The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-31
SOMERSET PICK-UPs

company has got it's diIve OF logs by
Hartland. There is upwards Of 100,
900 feet In the lot and there has been
plen of water Ia rush the work along
since it was commenced.
Mr and Mrs VIII Magoon, formerly
Colo this spring, have written 10 their
friends that they are delighted with The
country. They sent two rattle snakes
rattles, one with ak and one with seven
rattles, which Mr.. Magoon killed there
The stockholders Of the Somerset
Railroad, Thursday, voted to issue
$4,000 per cent, 80 years gold bonds.
coupons payable in Boston This Is for
the purpose of discharging the indebt-
edness secured and unsecured, including
exchange of s2z5 900 held by savings
bank.
The fishing season on the line Of tie
Somerset Railroad has opened and each
day for week, parties Of fishermen
have beea going 70 the lakes at the head
waters of the Kennebe river after trout
and salmon. fhe travel over tue som.
erset this season is exceeding any pre-
vious spring.
A box containing six young foxes at
tracted considerable attention at the
depot at Pittsfed, Tuesday Of last week
They were captured in Palmyra, last
week, by f b. Brooks, who dug them
out of their hole. lie sold them to T.
f. French for S32 who subsequently sold
them to fox fancier in Foxcroft for
500
At special meeting of the Pttsfield
village corporation held May L, by laws
were adopted prohibiting the riding of
bicycles on the side alks in the corpora
ton limits. These bylaws have been
approved by Judge VIM. P. Whitehouse
of the supreme court, and the proper
authorities will now see that they are
enforced.
1t has been reported that Prof O. II
Drake, principal of the Maine Central
Institute, Pittsfeld, has been offered the
professorship of Greek at Bates ollege.
Prof. Drake is fully qualified to fill this
honorable position and should he accept
the offer it will be great loss to that
town, one that every citizen would re-
greet, Notwithstanding that all would be
pleased at the excellent position which
has been offered him.
The Great Northern Paper Company
is making many improvements about
their plant. They are putting in nine
blower pits, and are building a new en-.
CINE house for their new 500 horse pow
er engine, which is to be an auxiliary
source of power to be used in extreme
low water or in any emergency. The
work is under the direction of J. II.
Russell The Company is also remodel
ing IA number of their tenements on the
Arson side of the river
At the coming State Universalist con-
vention at Pittsfeld, June 5, 6, and :,
one of the sessions will be devoted to
addresses by two Augusta gentlemen
DR.. e. Nj. Twitchell, editor of the Maine
Farmer, 8 to present the claims of the
pews upon the ministry, from the stand
point of the man who makes possible
the opening of any church, and Rev. {
a. Hay den is to present the claims OF
tue pulpit upon the men who should bt
in the pews. Knowing the pronounced
views of these gentlemen, this session
of the convention will not be dull OIL
prosy.
The hardware store of A. II. Totmau
Fairfield, was entered by burglars, earl,
Thursday morning, and about $50 taken
Entrance was effected by getting ont,
the bridge connecting the store with til,
tin shop and removing a panel in tn,
back door of the store. The panel wa
removed by boring holes with a larg,
auger and removing piece about SKI.
inches. The money secured was som
spare change that had not been depos
tied. The large safe kept in the stor
is never locked and has always borne
notice to that effect. There was quit
an amount of money near where tina
taken was found, but it was not dis ov
cred by the thief
The new passenger station at Madi
son will soon be opened for use, An,
then the work of erecting a new freigh
station there will begin. new passen
ger and freight station will be built a
Arson and at North Arson. These wi,
be much larger than the old stations anC
will be fitted in way that will max
them convenient for doing the bushes
of the line. he road will be given
ballastng the whole length and a steam
shovel will soon arrive to be used in thi
work In addition to the ballasting,
number of new and long sidings will b,
laid along the line where they have t,
handle large amounts of lumber an,
hay during the winter months.
George Call, one of Pittsfeld's promi
nent citizens, died May Esd, Mt the Ban
gor hospital where he had been taken I,
submit to an operation for relief of
complicated hernia from which he la
been sufferer many years. He was
life long resident of Pittsteld, born oil
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