The Somerset reporter., 1907-08-29
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS.

In the supreme court last week at
Bangor the grand jury, reported an
unusually long list of indictments.
There are said to be over 100, ranging
from murder to petty larceny, and
including at least 70 for violation of
the prohibitory law.
A. W. Webb of Oakland has three
chickens which are certainly"freaks"
to say the least. The chicks are OF
the White Wyandotte breed and
none of the trio has any web to the
feathers, which resemble the silky
hair of the Angora goat more than
anything else. 1t is something never
before heard of in the poultry world,
and it remains to be seen whether or
not new breed can be raised.
The Piscataquis Association of Uni
versalist churches composed of So
cieties from the following towns.
Pittsfield, Guilford, Sangerville, Dover
and Foxcroft, Dexter, Milo, and
Greenville will hold their annual
meeting with the First Universalist
church at Pittsfield, Wednesday, Sept.
1s. There will be delegates from the
different churches and an all day
session will be filled with helpful and
interesting things.
Thirteen persons were injured
Friday night, two perhaps fatally, by
the explosion of fireworks stored in
the basement of a tenement house at
Madison, N. j. FRANKIE Monde and
John Rillo are not expected to live.
The others will recover. The explo-
sion, which occurred shortly before
midnight, shattered the walls and set
FIRE to the building. Most Of the
tenants were terribly burned and
none escaped injury entirely. What
caused the accident is not known.
An indication of the progress that
New York Is making toward deserv-
ing the title of'the city that never
sleeps" is afforded by Postmaster
General Meyers announcement that
he intends to introduce an evening de-
livery of mail at s P. NJ, in the resi-
Dental section of Manhattan. The
reasons given for this action are the
necessity for tightening the burden
of the early morning deliveries and
also to make it possible to send a
letter in the city and receive an an
swer the same day. New Workers
are fairly we'll accustomed to the all
night bank, the all night court, all
night law offices and barber shops
and dental establishments. When
they can receive their mail at any
hour of the "a there will be small
reason for going to bed at all in
Manhattan.
Otis J. Cook, a former Auburn
business man, is missing and his
friends have no idea of his where
abouts. Mr. Cook lived for many
years in Auburn where he conducted
a drug store, but for the past few
years he has resided at Pittsfield.
About two years ago the Otis j. Cook
Co. was organized in Lewiston for the
purpose of carrying on general drug
business and opened up fine store in
Pittsf1eld. Mr.. Cook has not been
seen, it is said, since July 81, and the
store has been closed. Upon exam
ming the firms papers it is under
stood that an indie btedness of 800
has been found. A common law as
signment has been made to George
G. Weber, Esq, of Auburn. Among
the creditors are John H. Merrill of
Auburn, j. w. Perkins Co., j. E.
Gould and Bailey & Noyes, all of
Portland.
La Forest Chase, superintendent of
the pulp mill at Steep Falls, was
found in an unconscious condition on
a pile of sawdust near the dam be-
tween and 4 O'Clock Friday morning,
and as he has not yet recovered suffi-
GENTLY to tell what happened it is not
known whether he was the victim of
assault or fell from concrete walk
on which he is supposed to have been
standing. 1t is the general opinion
here however, that Mr.. Chase was
assaulted and it Is understood that a
good part of the money which he had
with him at the time he left his
boarding place for the mill Is missing.
Deputy Sheriffs Lewis w. Moulton of
Portland and Charles Murch of Bald
win came here today and are investi-
eating the matter. So far as Is
known nobody in this vicinity is sus
pected of having pushed Mr.. Chase
from the walk.
A very pleasant event occurred at
Haselton Corner. Dexter, Aug. IA,
occasion being the NICK enney re-
union. There were SO relatives present
from towns including Dexter, ST.
Adams, Foxcroft, Exeter, Enfield,
Pittsfield, Bangor, Lincoln, Newport,
Burlington, Sangerville and Corinna.
A picnic dinner was served in the
grove owned by Alfred Mchen :
ney. The day was passed in social
manner with singing and selections
from the monograph. 1t was voted to
hold McKenney reunion every year
and to use this grove as the meeting
place. 1t was decided to have pavil-
ion built before the ne KIT meeting. The
following officers were chosen to
serve for the ensuing year: President,
Alfred Mckinney of Dexter; Gen.
manager, Fred Lunt of Dover; secre
tary, Mrs. Fred Lunt; treasurer, Mrs.
Elna Hoyt of Dexter; directors, Frank
cKenney, Exeter, Culbert McKen-
ney, Dexter, Mrs. Bertha Mckinney,
Dexter, Austin Page, st. Adams.
The scrap tin gatherers have been
busy for some time past about East
port and the neighboring towns
where the sardines are canned every
season and countless numbers of the
bundles of tin have been shipped
west where it is in demand, and
worth something to the shippers. 1t
was not so many years ago in the
sardine canning industry when the
scraps of bright looking tin were
dumped off the factory wharves OF
piled up in heaps for years during
which time the metal rusted and was