The Somerset reporter., 1902-06-19
SOMERSET PICIk-Ip~

IS. Noses superintendent ~ t.t
corn factory At Pits8sld. -.ates .4at tae
swee. corn acreage s9n.1ae ed for b. Tie
company haa nearly al bern planted.
Rev Mabel {. Andrews preached the
baccaiaureate sermon before the grad
uating clas. Of Madison nigh school,
Sunday morning, at the Free Baptist
church.
The farm buildings Of -yeester Ham
Of North Hartland were burned 70 the
ground with most Of their contents. Won
day, the 9Th instant Tie loss WAS
about $500 with some insurance.
George Dobier and cre~ Of twenty
two men who have been driving logs a.
Nozzle pond came down uver, Friday.
to wait until the Jam is broken al Madi-
son when they will return and drive out
the balance 10000 which are all in the
stream below the dam
At the regular meeting Of v. 5. Howe
Camp, 5. Of Y. of Pittsdeld. Tuesday
evening the following off GERS were elect
ed; Chaplain, J. Il. Leathers; 1st
Lieut., VI. b White; md Lieut., ". 3
Tewksbury; amp Council, Z. Z Dan
iels. c. b. Sylvester, M. ?. Tewksbury:
LIST Sergeant, 5. NJ. Foster; 2nd Sergeant
l.. A Harding; Color Sergeant, {. b
? Sylvester.
Postmaster Oramel Murray Of Pi IS
field Tuesday, attempted to board the
morning train at Pittsfield after it was
in motion, missed his footing and fell
between the cars and platform. Archie
, Kierstead, conductor on the sebasticook
9 u Moosehead Railroad, saw the accident
and held Murray down until that car
I was out of the way, and then pulled him
2 out of harms way. Mr. Murray was Sc
!. verely shaken up and it will be several
9 days before the extent of his injuries
. can be determined.
= While Mr.. and Mrs. Louis T. Dahne
n were developing camera pictures in a
j box stall In the stable of their residence
e on Hartand avenue, Pittsf1eld. Sunday.
D the 8th inst, the kerosene lamp used in
the dark room exploded, the flames
6 from the same quickly spreading, set
e fire to the building. An alarm was sent
e in and the fire company responded, and,
n after an hours hard work, got it under
control. The stable was badly burned
e on the inside and most of the contents
e destroyed.
1t Mrs. Henry Warren of Pittsfeld died
IS in the hospital at Bangor Tuesday of
e last week She had gone there Satur-
e day evening to be operated on for tum-
d erous growth. Her death is a shock to
j. her friends and those with whom she
o worked. The saddened husband and
d the lonely little daughters have the sym.
# pathy of all. The funeral service, at
Il which Rev. l.. w. Coons of the Univer.
a salist church, was the officiating clergy.
r man, was held at the home on Main
e street, Wednesday afternoon at 2
5 o'clock.
g Mrs. jeanette Dobson, widow of the
n late Robert Dobson, ard mother of
- Messrs. William and Gordon Dobson,
a died suddenly at > o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon of heart disease. Mrs. Dobson
IS was 50 years of age. She was a native
u of Scotland, and has been prominent in
a. church and social circles in Pittsfield
b since she and her family became resi-
/, dents of Pittsfeld many years ago. Her
- death will be great shock to the whole
). community, as the end came suddenly
2, and without warning, her health hav-
e ing been good for a long time for a lady
u of her years.
Il The trustees of the Maine Central In.
8 stitute at Pittsfeld have offered the
u u town lot for the Carnegie Library.
. The proffered lot is at the southeast
n corner of the campus. The citizens will
/, meet Saturday evening and will IN
doubtedly vote to accept the offer Of Mr..
. Carnegie. The trustees are taking
c measures to have a girls dormitorv and
$ boarding club ready for the students
y for the fall term. An agent is out solic-
II iting for $4,000 endowment. He is
d meeting success. A new gymnasium is
= also contemplated Judge Frederick A.
s Powers was elected a trustee Judge
Il Powers was member of the class Of
u 1871, the first graduating class of the In.
q stitute to hold graduation exercises.
5 At the closing exercises of the spring
term of Hartland Academy there was a
= prize defamation in the Opera House,
= on the III inst, and notwithstanding
the constantly falling rain there was a
large and interested audience. Their
- were seven contestants. A gold medal
was to be awarded the best and a silver
e medal to the second best. The contest
was very close Unusual natural ability
and much study snd good training were
= manifest; as the horsemen say. "they
came in neck and neck. All were de
/, serving medal The judges found it
hard to decide who the winners should
be. After some delay the gold medal
was awarded to John Lewis Fish and
the silver medal to Bertha Annie Linn.
II The seleetmen of Pittshed have COM
pleted their labors SO far as their report
q to the State board is concerned and This