The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-04-15
Skowhegon Local News

visit in Boston.
Judge Wade Halliday of Newport
was among the visitors at the Court
House last Monday
Andrew Merrill of Harmony visited
here yesterday with his cousin, W.
Folsom Merrill, Esq.
George B. Fairgreye left the last
of the week for a visit in Wilton with
his nephew George Goodspeed.
The Ladies Circle of the NJ. E.
Church will meet with Mrs. Bessie
Smith next Monday afternoon
Miss Alta Rowell who has been
for some time employed in Pittsfeld
returned home Tuesday night.
Mrs W. T. Keene of Portland is to
pass the summer with her sister Mrs
Lura Adams at Malbon's Mills.
Mrs. E. L. Reed and child left this
morning for Readfield where they
were to join Mr.. Reed and make their
future home.
E. F. Haines of Middle Street left
this morning for Gardiner, where he
was summoned owing to the sudden
death of his father.
= Mrs. c. E. Norton has arrived home
from Fitchburg, Mass. where she had
been passing the winter with her sis
ter Mrs E. L. Nudd
The Missionary Society of the Con-
gregational Church will meet with
Miss Gertrude Weston, Friday Ito
morrow afternoon at 2.30.
Sorosis is to meet Wednesday even
ing of next week, instead of Tues
day as previously announced. This
is the annual meeting and election of
officers.
Friends of Mrs Eugene TarboX will
be pleased to learn that she is re-
covering from an illness which has
confined her to her room for the past
two weeks.
Owing to the illness of Clerk of
Courts w. T. Seekins Tuesday, the
deputy clerk, Miss Lena Wyman, very
efficiently occupied the clerks desk
in the Court Room.
The regular meeting of the Eunice
! Farnsworth Chapter D. A. r. will be
held next Monday afternoon with Mrs
D. H. Bartlett. Mrs. E. G. Dunton
will assist in the duties of hostess.
Miss Mary E. Lawley, who arrived
from Somerville, Mass, Tuesday
night has been passing several days
with the family of her brother
Thomas Lawley, before going to hel
Middle Street home permanently,
Carrabassett Lodge No, "a l. o. O
/
of American Odd Fellowship by at
tending religious services, Sunday
April 25th, at o'clock p. m. Odd
Fellows will meet at their hall al
| 130 on that date.
/ Miss Bertha Merrill departed or
the early train Tuesday to resume
| her studies at Columbia University
| She has been here for several weeks
! owing to the critical illness of hel
mother Mrs E. N. Merrill, who is
now greatly improved.
Verde w Nelson appeared to be in
/ excellent spirits this morning in his
cell at the County Jail. The indie
pendent-Reporter's representative
chatted for a short time with him
During his stay at Augusta he gained
more than 25 pounds.
This morning at the opening Of
court a verdict of not guilty was re-
turned in the case of State VS. AlonzC
| Durgin and the trial of second case
of State VS.. AlonZo Durgin was re
sumed. The sentence of Verde Mel
son and others will probably be an
nounced today. and it Is thought court
will adjourn tomorrow noon.
/ Road Commissioner Lord of Par
sonsfeld and Mr.. Guerney, wooler
manufacturer there were in Skowhe-
gan yesterday with view to purchas
| ing an International Harvester Trac
4 ton engine the same as the one
owned by this town. They practi'
/ cally decided 10 buy one after beinl
told of its successful work by f. l.
+ Ford. the local road commissioner.
! A communication recently received
here from W W Nash formerly Of
/ Skowhegan. now OF CoYina, Cal. tells
OF the burial of Robert /. BigelOw
once resident OF this town al
Puente, Cal. about seven miles from
Coyina Mr. Bigelow was buried
with knight Templar honors and MIR
Nash served as one of the pail bear
ers He did not know however until
reading the account In the Indepen-