The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-12-10
TOWN and VICINITY


MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1884.
Wool yarn, 1000 balls, at cents
ball at Dyer's.
Quite winterish-down to zero this
morning.
Mrs. Edward L. Walker is on visit TO
Boston.
Bragg Il Narney do picture framing to
} order and carry fine line of mouldings.
Fred Nash went to Pittsfield, Friday
where he is employed on plumbing Job
for a few days.
Dir. {. Z. Sawyer was again confined
7 at his home last week from his old
! trouble, sciatiea.
Gospel meetings will be held at First
Baptist church, Tuesday, Wednesday
D aud Thursday evenings.
Charles Maxfeld Supt., of the Water
Vile 4 Fairfield Railway and Light
company, WAS in town Friday.
! The ordinance of baptism was admit
istered to two young ladies at Beth
7 any church, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Abbie Morrow of Hartland, is
making her home for the winter with
! her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Lawlev.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, went to Port
4 land, Friday, to attend the L. S. Dis
Z trct court, returning Saturday MORN
ing.
D VIM. L. Brown Esq, left home this
= morning for Haverhil, Mass, where he
2 will remain during the winter with his
daughters.
: Mrs. Hiram P. Thing is just getting
D about again after being confined at her
D home for twelve weeks past with rheu-
. matism.
If your carriage is in your way and
s needs painting or vanishing, take it to
Z. c. Jewett's, over Fairbrother's stable.
> 1t will cost you nothing for storing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagg of North Conway,
4 N H., were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Richardson over Sunday. Mrs.
Wagg was here several days of last
: week
z l.. Anderson & Co., are stringing
q wires for their Electric plant in the old
paper mill. They have extended wires
4 to Gen. Shepherds house on the North
side.
! The Grammar schools in town closed
Z Friday for vacation of three weeks
1 and the High school will close next Fri
4 day, for the holiday vacation of two
8 weeks.
Major j. l.. Merrck of Waterville,
Z was in town Thursday, to meet repre-
Z sentative of the G. A. r. Post at Athens,
Z for discussion of matters pertaining to
. the welfare of that Post.
Mrs. William Mathews of Newbury-
port, Mass, was in town, Friday, on
her way to her home from Cornvile, her
former home, where she was called to
attend the funeral of a relative.
The ladies of the First Baptist society,
will hold a missionary meeting with
Mrs L. w. Marble, Thursday afternoon,
2.30 P. NJ. A supper will be served in
accordance with the African plan.
c. A. Prescott, who has been here
several months past in the employ of
the Somerset Argus. has a position with
the New England Associated Press at
Boston, and left for that city, Friday
afternoon.
: Isn't it rather suspicious crcum-
stance that so many people are seen
coming out of Patterns Drug Store, with
large bottles? Oh! Yes, but it's easily
explained. They are hot water bottles.
He is having big trade on them.
Miss Clara Palmer of Cornville, a
graduate of Skowh"gan High School,
class of 81, left home last week for
Z Auburndale, where she enters a special
fitting school for Wellesley College,
which She expects to enter next year.
, Major Frank Haskell of Waterylle,
was in town Saturday and closed trade
Carl Redwood, . 20 81. Negotiations
z had been progressing for some days.
Major Haskell is the owner of several
other fast ones.
Hereafter an Electric car will be in
waiting at the Somerset Railway sta
,. ton, South Norridgewock on the ar
rival of the morning train from Bing-
ham, and car leaves Skowhegan at
400 +. NJ, each day, to connect with the
evening train for Bingham.
Sunday next is to be observed as educa-
ton day AT Bethany Baptist church.
President Whitman will preach at the
usual hour of service Sunday morning
and will make a short address in the
evening and there will be other interest
ing exercises in the evening.
Hugh Bringham and John Harris re-
turned last week from hunting trip to
the Dead River section. Bingham had
the extraordinary good fortune to shoot
fine white deer, beauty, which he
brought to Clifford to be mounted.
Harris got deer also, but it was one of
the common variety.
, Charles A Toomia yOuno and en-