The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-07-01
LOCAL MENTION.

rived home last Saturday from the
trip to England, his former home.
j. H. Matthews and his son, J. j
Matthews, went to Bingham and v
cinity, Monday, by team on sho
business trip.
Mr.. John Hall and daughter Chris
tina, went to North Vassalboro, Fri
day, to spend week with his uncld
Mr.. David Lyon.
/ The first of the series of municipd
concerts by the Co. E Military banI
was given, last evening in Railroad
square, beginning at 730.
Quite delegation of local Odd Fell
lows, many Of whom were accompal
MED by their wives. attended the an
nual field day of their order at Wal
terville today.
Misses Alice Kenney and Alice Sim
mons of Brewer are stopping witt
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Day on Leaviti
street for week. The former is {
niece OF Mr.. Day.
Miss Ethel Mitchell, a member O.
the class of 1910, Skowhegan High
School, has gone to Jackman to pas,
the summer with her classmate,
Miss Rena Nichols.
j. w. Averill of Tracey, Mimi, has
been in town this week, the guest oil
his sister, Mrs. Paul Belonga, whom
he had not seen for 46 years. He
was accompanied by his wife.
Among the late arrivals at the Mo-
hican House, Lake George, are A. s.
Shurman and family of New York
City, j. w. Reardon, city editor of
the Boston American, and family, and
j. r. Auerbach, Esq, and family, also
of Boston. -
/ Louis @. Adams, the six year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Adams,
who reside in the Withee neighbor-
hood, has had the most praiseworthy
record of attending the school in his
district for the past four terms with
out missing single day.
Sub master E. A. Parker, of the
Skowhegan High School, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Parker left here Tues
day for Kingaeld, where they will be
guest of relatives for the greater por-
ton of July. They were taken
across country in Chas. Tozier's auto
mobile.
Mrs. Irving Curtis of Boston ar.
rived Monday evening to join her
husband who has been here for the
past ten days. They will visit with
the families of F. r. Steward and E.
B. Curtis and will also pass several
weeks at the Curtis cottage on the
west shore of Hayden lake.
Mrs. G. E. Avore made an automo-
bile trip to Hartland, Monday, called
there by the sickness of her cousin,
Mrs. II. w. LlIIn, Jr. AIRS Linn was
operated upon that afternoon by a
Bangor physician. Later reports are
to the effect that Mrs. Linn is appar-
emily recovering nicely from the
operation.
Chas. Murphy for many years one
of Skowhegan's merchant tailors, ar
rived last evening and will pass the
summer in this section. He left here
ten years ago and his last visit was il
1905. He has been for some time il
East Orange, n. j. and is at present
engaged i'll the ladies' tailoring bust.
ness in that city.
Allie Thomson, little son of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Alfred Thomson of Cedar street
was nearly drowned while playing OF
raft in Currier brook one day last
week. He fell in and had been under
water dangerous length of time
when he was rescued by Howard
Durrell who happened along at very
opportune moment.
Messrs. Frank and Abel Thompson
nephews of the deceased, were ad
vised on Monday of the death of Mrs
Mary Whitney, which occurred OF
apoplexy at her home in Augusta
Sunday evening. Her age was 81
years. Several children survive
among them, Mellin G. Whitney, OF
Elgin, ILL.,, formerly superintendent
of the Skowhegan schools.
A pair of horses took a lively run
up Russell and Elm streets, Friday
afternoon. They were hauling a
large load of furniture belonging to
Will Wyman who lives about a mile
and half out on the Athens road
They finally collided with tree or
Colonel Blunt's lawn, breaking the
yoke with which they were har.
messed. This and slight injury to {
few pieces of furniture which hac
jolted off was the extent of the
damage.
Deputy Sheriff Traitor of Athens
Monday, brought here one Eugene
Knights, charged with intoxicatioI
and disturbing the peace one month
ago in Canaan. Since then he haC
been at large, but Sheriff Mooer
learnad that ha uaa Mt uorl In a n, n