The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-06-25
BINGHAM.

On Monday the 22nd trains com
menced running into the lower sta
tions at night and departing from
that point mornings. All other
passenger trains stop at Bingham
Heights only.
Report of the graduating classes of
the Grammar and High schools will
appear next week.
Thomas Cahill of Cambridge Mass,
is with his family in town. He ar
rived on Sunday last.
"David Harum" will be with US on
Wed. July LIST, in the impersonator
Edward ii. Frye. The entertain
ment will be in Kennebec Hall and
it is we'll worth the while.
Mrs. George Maxtield of Canaan
has been spending several days
among relatives and friends i'll Bling
ham.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baker of Cam
bridge, Mass, is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. G. w. Abbey of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sands opened
their new boarding house and restau-
rant on Monday last. 1t is situated
on Murray street and is very pleasant
and COW enient.
Guy Williams and wife and Arthur
Clark and wife returned from trip
to Otter Pond.
Henry Lovejoy hurt his knee by a
fall upon rake tooth and has since
been unable 10 get about.
Mr.. McCurdy addressed the even
ing meeting at the Cong. Church last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Edgar Hilton and Mrs. Lena
Bean had a birthday party at Mrs.
Beams home in Moscow on Saturday
June Goth.
A baked bean supper was served
including ice cream and cake. There
were twenty six persons present and
the occasion was very pleasant one.
Graphophone music was furnished
during the evening.
Albert Murray is expected to re-
turn from Boston this week with
more horses for sale.
The republicans of the Bingham
representative class district met in
Kennebec Hall, Bingham, on Satur-
day the Goth inst, and nominated F.
III. Colby, Bingham, as candidate
for representative to the legis-
lature. There were thirty delegates
present and Mr.. Colby was the
unanimous choice OF the convention.
The Bingham Electric Light Com
pany have very recently wired Chas.
Bakers new house, Frank Hume
wells new house being built on Muir
ray St., Henry Sands restaurant,
Thomas CahilPs house, and Chas.
Millett's barber shop, The Com
pany have also set poles for lights on
River, Baker, Murray and Bridge
streets.
One of the saddest and most shock
ing accidents that has occurred here
for many years happened on Mon
day the 22nd at Deadwater when Will
lie Woods was killed by the trucks of
several log hunks passing over him.
He was conductor of the train and it
Is thought was seeing to the coupling
of the cars when he fell under the
wheels. Life was not extinct when
he was picked up by the train hands
but he died before he could be
brought home, to his heart broken
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Woods, who have the sympa-
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only son. Willie Woods was about
twenty seven years OF age and I'M
married. He was steady hard
working young man and had been in
the employ OF the railroad company
ever since he has been out of school.
He was member of the /. o. 0. F.,
of Mount Moxie Lodge, also OF the
Centennial Rebecca Lodge-both
societies attending the funeral SER
vices on Wednesday, the Odd Fellows
holding their exercises. The floral
offerings were numerous and very
beautiful.
The monthly conference of the
Cong. church will be held at the
vestry next Saturday instead of the
4th of July.
The degree staff of the Centennial
Rebekah Lodge exhibited the work
of the order at Scion last Wednesday
evening In a most pleasing manner.
One happy fact about this staff Is that
one of its members is over eighty
years old and is as enthusiastic and
faithful in the work as any of the
younger members. After the work
was done few brief addresses were
delivered and a good supper pro-
vtded by the Scion Rebekah Lodge.
State Assessors Pottle, Haytord
and Grover were in Bingham on
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week.
Most of the things we do for fun are