The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-18

been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gee.
TAYLOR on West Front street.
Mrs. S. w. Philbrick and two sons
Karl and William. left here Monday
for visit to ST. stephen, \. B.
The interior decorations of St.
Mary's Catholic church will probably
be completed in about three weeks.
Richard Weller of Broekton, Mass,
formerly of Skowhegan, is in town for
ported by Fred Hurley. The first
Mrs. Carrie Boardman of Trenton,
y. j., has been here for visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan
Sullivan.
Mrs. George T. Fletcher and her
two children, Ruth and Elizabeth. are
visiting his sister, Mrs F. S. Morrill,
on Main street
Miss Lena E. Amazeen, who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Florence
Goodridge, returned to her home in
Cornvile, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark, Mrs. Ora
Savage of Cartunk and Mrs. John
Piper of Scion, we're out-of-town peo-
pie to visit Skowhegan, Saturday.
Mrs. w. D. Harding and Miss Pearl
Morrow of Hartland have been visit
ing at the home of their brother, Will
liam Morrow The former departed
Monday.
Miss Maud Merrill arrived home
from East Orange, n. J., Saturday
night for a visit of several weeks
with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. John
| n. Merrill.
What is thought to be the largest
catch at Lakewood this year was re-
ported by Fred Hurley. On the first
of the week, 81 were angled at one
catch % of which weighed 10 pounds.
The members of Sorosis had a most
ENJOYABLE outing last Friday at Miss
Clara Varney's camp at Hayden Lake.
A basket picnic was one of the pleas
ures of the day.
Miss Marion Estabrook, daughter of
the late Prof. Estabrook of the Uni
versty of Maine, has accepted a posi-
ton as teacher of domestic science i'll
the Skowhegan- Madison schools. Miss
Estabrook comes highly recommended
and has been teacher during the
past year at the University of Maine.
Hon. and Mrs. Forrest Goodwin
with their nephew and niece, Sherman
and Miss Emma Shumway, went to
Boston the later part of the week in
the Goodwin car and met in that city
another niece, Miss Annie Smith OF
Los Angeles, Cal, who arrived in that
city from her home, Saturday morn
ing. Miss Smith is to remain in Bos-
ton for a six weeks course in Musi-
cal understanding and later comes
to Skowhegan to remain until October
Hiram P. Thing has lately received
a notification of the FortyFourth Re-
union of the Maine Regiment Asso-
citation to be held at Long Island,
Portland August 10. The officers are
as follows. E.NH. Sawyer, president,
a nv VI
committee, E. H. Hanson, Geo. *. Rip
ley. William Waddell, c. c. Graham
Mr.. Thing who was a member of the
First Maine Regiment purposes to at
tend this meeting.
Business at the Skowhegan postofii-
ce for the month of June shows the
same rate of increase over the cor
responding period of last year, as the
month preceding. According to the
figures given out by Postmaster G.
E. Durrell, recently, gross receipts
were $1,373.54, as compared with ST..
243.3S during June of 1911. Money
orders issued S25 for $4,74761, paid
1878 for $S,935.O5. Corresponding
figures last year: Issued 743 for 81
1910, paid 1911 for $7,551.06.
During the six months ending July
LIST, Sc warrants were issued by
Judge Fred F. Lawrence of the West
ern Somerset Municipal Court as fol-
lows: Search and seizure IA, single
sale 8, breaking, entering and larceny
9, intoxication 6, common seller D,
search for stolen property 2, malici-
Gus mischief 2, possessing milk below
legal standard, assault, poisoning cat
| tie, threatened assault, rape, snaring
rabbits, vagrancy, nuisance, adultery,
and keeping house of ill fame one
each. OF the "a respondents appre-
hended, four were acquitted, % were
found guilty and II held to await the
action of the grand jury. Four took
appeals to the supreme judicial court,
3 cases were mol pressed, 3 continued
and one placed on file Fifteen of the
respondents convicted paid fines
amounting to $2575S.
The following news item will be of
interest to the many friends of Will