The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-16

Wateryille Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Haines were In
Gardiner over Sunday. Mrs. Haines
will visit relatives there for the next
three weeks.
Miss Theresa Coyne, stenographer
in the First National Bank here, has
gone to her home in Waterville for a
few days vacation.
Judge F. F. Lawrence was in Bing-
ham Monday where he presided at the
regular civil term of the Western
Somerset Municipal Court.
Mrs. G. E. Durrell and Mrs. Benja-
min T. Steward. were passengers on
the morning train Tuesday for Port
land to spend a few days visiting
friends.
John Mcdonald, for forty years a
conductor ON the Maine Central trains
and now on the Boston & Maine trains
was in town over Sunday, calling on
friends. Mr.. Mcdonald was at one
time a resident of Skowhegan.
In a baseball game at Fairview
Park, Saturday, the Skowhegan team
DEBATED the picked team from the town
with score of 10 to 2. But five in
nings were played. The Skowhegans
will play with the Waterville team
Saturday.
The Steward e Blunt Hardware
and Plumbing Company has leased
the store on Madison avenue recent
ly occupied by ]. NJ. Dysart The
Company will move its goods to this
store and it is planned to open for
business there in about a month
Mrs. Mary P. Archer and Mrs. John
E. Taylor returned Tuesday night
from a visit with relatives in Win
slow. While there they attended the
graduation exercises of the Winslow
High school. Mrs. Archer's nephew,
Ivan C. Hodges, was a member of the
graduating class.
The Corporation Meeting of the
Bethany Baptist church was held last
Thursday evening. The following Of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year: Clerk, Llewellyn Goodwin;
treasurer, Gridley Fogg; prudential
committee Henry Mitchell, Miss
Louise H. Coburn, Mrs. K. T. Goodrich,
Nathan Sullivan and Gridley r. Fogg.
One Joe Diabis, an Indian with the
Jones Brothers shows that were here
Tuesday, was nearly crushed to death
by bucking bronco but escaped with
bruised limbs and general shaking
up. The horse broke his neck and
was killed. The Indian, just before
the parade started from the tents on
North street, tried to mount the bron-
co but was hardly on his back when
the animal commenced bucking. He
reared in the air and fell over back
wards with the rider still on his back,
iamming him to the ground.
Clarence Markham, who for two
years was in the public schools of
Skowhegan and Is now at his home in
Smithfield, is confined to his home
with broken leg. Clarence, u
sprightly boy of fifteen years of age,
was riding horseback and, in dis
mounting, the horse stepped one of its
feet against the boys leg, breaking it
in two places just above the ankle.
1t will be remembered that while in
der blade. His brother Enoch, also
while in school here, broke his jaw.
A pleasant afternoon was spent
Sunday at the cottage at Lakewood of
Mr. and Mrs. ]. P Oak, by themselves
and few of their friends. The occa-
sion was the wedding anniversaries of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oak, who have been
married q years, Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Briggs of Pittsfield, they having been
married ten years and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred r. Philbrick, who have been
married eight years. Besides these
three couples, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Nc
Neelie, Miss Pauline Oak, Mrs. Edith
Shepherd, Miss Lola Goodwin and H.
l.. SWEET, were present.
Changes have been made in the
Maine Central yards here recently to
guard against the danger in shifting
the trains, that has been felt for sew
eral years, on the crossing at the
junction of Russell and Water streets.
Besides the change that was made a
few weeks ago in putting In more
tracks in the lower part Of the yard
near High street TO avoid shifting the
passenger trains ON the main cross
new side track has been put in on
the East side of the river which al
lows the freight trains in coming in
to stop and put the engine on the
rear end of the train which can be
more readily controlled and stopped
The old way was to run the engine on
the Russell street side-track and let
the train of freight cars run in on the