The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-02
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About 2 .5OO,00o fee If lumber has
been landed on Pierce Pond The past
winter, Of TINS amount 90, 90 was cut
on Bow Town, all # which will be
driven out this spring.
Mrs Judith DAVIS, an elderly lady Of
Hartland walked INTO an open cellarway
sunday aud got terrible shaking up.
Fortunately no bones were broken and
she soon recovered from the effects Of
the fall.
Bryant d Co. Of Pittsfeld, are increas-
ing the capacity Of their manufacturing
plant by the erection Of new building
26x40 feet and two stories in height
This viii be used principally for the
storage Of glass aud windows. This
action is necessary to accommodate the
firms increasing business.
The concert given at Union Hall.
Pittsfield, Wednesday night, by the
senior class of NJ. {. /. was well patron
lied. aunt Jerushas Family Album
was one of the amusing numbers on the
program and was well carried out. The
parts of the farce, IAN Ugly Customer"
were all well taken and provoked much
merriment.
Our First Selectman, E. NJ. Fletcher,
went before the state Board of Assessors
and plead for reduction in our town
valuation, resulting in an assessment for
the next two years of s1,226, 243, re-
duction of S357,000 from the previous
valuation. Our taxes should now be
somewhat lighter, says the Madison
Bulletin.
The Golfer dam at Madison. will be
built Immediately to enable workmen to
make the excavations for the foundation
of the new ground wood pulp mill to be
erected this season. The river below
the present mill site will be improved
by widening and deepening it SO as 10
reduce the amount of back water on
the wheels of the mills during freshets
E. F. Damon of Hartland, boarded the
passenger train at Plttsfield, Monday Of
last week, and on taking a seat in the
car, discovered a pocket book filled with
bills of large denominations and valu-
search for the owner who proved to be
well known business man from that
town who was on his way to Portland
on business.
Josiah II. Tinkham. of Arson, brother
of John Tinkham, died in his sleigh on
his way home from Madison, Tuesday
of last week. He had been in his usual
health and his disease must have been
caused by heart failure. His wife saw
his team not far from the house and as
it remained there long time, she went
to it and found him dead in the sleigh
He was about so years of age and leaves
a wife.
D. II. Bartlett of Starks, has bought
black PAGER of George Greenleaf.
This is a year.old, and one of the
most leve-headed side-wheelers that can
be found. He is perfectly green and is
natural flyer. Carroll Thompson of
Pennington Falls, will give him a short
course of training on the snow If the
black PAGER develops as well as he has
started in the boys may as well clear the
tack.
Amos F. Gerald of Fairfield, has oil
fered to erect a suitable building for
Nye & Everett's creamery of Waterville,
which burned recently, and has offered
to equip the building with all the nee.
essary machinery if an agreement can
be reached by which the property shall
be exempt from taxation for period Of
years. The matter will probably be
brought up for consideration at the next
meeting of the city government The
plan is to let the work of building the
creamery out by creamery.
The Palmyra grange held a very inter
esting meeting Feb. Is. The program
consisted of singing by the choir dis
cussion, elias the Introduction OF Ma
chinery been Generally Beneficial to
Mankind?' The question was discussed
by Brothers Arthur Appleby Ernest
Leayitt, Arthur Hanson, Per!ey Hanson,
four of our young brothers. They did
credit to themselves and are an honor
to the grange of which they are mem
bers The brothers told a few good
stories, after being sworn "to tell the
truth and nothing but the truth \
female chorus by seven sisters Was very
amusing. Reading by Brother Folsom,
and thus ends another pleasant evening
in the grange. They are working up a
degree team at present.