The Somerset reporter., 1900-02-08
Showed in.

The weather department broke loose
Monday and did their worst.
Here we see the force of bad example,
FIRST The elecuics suspended running and
ut KIT the Somerset K K takes a vacation,
muth against their will however.
F. w. Spauldine is again able to be in
his store alter short sickness
o. F. Hall is on the sick list this week
The new sidewalk scraper is a good
thing. after the storm Monday afternoon.
Commissioner Perkins had il out and
cleared all the walks in short order. a task
which would have taken men with shovels
long time to accomplish. There is no
reas on why all the walks on this side and
down as far as the big willow on the
north side cannot be kept in the best of
shape.
The meeting last week OF the V |. s.
which vas with Miss Carrie Cleveland.
last Friday afterr con. was very interest
| ing and you can bel On ii that the ladies
M de the most OF the subject which was
Noted Women of the Nineteenth Cen
Jury"
The next regular meeting of Cedar
| " l. D. Will DG OD lDG iIHG
Friday of the month, February 10 at
| 7 80 p. m. As there is considerable
business all members are requested to
be present
| The anniversary exercises in Old Point
lodge. last THURSDAY evening. were well
attended ano there were a number of
members present fro m Madison lodge
L. d., F. c. Holt read very interesting
history of the lodge since its institution
eighteen years ago, the remainder of the
program consisted OF music and literary
Refres hments oil cake aid coffee were
served. The install alton of the new
fficers was also feature OF the evening,
the following is the list: NJ. c. Holt. c.
T. Harry Burgess, p c. T.. Mrs. Carrie
Ames, V T.. w. F. Brown. Sec Miss
| Josie Mills, Asst. Sec. Mrs. Eta Fuller.
Chap; F. c. Holt. Fin. Sec. Alfred
Tuttle. Treas. Philip Carr. Mar; Flossie
Worlhley. Dept'y MI; Lila Rogers,
Guard Arthur Works. Sen. Mrs. Jennie
Turner, S. J. T.
AS we mentioned above we are showed
in at this writing. The heavy storm OF
Monday OF rain. hail. sleet ard snow
raised the dickens with the Somerset
Railroad track and word was received
here in the forenoon Monday tina, he
morning train was eff the track at Scion
and that a Wrecking train haa left Ok
land was TO raise the seige but Ike
Butler" in So. Africa, il met the enemy
about a mile below this place and the
snow plow which was on the head end
turned completely around and Jumped in
10 the ditch On one SIDE OF the track.
This forced the engine eff and on The
On the other side, ard much TO the sur
prise OF the engineer and firemen they
found tht mselveS switched #, and on
the road across country to East Madison
with no rails under them. They did
not go far in this direction however for
the engineer shut off them in a twink
ling but the old "Norridg ewook h d
already got her fore feet planted
Another wreCklrg Train was made up
and soon arrived on the spot; tackles
were fastened 10 the trees on the oppo-
Size side Of the track and the last
engine that arrived on the scene was
attached 10 the end of the rope; some
thirg had to come, sometimes II was
the trees and sometimes the pillow; II
took nearly all the afternoon 10 get the
pillow on the track and nearly all night &c
get the engine back on. After things
had been Strengthened out here. the out
fiji tried to return TO Oakland but found
that their retreat had been cut of by the
ice and coed sized crew had to b. put
on 10 pick and shovel out the ice with
pick axes and shoves and the end i.
not yet Supt. Aver says it is tn wofS
storm he has ever encountered 10 all his
experierce with iaiIroaoin In ,ht
meantime freight accumulate up river
for the west and piled up At Oakland tor
the up nver towns.
| There WAS a very sweet and adhesive
time II thu Baptist parsonage. Tuesday
evening, when the sunday school elssset
of MIS-. Turner ard Mr.. CHARLES Whiting
met To have candy pull.
We got the first through mail, las
night, which was sert mp from Oakland
via SkoN hogan and brought her. b'
tesm. \ team tli,d ~ get here direc
from Oakial d hui Wa- unable To do 50
Thee j. large crew at work on TIN
Somerset Railroad tracks cutting GU
the ice.
On account of thu bad travelling Their
WAS no meeting Of the Chorus on Tues
dsv evening
/. r. Folsom went To Pennington
Tue day, on business.
The American Express agent here