The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-05-16
BINGHAM.

Ice SClll fingers IN cary FOnuS. Fle a.
SAINT Pond is partly clear of ice.
Pierce Pond ice is breaking up.
Moxie is all clear and parties from
Bingham are now there fishing. Look
for big fish stories next week.
A F. Donigan was down river the
first of the week.
Thomas Spear was on town Mon
day.
The Log driving crews all com
menced on the main river drive last
Monday; logs are coming from the
stream drives at a good rate.
A supper is to be served in Frater
nifty Hall Wednesday afternoon.
Henry Collins goes to Pleasant
Pond Wednesday to paint his boat
and get ready for the summer season.
Thos. Collins started Saturday for
Brassua Lake where he will be Capt
of steamboat in charge of rafting
logs.
John Cahill returned Friday from
Kibbie stream drive to take charge of
section No. on the Kennebec river.
Monday morning he started with his
crew for the Main river.
Lette Miller has gone to Lewiston
TO see her mother in the hospital.
Mrs. Miller is getting along very well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Golf of Mos
COW have a fine baby girl born April
27.
Rev. ". A Richmond and w. r.
Jordan have been in Portland attend
ing Maine State Conference.
Mrs. Cordelia Burke whose death
FThIrol "a of
buried on Saturday services being
held in the Congregational church of
wdich she was Il faithful member.
Mrs. Burke was eighty nine years of
age and leaves one son, a. $. Burke
and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Burke and
Mrs. Lucinda Baker.
Mrs. Vittum of Scion was up to see
her father, Chas. Webster, one day
last week Mr.. Webster does not get
any better.
Last Sunday all who could do 80
made an effort to get some mayfiow-
ers on the Concord side of the river;
everyone seemed to find some very
very pretty flowers.
DIR. Brown and wife have returned
from Clinton.
Curren Smith had barn raising on
his farm in Concord last Monday.
Mrs Chandler of Madison has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Harry
Baker of Moscow.
Mrs. Joseph La Point and Mrs.
Chas. Johnson have gone to Moxie
Camps to work for Willie Jones in his
sporting camps. Mrs. Johnson does
chamber work and Mrs. La Point will
do table work.
Moses Bassett of California is visit
ing his sister Mrs. Thos. Emerton.
Eugene Lander entertained a few
friends on Saturday evening.
Fred Bunker of No Arson was in
in town last week.
Messrs. Leighton and Holt of Show
hogan, Supt. and Manager of the
Maine Telephone and Telegraph were
in town Friday of last week.
Hunnewell's restaurant furnished
dinner for fifty two persons one day
last week. They are having big run
of business this summer. The hotel
and Hollis boarding house also have
about all they can accommodate and
every one who has room to let has
opportunity to do 80. Rents are in
great demand and often engaged in
advance if it is even rumored that
they are to be vacated.
Dr. R. c. Brown is having his house
sningled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Turner who
recently sold their farm in Moscow
and expect to leave town next Friday
for Stuben on Petite Menan Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold C. Sterling
have baby born May 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Hardy have
baby girl born the thirteenth.
Horace Craig, Johnnie Lander and
F. II. Colby were at Moxie last Mon
day and brought home some good
trout.
John Hazelett has the house he is
building for Frank Hunnewell about
ready for the plasterers.
Through an error in our mailing
department the wrong bundle of pa
pers was sent to Bingham last week.
This was discovered and the papers
sent the following day. We must
ask our Bingham subscribers ito ex-
cuse US for the one days delay thus
occasioned.