The Somerset reporter., 1899-11-16
SOMEItSET PICK-UPs.

put into Pierce Pond, recently by the
Saturday, on motion of United States
District Attorney Dyer, George Nj.
Chaplin of Fairfield, was admitted to
practice before the U. S. Circuit onrts.
The Pittsfied Examiner which was
started in January 1885, and published
by the Pittsheld Printing Co., suspended
publication last week with it's 45 mum
Der. The subscription list and good
will was purchased by the Pittsfield Ad.
vertiseI.
/ The winter terms of school opened at
Starks, Monday the 9th, with the following
teachers: Hilton school, Olive Crouch;
Wood, Julia Tupper; Village, E. +.
Smith; Norton, Ellen Nitham; seavey,
Maude Preston; Ladd, Grace Bracket;
Groenleaf, n. p. Tupper.
One instance is recorded Of hunter
who came upon beautiful albino deer
across Flagstaff pond. He never had
heard of a white deer before and after
watching it for some time he came to
the conclusion that it was a big jack
rabbit, so didn't waste his ammuni-
ton on her"
Ed c. Hamilton, who left the Fair.
field House short time ago on account
of that house being moved away to
make room for the new hotel, has leased
the Eastern Hotel, at Machas. He has
been proprietor of the Fairfield House
for two years and previous to that was
connected with the City Hotel at Water
vile. His clerk Fred Sloper goes with
him.
Charles E. Rantoul, president of the
Great Northern Paper Company, had
rather an unpleasant surprise up at the
Moose Horn Dead water. Soon after
the guide had built good fire a series
of explosions occurred and a cartridge
landed at the feet of Mr. Rantoul. A
party had camped there the day before
and had left several cartridges on the
ground. Fortunately no one was hurt.
Alton Spaulding while at work in the
pulp mill at Madison, Monday evening
of last week, received painful injury
to his hand and arm. He caught his
hand between the rolls of wet machine
and his arm was drawn in to the
shoulder. No bones were broken, but
the flesh was severely crushed and
bruised. The rolls are held together by
springs which allowed them to separate
and thus his arm was saved, otherwise it
would have been crushed to jelly.
Geo. w. Watson of Rumford Falls,
was terribly injured while at work in
the grinder room of the pulp mill at
Madison, recently. He was at work
upon one of the grinders when part of
the mechanism blew out and struck him
on the nose, crushing it in and knocking
him over backwards onto the concrete
floor when he struck upon his head and
cut a Y shaped cash, and fractured his
skull. 1t required eight stitches To ad-
just his nose.
James Mcclellan and Geo. Kelley were
arrested for intoxication and disturbing
the peace, Tuesday evening of last week
at Madison, by Deputy Sheriff F. l..
Harding and officer d. NJ. Nichols.
They had been fighting and Kelley 5
% hruiCaA Tho
next morning they were brought before
Trial Justice }. +. Nithee, who found
them guilty and fined Mcclellan 50 90
and costs, amounting to 50 26. Kelley
was also fined 1926.
On Saturday evening, Nov oath, Miss
Rose Horne and Mr.. Charles ). Little
field, both of Palmyra, were united in
marriage at the home of Mr.. Isaac
Steadman in that town, by A. w. Miller,
Justice of the Peace After the cere-
mony very pretty wedding breakfast
was served to the many friends of the
contracting parties. Mr.. and Mrs.
I.ittlefield will live in Hartland, in the
future. Both are well known and have
many friends who wish them a long and
happy life.
Cecil Chadbourne, who came so near
meeting death in one of the acid tanks
at the pulp mill in Fairfield two weeks
ago, is now said by the physician to be
on the high road to recovery. The doc
tor also states that he thinks MIR. Chad
bourne's eyesight will not be impaired.
Mr. Chadbourne has been in the employ
of the company for seven years and the
company has looked after him since the
accident in way that is especially
gratifying to his relatives. He has had
the best of care possible to be obtained
A. b. Thompson, manager of the S Il
NJ. r. K made an interesting discovery
Monday morning, while making up his
train at Pittsfield. When near the
upper switch he noticed a dead pigeon
lying near the rails and picked it up and
upon examination found that it was a
carrier pigeon. A silver band was
around one of its legs, bearing the fol-
lowing inscription: "E. W. IL. No. 20
Mr.. Thompson says he has no idea of
where the bird came from or to whom it
belongs. The only manner in which he
can account for its being there was on
its neck was a slight scar and il is sup
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