The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-02-02
Bingham.

woods, last week. lie has been at work
| on Cold Stream.
MAY Clark OF Caratunk has recently
b zen among friends IN town.
Mrs. Paul of Auburn, has been at
work for II. b. Baker
Miss Kelley has been spending some
DAYS at S. T.. Goodrich's before return
ing to her home in Shirley.
Martha Reynolds, who Ina been at
work At the Somerset Hotel, y. Arson,
Ia now home.
Dan Steward of N. Arson, WAS in
town, Sunday.
james Mcguire WAS in this village,
Wednesday, looking for help to Care for
those who are sick nj Caratunk.
Chas. Hill OF Moscow WIS In Augusta,
on business for his town, last Friday.
Rev. j. C. Gregory was called to Cara
Turk. last week. 70 atten the funeral
services Of an aged lady of that place.
o. w. Turner was down river, Friday
last.
A sad case in Moscow was the death
of Mrs. John Cahil. An attack OF the
grip was followed by pneumonia, re
sulfing In death. She leaves husband
and four small children.
Henry Kennedy of The Forks was in
town, Monday.
The week ending Jan. Is, has been
hard one for the teamsters. Snow, cold
and dry, roads bad, no full loads could
be hauled.
Mrs. j. j. Lander writes home from
Cuba, that weather there is very hot,
only the thnnest clothing being neces-
sary. The natives . are not at all at
tractive in appearance and usually bare
headed, and the table fare UNBEATABLE TO
one used to the good things of New
| England.
The last block factory started up with
part OF their lathes, Monday. There
will soon be put on full crew. Enough
timber has been contracted for, to make
employment the most of the season.
| At the peg mill, twithstsnding the
cold. the saw mill is up and covered,
and it is expected the machinery will be
set and in running order by the first of
March. A large amount OF lumber has
already been landed in their yard.
The Grange held their regular meet
ing. Saturday afternoon, in Union hall.
Saturday evening the young people
enjoyed sociable in the hall.
Mrs. Desire Goodrich is very sick with
pneumonia. Persis Baker is caring for
| her.
The evening train on the Somerset
road got lost. Friday night. IL left n.
Arson on time and disappeared into the
night. At half-past eight it had not re-
ported ut Scion, only eight miles dis
tant, hping two hours behind time. AT
nine O'clock no train, and Bingham peo-
pie became anxious and AN engine was
steamed up aud crew got ready to try
and fluid the Wanderer. Another half
hour passed when word was received
TINT the train had reached Solon, having
been stuck in snow drifts at Embden for
over three hours. The drifts were deep
and hard and no snow pillow had been
run. Saturday morning the snow pillow
was sent out ahead of the passenger
train and in rounding a curve in Embden
the snow pillow struck a hard drift, was
| lifted from the rails and thrown over an
embankment, clear of the grade. AS
the snow and steam were flving so
thicklv. the loss of the pillow was not
noticed till the engine had gone on for
some distance.
very lew uiyS bttis "intti "bfh INV
snow has thawed any in fact, real cold
weather since November and for the
past week, the thermometer has regis.
tered nearly every morning from 20 to
% degrees below the cipher.
Another car load of machinery has
arrived for the peg mill.
As George Miller WAS driving down
the hill near the iron bridge the other
day, his meat cart slowed 80 badly as TO
break the forward part from the body
of the cart. George landed on his head
in the snow, and the horses INDUCED in
lively run away through the village
and into Albert Webster's stable. Mrs.
Webster ran out and closed the door and
little later Mr.. Miller found them there
with but little damage done.
One of the men working in the birch
mill felt the grip approaching and not
being believer in small doses In sick
ness, he took in one day seven pills, one
bottle ,Johnsous Eminent, part OF
bottle OF Whites Liniment and most all
of bottle OF Atwood's Bitters and
would have taken the remainder but
said his stomach did not feel just right.
Next morning the grip WAS broken up
so WAS the man, and it was three DAYS
before he could get enough of himself
| together to go to work.