The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-12-26
BINGHAM.

Bingham Chapter o. e. 8. will hold
a special meeting, Saturday evening,
Dec. %, for election of officers, a
good attendance is desired.
Services in the Congregational
church were held as usual on Sunday
last.
George Foster of Oakland was in
town last week.
Mrs. Leavitt and Mrs. Goff OF Con
cord were doing Christmas shopping
IN town, last week.
Sam Andrews was at Madison the
hrst of the week.
John Piper of the McGill Medical
College at Montreal arrived home On
Saturday night to spend Christmas
vacation. Merton Goodrich Is also
spending his vacation at home from
Orono. ,.,,
MRS. Scott Durgin and Mrs. Will
Whorff of The Forks, were in town
last week.
Mrs. Libbey and Mrs. Foss of Scion
were in town Monday, shopping.
Belle Colby, who has been among
friends in Portland the past Ave
weeks arrived at home Monday night
Lila hOWb HAS Dtbli Y lSibiiB AiAS1AND
In Skowhegsn, for few days.
Iona Sands is spending week or
two with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs Granville Goodrich.
Sue Whitney is helping Mrs. Will
Andrews for a few weeks.
Mrs. w. Z. Andrews is confined to
the bed by illness.
Horace Craig returned from his
Boston trip on Saturday night.
Bingham lseems to be having
series of sad accidents. Some two
weeks ago Rev. w. q. Beedy, who
was assisting Thomas Reynolds In the
blacksmith shop had heavy piece OF
iron fall upon his ankle breaking the
bone In quite a serious manner. Inc
first of last week Mrs. Lincoln Baker,
who was cooking In the woods for her
son, Fred, stuck the tines of fork
into her hand, while washing dishes.
She took cold in the wound and is
now suffering severely and there are
fears that blood poisoning may result.
Saturday last the workmen were
preparing to raise new smoke stack
At the American Shoe Finding Cos.
Mill and had raised a tall mast by
which to lift the heavy pipe. Harry
Wyman climbed the mast to arrange
the guys, wearing climbers such as
are used by linemen, when he was %
feet above the ground the mast began
to sway and buckle over and then
broke, throwing Mr.. Wyman to the
ground. In falling he first struck on
TOP of freight car and then fell to
the ground. Both ankles are bad y
sprained, several ribs broken and he
was otherwise badly bruised. He is
expected to recover and has been
made as comfortable as possible at
Mrs. Hollis, where he was boarding.
Sunday evening at the same mill oc-
cured the saddest accident of all. A
crew of workmen were moving a
heavy lathe into place and as the
foreman, James Gallant stopped to
pull out a stick beneath the machine
another workman Knocked out prop
which caused the lathe weighing
several tons to fall upon Mr.. Gallants
leg crushing 1t just above the knee.
He was taken to his home and ply
sicians summoned but expired while
the doctors were setting the leg. He
leaves much respected family con-
sisting of q wife and four children.
The family were soon to move into
q new house just completed for them
on River street. The sympathy Of
the whole community goes out to
this stricken family.
Mr.. Forrest H. Colby will doubtless
now be pleased to furnish any one
with the correct time o'day, as he is
the proud possessor of brand new
gold watch from "Santa Claus". Be-
sides the handsomely engraved, solid
gold hunting case and high grade
twenty-three diamond jewel move
ment of Waltham make, the gift in
cludes a Simmond's gold fob chain
and pocket guard complete. This
valuable Christmas gift was present.
ed to Mr.. Colby by his employees, as
token of their esteem, and the pre-
sent alton card bore the names Of the
following donors: Chas. F. Ham,
Frank B. Rowe, John Comber, Chest
or A. Rollins, Alton B. Carl, Christie
pher G. Stewart, William w. Durgin,
Alanson G. Hunnewell, Harry Gum
mings, Horace j. Craig and Eugene
Clark.
The village schools will reopen
Monday next.