The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-05-24
Bingham.
Mr. Haskell and wife of Brighton were
shoppipp in town last week

| Ar. Haskell and wife of Brighton we're
shopping in town last week.
base ball game was played on Sat-
urday afternoon, the Bingham nine play
ed against the North Anson's, winning
the game, score eight to one in favor of
Bingham. The game was held In S t.
Goodrich's field. The Bingham boys
are to play at Madison against the Madi-
son team next saturday afternoon.
Mrs Robert Woods. who recently
made several visits to friends in Boston
and vicinity, has returned home.
Mrs. Helen Baker starts this week to
visit friends In Gorham, Weetbrook and
Portland The month of June she will
spend with her daughter, Nellie in Med
ford, Mass
On the 10th inst, there were fifty
seven guests at Garry Ponds, twenty at
Rowe Pond, Moxie had more than she
could provide quarters for and all the
other sporting camps had good share
of tho company that every train brings.
Walter Piper is clerk in Savage's store.
Mrs Marta Savage Is at Pleasant
Pond for several weeks. Guy Morris
spent Sunday there.
Holman F. Day and wife and Joe
Lincoln and wife will soon go to Rowe
ponds, where they have engaged quarters
| for the summer.
Elias Andrews has purchased the Will
Thompson house and lot in Bingham
| village.
Mrs Delbert Bigelow of Norridgewock
was in town the first of the week.
The Memorial services will be held at
| the Congregational church. On sunday
morning at 10 80 the Rev. W A. Rich
mond will address the members of the
Nathan F. Blunt Post. Special music
will be rendered appropriate to the oc-
casion. Everyone is cordially invited to
attend this service.
A special effort has been made to
make the Memorial Day services of I'M
usual interest The orator of the day is
| Rev. Fred II. Leitch of Skowhegan.
The mem bers of the Nathan F. Blunt
Post will form procession at 81
| o'clock at the Congregational church
and march to the cemetery where appro-
pirate services will be held and the
graves of our honored dead decorated,
after which the procession will march
to the church, where the Memorial ad-
dress and other services will be held.
| The music for this occasion is of the
usual high order and il is hoped that all
the people will attend the service
ARREST OF JERRY HAYES
! Bingham had bit of excitement last
week Monday it became known that
Sheriff Smith and Deputy Sheriff Pierce
and two newspaper men were up the
new railroad line looking for Jerry
l. in. Ton
! hard working railroad man Ii was also
said that Jerry WAS wanted in connec
ton with the Page murder in Massachu
/ setts. Tuesday forenoon sheriff Pierce
returned and smith and party went
ploddng on mile after mile through
| mud and water; and over stumps and
rocks in the right of-way and always the
word given them in answer to inquiry
was that Jerry Hayes was in the next
| crew ahead.
Wednesday afternoon at 100 the
much wanted man walked into town
from Scion and was arrested by deputy
sheriff Pierce assisted by Charles Ham,
and was placed in Bingham lookup
Sheriff smith was located with difficulty
by wire at Greenvlle junction and was
notified of the arrest An account of
ton Journal and within fifteen minutes
the newspaper men of Maine and Boston
we're calling for Bling ham by telephone
and telegraph At nine O'Clock the
telephone operator went home "a per
feet wreck" only to be routed out at the
dread hour of midnight by another re-
porter and more long distance talk was
held with Boston.
"a fnllnuinO
wires got busy again aud so continued
until after the interview which Sheriff
/ Smith held with the prisoner, in which
! Hayes accounted for his whereabouts
/ during the past few years as on the
railroad, for ice companies in Massachu-
! sets, and had at one time called for
drink of water in the town of Weston
about three miles from the Page home,
bnt had never been at the Page house
That afternoon the sheriff, prisoner and
flock of reporters departed for Skowhe-
gan, the next day, no one appearing
against Hayes, the man who swore out
the warrant having skipped out, Jerry
was disch arged and is now at work on
the railroad.
A. :. Burke of Bingham sells the
Wade & Dunton custom made steel and
rubber tired wagons, fully waranteed
and as pretty a Concord wagon as you
ever saw. Also different makes and
styles of box buggies and Concords. He
can save you money if you call and see
me. 4w20
Ii you are looking for the best goods
latest styles aud lowest prices 60 to
Dongan of Bingham.
Mercer.
G. s. Morse has been working on Ed