The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-17
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

ball pond, Sunday, with another boy,
aud while moving loaded gun it was
discharged, the charge of shot going
into one hand and then through the
arm toward the shoulder making two
frightful wounds. Dr. Burbank was
called and dressed the wounds.
While this is an off year with apples,
". r. Churchill of New Portland had
some of his trees heavily laden, one tree
of Nonesuch requiring fourteen props to
h old up the limbs. He haryests about
one hundred barrels of first class apples
Mr.. Churchill is master of New Portland
Grange and gives orcharding his especial
attention.
There was slight blaze in the house
occupied by j. NJ. Owens in Mercer viii
lage, Wednesday morning of last week
The chimney burned out and as the
floors we're not properly protected the
flames made their way into the rooms.
A general alarm was given aud the
flames were soon extinguished. The
damage was slight
bennett L. Richardson of Pittsfeld
has recently won a scholarship IN the
medical school at Philadelphia. Mr.
Richardson was one of the five to take
the examination. The scholarship en-
titles him to a free course for four years
He is a graduate of the Maine Central
Institute in Pittsfeld and also of Bates
College, where he was very prominent
in athletics.
The water power at East New Port
land which has for several years been
allowed to run to waste has been pur-
chased by the Nichols Manufacturing
Co of Norwich, Conn. The company
intend to erect mill for the manufac.
ture of small wooden articles of birch
lumber which abounds in this section.
A new dam will be constructed during
the coming winter.
Wednesday, Get 9th, was lively day
both for the liquor dealers and consum-
ers in Madison. Deputy Sheriff f. l..
Harding seized two barrels of the con-
traband at the Arson freight depot.
The Howard House was also raided with
good success. Two men under the in
fluence of liquor who were creating a
disturbance on the street were arrested
by officer Lord and lodged in the lookup.
Mr.. Daniel Pingree of West Ripley
died Monday, Oct 7th, of cancer from
which he has been great sufferer for
long time. MIR Pingree has resided in
Ripley for nearly forty years. He leaves
two sons, Elmer and A. NJ. Pingree oil
Ripley and two daughters, Mrs. Stephen
Knight of Ripley and Mrs, Charles Rus
sell of ST. Adams Funeral services
were held at his late residence the Tues
day afternoon following.
The Madison Bulletin tells good
story on Omer Lander, New Portland
citizen. Lander bought a heifer, early
this fall, and turned it out into his pas
ture He went out into his pasture to
repair his fence when he heard a noise,
and on looking around saw what he sup
posed was a deer. 1t was close time,
but the temptation was too great and he
shot to kill Upon investigation he
found he had shot his own hefer.
Since A. r. Gerald of Fairfield was in
Boothbay, recently, looking over the
route of the proposed electric road be-
tween Boothbay Harbor and Damaris
Gotta, renewed interest has been taker
in the enterprise. Such a road will be
paying investment from the start anc
it will probably be built within two
years. The Gas Electric Light Co.
already have an electric engine in opera
ton at the Maddocks Packing Cos PLAN
capable of running such road,
At largely attended parish meeting
of the Free Baptist parish of Pittsfielc
held in the church vestry one evening
last week, a call was unanimously ex
tended to Rev. o. II. Tracy to become
pastor of the church. Mr. Tracy is a
man of fine scholarly tastes and acquire
ments, a pulpit orator of unusual abil
ity, and possesses social qualities that
win him many friends wherever he goes
The parish is to be congratulated or
securing such man for pastor.
The reports for the week ending Sat
urday, Oct, 18th, of game killed on the
line of the Somerset Railway show that
80 deer aud two bears have been SHOT by
hunters from away, and it is estimated
that more than that number have beer
shot by people living along the line OF
the railroad. The second bear OF the
week was shot by Peter Rondeau OF
Lewiston, ON Burnt hill, eight miles
from Bingham. He weighed about 30(
pounds,
A party of Augusta hunters, composed
of Bert Young, Havilah Humphrey anC
son Irving, also accompanied by Clayton
Heseltine of Benton Falls have returned
from 10 days trip into the Dead Rive
region, where they made their head
quarters at Broad brook, but covered
the territory in all directions. TIL,
party brought home four deer and con
aidar th lam ves fortunate an deer ar,
scarce in that vicinity, this season. A
one hotel where 800 deer were seen, las
saaaon Int thraa haua haen saan thI