The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-01-04
SOMERSET pICK-UPs

us NAM cdhRbt III the rolls 81 the p per
machine, badly crushing the arm and
breaking he boLe above the elbow. lie
is comfortable an could be expected.
Tie Great Northern Paper ompany
at hadison have just put in $50 h. =.
Slater engine for use in low wafer such
as BIAS prevailed during the present sea
son. A $50 b p. water tube boiler has
also been set up IN The boiler room.
his butler completes the b9iIer bIant
and gives them total Of 1900 h. ..
l. X. Ramsdel of KIplry has BEEN 10
Dexter the past few weeks, making ar.
rangements for building CHEESE factory
and contracting with the farmers for the
next seasons supply Of milk lie has
engaged The services of }. E. Towle.
graduate of the University Of Maine
who is thoroughly versed Ia The cheese
making business
Miss Bertha Naxfield, who was assist.
ing at g. smith d Cos. store at Pitts
field, during the Christmas trade, came
near meeting with a severe accident
Saturday. A trap door Is used u get TO
the cellar Mis- Maxfield did not no
tice that the trap door had been opened
and stepping back ward fell to the cellar
below. She received Dad shaking up
and sprained one Of her ankles, but for
tunately no serious injuries resulted
from the fall.
DIR. 7 II Merrill Of Brockton, Mass
who arrived at PittsfieId, hristmas
morning, TO spend the day with his sis
ter, slipped as he stepped on the plat
form and fell in such manner as to
dslocate his left shoulder. He was
taken to his sisters house and Drs
Griffin and Taylor called, who SUCCESS
fun, treated the injured man This un-
fortuna Q Incident somewhat spoiled
the Doctors pleasure at the otherwise
very pleasant family gathering.
A man from Hartland prepared to
celebrate hristmas la rather hilarious
manner by going to Bangor and coming
home considerably under the influence
OF liquor. After be arrived he created
considerable disturbance on the street.
TO such an extent that be had to b.
taken to the lock up. During the night
he broke out of the building and went
home Later he was brought before
trial justice and fined $40 90 and costs
from which he appealed and WAS placed
under bonds to appear at the March
term of court at Skowhegan
Nm. Ellersley, aged Is, known as
1.-THE hermit of ugar Loaf mountain"
Caratunk plantation, was found dead in
his hut on the mountain, Christmas day,
by Guide John Green. 1t was apparent
that the hermit had been dead for sew.
eral weeks He was veteran of the
Civil " ar and upon his return from the
South a considerable amount of prop.
erty he had decided to his brother for
the protection of his wife and child
would not be returned to him He went
immed ately to the mount in and had
since lived there The brother and the
wife went West together and persisted
in forest fire which swept over Wis.
consin, several years ago.
AS soon as the work of placing the
new water wheel in the pulp mill of
the International Paper ompany's mill
at dion is completed the mill will be
started with a full crew and will then
run TO its full capacity. For some time
past, the mill las been running but
about two thirds of the regular crew, on
account of the putting in the new
wheels, and the consequent loss of that
part OF the regular power of the plant.
With the whole of the power available
and the many orders which are on hand
for the product of this mill, force of
about two hundred hands will be en-
ployed at the plant in a short time
The company has a large amount of
short wood on hand at the present time
which was left there when he old COM
pany went under and which went in
with the balance of the mill property
when it was taken by the International
Paper ompany. The company, will,
therefore, buy no short wood this win
ter, but will use what is now on hand
and the long logs which are in the piles
further up the river. With this mill
running at its fullest capacity, the town
will once more be in good shape, af er,
a long term of depression caused by the
many difficulties through which the old
mill passed,