Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-03
!. .S.KOWHEGAN.

| re meetings dt MAUI
son, under the direction of !. w. Hatch
| of Fairgeld and Ohio Hatch, are at
| tracing a great deal of attention from
Skowhegan and surrounding towns.
These meetings will close Sunday. They
have continued two weeks longer than
was planned at first. About $50 people
| So far have declared themselves ready
| to lead L Christian life.
The clinging snow storm put all the
wires along the line of the Somerset
r. r. out of commission and the train
men We're obliged to run for the
greater part Of the time "Wednesday
and Thursday without the train dis
patcher'S orders. a great deal of dam
ase was done all over the county to
the wires of telephone companies.
There will be a special service at the
First Baptist church Sunday evening,
In addition to anthems. solos. etc. by
the choir, Prof. Kendall will give a
selection on the violin. The pastor will
preach on the subject "A Tale That
Is Told.
sunday morning at 1o.4o Rev. Rob
e1t Morris will preach on the subject
The Essentials of Religion
At tie Congregational church Sun
day morning the subject will be "A
Mans Hour" There will be a praise
and preaching service at in the eve
n;ng. Subject, "Our Countrys Great
est Need"
There will be the usual Sunday ser
vices at the Methodist church.
At the bethany Baptist church Sun
day morning Rev George Merriam
VII ltalk on The Invitation Which a
Young Man Gave His Father in law
and the Argument Which Prevailed
with Thoughtful Man" Mr.. Watson
viii sing. At r. NJ. the pastor will
continue his addresses OF obscure Bib
lical characters.
a meeting of the Somerset Poultry
Association was, held Thursday eve
ming with c. Davis Miller presiding. 1t
was announced that Prof. Brown of
Orono would give a lecture at the poul-
try show to be held this month,
Iohn Nevin, who was one Of the first
mail carriers. in Skowhegan. is now
III New York and has become leader of
a choir in one of the largest churches
in the CITY.
The shop here has put up 100000 cans
of corn this season. This is about the
same amount that was canned last
year.
Carl Smith. who is employed by the
United States Geological Survey in
PittSburg, Pa. after visiting his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Smith, will
return to his work Monday.
Webster Rowe. a lockSmith here, re-
ceved this week an old ilint-lock gun.
He recognized the gun at once as Cne
that he repaired 40 years ago. He took
the brass piece from the end Of the
stock and found his name there. This
gun was used in the Revolutionary war
and played a part in the Battle of Lex
ingtOn.
At the annual meeting of the Golden
Cross Friday evening the following Of
fcers were elected for the ensuing
year: Noble commander. Will Smith;
vice commander. Henrietta Cate: past
noble commander, Dr.. l. T.. Salley
worthy prelate. Mae r. Pratt: Keeper
of records. Florence Smith: financial
keeper Of records. Rose Smith; worthy
treasurer. Irving Cate; worthy herald,
George Burns; Warder of inner gate,
Roy Pratt; Warder of outer gate. -ior-
ace Lowe; trustees, Irving Cate,
George Burns. DR.. A. b. Borden
Walter LaShon. clerk in the Jewett
market, is sick with pneumonia.
A serious accident was barely avert
ell Thursday when the Hoyt Express
team ran away going through Water
street ana was stopped by John Nc
Ciellan just in time to save it from be-
ing demolished by a passenger train.
\ bullet crashed into the window of
f. G.. Danforth's greenhouse Thursday
and caused considerable excitement.
IN the afternoon another bullet came
crashing against the wall of thr build
ing. Sheriff Mooers was notified and
Investigations failed to reveal the orr
sin Of the bullets.
station Agent +. l.. Flint reports that
the rush Of the local potato crop to
market continues. Thirty-twn cars
were shipped from SkoWhegan during
November as compared with - for the
same month last year. The seasons
shipncnts thus far total 100 cars.
DR.. ]. F.. Hill of Waterville was in
tow; Thursday on professional busi-
ness.
DAY for SO days each. by Judge Law
renee. Three tramps were sent from
Madison by Trial Justice Withce
Thursday for 30 days in Jail. There are
now about 20 inmates in the county
Jail.
The cement work on the new dam
across the falls was completed Thurs
day The dam is - feet high 1t is 25
feet thick at the base
Lorenzo Palmer. who has been in
Brockton for some time visiting his
son, Charles, returned home Thursday
night.
The regular meeting of the Helen Co.
burn Missionary Society of the Beth
any church was held in the vestry
FRIDAY afternoon. The subject of the
meeting was western Women in
Eastern Lands