The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-22
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

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Dming heavy thunder shower al
week. liz lightning struck Nathan
Davis baIn ia oaneord. burning il T.
the ground HIS farming tools were
nearly all IN The barn and were burned
with the rest.
Work has been commenced on The
new school house at West New Port
LAID the foundation being put in by
stephen Lander Of View Portland La.
villa Norton has secured the contract
for building the same.
Things are booming a Madison now.
the big pulp mil Of the Manufacturing
Investment Company having started up
last week after shutdown Of several
months. The wooden mills and other
manufactures hesiIlaee are all busy.
a distinguished visitor was in Pitts
field last week. Judge Bartlett Trip.
ex United states Minister 10 Austria.
who visited bis sister, Mrs. ;. Z. Gil
man, several days. lie VISITED another
sister in Dexter. while on his trip
through Maine. Judge Trip was born
in Somerset county. and attended coll
lege in tins state with COZ. Powers and
other prominent men.
Pittsfield Advertiser: Hon. +. ".
Hovcy, who is engaged in writing pa
per for the Maine Historical society On
the Annabasis tribe Of Indians who for
merly roamed and hunted in tins region.
has secured the history Of Maine in two
volumes by v. D. Williamson. which
covers the period from the discovery Of
Maine in 1902 to the separation from
Massachusetts in $50 inclusive 1t Wa
printed by Glazier Master y Co., Halo
well, in 1s32.
one Of the smart Old ladies OF Pal
myra, is Mrs. Kezah Hubbard, who
lives with her son, Mr. e. l. Hubbard,
proprietor Of the Meadow Brook Dairy
Farm. Mrs Hubbard is 81 years Of age
and is the oldest member Of the grange
in the State. Among her other work
the past year she had made an elegant
outlined spread and pillow shams, one
tasseled quilt, half dozen crazy quits
and is at present making a handsome
silk crazy quilt. Her eyesight IS a,
clear, her hearing as good and her in.
tellect as bright as they ever were.
The Kennebec Kog Driving Company
is looking about to see what can be done
to remedy the damage done 10y the
freshet Of last week Every boom from
Madison to Watervile, including Sheal
booms, have been swept away. The
various jams along the river, excepting
those of Hollingsworth and Whitney al
Fairfield bridge, are now lying in sucl
way that the slightest rise Of water
will take chem out, causing great dam
age the entire length of the river +
J. Z. Boston, Ira H. Randall and F. T
Bradstreet. representing the kennebeC
, company, after inspection, have decided
TO set the entire force of corporation
drivers at work until all booms eoult
= be replaced, thereby enabling various
firms to sort their logs.
Bangor Commercials. A peculiar anJ
touching story of love and death come.
from a Somerset county town. He Wal
man 10 years Of age, an odd bach,
who several years ago became enamore5
of farmer daughter. The couple be
came engaged and he took up his resi-
, denee on the farm which the old folk.
decided To him, the consideration being
2 that lie should support them during
their life. But meanwhile the partie,
did not marry, Several times be starte6
/ for the clerks office to get published
b but there were hindrances. one Of whicl
was the existence of an insane sister o
the girl, who lived in the family. Mean
, while he lived on the farm and carried
it on. Recently he fell i'll and died
; Just before his death the two were pub
lished, but the necessary five days la,
$ not elapsed when he breathed his las
e and they were never married. Now III,
question has arisen, to whom does thu
property belong. The farm was decide
: to the man, the man is dead and uuabl
a.. to carry out his contract, but the farm
is in his name. The lawyers have bee
. figuring for a settlement
Ripley is to have a new public libra
d. airy. The town was LEFT a 5esacy o
: $1,000 some years ago bv E}zabetI
= Croeker, a former resident, who's
. death occurred in Bowdofuham. an
: of whose estate Judge Hail OF Rich
a mond was administrator. Their
+ was some difficulty about obtaining tn
: legacy owing to complications Of som
!. sort. but the matter was left with Hon
o D. D. Stewart of II Adams, 10 atten
Il TO and in a very short time check 10
the amount was received by the tow
after an eXpence of $40 had been iueurl
ed. soon after the receipto the none
a meeting was held ana the falloWiu
appointed board Of trustees To atten
Q to whatever arrangements might b
/ necessary To start the library. Geore
u Marsh, Roscoe Felker. F. L. Bliggs
Mrs. Callie FarIar, Miss Annie Rand
: The trustees held meeting ana AZ
E pointed +. L. Briggs L. purchase book