The Somerset reporter., 1885-09-02
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puct.
Et-f tunNNffI.f.--Thc weather for the
past f." 'lay'. ha- been very cool for An-
2u~i People do not object to having a
lIres...lloralip iongfcllow and wife
have gonc 10 Dead Riyerio visit relatives
lhrfe; also Ia 20 bucbcrreing George
JHdkln. has been AT home recently from
Minnesota. Visiting hi~ friends about
Il week but ha~ returned 10 MINI.
FAItInlb. Village school, commence
nrNl Monday....S. T. Nyc'- house on
Main ST. i nearly finished, in will lie oc-
enpied by W. q. Rice. manager Of the
kcnncbec Framing Co. and !. NJ Fogg
''..A large nnlnhcr from here viii 20 To
Bangor ili> wcrk....l nder The manage-
mcni oil. I. Murray. it i expected Tie
haIl VIII present iine appearance al the
TIM Of the fair which will orcur Sept.
~ b.. Mr. Geo. Cotton. and Mrs.
Amos Leonard. left for Eina Monday
L. NJ. 10 attend the eampmeetne in >cs-
sion there. IS. Giles has sold his stock
of dry goods to Mr. Pray from Detroit
Who will continue in the business. he will
retain the popular clerk. Miss Eta Cole.
FMmirLb.-The Joa7,ai says The Somcr-
set Fibre Co. will have their wood elevator com
plcted this week. It is fifty feet in height and
was constructed to hoist the % 900 cords Of pop
lar lumber cut by Henry Fogg last winter Tho
poplar IS cut four feet long and vas peeled ha-
fore it was put into the water When elevated
out Of the water it will make a hinge Pile The
company have over 100 mon in their employ and
the monthly pay roll is about $1,000. They
have on hand about 5000 cord, If edgings
through which their tr,mway runs, and are re-
ccisng from the mills here and at Gardiner
about - cords daily. They are burning about
ten of their tramway carloads Of sawdust daily
from the mills here. 1t takes considerable OK
ecutiNe ability, besides brains, to manage this
large business, but under the careful attention
Of the superintendent, W. H. +. Tower, every
thing goes ON like clock-work, and the company
are turning out pulp that the paper makers say
has the strongest fibre of any concern in the
United States. Although the paper business is
dull, this company has no difficulty in selling
then praducts, on account of its cxccllance.
Lawrence x Gcrads colt, Lawrence, three
years old, won the colt race at Watersille, Au-
gust 26th, beating Nelson's celebrated Kentucky
colt, Dictator. This was a very exciting race,
but the cool yankee was too much for the fiery
southcrner.. The Fairfield Furniture Go.
have nearly completed their shaving tower.
This will make three shaving towers our mills
have built this season, Il result Of the lawsuit
with the Lockwood Co. Of Watcrville. No mill
refuse is now thrown into the riycr....... The
Somerset Fibre Co.'s drive Of poplar got into
the boom last week under the charge of Henry
Fogg, who has made a successful drive The
drive contains 10000 cords, cut four feet long
and peeled before ii WAS put into the water.
There is living in Palmyra at the present time
Il woman Ruth Flynn who will be Ill years Old
next November. In the town of Scar,nont
there is living man by the name Of Chcslcy
Head whose age Jog years. He voted at the
last national election
Mr. Frank Fenton, Of Mercer, died very sud
denly the 9TH inst. lie went into the field to
NOV oats, and soon commenced to feel sick.
Before he finished his work he fell down mcon-
scious and WAS taken to the house where he