The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-03-09

ing one of our stores last Friday. he
was taken suddenly ill and it was
several minutes before he rallied, bur
when he did recover he was apparent
ly as well as usual. Sunday even
ing he commenced coughing violent
ly but after a time the distress ceas-
ed never again to return, for quietly
resting he passed away. Mr.. Stin-
son formerly resided in Wiscasset
but for the past three years he has
done business in this village and act
ed as Governor Coburn's private sec
rotary. Tuesday morning the body
was accompanied by the bereft wife
and two children and friends from
that village.
Jan. %, 1S76-Born, Jan IS, to Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Curtis a son.
Feb 4, 1S76-Mrs. C. H. Skinner
residing in the Sanford house, Madi-
son St, had very narrow escape
from what must have been a very
serious, if not fatal injury this
Thursday morning. Mrs. Skinner
had just left the kitchen when she
heard tremendous explosion from
that quarter. On returning she
found her unusually we'll ordered
apartment in the most alarming dis
order. A pipe had extended from the
stove to tank in the bath room on
the second floor This had frozen
up in the previous night, and when
the fire was started in the morning
the steam generated in the pipe
could find no ready vent hence it
made one for itself
Feb. Il, 1876 Born, Feb. 1. to Mr.
and Mrs. c. w. Pratt, a son.-One OF
our townsmen has handed US an old
and yellow stained poster. which h
recently found among the debris in
the building on Elm St. formerly oc-
cupied by Mr. Littlefeld of the
"SkoWhegan Clarion" and was prob
March Is, 1857. nearly twenty-siX
years ago. 1t is call for Som
erset Railroad Mass meeting and
reads as follows: The undersigned
believing that the public interests re-
quire immediate measures to be taken
for the constructing of railroad
from Augusta up the valley of the
Kennebec River, as far, at least, as
Skowhegan Village, united in calling
mass meeting of all who are inter
ested in such an enterprise to be neld
at Skowhegan. on the third day of
April, next at one o'clock p. M Sign
ed, Eben II. Neil, Chandler Baker
stephen Weston. Saml. Robinson, W
+. NJ. Brown, B. w Norris. Thomas
c. Jones, Philander Coburn. SAINT
Parker f. G, Savage, Geo. w. King
II. A Wyman. Dan1 Snow Jr. and
two hundred and thirty-seven others
Delegations are expected from the
principal towns on the river, headed
by their strongest men. Farmers
mechanics, merchants, good people
all conceive held a pleasant inter
view with Arson Holway, Esq. Dis
trict Deputy of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry organization in this section OF
the state during the past week. He
gave us a very encouraging account
of the prosperity of the institution
Everywhere it is growing rapidly in
membership. A number of our citi-
zens who are interested in agriculture
have applied TO the National Grange
for a charter and Mr.. HolWay will
organize a lodge in this village next
week. Somerset Grange at South
NOrridgeWock is the largest in the
country. numbering one hundred and
twenty members.-Died St. Adams,
Jan. 29th, suddenly, Josie Blanche,
only child of Nathan and Emma f
Fowler. aged four years, eleven
months and one day