The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15
SOMERSET PICK-UPs

Inc Indian SprDE mill las started NJ,
after shut down VI nearly six weeks
The company have received orders On
heavy Weights, and viii soon be running
to their full capacity
The Hartland House las been leased
to j. II. Baker who vii at once open it
and 20 to doing business there. The
house has been reftted 81 over and is
now in good condition
At the annual meeting Of the Hart. /
land {. Pittsfeld Telephone d Tele- +
graph Co June 3rd. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year. T. A. Linn. president. a. IL
Miller, vice president; CALVIN Blake.
secretary; q. II. Laneey. treasurer
The contract for tie interior decor
alton of Masonic Hall Of Pittsfeld. has
been let to II. {. Aiken 4 Co. Of Bos-
ton, who will commence work the first
Of July, The rooms will have new
furnishings and A. b. 4 Z. L. shaw Of
Boston will do the furnishing. New
furniture Of quartered oak will also lie
added.
Lorenzo Jones of Fairfield, met with
an accident one day last week. While
at work at the car shops at Wateryille,
the wrench which he Was using slipped
and in trying to save himself from fall.
he struck his left hand on rusty nail.
The nail went completely through the
ileshy part OF the hand. making very
painful wound.
Robert w. Linn. the well known
wooden mill man of Hartland, has just
been presented by some of his friends,
with a fine full blooded game rooster
which he has added to his large stock
of birds at his place in that town. Mr.
Linn probably owns as fine a lot of birds
as is to be found in the state and takes
the greatest pride in them and in get
ting the finest strains of the breeds that
he keeps.
The new Universalist church of Pitts.
field, is nearly completed The carpet
has been laid, the workmen are putting
in the pews the organ has arrived and
is being set up and the painters are
painting the outside, which when done
will be green and white. The body Of
church is a new and handsome shade of
green and the trimmings white These
two colors make an excellent combi-
nation and one which all should like.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cephas Hilton of Madi.
son, were given pleasant surprise
Tuesday evening, when Mr.. and Mrs. F.
L. Powers, in behalf of friends, present
ed Mrs. Hilton with beautiful diamond
ring and Mr. Hilton with a gold watch
chain. Refreshments were served after
which the evening was spent in dancing.
Mr.. Hilton, who has been proprietor of
the Weston house for a number of years,
will soon leave Madison, having sold the
business to Harry Hilton of North An.
son.
j. l.. Thompson of Hallowell is now
busy moving his newspaper plant to
Hartland, where he proposes to run
weekly paper to be called the Hartland
| Commercial. Mr. Thompson has leased
"a building ON Maine Street and is getting
things in shape as fast as he can for
starting the paper. Mr.. Thompson has
been running the Maine Herald in Hal
lowell for some time past, but he thinks
Hartland is better field than where he
has been as there is no local paper pub
lished in town, the Tribune being pub
lished in Dexter.
Moses Keen of Pittsfed, died at his
home, Saturday, June ), at the age of
- years and 10 months and l. days.
always lived in that town until few
years ago he built home on Hartland
Ave, and has since resided there. His
funeral occurred on Monday forenoon at
10 o'clock at his late residence. Rev.
A. f. Luce preaching the funeral
sermon. The interment was at Mt
Pleasant cemetery, West Palmyra. He
leaves a wife, one daughter and five
sons to mourn their loss.
The funeral of Simeon P. Warehouse,
one of the oldest citizens of Detroit,
who would have soon reached his S0th
birthday had he lived, occurred Friday
Mr.. Waterhouse had been a trial Justice
for years He was also an old school
teacher and prlded himself on his
knowledge of grammar and correct eX-
preston. He lived with his wife in
Detroit village, had a nice residence and
passed his days in enjoying the good of
| life. He had filled all of the offices
within the gift of his townsmen and was
a brother of Joseph Waterhouse, who
was for many years one of the leading
lawyers of Boston and whose death took
place few years ago Rev. j. ". Web
ster conducted services and 5. +, Plum
mer sang several selections
AS the new creamery building, Pitts
field, nears completion upon the interior
and the farmers realize that they will
soon have good market tor THEN
cream, there seems to be something of "a
scramble fer cows. Tie herd at the