The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-09-07

over SunudN.
W. b. Steward Is on business trip
to Boston this week.
+. p. Coffin, Esq, was in Waterville,
Friday, on professional business.
Miss Agnes Beattie of Troy, n. y.
is the guest of Miss S. J. Anderson.
Miss Millie Woods returned Saturday
night from II visit to friends in Massa-
chusetts.
Frank II. Heath of Boston was in town
last week and returned to his home Sat
urday last.
John +. Chadburne of East Madison
was in town Saturday and made the RE-
PORTER Il call.
c. W. Savage has recently been APP
pointed postmaster at Flagstaff in place
of John r. N'iles.
Morris Gledhll attended the Eastern
Fair at Bangor, making the trip across
country on his bicycle.
Master Eugene Thayer of Watervile
has been the guest of his uncle, DR..
Pulsifer the past week.
j. z. Merrill and wife left home to-
day for Chicago to be absent some weeks
viewing the Worlds Fair.
\. c. Wade of Athens, went to Port.
land Monday morning and is taking in
the State Fair this week.
j. Ii. Frame and Mrs. Frame returned
from Southport Saturday, where they
had been for several weeks.
Miss Nettie Smiley of Vassalboro,
who has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c,
IL. Gardner, returned home last week.
The Skowhegan Wheel Club have some
handsome Autographs out announcing
their first annual race meet, Sept. 18th.
Miss Marguerite Libbey of Melrose
Mass, who has been visiting the family
of her uncle, G. b. Stafford, returned
home Monday.
Mrs. Joshua Williams returned HON,
saturday night from three months
visit to relatives in the West aud to tn,
Worlds Fair.
The prizes offered by the Skowhega,
Bicycle Club for their races Sept. 18th
are on exhibition in the large show win
dow of W. +. Robbins.
c. f. Tufts of East Madison. lief
home Monday for Chicago and Iowa t.
be gone several weeks. His brother
David, joius him in Boston.
Mrs. Walter Flynt of Orono, who witt
her two children has been visiting at tn
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. JAS
Leayitt, returned to Orono Friday
Mrs. Noah c. Kendall of Oakland
Cal, accompanied by her brother. Geo.
left for her home this morning She vii
stop over for II week at Chicago to yisi
the Worlds Fair.
VIM. Doran and wife left home Frda,
morning for Portland, where ON Satur
day, in company with W. b. Drew ant
wife they took the White Mountain
Division of the NJ. c. X. Il. for Chcag,
and the Worlds Fair going via Niagari
Falls.
The five dollar gold piece presented b,
Baby Guilford to the one guessing tn,
nearest to the number of people ut
tending the IIilda Vernon engagement
was divided into four parts, rs it wa
found there We're four people who wer,
tie on the guess.
Miss Mary Pollard, went to Madison
Saturday, and to-day enters upon he
duties as first assistant in the higl
| school. Miss Blanch, who was a teach
er in the Grammar grade, has beer
obliged to give up her position owning
to her mothers illness.
Sneak thieves have been paying visi
to one section on the south side of tn,
river. 1t is reported that one family i.
minus quantity of canned fruit from
their cellar, while another in the neal
vicinity had clothes line stripped of t
small washing rs result of such thieves
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Colby of Duluth
Mimi, formerly of Bingham, Me-, an.
nounce the marriage of their daughter
Lucinda Goodrich. Colby to IrvinWilianl
Moore. 1t occurred Saturday August
26th, at Duluth and the welded coupl,
will be sat home" after October first al
Bingham.
Mr.. John kidder brings to our office +
sample of the fruit grown on Il tree il
his yard, commonly known as horse
plums. 1t is of unusual size, some meas
uring over five inches in circumference
lie reports one tree from which he coulc
gather over a bushel, if it were not fol
the boys who rob it.
Somerset exhibitors took their share
of the premiums on cattle and sheep al
the Bangor Show. Among these wer,
+. \. and c, Hilton. Eli lIawes, j. +
Weston, Arson; Eastman IIathorne, c
*. Page, L. NJ. York, b. Z. Barker
Athens; c. b. and T.. II, Waugh
Starks; Howard and Ellis, Fairfield
Sunday evening next, in Bethany
church. special Young Peoples Chris.
tian Endeavor meeting will be held, al