The Somerset reporter., 1893-06-22
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr. J. p. Blunt went to Wateryille to
day.
\ good coat maker is wanted at J. \
Dealey's.
Mr.. William Clark of Carratunk was il
town Saturday.
Master Ned Merrill is on a visit to
Watervlle to-day.
Ladies are invited to call on Miss FreN
at room go, Hotel Coburn.
Mrs. +. \. Whittier of Auburn. is visi
ting among friends in town.
Miss Lizzie Williams is spending her
vacation with her parents in Hartland
Mr., lrvingC. Curtis of Medfield. Mass.
is The guest of his brother. +. b. Curtis
Mr.. Fred Addition of Boston arrived
on Saturday night for visit to his par.
ents.
Horatio W. Gushing arrived home Fri
day night from his two years residence
in California.
Preparations have been made for the
laying of new concrete sidewalk along
east Front street.
Miss Frew will be glad to see the
ladies at Hotel Coburn, room 90, to-
morrow.
Mr.. j. NJ. Smith of South Norridge-
wock was in town Saturday and made
the REPORTER Il call.
Dana W. Hall, princil al of Skowhegan
High School is spending Il few DAYS
with friends in Wilton.
Miss Blanche Pollard attended Com
mencement exercises at the Pennington
Normal School last week.
The next meeting of Skowhegan
grange, will be held June Is, ''instead of
June 81, as stated heretofore.
Messrs w. H. Pearson of Portland, +.
\. Whittier of Auburn, aud S. l.. Whit
tier are at Pleasant Pond for week.
Rev. A. j. Racklif returned to his
home in Massachusetts Saturday last.
He expects to spend July and August in
Maine.
Mrs. Shepard, and her brother. Mr..
W. f. Thompson, of East Hampton,
Mass, are the guests of Miss Mabel
Wentworth.
DR.. William Mclaughlin of Harmony
was in town Friday and looked in on the
REPORTER. He is visiting friends here
and in other Somerset towns.
Mr.. W. p. Wheeler of Oakland. Cal,
and Miss Alice Wheeler, daughter of
David Wheeler of Kansas, are the guests
of Mrs. Horatio Emery this week.
The Leland Tanning Co. now handle
only selected hides, purchased in Boston.
as they say those formerly taken in here
did Aot pay for the trouble expended up
on them.
The return engagement of the Oaks
Dramatic Co., was poorly patronzed.
owing no doubt to the exceedingly warm
weather. From here we learn this com
pany are to visit Pittsfeld.
We learn that the Canton from Bath.
in addition to the other Cantons before
mentioned in the REPORTER has accent
ed the invitation to visit Skowhegan
July 18th and participate inI the grand
parade.
That piece of sandy road now remain
Ing between Parkman Hill, along the
bank of the river around that height of
land and known as the new road to
Canaan is now being clayed. a portion
of this road was clayed last season as
an experiment and proved Il great sue
cess.
Mrs. Mary. widow of the late Cyrus
Bosworth, died at Augusta Sunday. and
her remains arrived here Monday.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2.o'clock, at her late
home on Water Street. She was
taken to the Insane Hospital, Augusta
some weeks ago, but failed to receive
any benefit from treatment there.
If we cannot get some one to make
shoes in the vacant shoe factory what
is the objection to the establishment of
a condensed milk plant there. The
building would seem to be one that
could be utilized for that purpose with
out much change, is ample in size, and
having spur track running to the facto-
ry would be very convenient.
The County Commissioners at their
meeting at New Portland last week
voted to discontinue Il part of the road,
in New Portland mentioned in the RE
PORTER few weeks since. They
leave part of the road open for the
accommodation of a Mr.. Gordon who
owns farm on it and that part of the
same road in Franklin County is to re-
main open.
Mr. j. K. Frost, who since the estab.
| lishment of the shoe factory here, II
years since, has with his family been a
resident of our town, during which time
he has had charge of the stitching room
left Skowhegan Friday last for Lynn
Mass, where he will continue in the EN-.