The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-09-28

Mrs, Lizzia Lombard went to Boston
to-day for visit
j. Z. Oak is an attendant upon the
Exeter FaI this week.
Rev. Il. b. Mathews is visiting friends
Belfast few days this week.
Miss j. b. Nay returned home from
her trip to Boston and New York to-day.
Miss Annie Ambrose returned home,
Monday, from visit to friends in So
lon.
u. W. Webber, American Express
agent at Augusta is passing the week in
town.
Rev. /. B. Mower with hs family and
guests are passing to-day at Good Will
Home.
Capt Howard Smell aul wife of Wins
low. are the guests of sumner Snow and
family
The Leland Tanning Co shipped five
tons OF their product to Dover, y. II.
yesterday.
Capt. O. T.. Bartlett OF Winthrop,
Mass. WAS in town few days the pres
ent week the guest OF Nngustu, Wy
man.
Mr. aud Mr.. F.C. Haskell of Port
land came 10 town Monday night, and
Tuesday drove across the country to
Pennington.
Mr.. stephen {. Clifford of Harrison,
Nj, who has been passing a brief va
cation in this vicinity, returned to his
home Wednesday.
Miss Lena Hill who has been IA guest
at Hotel Coburn for some time returned
to her home in Belmont. Mass. this
morning.
Misses Louise and Grace Coburu and
Mrs. c. u. Miller, returned home yes
terday from their trip to the World
Fair and Washington. ID. {.
Mr. Geo 4. sampson. accompanied
by his wife is on carriage drive to
i'pN'ls tills Nt'h. Nftlt libN VII WISH
with u brother of Mr.. sampson.
Senator Omar Clarke went to Lewis
ton to-day and this evening will take the
Mystic Shrine degree in that city. Frank
:. Cairns. who has already "brcn over
the road" will 90 down this afternoon
to be present
e. F. Bigelow made II tour about the
bed of the back channel soon after
the water WAS shut out. and gathered
in eleven cant dogs that had been lost
from time to time in years gone by, by
the river drivers
George O. Smith returned from an eX-
tended trip west, Monday. having spent
the greater part of the summer in Michi-
gan, where he WAS engaged with Dr..
Bayley of Colby University in Il United
States government survey.
Mr., james Clarkin and family with
his wife's mother. Mrs. Farrell, have re
moved to Waterville to reside perma-
nently, Mr.. Clarkin believing that there
is better business outlook for him in
that city.
The dinner given yesterday mt &. A..
r. Hall by the W. X. c., in aid of the
Woman's Relief Corps Home was well
patronized, but the large donations of
food in aid of the good work, enabled
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Positions are being constantly offered
Skowhegans idle shoe operatives in the
Auburn shops, where the strike is in
progress. one man, vino is familiar
with running a Mckay stitchcr, had the
tempting bait of $500 per week held
out to him. He went down Tuesday,
to investigate, but returned in the even
ing,
The following races are advertised to
come of at Oak Stream trotting park
in Canaan, ON Saturday afternoon next,
under the management of \. A. Good
rich two year old race. four year old
race and three minute class. each race
open to trotterS and PAGERS. The purse
being % bushels of oats in each class.
Races at ! =. NJ.
George NJ. Cotton. "A prominent bust
ness man of Fairfield, one of the owners
of the Fairfield boom, member of st.
Omer eommandcry, and prominent q.
A. X. man, died instantly ut his home in
that village, Wednesday. He is surviv-
ed by a wife and three children, one
daughter the wife of Editor Bunker of
the Dexter Gazette.
Mr., 1hos Dugan has but recently
completed an extensive Job of landscape
gardening about the grounds that sur
round the old Mcclellan homestead, oc-
cupied by c. f. Mcclellan. The old
terraces extending from West Front
street up the high bluff to the front of
the house have been removed, the
grounds levelled and graded off in a be-
coming manner and the handsome grove
within the same. trimmed and slicked
up. Upon the otlei side of Crescent
Avenue, which extends from West Front
street up and by this residense, the large
old willows have been made TO shed
their dead branches. and the vast amount
of underbrush. the accumulation of
years. all entirely removed. In the
X-isinitxr nf tho hnn.n luXXns have