The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-11-15

She is "A full sister 10 kldorddp. the god
stallion owned by f G.. Hnuter of PITTS
field, being by 1t Crojx, 2 liz; dam
Black Bess, by Phillips, sire of Pavllis
? 2s4 by Aleyone; ? dam 10y Tom King,
, Is, son of Daniel Boone. Nr Merry
would like 10 find a mate to this filly.
Last spring, George, the IL year old
son Of CHARLES l. Tobey, Fairfield en-
ire, plante half au acre OF garden.
Out of this he set two rows of s.law.
berries, the family used all the ycge.
tables they cared to during the summer,
and he sold SIS worth. Now at har-
vestng time he has q bushels carrots,
35 bushels beets, 10 bushels popcorn, IS
bushels potatoes, bushels onions, $50
pounds cabbage, and 800 pounds of
watermelons. One sugar beet weighed
20 pounds, was 26 inches long, and y
inches in circumference. Master George
will feed his beets and carrots to a pair
of steers, which in the past year have
grown IL inches, aud hopes they will do
as well in The coming year.
The Chicago Evening Post Of Oct u,
contains a long article on the advant .ge
of the Nicaragua canal to the deve op.
ment of the United States and of the
South American countries This arlcie
was written from an interview with
Frederick Leslie lockwood, a former
Maine boy, and the son of Mrs Ellen
lockwood of Fairfield, who has been in
South America looking out business con
ditions there in view of extending for
two large stock yard concerns. Mi
Rockwood's trip occupied two years. in
which time he travelled 900 miles,
300 of which were by NIUE and horse
in the Andes. and he sailed ON 81
ocean steamers. This article showed
him as having wide acquaintance with
South Americas financial and business
affairs. Mr.. lockwood has several
times visited his mother in recent years
and is quite well known there He is
now in Chicago and will soon start for
Maine.
The drunken carousal of Saturday
night, Nov. 3, at Hartland resulted in
the arrest of three men, who were
brought before Justice Powers at the
office of H. W Stewart, Esq Monday
forenoon. Dennis Conway for intoxica-
ton and disturbance in the Hartland
House, fined s. and costs. John Con.
way and Edward Cannon for assault on
an officer, each $40 and costs These
men started out early in the evening to
paint the town red. ConstableS Baker
and Brown were notified and went in
search of them. Failing to find them
they returned 10 Mr. Bakers boa. ding
house and there found them aud engag-
ed free fight. 1t was with much diff
Guilty they were over powered and taken
to the lock up, where they remained
until Monday. John Conway paid his
fine but the other two were committed
to Jail. The citizens of Hartand are
thoroughly aroused and are determined
to put stop to the dsgraceful carouSaIs
that have taken place there Saturday
nights.
Thursday night about II o'clock,
while officer Corey of Pittstield va,
making his trips on his usual nigh
beats around Pittsfied, he was suddenly
alarmed by hearing loud cries Of muI-
der coming from the part of the Laueey
House used by the help employed for
sleeping rooms officer corey imme-
diately made an investigation of the
trouble and found that the piercing
shreks issued from room occupied by
Mrs. CURSOR, the pastry cook employed
at the hotel. He forced open the door
of the room and found the husband of
the woman in state a crazy intoXica
ton, beating his wife numerically, aud
would probably have killed her in a
short time if timely assistance had not
stopped his inhuman outrage. Cursor
was arrested and arraigned before JUS
tice Bowden and pleaded guilty. He
was fined IS and costs for intoxication
and $40 and costs for assault Both
fines were paid and the prisoner dis.
charged.