The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-12-08
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

among the children, the Madison schools
were closed Friday until after Christ
mas.
There is TO be Teachers Institute
under the auspices of the grange at
Grange hall in Palmyra ON Thursday,
Dec. Is. Supt. Stetson will be present
and will lecture in the evening.
w. l.. Pushor has disposed of his fast
pacing mare Eolus to Z. L. Fisher, the
trainer and driver of the blooded stock
of 4. II. Greedy, Judge Peters and others
which is kept at the Hathorn Stock
Farm.
The Benton and Fairfield Electric
Road Co, has changed its plans in regard
to the location of its car barns. Instead
of having them at this end as was first
planned it now intends to have them at
Benton Falls.
George <. Kimball and Eben Thomp-
son were drawn, Saturday, as traverse
jurors for Pittsfield, to serve at the De-
cember term of the supreme judicial
Court, which commences at Skowhegan,
Tuesday, Dec. 10th, next.
Diphtheria has broken out in Pitts
field. Meade Bailey's little child is the
first case and the ehild's recovery is
doubtful. The house has been quaran-
tined and every precaution taken to
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The Manufacturing Investment Co.
have an engineer at work making sur
vey of the falls below their large sui
phite pulp mill at Madison, with view
of building paper mill in connection
with their pulp mill mandatory.
E, H. Greedy of Eden, has a fine herd
of forty.one COWS at his Hathorn stock
farm in Pittsfield. Many of these are
full blood and the rest grade jerseys.
He now ships the cream to Ellsworth
but is seriously considering the erection
of butter factory at Pittsfield.
Fairfield has become so interested in
the macadamizing done on the streets
that the town wishes to buy half of the
Waterville stone crusher. 1t is the
plan of the Fairfield people to haul the
rock to be crushed from Fairfield where
it is proposed to buy it from the farm
ers.
The case of Geo. A. Oliver VS.. Moses
T. Burns of Pittsheld in which Mr.
Oliver sues Mr.. Burns for SANDER and
seeks to recover $1,000 damages, will be
tried at the coming December term of
the Supreme Judicial Court. Geo. H.
Morse, Esq, has been retained by the
defense.
Miss Sophie Holmes. who was pas
senger on the steamer Portland and
registered from Portland was a native
of Mercer where her stepfather lives.
She was for many years a school teacher
in Portland and was returning to her
duties at school. She was about IS
years of age.
Judge II. X. Baker, cashier of the
Hallowell Savings Institution, observed
his ninety birthday saturday.
He attends to his official duties daily and
is undoubtedly the oldest active banker
in the country. Judge Baker is a native
of Skowhegan and with his daughter,
Mrs Dudley, visited the town last sum
mer
Charles Hill of Arson. met with very
severe and painful accident Friday night
about 7.30 while working on the log roll
in the wood room of the pulp mill at
Madison. His foot slipped and was
caught by one of the spur rolls and was
badly mangled. The foot was immedi-
ate3y dressed, after removing several
pieces of bone.
AS Nicholas Sinclair, prominent
citizen of Palmyra, was passing around
the head of his horse at Pittsfield Friday
the animal suddenly attacked him and
before he could get out of the way bit
III.
Surgical aid was at once summoned and
Mr.. Sinclair is now as comfortable as
can be expected.
Lebaron NJ. Grant, who keeps place
in Pittsfeld, was arraigned before Jus
tice B. d. Bowden ON search and seiz-
ure process, sworn out by Llewellyn
Parks, alleging illegal sale of intoxicat-
ing liquor and served by Deputy Sheriff
c. B. Haskell, assisted by Deputy Sheriff
F. Z. Pennell of Harmony, the sheriff
elect of Somerset county, George II.
Morse, Esq, appeared for the State and
S. s. Hackett, Esq, for the respondent.
Grant was fined 800 and costs and APP
pealed.
S. A. Dinsmore left Bingham, Satur-
day, for his home in Boston, after com
pleting the sale of three and one-haf
acres of land on the bank of the Kenne.
bee Just south of the last block factory
in Bingham, to the Mckay Shoe Machine
Company upon which they will erect
shoe peg wood factory. 1t is under
stood they will begin work Immediately
on the buildings. A spur track will be
extended by the Somerset Railway to
the site. 1t is understood the factory
require 40 to 80 hands to operate it,