The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-11-02


her sister in Orouo this week.
Bring your cartridges to Fairgrieves
restaurant and he will buy them.
Mrs. Minnie c. Leighton left for her
home in Brockton this morning.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Milburn Club will occur tonight at ~
o'clock.
The Womans Club meet in the Pub
lie Library Parlor, Thursday, Nov, , at
} o'clock.
Frank Mayo and his company of actors
were greeted with only an $500 house
Friday evening last
Mrs. L. J. Addition left home to-day
for visit of some weeks with friends in
Portland and in Boston.
Several shoe operatives went to Au.
burn. thi, morning where they have
received good positions.
Augustus Gilblair is ON business
trip through Maine this week in the in-
terest of the Bacon Mfg Co. selling
castings.
\ little stranger came to gladden. the
hearts OF Mr.. and Mrs. {. II. Baker,
Madison Avenue, sunday noon. Oct. ~.
1t is a boy.
\ bapti-mal service WAS held last
evening at the First Baptist church,
four persons being immersed aud receiy
ed into the church.
The Sorosis will hold its first meeting
of the season 1881 at the home of Mrs
j. II. Frost, at the lloratio W. Cushing
house, Wednesday afternoon next at
2.3O p. m.
The post-ollicc block. owned by Griffin
IL Wentworth, is To be built over into Il
square front, thus doing away with the
dripping of water and falling of snow
and ice in froat.
Seats for the Jessie Couthoui Co., are
now on sale at BiXby q Bucks. They
should be secured at once as the date of
this company's appearance here is We'd
nesday evening, next Nov. lst,
Miss Flora b. Shirley and her sister,
Miss Myra, who formerly resided here
but for some years have been in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, have recently gone to
Pacific Grove, Cal, to spend the winter
months.
All the mills and factories of the south
side resumed operation last week with
the exception of the Richards Pulp Mill,
which will remain idle for some time
longer, owing to the present low price
of wood pulp.
\ Scion lady, who has heard Mrs W.
+. Shaw sing and was delighted with her
singing. writes the REPORTER that she
expects to attend the concert, Wednes-
day evening, November l,l This lady
speaks very warmly in her praise.
Mrs. Cora Elliot Jones of San Fran
cisco, Cal, who before her removal to
the Pacific coast was for several years II
most successful teacher in our town
schools, is visiting among friends in
Nkowhegan for week She will be
joined later by her husband. who i, at
pre- sent visiting in Vermont.
The lease of the shoe factory building
in this place for a period of live years by
the Skowhegau Manufacturing co. TO
the Bloomfield Shoe Co. was consunma-
ted ON saturday. We are informed the
sample goods of this new company are
meeting with even more favor by the
iobbing trade than the company dared
hope for.
On saturday evening, large com
pany visited the parsonage of the First
Baptist church, and they did not come
empty handed. In behalf of the givers
Mrs. Marble presented to Mr.. and Mrs.
Mower beautiful painting, the work of
Miss Carrie philbrick of this town. The
picture is marine view from White
Head. and is most skillfully executed
Mr.. and Mrs. Mower expressed their
great appreciation of the gift, both for
is intrinsic merit, and as an expressions
of Christian fellowship and love.
pleasant reunion occurred at the
residence of y. W. Branerd. ESD,
Saturday and Sunday. The party con-
sisted of +. O. Brainerd, Esq. of China.
wife and daughters, and two sons, Dr.
W. $. Brainerd of Pemaquid. and y. W.
Brainerd, Esq. of Skowhegan. with
their families. These persons. fifteen in
all. are the only representatives, of this
branch of the Brainerd family in Maine.
and must therefore, necessarily make up
in enthusiasm what they lack in mum
bers. +. o. Braincrd has been in trade
at China. for p years and has been
postmaster almost continuously during
that period. Dr. W. :. Brainerd has
been very successful practitioner at
Pemaquid, during the past eight years.
There was very pleasant reception
at the Bethany church ON Friday even
ing of last week. II was held in honor
of five members of the church who are
to leave on Wednesday next for pro-
longed absence in Europe. These are
Mrs. Helen :. Coburn. Misses Louise H.