The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-09-07
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February 81, 1890 Local Items
Everett Goodrich made a business trip
to Augusta Tuesday. II. Girdler
who Is on the board of selectmen OF
| Mercer, was in town yesterday. Rev.
stephen C. Fletcher will supply the
pulpit of the First Baptist church next
Sunday. Rev. s. 2. Smith enters
upon his duties as pastor of the Tn =
versalist church next Sunday. II. W
Hopkins, formerly principal of SOM
erset Academy was in town last week.
Mr.. Hopkins is now with ID. LOthrop
Company of Boston. NJ. A. Whitney
Of Scion, member Of the senior class
OF Colby was in town Saturday looking
over the ground with view of max
ing application for the position Of Sn-
pervisor of schools. He has had ex
perience IN teaching and is we'll rec
Ommended.-A quiet wedding was per-
formed at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. b. Thompson on Sunday
morning last. The contracting par
ties were Miss Ida Thompson, The
daughter of the host and George Burns
of Madison, well and favorably known
in this place as q progressive farmer.
Rev. c. V. Hanson was The officiating
clergyman. Mrs Martha A. Hunt of
Lower Mills, NJ lton. Mass, died at
her home Tuesday. January %. She
was widely known in this section,
having taught school in Madison. So
Ion Arson, Cornyil,e, Athens and
Skowhegan. At one time she was the
assistant of Mr.. Frank Wade in Ath
ems Academy and for one or two years
a member of the Board Of School Com
mittee in the town of Madison. Geo.
Goodwin has recently purchased of
F. j.. Conant a fine pair Of four year
old lydesdale colts. bred in Indianna
that prom SO to dove OPP into about the
about the finest span of draft horses
in town. they now weighing 1909 lbs.
each. These animals had never been
shod until they came into Mr.. Good
wins charge but he purposes to put
them into active labor at once. They
were purchased TO succeed the pair
Mr.. Goodwin has worked for the past
twelve years in his jobbinE business
about town. but now have reached an
age that will surprise our people who
have seen thcm day after day, r..
| 81 and "A years. Scott Gilman. thru
whose good care and hand ing for the
past ght years the old "uns" have
been kept in such slick order. VIII
handle the reins over the new team,
and will watch their development with
PRIDE. II. Holt, superintendent of
| the water works, WAS found in his
room in the house of Mrs. Prescott
on Water street, Tuesday evening. in
| an unconscious condition, from the
I effect of inhal'ng coal ras from the
stove in h $ room. lie was alone in
the house, the family having been alb
, sent for some weeks He roomed
| there and took his meals at the Show
! hogan House. Not coming TO his
meals Tuesday. Mr.. Waahburn of the
| hotel instituted search for him and
| found him in the condition stated
above. Drs Daacombe and Patten
were called and took immediate meas
ures for his relief. lie has at times
| rallied for a moment so as to recog-
nize, friends but Immediately relapsed
| into 4 eomat0sC condition. All hope
! for recovery, and are encouraged in
| this report of the physicians In at
| tendance. There Is no marked change
| this morning Or. +. NJ. Eaton, son
of benjamin Eaton of this town. was
was I'm ted IN marriage with Miss
| Madeline j. Pullen, last evening at
the residence of the brides parents
in Camden, n. ]. Dr. and Mrs Eat
on viii reside in Camden. where the
doctor has established good practice,
J Mrs b. +. Eaton was present Mt the
wedding and will go from Camden to
| Wa ;hington, D. c.. where she will
remain for two months.-lIon. A. r.
| BiXby. Mr.. G. A. Marston and Alon-
10 Mclntre on Saturday last left town
| to join the Raymond excursion that
leaves Boston Monday for Hartman.
Tenn. under the auspices OF the East
! Tennessee Land Company of which
| Gen. inton b. Fiske of New Jer-
scy is President and Hon. Il. M.
| Goodall of Sanford Is one Of the d.
rcctors, They expect to be gone sew
eral weeks at least -l.uther Gushing
| has been quite sick the past week, so
that his daughter Miss Alice Cushing
was called home from Boston.-Oyer
1921 100000 have been paid to the wi.
! dows and orphans of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen, since the in
cept on of the order. q years ago
The ladies' of the Universalist, Church
Society Will give their annual town
meeting dinner In G. A. r, hall next
! Monday-E. C. Heselton returned
Monday noon from his extended trip
to Tennessee, where he made an in
vestment in real estate.
|
March 20, 1894 decision has been
received from the Law Court in the
case of William X. Lancy VS.. Home
Instance Company. Rescr'pt: A pol
icy of fire insurance upon dwell Ing
house becomes void when the risk Is
materially increased by non-occupan-
! cy. without consent of insures, 1udg-
meut for defendant Hackett for
plaintiff, Webb & Webb for defend
ant As the extra train from Show