The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-02-08
sOMEItsET PICK-UPs.

Frank Mcdonald, an employe Of the
Great Northern Paper Co., while load
! ing pulp, had bis left arm badly Injured
by frozen mass Of pulp falling on il,
Wednesday. Of last week.
The large main shaft in the Linn
wooden mill, at Hartland, broke at
about 10 O'Clock Tuesday forenoon,
thus necessitating a shut down in the
mill for two Or three days until the
shaft was repaired.
/ The section crew and train hands
were Obliged to work all night Monday,
of last week, on the Sebasticook d
Moosehead railroad between Pittsfeld
and this village, draining the water
from the track, so as to make traffic
possible on the line.
Mrs. John Standish Of Flagstaff is at
the home of her brother, Mr.. Albert
Nterry of Pennington recovering from
the results of the removal a few DAYS
ago, of large cancer. The operation
was very successful, and the entire re-
covery of Mrs. standish is believed to
be matter of time only.
Notices have been posted ini the
Linn wooden mills of Hartland, that
rise in wages has been granted at the
rate of 10 per cent, commencing the
first day of January. This will mean
back pay for months work, and a
good advance of wages in the future.
A petition has been circulated in
Madison to secure members for a
military company to be formed there
Sixty-two signatures have been OBJ.
tanned and the Adjutant General las
been notified of the result. 1t is hoped
that the authoritits will see fit to grant
the petition and permit the organiza-
ton TO become perfected.
Atwood " htaker of Troy, aged s.
years, dropped dead in W. NJ. Priay's
department store, Pittsfeld, at one
O'Clock, Saturday afternoon, from heart
disease. Mr.. Whitaker had been sub
| JSSh W hCail tiOuOlC lOl btNGl al Ntdi ,
and of late had had several bad spells.
In company with his wife he had come
to town to transact some business He
complained of trouble with his heart
during the day. The remains were
taken to Troy, Saturday night. Mrs.
Whitaker was greatly affected by her
husbands sudden death. A widow and
two brothers, TrafLon and Edward, sur.
vive him.
Mrs. John Walker, who keeps a
boarding house on Park street, Pitts.
field, met with an unfortunate and
/; painful accident while crossing the
street in front of her house Wednes.
day morning by slipping on the ice,
j falling and breaking her right arm a
few inches above the wrist. DR.. f. A
; Porter was hastily summoned and set
} the fractured bones. Mrs. Walker IL
D hard working woman and very
deserving person and as the accident
will be quite t-back to her a sub
scription paper was circulated during
, the forenoon and the sum of S45 RAISED
and presented to her.
The changing over of the Fairfield
wOrsted mill to one of the straigh
, article for the manufacture of wooleI
, goods is we'll under way at this time
0 Only two sets of cards of the machinery
-, ln ,r;lI H. -
, enough of the same style will be pu
in to make the capacity equal to tina
, of a twelve set mill The machiner,
includes rs looms, IA spinning mules
and all the other machinery necessar,
0 to fully equip a wooden mill. 1t viii
be necessary to build a dye hous,
} which will be one story structure
The mill will give employment Il
n nearly POO hands.
e Mr.. Walter Keene, a native of Palmy
ra, who is now conducting success
full business as a leather merchant il
Boston, spent Sunday on his farm
q near Palmyra. Mr.. Keene is an exam
9 pie of the Maine man who is always t
DE found at the front in the publ,
service He is at the present time
: member of the Massachusetts, Hoas,
5 of representatives. In this connection
it is interesting to note that Is othe
Maine men are members of the sam,
legislature, making nineteen Main,
= FL
part in making the laws of tn,
old Bay State. Mr.. Keene say
D that the Pine Tree Club of Boston il
, planning to give big reception in th'
near future to the "Men from Maine"
The splendid water privilege at 30
mile rips, located a few miles below
Pittsfeld, which has been controlled
by company composed of citizens o
the town who had an option on thu
privilege for two years, suddenl,
changed hands last week. 1t seems
, that the rights of the company wer'
allowed to lapse and through som,
! neglect they failed to renew the con
ditions. In the meantime capitalist
in another part of the state have haC
3 an eye on the property and last weel
. purchased land covering the high waite
mark for several miles up the river, o.
the west side he companV hal