Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-09
SKOWHECAN.
Osborn Anderson Reported
Drowned in kennebec.
Rear Of Drive Arrives July 8,
Ahead Of Last Year.
Speculation as to the Efficiency OF
New Fire Alarm.

According to report received, Mon
day, Osborn Anderson, the tenant of
farm owned by w. d. Snow of Show
hegan at Gilroy's Landing, was drown
ed, Saturday night. in the Kennebee.
Anderson had been to Carratunk on a
marketing trip in the afternoon, and.
returning, attempted TO ford the river
with his horse and wagon. AS he was
alone at the time. ii is not known just
what occurred, but the horse was
found drowned. Sunday. short dis
lance below the crossing, and Anderson
has not been seen or heard from.
party of men is at work dragging the
deep places in the river Anderson
came To the Gilroy farm about year
ago. He had a wife and several small
children.
Manager NJ. p. Abbott of the Maine
Telephone Co. came over from Rum
ford, Monday and passed the day i'm
speeding the exchanges and trunk lines
of this vicinity.
Freight shipments from Skowhegan
during the month of June amounted to
32ls tons, or nearly 200 tons more than
during June of last year. The principal
commodity was wood pulp, HOS tons:
hay. 56S tons; lumber. 255 tons.
Misses Margaret and Mary Coyne
returned to their home in Wateryille,
Mon,'ay, after passing the Weekend at
Lakewood with Miss Mildred Keene
and Miss Teresa Coyne.
Mrs Carl Curtis is the guest of her
mother, Mrs Edward Walker of Port
land.
SUIT. l.. w. Berrish went to Castine.
Monday, to attend session of the
Maine School superintendent Asso-
citation.
The rear of the Kennebec drive is
expected to reach Indian pond, Monday
night, about three weeks ahead of last
year.
l. d. I.eavitt. who took his two Nell
son colts to Pennington for the Fourth
of July race meet. returned with them,
Sunday evening.
r. f. Parker received. Monday, the
official notification of his nomination
by the Democrats for the office of
county commissioner.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Powers of Char
lotte, N. c., win arrive. Wednesday.
to attend the wedding of John Nell
worth of Boston and Miss Eva Games.
The clerical force of the Skowhegan
Trust Co. was augmented. Monday,
by Samuel Temple of Boston. Mr..
Temple is Sophomore in Harvard
University and will remain for the
summer vacation.
Seven auto parties registered at the
local hotels for dinner, Sunday. They
were F. f. Cooling and party OF Rum
ford; w. H. Gannett and party of Au-
gusta; k. A. Stevens and party OF
Lewiston; l.. p. Witham and party of
Waterviile; Nj. A. Torrington and par
ty OF Montpelier, Vt; George Spence
and party of Burlington. Vt, and NJ
+. Wiekersnam and party of ProVi-
denee. r. 1.
The funeral of the late Tina Foote,
the l0-geer-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram Foote, who was drowned,
Sunday, will be held at 10 A NJ, Tues
day, in st. Narys church
The electric automatic fire alarm
system. recently installed by the town
at an expense of s1400, is receiving con-
siderable criticism from the men in the
department The general complaint is
that those living in the outskirts of the
village are bothered to hear the alarm
distinctly just how much Of the
trouble is due to the location of The
alarm on the fire department building
and how much TO the apparatus itself.
Is something of mooted question.
After accepting and paying for the
new outfit, the committee In charge at
tempted 70 give ii a tryout, Saturday
night. -Four cut of the j. boxes about
town were pulled in, but meanwhile