The independent-reporter., 1909-11-11
SKOWhEGAN LOCAL NEWS

business trip to Boston.
Hon. d. d. Stewart OF ST. Aibans.
x.s in town Tuesday on business. I
1ehn II. Gleason of Portland. was
:, town Tuesday and Wednesday on
business
Or Charles n. viies has recently
,een 10 Farmington and purchased u
Aronco for q saddle horse. n
] NJ. Dysart has returned home
from Aroostook county. where he has
hesn on business for the past three c
weeks. I
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Emery went
N Fairfield Tuesday to attend the
funeral of his cousin. Webb Emery OF L
Augusta il
L G. Tuck of Repcfeld. a former a
resident OF this place Ia the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Norris Cleveland for a h
few weeks. n
Miss Elaine Wilson of Houlton, has h
been the guest of Miss Cora Robin
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Smith this week.
Ernest c. Green was home from I
college over Sunday. He reported G
that the game with U. of NJ, last Sat
urday was a hard one.
Mrs Benjamin Steward, Mrs. Alice "
Gledhill and Mrs. Fannie Wildes went a
to Boston Tuesday where they are to Il
spend a week or two c.
Mrs. Sarah Foster, who has been
engaged in missionary work in this "
State for several years. is at present
visiting her brother, E. N. Merrill. Il
The next meeting of the Golden Rod Il
Branch, /. S. s., will be held in the
Municipal building, Thursday, Novem- c.
Der IS, at 2.30 p. m. n
Mrs. Charles Jackson of Mechanic u
Falls returned home yesterday after %
visit of several months at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. e. l.. Savage. Fl
Miss Lula Smith went to Boston IL
yesterday where she will pass the II
winter in a Bible training school. She
is intending to go into Christian work.
Miss Nora Caswell, who has beer II
employed at the home of A. K. Butler y
for the past few months, returned to u
her home in Millinocket Wednesday Il
noon.
A. l.. Hilton of Oxford, Mass. Wis il
tied in town the past week and while "
in this vicinity was the guest Of his p
sister, Mrs. Ezra Stevens of Cornville Il
Previous to 1889 Mr.. Hilton was 6
resident of this place and this was h
his first visit since his removal. a.
DR.. F. A. Leitch and Emmons Heald b.
left yesterday noon for Livermore h
Falls to attend the Augusta district
Methodist convention. DR.. Leitch G.
spoke at a centennial last evening at h
Monmouth and then went to the con- q
vention. D. H. Perkins went to Liv- h
ermore Falls this morning, where he n
Is to address the convention in the
evening
The granite foundations for the :,
front of the new First National bank
building have arrived from Massachu-
setts and the men have entered into ,
the work with renewed vigor. The
pillars and other pieces for the front
have been here some time, but they W
have been unable to do anything upon d
1t without the underpinning. The "
frame work of the dome has also ar >
rived and is all in position. II
The afternoon train due here at 450
last Thursday afternoon did not ar is
rive until $50, the lateness being NJ
caused by the inability to pass water p
into the boiler and to get up steam. n
The train was nearly on time until u
it reached Curriers' crossing, about
three miles out of Skowhegan when n
the locomotive refused to work and tr
as there was no engine at Skowhegan r,
they had to send to Waterville to get ir
one. Ct
During the past week the span of
the new railroad bridge on the North -,
side of the river has been put to- .,
gether with bolts and the progress -,
sion has seemed to be greater than .,
in any other week Fort next two y,
weeks, however they will not appear p,
to make much headway, as they will
be inserting several thousand riyets
In place of the bolts. When these are b'
all fixed they will be nearly ready to S
move one-half of the bridge off and tC
the new span into position. ri
From eleven o'clock to twelve Mon =
day forenoon an address was deliv- ., .,
cred at the City building by Miss =
Croswell on the advantages Of the -
annual eye and ear inspection of the
pupils of the public schools, Instruc-
tons were received last Wednesday al
that a yearly inspection was neces- al
sary and the directions for the teach B
ers arrived at the same time. The bl
lecture, which was under the aus tn
pices OF the w. c. T. IT,. was along W
this line and proved to be very in pl