The Somerset reporter., 1898-10-20
som ERSET PICK-UPS.


The distinction of getting the first
deer in the Dead River region is claimed
to belong 10 party consisting Of J. NJ.
Nutting and wife, Edwin Hilton and
Mrs. Hilton, all of Madison The deer
was killed but short distance from the
Lodge House.
Capt Lovejoy OF Co. f, First Maine
Reg't, accompanied by his wife, are Wis.
iting her parents, MI. and Mrs. Ora San
ford at Pittsfeld. Capt. Loyejoy was
one OF the fever stricken ones at Chicka-
mauga, was very sick but fortunately re-
covered sufficiently to return home.
Mrs. Sarah j. Crosby Hodgdon died
Monday morning at her residence on
Manson street in Pittsfield, the imme-
diate cause of her death being paralysis
with which she was stricken, Tuesday,
Oct 4th, although she bad been in
somewhat precarious health for several
years.
The new Maine Central freight house
at Fairfield is now completed except the
freight Office. The original plans are to
be changed and much more convenient
office will result. The old office was
always considered one of the best on tue
road and the new one is to be modelled
after it.
"a inf laN &. 81,
of taking his horse, AL. Sultan, out of a
race at Pittsfeld, after having trotted
one heat, and without permission from
the judges, K. II. Merrill of Guilford has
been fined by the national association
500, and both horse and owner suspend
ed, says an exchange.
The report that the young ladies of
the NJ. G.. l. at Pittsfield intend to or
ganize a basket ball team. has given
great impetus to the game in the State
and it is thought that Bowdoin, the l..
of M. and several other Maine colleges
will organize teams in the near future
in order to try conclusions with the
| athletic young women of Pittsfeld.
AT meeting of interested citizens of
Hartand on Monday night, officers were
chosen and the fire company organized
with the following officers. Chief, T.
A. Linn; assistants, A. W. Miller, W. f.
Smith; engineer, f. G. Buck; assistants,
w. II. Young, Leslie Parkman; captain
of hose company, 7. A. Anderson; cap
tain hook and ladder company, w. L.
! Small
Freeman Jones of Fairfield Centre has
arrived home from Worcester, Mass
with his black mare, "Baby Nelson. :"
She is five years old, by young Nelson,
dam by Black Pilot. She stands 10 p
high and weighs 975 lbs. While in
Worcester she trotted mile in 2274,
first half in 1.15, last half in l.124. She
has been half in 110!, No doubt she
will go in 2.20 later
For all the cry that there is small
apple crop this year the big steam cider
]
Evidently the farmers intend to fill their
cider barrels this year even though the
apple crop is small as there was very
little of that famous farmers beverage
made last year. The chances are, how.
ever, that it is the poorer quality of APP
pies that are being ground as good fall
apples continue TO retail in the markets
here at 20 cents per peck.
George Blackstone of Pishon's Ferry
died of consumption, Tuesday morning,
Oct. II. He was born in Watervile and
was 50 years old. At an early age he
enlisted in the 31st Me. Inf, and after
his term of enlistment in that regiment
had expired he enlisted in the 32nd
His brother, Chas. Blackstone of Fair.
field, served in the same regiment at the
same time and they were in all of the
principal battles that the army of the
Potomac engaged in duing the last two
years of the Civil War. About 20 years
ago he took up his residence in Boston
and lived there until three years age
when he came to Pishon's Ferry.
Ellsworth lumber men have sold t.
Charles Mullan and others of Old Town
and Bangor, half of township in Range
II, Somerset county, for 1000. The
same parties have practically closed ne
gOtiations for an entire township in the
same locality, the purchase price OF
which will be S45, 900. 1t is understood
that behind the purchasers is syndicate
of New York capitalists who propose tc
erect in the vicinity of their timber land
purchases large pulp and paper mill
the site for which has already been Sc
cured. The name of Editor Pulitzer OF
the New York World is associated with
the syndicate. This is one of the largest
timber land transactions in Maine fol
several years.
Mrs. Martha Wyman of Garland is Wis.
iting at E. Q. Frost's at Palmyra. Or
Thursday last MIR Frost went with Mis-
! Wyman to make a call on her cousin
Mrs. Walker, mother of Gov. Powers
/ They found Mrs. Walker as smart and
spry as many women half her age. She
would not cons Mt to their leaving unit
| they had taken supper with her, and sht
proceeded at an early hour to prepare