The Somerset reporter., 1906-05-24
STATE AND GENERAL

North Windham is hopeful that
crayon factory will soon be jn operation
there. This would be decidedly new
industry for Maine.
The Methodist church at Surry was
struck by lightning, saturday, during
heavy shower. The spire aud interior
were badly damaged, but the edifice did
not take fire. TT es in number of sec
lions of Hancock county we're struck.
j. D Fuller while employed in Pettin
gill saw mill at Sprague's Mills, Thurs
day afternoon, was str1ck by a big log
which pushed him against the big saw
and instantly, without giving him time
even for an outcry, the machinery had
done its awful work and Fuller was
dead, his body being severed in two.
The voters of Franklin county have
put themselves on record as in favor of
permanent, improvements, even If the
initial expense is little larger. at a
special town meeting held recently they
voted to build stone bridges in place Of
the wooden ones recently destroyed by
freshet Franklin is to be congratula
ed on the spirit shown by this action
Attorney General Hannibal z. Hamlin
of Ellsworth ls in Washington to repre-
sent the State of 1aine before the in
ternal revenue commission in regard to
the matter of a tax on the State as
wholesale and retail dealer in intoxicat-
ing liquors. Mr.. Hamlin hopes to be
able to have the tax which amounts to
number of thousand dollars related.
While In Washington Mr.. Hamlin is the
guest of his law partner, Senator Eu.
gene Hale.
1t is announced that Hon. John p
Swasey, the most prominent lawyer of
Oxford unity and one of the ablest
orators of Maine, has yielded to the
solicitations of his friends in Oxford
county and has consented to be a candi
date for Congress in the Second Maine
Congre ssional District. 1t is stated that
Oxford county will be a unit for him
and it is believed that he will receive
generous support from other parts of
the Second Maine District.
Mrs. Geo. Eastman, wife of prosper.
Gus farmer living five miles out from
Bucksport, was instantly killed, Satur-
day afternoon, by bolt of lightning
which struck the house during one of
the most terrific electrical storms ever
known In this section Her three year
old daughter, which she was holding in
her lap, was entirely uninjured. Her
husband and the other children we're in
the barn at the time. The house was
badly damaged, but did not take FIRE.
The legislative life insurance lnvesti.
CATION committee held what is believed
to be its final session In New York last
Saturday to fix upon the compensation
of it's counsel in the investigation. The
committees original agreement with the
counsel is said to have been to pay
Charles Z. Hughes S15 900; James Nc,
Keen, $4,000; and Matthew Fleming,
$500, with extra compensation for ser
vice rendered after January l, The
final decision of the committee was not
announced, but it was reported that Mr.
Hughes will receive S25 900, Mr. Nc
Keen SIS, 900 and Mr.. Fleming $4,000,
and Miles NJ. Dawson, the actuary,
"a, 600
Harry r. Burleigh has purchased the
A-oostook Pioneer block, also the
Pioneer Plant at Houlton, Me, and
good will of the paper and has secured
the services of A w Hail. formerly of
the Caribou Republican as editor, and
Charles w. Lyons of Houlton az ASSOC
ciate editor Ia about a week the first
issue of the paper under the new man.
agement will be presented to the public.
The price paid for the block and plant
was SIC, 600 The Pioneer was the first
paper established In Aroostook county,
having been started at Pressure Isle in
1857 and conducted there for several
years before being moved TO the county
seat 1t was owned and edited many
years by the late George a. Gilman aud
since his death has been in the market.
The new owner is a prominent young
business man of Houlton and member of
the board of selectmen
The home maker who, planning to