The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-22
STATE AND GENEItAI.

Walter b. Could Of Bangor has coin
collection probably not duplicated IN
this country, about 20 900 If the old
fasbi6ned copper Gems dated from 1703
IL 1856. the latter date being the last
year that his piece ~as coined fns
COLLECTION fills huge gians ar aud
would mea-ure about Blk pecks. nr
Gould has offered TO give the lot TO any
one who cDud lift he IT aud contents.
Gov. Beckman Of Kentucky, who will
succeed StDdtOT scCreaiy, as United
States senator Of Kentucky, viii BIO the
youngest man IN that body, being few
months The junior of senator Burkett Of
Nebraska Beckman WAS nominated
for the Kentucky Legislature the day he
was 81 and was rpeakur Of the House
Al Is. He was elected lieutenant gov
ernor a the age OF 70 and became gov
ernOr when GOrbsl WAS ass assinatod
Announcement is made that the next
annual convention of the Congregation
alists of Maine will ae held ID Hallowell,
the place of the birth of this denomina-
ton in this state, on the anniversary OF
the Maine Missionary society IN 1907.
This society was born la Hallowell, the
meetings for organization taking place
at the pa sonage. A committee from
the Old South church has been appoint
ed to make arrangements for the con.
Vention which will be held next June.
Announcement is made by the family
of DIR Minot savage that by reason OF
the unsettled condition of his health,
both mentally and physically, he has
been placed in private sanitorium for
treatment. DIR. Savage resigned last
February as pastor of the Church of the
Messiah, New York, and went to Cali
fornia, where he remained for several
months, but his health. showing no i'm
provement there he came to the home
of his son in law, Rev. Minot o Simons
of Cleveland, o.. recently and has been
there since
In consequence of the recent action
of certain agents in inducing workmen
| 20 emigrate to Canada under false rep
resentation that work was awaiting
them there, whereas they were really
wanted to take the place of strikers.
the President of the London Board of
Trade Lloyd George, in the House of
Commons, Friday, secured the adoption
of a new clause for the merchants
shipping bill providing that any one
inducing emigration by false repre-
sentaIions il liable to fine of $3.50 or
imp isoument at hard labor for three
mouths for each offense
Eighty five widows in Bowdoinham, a
lii 10 village of 1900 inhabitants on the
shores of the Cathance riverl Whether
or not the climate of the town is not
conductive TO long life on the part of
the men, or whether there be some mys-
terious cause for this rapid increase in
widows is not known. In the village
| itself are SO widows. the rest of them
being scattered throughout the town.
On one short village street of seven
houses dwell six widows, and on Nam
street alone are sixteen The youngest
Is 20 and the Oldest is 90 years old.
There is living in Norway, Ne. the
pioneer orange shipper of California,
Mrs Rebecca Warren. Mrs. Warren,
who is seventy, went from : hicago to
San Francisco on Vauderbllt's steamer
the North Star She kept lodging
house in San Francisco and specuated
in land. In 10 years she had $4,000 at
interest she was the first orange
grower to ship fruit by the carload out
of the State, beginning with ca'tie cars,
which she had crtred out and 10 .ded
he later married Mr.. Warren, and
their brand # oranges was known as
the NV II. W
Bangor builders were never 80 busy
as they have been this year, for the
building fever has had great run here,
Notwithstanding the high prices of
materials and the advance in wages
From early in the spring, every mechan-
ic and labOrer available has been
steadily employed, and more could have
found work here The principal build
ings begun or finished this year are the
new Maine Central passenger station
aud auxiliary structures the buildings
of the Eastern ) 5 Co, the Steatns.
Merrill Trust Co.. Graham, Meehants
National Bank. and Dlckey building,
the Tarratine Club house and the Cen
ire street school. OF these, only the
hickey building and the Eastern $.
Co.'S buildings the latter begun last
year, are completed, most of the Others
requiring months yet to finish.
This is worth Remembering.