The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-04-23
BINGHAM.

BINGHAM.
Winter seems to be lingering in the
/ lap of spring The stream drives are
very late this spring, no warm rains
to start the ice. At Dead Water and
at Moxie Pond the ice is as solid as it
was last January and snow in the
woods that is three feet deep.
Bert Smith of Massachusetts is Wis
lting his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Smith.
Harry Wyman of Kingfield was the
guest of Bessie Carney on Sunday last.
Stella Miller was in Skowhegan a
few days last week; she was the guest
of Mrs. VIM. Snow.
Mrs F. II. Colby was at Watervile
on Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Stella Vittum, who has been
working for Mrs. G. NJ. Marshall the
past eighteen months, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Thomas Riley.
Mrs. Ed Magoon and son, Herbert,
spent, Thursday, with Mrs. Magoon's
parents in Norridgewock.
George Miller is in Boston, this
week.
Mrs. R, c. Brown, Mrs. Daniel
Steward and Mrs. W. B. Goodrich
were at North Arson last Friday
afternoon.
John Carville of Stratton arrived in
Bingham on Thursday last. He is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Hill,
where his little daughter lives.
Mrs. Joseph Whitney and Sue
Whitney have recently been TO Skow
hogan and Waterville.
Erwin Miller of East Madison is
nown in town.
Mrs. Edward Bunker was at Oak
land last Monday.
Thomas Cahill of Cambridge arriv-
ed in town last week looking after
his business interests here.
Henry Sands is building boarding
house on Murray street, which will be
42x24 fit and two stories in height.
Frank Hunnewell is building a new
dwelling house which is also on Muir
ray street.
Albert Murray is having his new
house on Baker street plastered;
Wallace Johnson of Madison is doing
the work. Several other new build
ings will be built this summer, includ-
ing fine new passenger station and
section house at the east end of Muir
ray street.
George Gray is in Wateryille with
his family, this week.
Daniel Burns of The Forks was in
Bingham on Monday night to see Mr..
Larkin of Waterville. Mr.. Burns has
charge OF the Indian Pond dam this
season as usual.
Mrs. Granville Goodrich is no bet
ter, it is thought from the nature of
her illness that she cannot recover.
Byron Smith is also failing and is
unconscious all of the time.
Daniel Holt and Charles Baker are
painting Bingham Hotel.
Walter Smith OF Oakland was re-
Gently in town the guest of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith.
Mrs. Lewis Baker, who has been in
poor he alth all winter, is now very i'll
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ben Smith.
Mr.. Messer, who works for the
Am. Shoe Finding Co. had one eye
badly burned by piece of hot iron
which he was working. The accident
occurred last Friday; the eye is doing
we'll and it is expected he will not
lose the sight Of it as was at first
feared.
Byron Smith, who has been in poor
health all winter, is now confined to
his bed and seems to be failing every
day.
Mrs. Frank Fitzsimmons of The
Forks has been the guest of Mrs.
Henry Fitzsimmons of Moscow.
Alfred Holden and wife of Madison
have been in town few days at Mrs.
Naomi Jackson's.
Nellie M. Baker of Boston is in
town for brief stay with her mother,
Mrs. Helen Baker.
While Charlie and Lee Rollins were
exploring for poplar on Pleasant
Ridge a few days ago they came to a
deep pool in stream where they
found young moose caught in the
ice. Apparently he had leaped upon
the ice from the bank above, his for
ward feet had broken through and in
the struggle to get out one shoulder
had been injured and he would soon
have persisted. The men helped the
poor creature out and up and after
much urging and pushing they got
him to their barn, where he has been
cared for since. Game warden Her
bert Pierce was notified and after in
vestigation engaged the Rollins broth
ers to care for the animal until he re-
covered and then release him.
Mrs. John Redmond is spending the
present week with Mrs. Curren Smith.
Mrs. Cynthia Smith is occupying
part of Howard Russell's house.
Painters and paper hangers are en-
gagged weeks ahead, almost every
body wants something done.
Rev w. A. Richmond will deliver
the anniversary address to the Mount
Moxie Lodge l. O. o. F. next Sunday
in the Congregationalis church. The
Centennial Rebekah Lodge is invited
to accompany the subordinate lodge.
sOLON
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Russell and two
sons, Justin and Kenneth of Pleasant