The Somerset reporter., 1894-08-30
TOWN and VICINITY

obp q. IIaines returned to Boston.
yesterday
Mrs. Eva A. Burke Of Bingham, was
IN town. Tuesday.
: II. Preble of the firm of Colby u
profile. was in town, Tuesday.
william Abbott who has been at home
anne weeks returned to Portland, Tues
Day.
sewing machine coupons given to each
oorche.er of Red Seal Remedies pur-
biased at NJ. B, Heselton's.
Mrs. Mary A, Swinburn and Miss
Sciuburu of Providence, | K. l.. are
,pq,t. at Hotel lleselton this week.
Doran q Woods have Just completed
be lob of putting an iron roof upon the
school building in Canaan village.
Vim. NJ. Z. Brown, Esq, is at Bangor,
mi. week, visiting his daughter, Mrs.
HAYNES and taking in the Eastern State
Fair.
Father Lacroix of the. Catholic church,
| /. on trip to Biddeford and Providence,
R. l.. this week, but expects to return
Friday evening.
John Holden, Esq, of Moose River,
was in town, Tuesday, coming by the
WAY of Bingham and Norridgewoek.
II He returned Wednesday.
W. 5. Ames, formerly of Skowhegan,
who has been in Augusta for some years,
| i. now located in Gardiner, where he
has charge Of the Warren Drug store.
Rev. \. j. Racklifl' is in town for the
week and will preach at the Island Ave-
nue. Congregational church, Sunday
next. at the usual hour of morning
service.
Mr.. Llewellyn Jones of Providence,
4 R. l., who had with his family been
spending some weeks with relatives in
| Scion, returned to his home. Tuesday.
| He formerly resided in Scion.
Mrs. Sprague, wife of DR.. o. A.
Sprague of Turner, is visiting the Doe
tors parents in town, Mr.. and Mrs. '.
A. Sprague. Mrs. Sprague will also
' visit at the home of her father, Rev. d.
| R. Ford, in Scion.
' The fall term of school in District No.
S, North, began Monday last. All the
schools in town except in the village
will begin Monday next. Those in the
village will begin Monday, Sept. 10, ex-
\ ccpt the High school, which is delayed
| until Tuesday by the election, the High
school room being one of the voting
places,
On Sunday, Sept. ,, the elegant steam
er Sagadahoc will make ii day excursion to
Boston. leaving Gardiner at Il o'clock NJ.
The Della Collins will connect with this
boat that day leaving Augusta at / A. NJ.
Hallowell at l.30. The Sagadahoc will
leave Boston on the return trip Monday
at $50 A. NJ. Tickets for the round trip
from Augusta, Hallowel, and Gardiner,
$500, good to return until Sept. Sth
Mr.. JOY, an expert bridge builder, was
here, Tuesday. looking over the bridges
with Henry Murphy of the Skowhegan
aud Norridgewock Electric Street Rail
way company, and l.. c. Emery, chair
man of the board of selectmen, with a
view of strengthening the bridges across
the kennebec in order to run the electric
cars thereon. Mr.. Joy says that with a
moderate expenditure, the two bridges
can be strengthened by putting in wood
en- arches so that they will be good for
any load that they can be subjected to
Tor 20 years at least.
few days ago, while on yisi: to
Uld Point where the Norridgewock tribe
Of savages were destroyed 112 years ago,
acopper coin was found by Mrs. +. W.
Marble, bearing the same date of that
event, l722. 1t is nearly the size of the
Old fashioned cent and has on one side ii
medallion profile of King George, with
The words "GeorgtaS Dci Gratia Rer. >
IN the other side is Il beautiful conyen-
'onal design of our wild rose and the
words, "RoSd americana Gtie DRici.
I'22 This remarkable relic of col
onlal times is no doubt "a sample q
coin used by the early settlers in traffic
with the Indians. Has anybody coin
like this:
We have in stock the celebrated Heinz