Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-15
SKOWHEGAN.

arrived in town Saturday and left for
| Lakewood, where he has a situation
for the summer.
j. H. Harry of Woonsocket, r. l., who
has charge of the Marston wOrSted
mills here for the receivers, is in town.
y. 3. *. Brooks of Boston, treasurer
of the Maine Spinning Co. is in town
on business connected with the local
plant.
An automobile party from West
brook composed of Mr. and Mrs ]. c.
Sears and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c.
Smith were in town over Friday night
They left Saturday for Watervile.
Train No. All, due in Skowhegan at
p. NJ, run over, or to be r,ore. exact.
chased a buck deer on its trip in Fri
day night. The buck took to t.le track
in what is known as the pine woods,
some two miles from town. 1nan it
left the road bed and run into q b2rbed
wire fence, breaking its neck. The
train was stopped and the deer was
brought to this town. The engineer
was w. l.. Dutton and the conductor
F.. f. Pinkham. The buck was a good
one and would weigh in the neighbour
| hood of $50 pounds.
Mrs. Emily Osborn left Saturday
morning for Falmouth Foreside, where
she will visit friends for few days.
Mrs. Sarah Abbott left Saturday for
Boston to visit her son, w. NJ Abbott
and family.
+. Z. Buker. who had been the guest
of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
! Buker, returned Saturday to his home
| in Raymond, n. II.
Charles North. for the past five years
| boss of the finishing room in the Mars
ton mills, resigned on Saturday. He
is undecided where he will locate.
Dr. E. w. Russell of Lewiston was
in town Saturday.
Augustus Gilblair was the guest of
| friends in Waterville Saturday.
f. n. Merrill left Saturday on a trip
| to the Rangeley lake region.
DR.. c. r. Ni!eS was the guest over
| Sunday of friends in Portland
For the first time since the road was
| built a baggage car of the Washington
| County Railroad was in Skowhegan
Saturday. 1t was No II and came in
on the Scoot. having just been taken
out of the shop and being on it's trial
run.
Hon. S. W. Gould, who had been at
tending the Commencement exercises
| in Orono returned home Saturday
The first fire Skowhegan has had for
several months was that for which an
alarm was sent in at $50 Thursday
night from Box AZ at the corner of
Madison avenue and the Russell road.
1t proved to be in the one-and- one
half-story frame dwelling house on
Cemetery street, owned by Orrin Pack
ard and occupied by Edward Berry
The house was practically burned fiat
when the department arrived, but if
it had not been the departments ser
vices would have been of but little use,
as there was no pressure on the ny
drants One of the firemen stepped on
a line of hose with his foot and the
| pressure was sufficient to cut off the
stream. The building was insured. A
shed connected was saved. The family
| saved the greater part of it's household
| goods.
j. ID. Lancaster left Saturday to visit
| friends in Bangor.
Three horses which had been bought
in East Madison We're shipped from
here on the noon freight Friday to
Charles Wheeler in Providence, r. I.
They were all gentlemen's drivers and
good ones.
Mrs. S. j. Walton was in Farming
ton over Sunday, called there by the
death of her sister
Mrs. J. A. Maddocks has gone to
Wyoming. Mass. to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Annie Marshall.
Guy French, student at the Univer-
sity of Maine. has returned home.
Charles Walker, student at Bowdoin,
has returned to town.
There was no service Sunday even
ing in the Bethany Baptist church as
the pastor assisted in the Baccafau-
reate sermon at the Congregational
church. The subject of the morning
sermon was THE High Privilege of
Being Christian" How to Choose
Life Work was the subject at the
evening meeting of the Christian En-
deavor Society at o'clock.
The Perils of Middle Life" was the
topic discussed at the morning service
Sunday by DIR. Leirch at the Centenary
Methodist church. The evening meet
ing was omitted.