The Somerset reporter., 1886-04-14

CAMBRIpGE-Albcrt Sawycr> house in
Ripley caught fire in the bed room aud
burned up all their clothes and some bed,
and bedding also all of the wood work in
the room Mr.. Sawyer with the help of
Herbert shilling eXtingu>hcd the fire by
throwing water through the window thus
cohllning the fire to one room. 80. The
Sclcctmcn have made their annual visit,
completed their inventory and assessed
both highway and cash tax Total valu-
alton in round numbers So 400. Taxable
Polls l2I. Rate cash l3j. Highway .oO5
J mills All musical Instruments were
taxed for the first time in this town..
Rev. .lothtm Lane has accepted call to
preach at the Baptist house for the next
year. The following school agents
have been elected in town, ;. G.. Quimby
Dist. No. /. l.. \. Stewart Dist. No. 2.
Samuel Sawyer Dist. No. b Daniel Cole
Dist. No 4. John Pecrc Dist. No. ,.
....Quitc number of our citizens have
been on the sick list the past week. all are
doing we'll. - We have had three runaway
teams Of late and all escaped with but
very little injury to Slcighs or horses. $50.
The party of fishermen to Austin pond
returned with a good catch although the
weather was bad. Quite Il number of
the farmers will avail themselves of the
opportunity for selling cream to the st,
Adams creamery this summer, Mr. 5. G..
Quimby Of this place i TODD the gathering.
The railroad craze has not reached
this place to any great extent from the
fact that we are well aware that money is
an indispensable article iii the building of
roads and we cannot furnish sums suf
hccnt to give encouragement or aid. We
are situated on the direct and nearest route
from Pitt>teld to Monsoon and an easy in
let and outlet could he had here. TIL
mills are running now with full crew
quite lot of logs await the SAW.
Mr. French from Ripley commenced on the
house of II. X. Whitney this week. un-
der>tand he intends to put on quite crew
and to rush them along Several large
barns are to be built in town and vicinity
also quite number of small buildings.
Ozias pageis to build house Stage
came on wheels Saturday night for the
first tme....M Mr.. Fred 5 Bunker returns
to Boston this week to his studies. he has
been stopping with his mother for the
past two weeks. 49,. VIM Chadbourne who
come on with his brother and wife to see
their parents returned to Lewiston last
Monday. Miss Emma Gould is at home
to her fathers on short vacation. Mr.
Samuel Sawyer is the glad fither of a
bouncing girl Mr.. \. W. Saunders and
wife are stopping at the house of $. \. ID
Bailey Esq. this summer Mr.. :. IS 20
work on the new buildings going up in
this village. There is prospect of a law
suit for assault here shortly on account
IF parties not willing to turn out of the
road in order to let each other pas
Brick and cord wood was rcsortcd to and
one of the parties sustained an injury to
his head from a brick thrown from the
1t! er ones hands. Judge Bailey refused
20 issue Il warrant but no doubt one will
DC forth coming shortly. Sunday
brought out the usual number of loafers
who were seated around on the logs about
he mill enjoying the sun as it poured
Town its warmth and gave them to under
,tand that it had come to stay a whle.....
Nearly all have returned from the lnmber
ng camp and the usual wagging of the
aw of both young and old shows that all
yerc industrious i'm the gathering of gum