The independent-reporter., 1910-12-08

outing in the Moxie woods last Thurs
day.
Mrs. A. X Perkins has gone to
Portland where she will visit her
daughter, Mrs. T. H. Anderson, for
several days.
Miss Florence Pooler entertained
FIVE tables at whist Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Lola Blunt. Mrs. Jennie Phil
brick, and Mrs. Dora McNeelie were
winners OF the usual prizes.
Two stray bullets crashed into the
greenhouse of r. G. Danforth on Mad
lson street Wednesday. and created
something akin to a panic. The ex-
citement finally subsidized somewhat
until shortly before noon Thursday
another missel of the same kind
crashed against the brick chimney
with a loud noise, Mr.. Danforth
promptly notified the authorities, but
a careful patrol of the town failed to
locate the source of the trouble.
The annual meeting of the Frater-
nal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1857 was
held Friday evening. The following
officers were elected: President, W. j.
Lashon; vice president, B. j. Rice;
chaplain, Wallie Goulette; secretary,
H. w. Churchill; treasurer, Joe Du-
lac; inside guard, Andrew Cote; out
side guard, Michael Bullette; trus-
tees, Augustus Gilblair, w. A. Lewia,
A. j. Libby; medical examiner, DR.. o.
]. GAIA; first conductor, Alfred Cote;
second conductor, P. B. Sawyer.
The Independent-Repor has in
it's possession a copy of the paper
Herald of Liberty" which was pub
lished in 1911 at Augusta. 1t was
fcur-page sheet. One of the interest
ing items Is that one William Stock
bridge is to form a post route from
Hallowell through Oxford county
making the trip once week on horse
back. 1t has a poem on "The Fly
which beguiles the character Of this
little animal equal to what the germ
ologists say of him now.
Mrs. John E. Taylor was In Madi-
son Saturday where she attended a
party given by Miss Adelaide Holway
and Miss Winnibel Cover, teachers in
the Madison High school. Among 9TH
ers present was Miss Ellen Peterson,
a teacher in the Coburn Classical In
stitute. Waterville, a classmate of
Mrs. Taylor's and a member of the
same sorority, the Sigma Kappa. Miss
Peterson has recently returned from
a trip to Europe, having spent the
summer in study In Paris.
For several days Joseph Butler,
manager of the kilcare farm with
crew of men, has been In pursuit of
five wild heifers, and Saturday he had
caught all but one. This one he had
followed for a great number of miles
but without success. The animal
Saturday afternoon came out to the
electric car track and seeing the ap-
preaching car stopped and without
doubt would have been run over IL
the motorman had not stopped the
car. The animal like a deer appears
not to be afraid of an electric car or
an automobile.
G. w. Nash was elected q COM
mander of the Russell Post G. A. r.
at the annual meeting held Friday
night. The other officers elected
were: Henry Varney, senior vice
commander; Major ]. w. Fogler,
Junior vice commander; Sewell w.
Smith, quartermaster; DIR. ]. N. Mer-
rill, surgeon; Rev. s. F. Emerson,
chaplain; F. M. Mills, officer of the
day; B. F. Bigelow. officer of the
guard; trustees, S. M. Sawyer, F.
Bickford, Charles Smith; Major ]. w.
Fogler, post instructor; James d.
Emerson, delegate to the State En-
AiOCII
William Window of tn treasury de-
partment of the United States post
office, Washington, d. c., was in town
Saturday and together with the post
Office site committee of the Skowhe-
gan Board of Trade, Col. A. G. Blunt,
Major j. w. Fogler, Prof. Roy L.
Marston. Bin Page and George W.
Cover Investigated the proposed lots
Tor the new post office block These
took in about six lots, some of the
principal ones being a lot on Court
street near the Charles Ross resi-
dence, one on the corner of Russell
street and Madison avenue, and the
lot owned by Fred Wood The COM
mitee made no report that any one
lot was better than the others.
A charming entertainment was
given in the Congregational vestry
Friday night, by the members of Mrs.
Sunday school class. The
room was crowded with admiring
parents and friends who came from
near and far to see and hear the little
ones give the following program: