The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-22
TOWN and VICINITY
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1894.

| Miss Fannie Pearson returned to her
home in Portland on Saturday.
DIR. F. o. Sawyer has been confined at
his home by illness for several days.
The bicycle riding school in Coburn
Hall has been discontinued for the
present
No morning freight in, or afternoon
freight out on Saturday, owing to the
snow blockade.
Geo. S. Webb has been AT Scion for
several days past. owing to the critical
illness of his aged father.
w. F. Robbins has purchased the
residence owned and occupied by Col
Isaac Dyer, one of the finest in town.
!. Conductor Wellington Sprague has
again been transferred to the Skowhe-
CAMP Portland run in place of Conductor
Tnos. Healey.
The young ladies of the {. c. c. c.,
are to give spread to their gentlemen
friends at their parors, oil the evening
of Friday, Feb 23d.
wFred c. Dunlap was among the mem
bers from .Skowhegan Lodge to attend
the session of the Grand Lodge in Port
land last week
Harry Arnold was in Waterville and
Fairfield Saturday, making arrange
ments for a party to attend .Adonis from
those places by special train.
X. f. Wilson, messenger of the Ameri-
can Express Co., has been transferrS d
from the Skowhegan-W aterville run to
the Portland Rumford Falls route.
Eight heavy horses htched to Il big
snow pillow is the team Supt. Gilman in
dulged in Friday morning. The snow
fbills will be good sized ones this win
ter.
The school signal Whistles came in very
convenient during the recent severe
storm. Thursday the signal was given
for no afternoon session and Friday a.
NJ. for no forenoon session.
X. +. Patten, Herbert Wentworth and
Fred II Philbrck attended "A German at
Waterville. Thursday night of last week,
which was the event of the winter in
that city among the young society peo-
| pie.
Since the recent storm the driving on
the ice has been poor, while the partial
thaw of Saturday night injured it still
more. Wise ones predict it will be
sometime before it is at its best there
again.
The body of Mrs. Betsey Z. Barron was
| taken to Dexter, her native place, on Fri
day for burial, accompanied by her daugh
| ter, Mrs. John Turner. John H. Mitchell
also went along to look after any ar
| engagements that might be necessary.
Horse trots will be reasonably thick
| in eastern Somerset next Independence
day, Judging from announcements al
| ready made. The eastern Somerset Agl.
society announce one on the societies
| track at Hartland and Col. Morrill, an
| nounces one on his track at Pittsfeld.
ing trains departure Friday. an engine
with snow pillow started out to clear the
way, add when in vicinity of the round
house, making the curve, the pillow left
| the track and was overturned, in conse-
quence of which the train did not leave
until 8 Is.
Mr. Asa Nles of Madison, died at his
home. Sunday last. after protracted
| illness. Burial was delayed until Fri
| day, to await the arrival of two sons of
| the deceased whose homes are in Dakota
| and Wisconsin. Mrs. Ii. NJ. Jones of
| this village is a daughter of the deceased
and attended the funeral Friday. Mr..
Niles was half-brother of Sheriff Niles
The lyceum society, recently formed
| by the young men of the Skowhegan
| High school, at their meeting. Friday
| evening last, discussed the question,
'Should capital punishment be abolish
ed?" Richard Sprague and Roy l..
Marston had the affirmative with Fred
| Lawrence and Elmer Thibault for the
| negative. AT the close IA majority of
those present voted in favor of abolish
| ment.
= \ report which went the rounds Of the
papers last week, to the effect that a
hunter who was stopping at Moore's
camp in Township 8 Range ,, Somerset
county, shot and killed two of his as
sociates, is by later Information very
materially modified. There WAS, it is
now stated, "A row among the hunters
but no shooting was done and no one
was seriously hurt. This is an improve
ment over the former story.
Levi Written, who went to the town
farm, January Eth. died Wednesday of
last week, from the effects of cancer
that had been operated upon some
months ago at the Maine General lIospi-
tai. He had been contincd to his bed
about all the time since he was taken to
the farm. His age was 30 years. lie
| leaves two sisters one of whom was with
him at his death. The funeral was held
at the house Sunday, at , O'Clock Z. NJ,
attended by Rev. F. H. Morgan.