The independent-reporter., 1909-09-30
SkOWHfGAN LOCAL NEWS

Nr. and Mrs Prank { Morrill, Of
Braintree. Mass arrived In town
Tuesday nirht for Welt With his
father. Richard W. Morrill,
Attention IL called To the adver-
tisement on page ten. announcing
the opening OF Dyer's dry goods
store In the Hotel oxford Block.
James Lumsden and Walter Rug
gles of Boston arrived in town Sat
urday night. They left the first OF
the week on n fishing trip to Carry
Ponds.
Miss Lila A. Perkins, a sister OF
d. II. Perkins. left yesterday morn
ing for Atlanta. Ca, where she is to
teach In Spelman seminary during
the winter.
Charles w. Steward returned to
his duties as night watch Tuesday
night after a sickness with stomach
trouble for the past three weeks.
During his absence his position was
filled by John Nutting.
The following is the schedule OF
trains on the Maine Central railroad
to take effect next Monday, October
4 Departures at sos and sos a. M,
and 1850 and $50 p. m.; arrivals at
7.25 and 1895 a. M, and at 1.30, 4.50
and 8.55 p. m.
At caucus held last week, the
Republicans of Northbridge, Mass,
selected as their choice for represen-
tative from the ninth Worcester dis
trict, Stephen c. Durrell, formerly of
Skowhegan and son of the late Wash
ington Durrell.
NJ. H Graffam of Pittsfield, county
president of the w. c. t. u, arrived
in town Tuesday forenoon, and has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. F.
Haines for few days. She address,
ed the ladies in the afternoon at the
banner meeting of the w. c. T. U.
c. R. Cook local agent for the
American Express Co., returned
home Saturday night from a three
weeks vacation in Presque Isle and
in his cottage in the woods, about
fourteen miles from there. During
his absence his position was filled by
E. R. Hutchinson of Portland. who
left Monday for Bangor.
Miss Alice Rogers, who has been
working in printing offices in Lew
iston and Augusta since the consoli-
dation of the Reporter and Indepen-
dent, returned to Skowhegan Friday
night, and is at present having a
vacation at her home in Norridge-
wock. In Augusta she has been TAX
ing the place of the proof reader in
the Kennebec Journal Office.
Ralph Leighton, principal of the
High school, has been quite i'll dur
ing the past few days and has been
out of school. Owing to this and
other sicknesses in his family, the
High school reception, which is to
occur tomorrow evening in Weston
hall, was to be postponed, but Mr..
Leighton has returned today and the
plans will be undisturbed. Miss Dena
Trafton, instructor In English and
Latin, was also out one day the first
of this week.
Kendall's orchestra has a busy week
this week. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday the orchestra will be at the
Exeter fair, also playing in the band !;
Friday it will play here at the an
nual reception of the High school
which will be held In Weston hall.
On Saturday night it will play in the
opera house for the New Eight Bells.
For The House of a Thousand Can
dies, here Thursday night, a part of
the orchestra will be present, direct
ed by leader yet to be announced.
Mrs. Angie A. Weeks of West New
ton, Mass, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Julia A. Trask, at 10
Cross street, for the past six weeks
left for Boston Monday, accompanied
by Mrs. Trask, who will visit in Bos-
ton and vicinity for about six weeks.
Mrs. Trask is in her eighty-second
year and Is almost as active as a
girl of eighteen. The past season she
has planted a large garden, raising
squash, turnips, cabbage, and every
thing growing in first-class garden,
beside doing all her house work. She
has visited her people in Boston ey-
cry year for over forty years.
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