The Somerset reporter., 1896-01-23
STATE NEWS.

quarry struck Friday for higher wages.
gained their point on prices and other
matters.
VIM. Linn Sr. of Hartland, can look
back on a record that few people can
equal. He has attended to his business
at the mill, thirty-two years without
losing any time from sickness, until last
week when he was taken sick with
a heart trot BILE and is still unable to
work
Thus far we nave received the names
OF the following Madison people who
are so years of age and over: Zalmon
Houghton So, Mrs. Clara Metcalf Sc, J.
p. Longely SO, Col John Heald s4
Mrs. Sylvia Blackwell so, Mrs. Lydia
Stevens so, Mrs. Annie Hayden So
Albert Taylor 50, Mrs Susan Fletcher
81 Madison Bulletin.
The school at Good Will Farm, East
Fairfield, which has over 100 scholars, is
closed on account of an epidemic of sore
Threats. 1t is believed to be dphtheretic
in character, but there are no serious
cases at present. Every precaution is
taken to prevent its spread The dis
ease was brought by boy who came
to the farm about two weeks ago.
The North Somerset Grange has
elected officers for 1896 as follows
Master, II. B. Ellis; overseer, s. P. Tink-
ham; chaplain, S. Merrill lecturer,
Hannah Thompson; treasurer, Il.
Hathorn; secretary, A. B. Walker;
steward, George Patten; assistant
steward, NJ. Hall; Ceres, Mrs. Lottie
Ellis; Pomona, Mrs. >. 2. Tinkham
Flora, Mrs. George Patten; lady assist
ant steward, Miss Bertha Marston.
General Manager David r. Mills of
the Moosehead Pulp and Paper CO., at
Scion, has returned from month trip
to his former home in Dayton, O. He
says that the mill at Scion is now shut
down for want of logs, as all the logs
piled by the company last summer have
been used and there has been no snow
to haul any of the logs bought through
the country. lie stated that the last
year has been one of the most success
full for his mill of any since the plant
has been running.
AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of Pittsfield National Bank, the
following directors were reelected: A.
p. McMaster, j. W. Manson, Gordon
Dobson, \. l.. Perkins, f. j. Taylor, w.
X. Hunnewell, Pittsfield; B. f. Warner,
IIallowell; II. c. Fuller, Hartland
Llewellyn Powers, Houlton. Later the
old corps of officers were elected by the
directors-A. p. McMaster, Pres. j. W.
Manson, vice president; W l.. Pushor,
cashier. The affairs of the institution
are in very prosperous condition.
Rev. Elisha Skinner of Hartland. died
suddenly in that village about 10 o clock
Wednesday morning. He had been to
the river for pail of water, and in re-
turning, suddenly dropped down in the
street near Walter Moors, expiring in
stantly. We understand that Mr.. Skin
ner was native of Garland, and that
he entered the ministry soon after the
war. He remained in active service of
the Methodist Conference until about
three years ago when he took a super
animated relation. His age was about
IS years. He leaves a daughter and two
sons, with one of whom Omar he spent
the declining years in Hartland The
funeral was held Friday.
lis the talk among the railroad men
that the Somerset Il Moosehead railroad
was given outright to two young men a
year or so ago, if they would run it and
pay the interest on the bonded debt.
BY careful management they, made the
earnings of the road provide for operating
expenses and for very respectable
amount of repairs on the road-bed and
rolling stock, paid the interest on the
deot dS dSIeeu, anu Hdu d nesCeSS lell'
Now they are extending the road. This
piece of railroad had never before earn
ed enough to much more than pay run
ming expenses, and repairs of any con
sequence were out of the question.
The shrewdness and enterprise thus far
displayed by those young men suggests
that they may be Maine railroad kings
by and by.
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