The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-07-20

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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bussey are
spending their annual vacation al
Irving Tibbetts' cottage at North
Pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Savage and
daughter, Augusta, of Boston, went to
Greenville Thursday to visit their son,
Clair Savage.
Mrs. Lizzie Vigue and Mrs. Amelia
Lessor went to Bangor Tuesday to
visit their sister, Mrs. Patrick Train
or for two weeks.
Miss Grace Cain, who for the Last
few weeks has been visiting her moth
er and brother in Jacksonville, Vt.
returned home Friday.
Barbara and Julia, children Of DR.
Vaughn of Portland, formerly of this
place. are visiting at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Durrell.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Dinsmore an
nounced Tuesday the engagement OF
their niece, Miss Laura B. Hoxie to
Wallace Martin of Cambridge, Mass
Rev. E. L. Marsh, pastor of a Con-
gregational church in Providence, R.
l., is visiting with his wife and chill
dren at the home of Miss Hannah
Page.
Ex-Governor John Hill and party
we're guests at Coburn hotel Satur-
day They were on their way to
Kineo where Mr.. Hill went to look
after his lumber interests.
Clarence Sprague of Lexingttr
Mass, with Mrs. Sprague and chill
dren are visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. r. T. Patten at Franz
Stewards cottage at Hayden lake.
Everett w. Bacon and Otto Folsom
Jones, went TO Portland Wednesday
where they will have employment in
the Maine Central repair shop for the
summer.
There will be joint meeting of the
members of the Madison and Show
hogan school boards at Lakewood
Thursday night for the purpose Of
electing a superintendent for the two
towns to succeed d. H. Perkins, who
has been elected superintendent o
the Portland schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Beaulieu have
returned to their home in Jamaica
lans. Mass, after having spent q
week in town with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Beaulieu. This
was Mrs. Beaulieus first visit to
Maine and while here she caught {
six-pound bass at Lakewood.
Following is list of the new book
added to the Skowhegan public H.
brary: Anne of Green Gables,
Montgomery; Harriet Beeche
Stowe" Stowe & Howe; william
I Lloyd Garrison Swift; "One Wa.
q Out Carlton; Souls in Action.
: Bigbie; THE Married Miss Worth
Hall; The Girls in the Other Seat
Webster; More Than Kim" Went
[ worth; ITO Love and Cherish" Hall
, "The Camera Friend" Horning.
The old COW moose that came tc
Hayden Lake few weeks ago tc
regain her health met with a tragic
death Friday when some one, accord
ing to the officers, shot her with a
revolver. She was found on the shore
of the pond. The old moose for sew
eral days had appeared sick and ap-
parently was losing her eyesight. II
had been stated by some that she
ought to be killed but they felt that
they had no right to do the act. She
had become SO decrepit that different
people had gotten within a few feet
OF her and she appeared not to care
whether school kept or not Deputy
Game Warden Pierce of Bingham and
Sheriff John A. Mooers were looking
sharply Monday for the person who
assumed the authority of disposing OF
the animal.
AS a token of their esteem for D
" viles who lives near Blackwell
Station on the electric car line, nifty
men Of the Hollingsworth & Whitre,
pulp mill went to his farm last weel
! and there gave their labor for a whole
day in repairing Mr.. viles' barn tina,
, was damaged by the recent vino
storm. The river drivers near there
sent their cook to aid Mrs. Viles in
: the preparation of the meals for the
men. They also contributed largely
in purse of money for Mr.. Viles,
They made it into an old fashioned
picnic and planned to repeat it in a
short time. They were able to re-
pair Mr.. Viles' building In as good
shape as they were previous to the
storm.
Charles C. Cleveland has been ap-
pointed by the Skowhegan school
board to act as instructor in the
Skowhegan High school in the Agri-
cultural Depa rtment This courco