The independent-reporter., 1910-05-19
BINGHAM.


Mr. and Mrs. Alton White of Au-
Howard Moore
See article on baseball games at
Skowhegan, July 4, on Page /.
Bessie Carney commenced clerking
for A S. Burke last Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. A. s. Burke was in Portland
two or three days of last week.
Chas. Abbey is having a new cellar
wall and underpinning built to his
house and grading done.
Mrs. Ross Baker of Oakland is
spending a week at Lewis Bakers
home in Moscow.
A boy named Hoyt of No. Anson,
sixteen years of age, working in
mill at Hale Siding. was painfully
hurt by falling backward across
saw which was in motion. A bunch
)f edgings in the way saved him from
more serious il not fatal injuries. DR..
Brown was sent for and found sixteen
stitches necessary to close the wound
caused by the saw. The boy was ta-
ken home by train the following
morning.
Alice Carney is confined to the
house by an attack of asthma.
John Getchell of No. Arson is max
ng q yeranda around two sides of
Chas. Colbys residence on Main street
Earl Andrews. who has been taking
/ vacation at Pleasant Pond, returned
lome on Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Mary Colby accompanied her
son, f. FL Colby and family to Pleas
mt Pond and remained with them
several days of last week.
Alfred Burke is having more than a
hundred fruit trees set out on his farm
n Concord. This farm which he pur-
chased a few years ago in a rather
run down condition, has been con-
5tantly improved under his care until
t is now very productive and yields
handsome returns for his labor. Last
summer he built very attractive cot
tage which he proposes to finish
thoroughly this season. The cottage
Is beautifully located, commanding
fine view up the Kennebec Valley and
of Moxie Mountain.
A long pile of cord wood in the
limits of the highway on the Concord
side of the river at the end of the
Bingham and Concord bridge nearly
caused a bad accident one day of last
week. B. F. Adams, John Webb and
Andrew Kaul in one team and Mrs.
Romandel Chase in her own team met
in this narrow place and there not
being room to pass, collision re-
suited frightening the horse in one
team and causing it to run away and
damaging Mrs. Chase's wagon.
noie AT, h@ l.. IOs kaI
work at Hun1ewells restaurant made
brief visit to her home at Pleasant
Pond last Saturday and Sunday re-
turning Monday.
A change of time went into effect
on the Somerset Railroad last Mon
lay and all passenger trains now
leave this station from Bingham
Heights.
Mrs. E. E. Baker, who has been to
Norridgewock caring for her parents
who have been i'll, returned home on
Monday last.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Morris, who
were called to Bingham to attend the
funeral services of William Morris
have returned to their home in Pitts
field.
Mrs Frank Sterling and Mrs. Ralph
Sterling, also Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Clark, all of Caratunk, were in town
last Saturday.
The Sunshine Club will have sale
the oath inst. and hold a special meet
ing this week to finish some work for
the sale.
Mrs Margaret Durgin, who has
been at Harold Sterling's was called
home Monday by the illness of her
sons wife, Mrs. Bert Durgin at The
Forks.
Miss Rumery of Ripley commenced
doing table work at Hunnewells res
taurant on Wednesday morning.
The Cemetery Association will fur
nish a team at the cemetery on Fri
day, May goth to haul off all rubbish
which individuals may rake from their
lots.
Mrs. Fred Merrill we'll be at Moose
cad Lake with her husband the next
five weeks while the present arrange
ment of trains continues