnall il the
president of a company formed to ex-
plot it. The two m had been tour
ing throughout New England demon
strating the new explosive in the pres
ence of contractors and qnarry workers.
Gregory Williams. aged IA of Brook
lyn, N Y, has been stopping with his
mother at one of the Maine resorts for
two weeks On Saturday he collecf cd
can full of grasshoppers for fish bait.
He forgot to take the can from his coat
pocket At the dinner table his mother.
noticing the bunch in his coat pocket,
asked him what he had The lad did
not reply and she told him TO show her
what it was. Gregory opened the lid
and in less time than it takes to tell
couple of hundred grasshoppers were
doing the two-step among the dishes anG
guests. The insects got into the frizzos
of the ladies ana caused more commot-
ion than fire. Two young women faint
ed and it was fully an hour before the
room was cleared of hoppers. One
Young woman whose hair WAS red drew
hoppers by the dozens They drove her
into Mysteries In the excitement many
dishes were broken and several evening
dresses spoiled There were city people
who had never seen hoppers before and
it fir ghtened them almost to death as
they did not know what they were.