The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-10-20
Bingham.

Mrs. carrie Hilton, I. N W. VI 1ob
tennial Rebekah Lodge No. 100, went to
Bangor to attend Grand Lodge, Tuesday
OF this week. Mrs. Hilton will also visit
her sister, Mrs. Nell Penley In Oldtown
Mrs. Edwin Collins of North Anson
and visitors were in Bingham, one day
last week, on a carriage drive, taking
dinner at Bingham hotel.
Frank Hunnewell Is able to be about
again. George Percy of Lewiston has
been his clerk and meat cutter, the past
few weeks.
Mrs. Albert Clark of Caratunk was in
town, two days of last week.
First snow of the season fell Oct 18th.
Frank Donley OF North Arson was in
town a few days ago.
Walter Ord way of Skowhegan in com
pany with J. j. Lombard of New York
and Mr.. Haskell of Bangor were recently
in town.
Oscar Givens, who clerks for A. f..
Donigan, delivered load of furniture
to parties in Caratunk, last week.
Willie Woods and Arlie Dinsmore re-
turned frsm Pleasant Pond, last Thurs
day, each having secured a good buck
deer. Woods deer was a very large ono
with fine head and horns
John Owens was quite sick two or
three days of last week.
Fred Coolidge made a brief business
trip to Bingham on Monday.
Herbert Rowe and family who went to
Colorado, last spring, have returned
| The climate did not prove the benefit to
their health that was anticipated.
Ben Steward and daughter, Dan Stew
ard and Martha Reynolds went to Cara
funk, sunday morning, took dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Carbino and returned in
the afternoon.
George Adams and wife of Massa-
chusetts were In town, last week, on
heir way up river
| Mrs. David G. Bean was visiting
friends In Madison, several days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Pierce have re-
tut ned from a brief trip up river.
R.V. Ham shot bear at Rowe pond,
one day last week.
A party from Brooklyn, N. Y. return
ed to their homes, Saturday, with four
deer which they secured while stopping
at Albion Healey's.
Bears are numerous and bold. Sanford
Robinson of Concord has lost four sheep
by them within short time. Guy
Chadbourne recently saw a large bear a
short distance from the door OF his
home. He fred one shot which did not
prove fatal for the bear beat hasty re.
treat.
A, C. Dinsmore and Arlie Dinsmore
attend Grand Lodge at Bangor, this
week.
viii Pratt of Pennington is the guest
of his sister, Mrs. Fred Ennis.
Chas. Packard of Guilford was recent
~ in town.
Turner Boswell of Scion was in town,
Monday last.
George Gowen has moved his family
INTO what is known as the Charlie
Andrews store, and Ed Miller is moving
into the rent formerly occupied by the
Gowen family.
The new steam shovel for work on the
Somerset extension arrived, Saturday
last. and, Monday, had commenced
work on the John Ovens hill for sand
for ballasting the track. The steam
shovel is fine piece of machinery made
by the Marion Steam Shovel Co. OF Ohio
and requires three men to run 1t, lifting
a cubic yard of sand or gravel at each lift.
Mr.. Padham, aged SO years, died at
the home of his son, All Padham, in
Moscow on Tuesday morning The
funeral services were held Thursday.
A party of sportsmon, who started
from Bingham about 7 p m. on Monday
night for The Forks, found when near
the Carrying Place that they had lost
three rifiss from their wagon. The
rifles we're placed between two men on
the back seat and 1t seems rather singu-
lar that all of them were lost without
their knowledge. Tuesday afternoon
no trace of the missing rifles had been
found.