The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-30
MooREs. MiLLs.-cANAAN.


Harry Grindall and Ansel Booker
from Waterville were in town Sun
day.
Jas. Huntoon and wife of Norridge
wock have been visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. E. Goodridge.
Chas. Ames and family from West
Pittsf1eld visited his parents and made
brief calls on friends in town Sunday.
Mrs. R. NJ. Dane and daughter are
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
l.. Moore.
Mrs. Myra Foster who has been
very sick is improving under the care
of DR.. Lowe.
Rev. VIM. Pettigrove and w. Hatch
from Fairfield were in town Sunday.
Mrs. E. H. Williams called on her
mother, Mrs. Ruth Moore Sunday.
Alma Fernald drives a beautiful
spotted pony who is very fond of her
mistress.
Quite a number attended the Me
mortal services at the village church
Sunday conducted by Rev. j. w.
Webster from Newport.
Dry and cold say the farmers in
this vicinity.
In the arrest of Robert j. Brown of
Montreal, a conductor on the Pullman
ear system running on the Grand
Trunk between Montreal and Port
land, Saturday afternoon shortly after
the arrival of his train on com
plant of a United States treasury
agent, the federal authorities believe
that they have unearthed system of
extensive smuggling which has been
going on for years and by which the
government has been defrauded of
thousands of dollars annually. Brown
was taken into custody after he had
left at the office of the American Ex-
press company, for shipment to Bos-
ton, package containing suit Of
clothes which had been made by a
Montreal tailor and which it is alleg-
ed Brown smuggled into this country.
Brown after his arrest admitted that
he brought the package here from
Canada hid in the kitchen of the buff
ct and that he did not notify the GUS
toms officers at the line that he had
it. He asserts that he was innocent
in the matter and had been imposed
upon by the tailor, not knowing that
the package contained dutiable goods.
Perley Paige, the 17-year old son of
C.. K. Paige, the well-known East
Livermore farmer, died Wednesday
from peculiar accident Young Paige
had been repairing or building a
fence around a pasture on Garden
hill Tuesday, and towards night he
went to the Mosher place to hitch up
his horse. AS he was Harvesting the
horse, the animal suddenly let fly
with her heels striking young Paige
on the left temple and crushing in his
skull. DR.. Geo. H. Rand of Liver
more Falls was Immediately called
and later DR.. C.. 4. Smith of the same
place and DR.. Palmer of Pennington
and an operation was performed, but
it proved of no avail 80 badly injured
was the brain.
A large and modern Darrell mill has
been erected on the west side of Lake
Auburn, near what is known as the
Round Top, by w. A. Brigham of
Minot and is now in full operation.
The mill Is modern in every particular
and the latest and best machinery has
been installed Mr.. Bridgham has
purchased large amount of lumber
and is now engaged in saving the
barrel slaves. Six hands are en-
pioyed in the mill and Mr. Bridgham
plans to make upwards of 10000 bar
rels to be ready for delivery by apple
picking time next fall.
After two and one half hours deli
beration Thursday the jury brought
i'll verdict of S325O in the damage
suit of Frank c. Perkins, Admir-,
against the Oxford Paper CO., in be-
half of Mrs. Arthur n. Perkins, widow
of an engineer of the company, killed
in November 1908, by being struck on
the head with speed bolt on which
there were protruding bolts known as
Jackson hooks used for end fasteners.
$4,000 was the amount sued for.
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The 55th annual session of the
Maine Medical Association will be
held in Lewiston, June IL and 49,
The State convention of the Uni
VerSalist churches will he held at Rid -