The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.


employed on this drive.
f. 7. Mitchell, the contractor who is
building the extension of the ). Il NJ.
railroad from Hartland to Harmony,
expects to be able to resume active
operations on the work early in May
Chas. Y. Soule lost by fire his farm
buildings, situated in Starks, about a
mile from West Mills, last Monday.
The fire caught on the roof. Most Of
the household goods and valuable
papers were destroyed.
Mr.. Russell Remiek of Madison, who
so successfully ran the Rowe pond fish
ing camps last season, is about to open
up the camps Tor this season, and is
planning on very prosperous year as
the outlook is very promising
At a regular meeting OF Pitesiield
grange held Saturday, the first and
second degrees we're conferred on 70
candidates. Next Saturday there will
be a special meeting to confer the iirst
and second degrees on five other eandi-
dates.
Geo. w Mains, night Waterman in
Smith d Dexter's steam mill in Pitts
field, saved large quantity of cedar
and small lumber, Friday last, by hang
ing on to the end of the boom which
had broken away, for an hour or more
until help arrived.
These changes in the postal service
in Maine are announced Route 1865.
Cambridge to Dexter. Leave Cam
bridge daily except Sunday, at 40 4.
NJ, Or in time to connect with train.
Arrive at Dexter in It hours. Leave
Dexter daily, except Sunday, on arrival
of train, but not later than 7 p. NJ. Ar
rive at Cambridge in It hours.
The w. f. Whttemorc Furniture Co,
was organized at Fairfield, last Monday.
The stockholders are w. f. White
more, S. c. Smart, A. +. Gerald, G. A.
Totman, Y. X. Common, 5. A. Nye, +.
J. Lawrence, |. c. Libby. Officers, 5.
\. Nye, president; 5. c. Smart, clerk;
W. f. Whittemore, treas. The direct
ors are S. \. Nye, 5. c. Smart, w. f.
Whittemore, A. F. Gerald and Y. r.
Common.
Hon. f. W. ITovey and L. d. Lancas
ter of Pittsield were in Wiscasset, a
few days ago, and Mr.. Hovey made a
trip over the w. II @. railroad to Albion
by special train. Rumors have from
time to time greeted the ears sof the
people in that section that it was only
a matter of time when the S. & NJ and
w. & Q. roads would be under one
management and the line from Wiscas-
set be completed through to Pittsfed
to make the connection, the whole made |
standard gauge.
Rev. G. w. Hinckley of the Good
Will Farms started Thursday for Luray,
Va. This trip is partly for a much |
needed rest and change before com
mencng the arduous work of spring and |
summer, and partly in response to an
invitation by the famous evangelist,
Dr. Wharton, to visit home that he is |
establishing at Luray, founded on the |
Good viii Farms idea, for imperiled !
boys. DR.. Wharton has in control a
large property with quite a number Of |
houses on it, which he proposes to de !
vote to this purpose. He wants practi /
cal suggestions from a man with an
experience like Mr.. Hinckleys as to
how to organize and run it.
Pittsfeld Advertiser: Passengers |
from Belfast to Pittsfield in the after
noon are compelled by the arrangement
of trains on the Maine Central to endure |
n long and tedious wait at Bnrnham. |
Pittsfield young people waiting there in
this way have quite often walked up ON |
the track a distance of seven miles. !
The other day Lawyers Hovey and |
Davis were returning from Belfast and |
met some other Pittsfield people at
Burnham, and there they were sched-
uled to remain for over two hours. A
small wager was made in the course of /
the conversation that Hovey couldn't !
walk to Pittstield in an hour and halt |
Hovey accepted the challenge and struck |
out. AS he hustled past the halfway
siding, where Jim loves freight train |
was waiting for the express to pass, the |
sight of a prominent State Senator
rapidly counting the ties in true profess |
sional style, jim says, was about the |
most refreshing sight he has seen for
months. Hovey, however, won the
wager with ten minutes to spare, and |
now holds the Durham pittsfield re-
cord.
Mrs. Elvra Williams died in Lowell. |
Mass, April %, at the advanced age of
81 A large part of her life was spent
in Somerset county, though of late she |
has made her home with her daughter
in Lowell. Mrs. Williams was twice |
married, first to Silas Whitney, by
whom she had nine children, of whom
the following survive: Mrs Asa Flecht-
er, of Scion, Me, aged IA, Josiah f.
Whitney, of Scion, aged 70, Mrs. Nancy
b. Redmond, of Scion, aged "a, Mrs.
.Iamas Gilman of Iowau Mass