The Somerset reporter., 1900-04-12
SOMERSET PIttI<-UP1.

he" system 81 conveying the stock /
from tie picker house to the mill is be
ing added TO the Pioneer WOODEN mil If
Pitfsfield by the Arlington & Curtis Mfg.
Co Of Saginaw, Mich. 1t consists Of
system of blowers and vii result In the
better and quicker handling Of the stock. /
The Pittsfeld Electric Ligbt d Power ,
60. is daily receiving large amounts of
birch lumber. which will be worked
into spool and novelty stock at their /
mill Many teams are now employed in |
hauling he lumber from the station to /
the mill and the outlook is that this
season will prove a record breaker at the |
mill
The selectmen of Pittsfeld have in
vestigated the fire in the western part Of |
the town, which destroyed the farm
buildings of Ills Emerson, few days
ago and have found that the probable
cause of the fire was about the fue
This was one of the best sets of farm
buildings in the town and they we're
totally destroyed.
John Thurlow, farmer living near
Fairfield Center, was thrown from his
carriage near the trotting park, Tuesday
evening of last week, and sustained the
fracture of the collar bone. The horse
SHE'D at some object beside the road
and went into the ditch with the car
riage. Mr.. Thurlow also suffered a Sc.
we're shock and was considerably bruised.
The official board of the Methodist
Church, Madison, has voted to sell the
ruins of the old church building, and
has appointed George Merrill, Jesse
Wentworth and Samuel Yose, a com.
mittee to dispose of the same with in.
structions to have the lot cleared by the
first of May, at which time the society
hopes to be able to begin work upon the
erection of new church
Charles Dustin, the veteran horseman
of Pittsfeld returned, Wednesday night,
with the fast PAGER purchased by Col.
W. G. Morrill, at salem, Mass The
horse was formerly owned by A. II.
Morrill, of Danyers, Mass who shipped
him from Tennessee. Col Morrill, is
satisfied that his is the most promising
green horse he has ever seen. He has
given the animal the name, Uncle Isaac.
in honor of the late Isaac Lancey of
Pittsfield.
Odell Gerrish, a boy about fifteen
years old, met with a serious accident
in the Riverside mill at Pittsfeld.
Wednesday of last week, by having his
right hand caught in a rapidly revolving
cylinder which instantly drew his arm
in TO the shoulder. But for the prompt
action of the overseer who saw the acct
dent and threw off the belt and stopped
the machine the boys arm would have
probably been taken completely off
. The schools in Madison and Ansnn
will commence Monday, April %
Those in Arson village will be under
the same instructors as last year. At
the south village the following are the
teachers: High, Frank Moody; gram
Powers; primary, Miss Choate Rural
schools commence Monday. April 30.h.
with the following teachers: Long
fellow, Miss Bertha Paine; Lowell, Ar
thur {. Tarr; Franklin, Miss Hattie
Spinney; Emerson, Miss Bessie Spauld
ing
e. B. Upper of oonsocket, R. l.,
and n. {. Grant of Shedonville. Mass
shipped from Pittsfeld, recently, IA
horses purchased as follows: Chestnut
gelding of Emery Barnes; black mare
of F. A. Palmer; a pair of black horses
of F. H Adams of Palmyra; gray
gelding of Howard Jacobs; bay mare of
John Lindsey; brown mare of Perley
Written; gray gelding of Mr.. Shorey
chestnut gelding of Gorham Philbrick
bay pacing mare of Walter Seekins,
! Hartland; brown gelding of S. r. Hanes,
and three purchased in Waterville.
! The Klngfield & Dead River railroad
company on Wednesday petitioned the
! railroad commissioners for a location
for an extension to their road from its
present terminus at Carrabasset station
through the township of Jerusalem to a
station to be called Bgelow on the couu-
ty road leading from srrabasset TO
StrattOn in township trockertown. he
length of the extension is to be six
miles. A hearing will be had in Cara
basset on the forenoon of April r. The
same company petitions for location
for branch track 20 rods from its pro-
posed station at Bigelow to SAW mill
crossing the county road.
Madison is one of the most promising
towns in Maine today. It's prospects for
future growth and prosperity are very
tiattering. From fifty to one hundred
new buildings will be erected there the
coming season. An electric light plant
will be installed by the municipality for
street lighting and commercial purposes
new armory and town hall 10 cost
S12, 900, or more. is to be erected by the
village corporation. The sewer system
is to be extended, new streets will be
built, the Great Northern Paper Com.
pany will build new mill and dam at
Fishing Falls, the new extension to the