Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-05
SKOWHECAN NEWS
Plaintiff Awarded Verdict in Municipal Court
Progressive Party Holds Caucus and Elects
Delegates Children Delightfully."- Entertain
Soross- April Term Supreme Court in Session
Late Local News Gossip and Personals

At a hearing in the municipal court,
Monday, before Judge H. H. Brazzell
Of Fairfield, the plaintiff, Ezra M.
Dean of the Twelve Corner, Madison,
was awarded a verdict Of $40 and costs.
Mr.. Dean sued Edgar d. Clark, also of
the Twelve Corners, in an action of
trover for a pair of harnesses. Mr..
Dean claimed that he loaned the har-
nesses to his son Charles, who died
last October. Mr.. Clark claimed that
the harnesses We're bought with
Charles Deans money and as admins
traitor Of his estate claimed title to the
harnesses. Mr.. Clark appealed to the
supreme court and furnished bonds
with sureties for $3.50. Merrill & Merrill
appeared for the plaintiff and Turner
Boswell for the defendant.
At the Progressive party caucus
held in the municipal court room Mon
day afternoon, c. J. Abbey and Horace
Weston were elected delegates to the
State Progressive convention to be
held in Bangor April 5; Frank P. Pen
nell and Eugene Swain delegates to
the Third District convention. A town
committee Of four members was elect
ed to serve for two years, consisting
of f. B. Curtis, G. j. Abbey, w. H.
Weston and Frank P. Pennell. limo
thy B. Barrett, Esq, acted as modera-
tor at the caucus, and c. J. Abbey,
secretary.
Mrs. Jennie Whittier has a flock of
Is chickens, mostly pullets, which she
has raised up by hand through the WIN
ter, the chickens being Matched in No
vember last by hen who stole her
nest. Mrs. Whittier never lost a chick,
Notwithstanding the cold winter.
Sorosis was delightfully."- entertain
cd by the children Tuesday evening at
Library parlors, the program being in
charge of Mrs. Birdena Conant. The
program was as follows: Piano solo,
Virginia Ames; song, Dorothy Nye
and Phyllis Whiting; recitation, Helen
Hight; piano solo,. Alta Porter; read
ing, Mrs. Maud Jewett; violin solo,
Lois Mantor; recitation, James Blunt
piano solo, Dorothy Nye; recitation,
Kenneth Keene; piano solo, Gladys
Dutton; song, Virginia and Smith
Ames; piano solo, Phyllis Whiting;
recJation, Thornton Conant; song, Lo-
vils Murray; piano duet, Dorothy Nye
and Phyllis Whiting; recitation, Lang
don JeWett: piano solo, Virginia
Stinchfield; recitation, Helen Halves
and Smith Ames: song, Coda Keene;
recitation. Mollte Blunt. Ice cream
cones were served to the children and
and Mrs. Adelaide Whiting.
The April term of the Somerset
Supreme judicial Court convened here
Tuesday at II A. M. with Justice
George E. Hanson Of Calais presiding
Opening prayer was made by Rev. H.
G. McGlauflin, and following this the
grand jury was empaneled: Granville
Goodrich, Bingham, foreman; William
A. Archer. Fairfield; Abner B. Chase,
Canaan; Sylvester Emery, Pittsfield;
Levi Ham. Norridgewock: E. I. Hard
ing, Madison; Martin B. Heselton.
Skowhegan; H. j. Hilton, st. Adams:
Carroll S. Holmes, Smithf1eld; T. B.
Jacobs, Pittsfield; Charles G. Nc
Glaughlin. Harmony; Ellingford Mes
ser, Moscow: George o. Moulton,
Harry Murray, Skowhegan;
Warren Rice, Scion; Ed. Scott, Arson;
John H. Smith, Fairfield; William c.
Watson, Starks; George F. WILDER,
Hartland, and Immediately entered up
on it's deliberations. The rest Of the
forenoon session was taken up in the
reading Of the continued docket and
the assignment Of cases for trial, with
Al cases for trial, 10 Of which were
H.
Officers in attendance upon the OPEN
Deputy Charles H. Chute.
Deputy Elmer E. Folsom Of Cam
bridge. with Deputies H. D. Brophy OF
Fairfield and Wallace J. Lashon in
charge Of the grand jury.