The Somerset reporter., 1907-10-10
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS.

Miss Julia Richman, a district super
intendent in New York schools is
having great success with a penny
luncheon of crackers and milk for the
youngest children. An investigation
not long ago in that city showed
10000 breakfastless children in the
public schools.
Bill and Alex, the last pair OF oxen
owned by the navy and for the last 20
years familiar sights at the Ports
mouth navy yard, like the old frigate
Saratoga, are to be sold at auction,
the navy department having decided
that they are too Anticipated for the
needs of modern yard.
Harry K. Thaw's second trial for
the killing of Stanford White will be-
gin on Dec. 2. This agreement was
reached between District Attorney
Jerome, Martin w. Littleton, counsel
for Thaw, and Justice Bowling of the
supreme court. Mr.. Littleton wanted
the date fixed for Nov. 1, but Mr.. Je-
rome oppose this and offered the date
which was selected.
Henry WEIGH, aged 10, was instant
ly killed by his brother, Fred WEIGH,
aged "a, at Manchester, N. H., on the
WEIGH farm in Bedford, five miles
from here, late this afternoon. Fred
was about to kill lame horse by re-
quest of its owner, Eugene Campbell,
when the shot gun exploded prema-
turely and Henry received the charge
in his heart.
George Varney of Orange, Fla, left
Pittsfield Thursday for his old home
In the South. Mr.. Varney has been
called to Maine twice as witness in
the Leonard Lord will contest case
and each time the suit has been put
off. Mr.. Varney this week received
word from Skowhegan that the case
had been put off until the December
term of court.
Kora Temple of the Mystic Shrine
is planning trip to Houlton some
time in October. The Shriners in
that part of Maine believe that they
can offer hundred candidates. The
Shrine would have special train and
special dinner service and possibly
sleepers for the night at Houlton.
Great enthusiasm is shown for the
trip and big crowd will 60 If the ar
rangements are made.
The New Magnolia Hotel, at Mag
nolia, Mass, one of the finest summer
hotels at this resort, was destroyed
by fire Saturday, causing loss esti-
mated at about 100000. The hotel
was a six story wooden structure, To-
Gated on LIE lexington avenue, near the
waterfront. The hotel was closed for
the season two weeks ago, and no one
was In the building Saturday. Incen-
diarism is suspected.
The Aroostook Pioneer says that
the farmers are taking chance on
storing the potatoes they are digging
now. 1t is a great question as to
whether or not this stored stock will
keep in good condition. However,
with the expectancy of high prices a
little later the farmers are taking a
chance and hope to pull out ahead of
the game. More starch potatoes are
being brought in to the factories than
was ever known before.
Orlando Stewart, who is about to
leave his old home in Milo Junction
to reside in Boston, has a record that
is equalled by but few men. 1t is go
years of railroad work. The past
three years have mostly been spent in
Milo, where he took charge of all the
building and improvements. He also
has the honor of taking charge of set
ting the telegraph poles which held
the wire over which the first train
order dispatch in the world was sent.
He did the work when but II years
old.
The report ON the undelivered mail
matter handled by the dead letter
office in September, 1907, shows that
zoos, 800 pieces of mail matter were
received and 235, 1851 pieces we're re-
turned to senders, as compared with
944, 029 pieces received and 209, 664
returned in September, 1898. Cir
culars and on-returnable letters
to the number of 407, 69S were destroy
ed last month, while In the same
month last year 81, PAT pieces of such
matter were destroyed. The sum of
S5, 251. "a was found in the dead letters
and $4,371.64 was returned to senders.
The granite quarries of Maine pro-
duce annually about 100000 worth
of stone, the value of the output in a
single county reaching $1,000, 900.
The location Of many of the quarries
near the seaboard, as we'll as the
character of their product, has made
Maine granite an Important building