The independent-reporter., 1910-10-06

completed, he will make his home.
Two partridges in the last two days
/ have killed themselves by flying
against the hen fence at Roscoe Bige-
lows farm
A young lady here was telling a
+ friend one day this week that she sent
her coat away to be remade and to
save express she cut the buttons off
and put them in the pockets of the
coat.
The many friends of Mrs Hattie
Pitts will be pleased to learn that
she and her young son, William Hen
ry, are both doing nicely. She has
so far recovered as to be out riding
Sunday
Fred Russell. who has made his
home on Water street for some time
has moved his family into his new
house on his farm, which he has just
completed on the electric car line
about a mile from here
Mrs. C. H. Whittier of Winthrop,
Mass, who has been visiting at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Lom-
bard, returned to her home Tuesday
morning The first of November she
will go to her winter home in Winter
i EaVap Flo tha uyintor
Hector, the 13-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Napoleon Thibeault of Mil
burn street, was quite seriously in
/ jured last Saturday afternoon by
being struck on the wrist of the right
hand by scythe which dropped from
the wall of the car shop on the north
side of the river. AS he started to
sit down he accidentally hit the scythe
and in falling 1t struck his wrist, op-
ening a wound which necessitated the
taking of two stitches to close 1t up.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Piedmont, Los
Angeles, Cal, who have been visiting
at the home of Mrs. Pedmont's sister,
Mrs. Jasper Jennings, East Front
street, returned home Monday morn
ing. On their way home they will
visit at Waterville and Portland. Mrs.
Piedmont has not been in Skowhegan
for 30 years and says she would not
know the place there have been so many
improvements. She would be pleased
to make her home in Skowhegan but
Mr.. Piedmont's health would not per-
nit it.
On October s a special town meet
ing will be held at the Skowhegan
Municipal building. There are four
articles IN the warrant. The first is
! to choose moderator. The second is
to see if the town by tax or by special
loan will vote to help in the establish
ment of the proposed Athens electric
railway. The third is to see if the
town will vote to accept new street
on the Plains running east from
-NOi III o'ChuC hllONu do 1UdnulSl
street. The fourth article is to see
what the town will do about letting
the Opera House for moving picture
and vaudeville shows with one good
play month.
A copy of the Apalachicola Times.
printed in Florida, records the death
of General C. H. Parlin, which oc-
Cured in Apalachicola September 20.
General Parlin was born in Fairfield
in 1887 and served under Gen. Grant
in the Civil war. He was lieutenant
of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers
and was sent to Florida in 1861, serv-
ing at the Pensacola navy yard for a
number of years. He came to
Apalachicola in 1876, and in
1879 was married to Miss Coinelia
Grady. One son, C. G. Parlin of Mo-
bile, Mrs. ]. E. Graves, Miss Alice and
Miss Alma Parlin of Apalachicola are
surviving children.
The September number of the In
dustrial Journal published at Ban-
gor, may be properly called a SkQw-
hegan souvenir number. On its cover
appears a picture of our fine NUM-
cipal building and the leading article
is full account of the State Board
of Trade meeting held in this place
recently. The article is illustrated
with portraits of Hon. D. j. Callahan,
president State Board of Trade; Wal
ter p 0rdway, president of Skowhe-
gan Board of Trade; E. NJ Blanding,
secretary of the State Board; c. o.
Small, president of Madison Board;
l.. G.. Bunker, NJ. D., president of
Wateryille Board Prof. Geo T. Files
of Brunswick and Rev. G. w. Hinck-
ley of Good Will There are pictures
of the falls and south channel dam at
Skowhegan; Bombazee rips near Nor
ridgewock; new dam at Madison;
Father Rasle monument at Old Point;
Lakewood Inn where the Board ban
quetted; a fine birds eye view of
Good VIII homes and schools be-
sides other views. Next come a pro-