The Somerset reporter., 1906-06-07
STATE AND GENERAL.

years
The many friends Of Mrs. E C Bur.
leigh of Augusta, who has been very III
at Washington, d. C, will be gratified
to learn that abe is steadily improving
IN health and was able TO sit up In a
chair for little while Friday for the
first time since her illness.
Thomas Dechow of Searsport recently
lost valuable horse in a peculiar way
While at work the horse cut his off hind
foot. Mr. Dechow washed il out and
bandsnged it. For two days the horse
seemed all right, and then it became
lame and 10 q few days died with lock.
jaw.
The Coopers have disposed of their
property at Cooper's Mills, II is annouuc
ed, and propose TO remove to Rhode
Island or Connecticut. since the trial
Of Mrs Cooper on the charge of killing
Charles Northy the conditions In the
community where she has made heI
home have not been congenial.
BY the terms of the will of the late
Theodore Kearney, the noted raisin
grower OF Fresno, al. who died sudden
~ several days ago on the steamship,
Oceanic, while enroute from New York
to Queenstown, his entire estate valued
at $4,000 Is bequeathed TO the Uni
versity of California for the establish
ment of viticultural station at Fresno.
The death of Mrs Julia A. Fuller oc-
Cured at the residence of 5. r. Ireland
in Minneapolis, MINI April Ia, 1900
she was the widow of George Fuller of
Hartland, Me-, who died there some
years ago. Since her husbands death
she has made her home in Minneapolis.
she was 10 years of age and is survived
by one brother, William Graves, also of
Minneapolis.
Material progress in the manufacture
ing industries of the state of Maine ia
shown in a preliminary report of the
census bureau lately issued. The fig
nres are for the calendar year 1904. as
compared with 1900, the year of taking
the 18th census and showing the num-
Der of establishments in 1901 to have
been 3l45, an increase OF nine per cent
the capital invested was $143 TOT, $50,
an increase of 27 per cent
Other statistics are as follows: Num-
Der of salaried clerks, etc. 3772 increase
of % per Cont salaries paid, 81, 988 1877.
increase of 50 per cent; average num-
Der of wage earners. - 958 increase
per cent; wages paid S32 691, $50, in
crease 81 per cent; total amount of pro-
ducts, $li4 020, 1877, increase IS per cent
The five principal industries are sta
ted to be boots and shoes, cotton goods
lumber, paper and wood pulps and
wooden goods
The annual Maine festival will be held
in Bangor, Oct. and 10. hr Chap
man will go to New York in two weeks
to hear the new baritone aud settle his
contract, and then will give the an
nounc ment of all his Italian artists,
also the program for the Italian or pop
ular night, the opening night of the
festival Much interest and enthusiasm
is shown in the announcement of the
artists. and 1t is evident that this fes-
tival will prove the most popular of all.
While working at tho top of % foot
pole, James Woods, All electric light
lineman employed by the South Ber-
wick aud >almons Falls Co., was cleo
trocuted Friday. The blade of his axe
which hung at his belt hit the insua-
ton of a wire and the $500 volts which
the wire carried passed through his
body. Woods fell over dead upon the
arm of the plle and hung there so that
1t WAS necessary to rig tackle and fall
to lower him to the ground. He was rs
years old and unmarried
Eleven persons were killed and 20 in
jnred through the oyerturning of large
trolley car on the Rhode Island Co.'s
line at Moores corner, L asst Providence.
just after ! o'clock sunday morning
The car which was of the open type
variety and had Is seats was we'll filed
with a party of Thornton people who
were returning home after a days out
ing at Crescent park, a well known
pleasure resort on the Providence river
several miles below this city. Moore's
orner, the scene of the accident is five
miles from Providence, and is situated
midway between Crescent park and the
town of East Providence.
Of the 476 Maine cities, towns and
plantations 800 have already appropri.
ated money this year for the purpose Of
building State roads, the total appro-
priation amounting to $l18, 625. There
are In the State IT cities which will
make up their budgets of appropriations
during the present month, as follows:
Auburn. Lewiston, Portland. So. Port
land, Westbrook, Augusta, Gardiner
Hallowell, Waterville, Rockland, Ban
2or, Oldtown, Bath, Eastport, Bidde-
ford, and Saco and while it cannot be
stated as to the amount of the appro-
priations which these places will make,
1t is estimated that the total appropria-
ton which will be made in Maine this
year for State roads will be probably
about $120 600.
Twenty-Five Maine postma sters will re-
ceive larger salary checks from the
government after July next. Those at
Milo and Oldtown will be increased $500
each by the annual REIMBURSEMENT of the
department Postal receipts have been
very large there the last II months.
The others will have an advance of 500,
as follows: Belfast, Bootnbsy Harbor,
Camden, Castiue, Cherrytield, Dsmaris-
Gotta, Dexter, Guilford, Hallowell,
Kennebunk, kennebunkport, Livermore
Falls, Lubec, Newport, North Arson,
Old Orchard, Phillips, Pittsfield, Pressure
Isle, Richmond, Rocklsnd, Waterville
and Wiscasset. Postm asters in the
boom town of Millinocket, in Vnal
Haven and Westbrook are to be reduced
800 each because the postal business 10
their towns has been falling off.
The men engaged in plastering the
addition to the railroad station at Water
Vile made a peculiar mistake recently
which caused them considerable extra
labor. They went to freight car stand
ing near the station and removed what
they supposed was a barrel of cement
which they mixed with lime and then
proceeded to apply the mixture to the
walls and ceiling They had almos,