The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-02-06
BINGHAM.

The long looked for foot of snow
came on Friday and has been follow =
ed by the first swapping cold zero
weather of the winter, Ten below
zero on Tuesday morning.
There but few cases of grip at pres
ent time, it is hoped that it has lost
its grip.
Mrs. Daniel Patience was at Water
vile, last week, to see her sick broth =
er, John Murphy. She found him a
little better.
James Carbino OF Caratunk was in
Bingham on Monday night.
Daniel Steward WAS at Wateryille
on Thursday of last week.
Albert Murray was in Gardiner a
few days, short time since.
Simeon Whitney was sick several
days last week.
Mr.. Holmes, bookeeper for Andrew
Kaul Jr. Co., was recently at his home
in kingman few days.
Mrs. Lizzie Goodrich, who has been
i'll with pneumonia, is slowly improy
ing
The breaking of a wheel in Lander's
mill at Lander's Siding has lessened
the amount of business done there for
several days.
The Am. Shoe Finding Co. have
been shut down a day or two every
week recently for one cause or an
other Saturday new rabbits were
being put on the engines, and the
mill did not run, Monday.
Ben Steward was at Caratunk a
short time since to see his daughter,
Mrs. James Carbino,
The village schools will have 200
large pictures on exhibition in grange
hall on the afte rnoon of Wednesday,,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb.
~. Il, II and 18th and on each even
ing but the last. These are high
grade copies of the most famous
works of the greatest of ancient and
modern masters. the opportunity to
study and enjoy such a collection of
work of art is a privilege that will
come to many but once in lifetime
and none should miss it. The object
is to secure work of art for the school
rooms of this village.
The cook and a teamster at Club
books camp at Mosquito, while in
tOxicated, made so much disturbance
one day last week that they were ar
rested and brought before Justice 5.
r. Goodrich at Bingham last Friday
on charges of malicious mischief and
drunkenness and disturbance of the
peace. 1t appeared that after smash
ing things up at the mems camp they
started for the camp occupied by Mrs.
Chubbocks and her small children,
and began to streW things around
here in great disorder. Mrs. Club
books was frightened and hastily
started for Mosquito station, a mile
and half distant, the temperature
was zero or below and the childrens
ears were frozen before they reached
the station. The men were found
guilty of both charges and fined ten
dollars and costs for one and five dol
lars and costs for the other offense.
The men who are from Prentiss, Me.
paid their fines and departed.
The comedy Mrs. Briggs Of the
Poultry Yard" presented in Kenne-
bee hall on Jan. 10Th was very sue
cessful. This domestic comedy Is OF
the school of the celebrated "Mrs.
i Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" Like
that work, it is, in Its hopeful and
altruistc spirit and in it's bright phil
osophy of life, a brief for hopeful liv-
ing, looking steadily at the bright
side of human affairs. There were
eleven characters in the play each of
them entering into the spirit of their
parts and amusing and entertaining
the audience that filled the hall
More than forty dollars was the net
result of the effort to aid the Congre-
pational church.
The sad news was received, Tues
day, morning, OF the sudden death of
James Pooler of Moscow on Monday
night. He was visiting his brother,
Charles Pooler at Pleasant Pond and
the brothers were sleeping in the
same bed. Charles heard his brother
moan and thought he was having
nightmare, and spoke to him; not re-
ceiving a reply he got up and lighted
a lamp and found that his brother was
dead. 1t is great shock to his wife
and family although they knew he
had heart trouble.
Joe Talbot, young man from Can
ada, was killed at Lake Moxie on the
Both inst. He was cutting a tree~dur-
ing the big wind when it lodged in
another when both fell, and he re-
] CelNtu SuCn Il ndEo oiOW Oi phO hCoN
by one of the trees, that he lived but
few hours.
l.. w. Good rich was at Alton CarPs
camp last Monday looking after the
! telephones on the Moxie line.
Mrs. Mae Porter of North Vassal-
boro was visiting friends in town the
first of the week.
Mrs. s. T. Goodrich is quite i'll with
pneumonia. Mrs. Herbert Pierce has
also been i'll for several days, threat
ened with pneumonia.
Alton Carl's, wife and family have
been home from Moxie several days
this week.
The Bingham Dramatic Co. expect
to present the play "Mrs. Briggs Of
The Poultry Yard" at Scion on Tues
day evening, Feb. 18th,
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