The Somerset reporter., 1908-02-06
TOWN and VICINITY.

Bingham hotel was in town on bust
ness Monday.
The Phi Psi club met as guests Of
Mrs. Harold c. Woodbury. last
Monday evening
DIR. P. II. s. Vaughn arrived home
Tuesday from brief business trip to
Augusta and Portland.
Miss Grace WEIGH Of Dover is pass
ing the week in town as the guest OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Murphy.
The Glover Leaf Whist Club was
entertained at the home of Mrs. J. p.
& Oak on Saturday afternoon last.
Arthur r. Jewett, who has been III
with the grip, was down town, yes
terday, the first time for week.
Agent David A. Haig of the Ander-
son Mills, is expected home, Satur-
day, from a business trip TO New
York City.
RI. Mitchell made trip to Bow
doinham on Monday to look after the
shipment of some lumber that he has
bought in that locality.
Mrs. Carrie Prescott went to Au-
gusta yesterday where she will visit
her dsug liter, Mrs, VIM. Sawyer for
the next fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. II. Hoyt of HaVer-
hill, Mass. who had been guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II, Pishon'
returned to Hayerhill Monday.
Mrs. Lester Sheaff returned to her
home in New Castle, Me-, last Mon
day morning after two weeks visit
here with her mother. Mrs. John
Turner.
K. S. Goodrich injured several fin
gers on his right hand while at work
at the factory of the Skowhegan Cas-
ket Company, last Saturday He was
running a saw and i'll some manner
got his hand against 1t. No amputa-
tions were necessary and it seems
likely that the fingers will heal with
out injury to the joints.
The youngest citizen of Maine who
has had his eyes fitted and is wearing
glasses, Is said to be resident OF
Skowhegan. His name is Myron
Williams, the eleven months old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Perley B. Williams.
His parents noted some trouble with
his vision a few weeks since and an
occulist advises them that the wear
ing of glasses will be necessary for a
time.
Captain and Mrs. Boutors, who are
to have charge of the Salvation Army
work In this place for time, arrived
here yesterday. Captain Boutors is
native of one of the western states
to which his parents came as settlers
from the Transvaal in South Africa.
He and Mrs. Boutors have been re-
Gently stationed in Houlton, Maine.
Captain and Mrs. Bivans left for
Rochester, N. H., their new field of
labor, by the morning train yester-
day.
Mrs. V. w. Nelson arrived home
Monday from Damariscotta Mills,
where she had been to attend the
funeral of her auRt, Mrs. Mary j..
Morgan, who died the previous
Thursday, aged 70 years. The de-
ceased was a professional nurse and
in following that calling passed con-
siderable time in this vicinity. Dur
ing the winter of 1865 she made her
home with her niece. Other suryiv-
ing relatives are sister, Miss Hester
Maddocks, and nephew, w. F. Ross
both of this place, and niece, Mrs.
II. l.. Coombs of Damariscotta Mills
with whom she was residing at the
time of her death.
George II. Burns, junior member of
the firm of Adams & Burns, is on "a
business trip this week for his com
pany visiting the textile towns and
cities of the various New England
states. Adams & Burns are success
sors of NJ. J. Allen and the mill oper-
ated by them has done a very large
business in previous years in manu-
facture of picker sticks and loom
sweeps. Mr.. Burns purposes on this
trip to get the best estimate possible
/ of the volume of business of this kind
likely to come to them for the next
six months, that they may lay in a
stock of lumber for it during the pres
ent winter.
Lafayette Southland was arrested at
Norridgewock on Saturday of last
week on an Indictment, found against