The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-01-17
TOWN and VICINITY.
MONDAY, JANUARY IA, 1894.
Fiber Chamois, at Judkins'.

Remember the invitation hop at Hotel
Heselton, tonight.
Miss Grace Wentworth returned home
Saturday night from visit in Brewer.
W. +. Robbins left home Saturday for
New York city to be absent some weeks.
John Smith of Norridgewock, deputy
sheriff and jailor, was in town this morn
ing.
Sorosis meets Wednesday afternoon,
Jan. 10th, with Miss Hannah Page, Bigh
street.
Chas. f. Oak of Caribou aud Augusta
was the guest of his brother j. 2. Oak
over Sunday.
The X. P.'s with their ladies leave for
Watcrville, tomorrow night, by special
train at O'Clock.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, has been APP
pointed assignee in the insolvent estates
of Roscoe Z. Mcclure and Charles II.
Smith, both of Cornyille.
At an exhibition and sale for the bene-
fit of the American Art Club in Paris, a
picture by Charles Il. Pepper, Colby
80, was given the place of honor, by the
committee.
IL. X. Bearse, wife and little daughter
Vera, drove over the road on Saturday
last to Dover and Foxeroft, for Il visit of
some days with friends and relatives in
those places.
The 1928 kid butt. boots that we are
selling for 1925 are great bargains, that
is why we are selling so many of them,
they are going fast. Gardner & Barnard,
No. Z, Madison Ave.
Senator c. A. Marston was home from
Augusta over Friday night, leaving
Saturday noon for Il hurried inspection
of his numbering operations in vicinity
of Moosehead Lake.
The recent january thaw" with
heavy rain has been a grand thing for
business as it has caused much desired
rise in the water in the river and also
filled up the brooks and streams.
Messrs Sanborl & Pickard from Bos-
ton, give an Illustrated lecture on Cali
lorna, in Grand Army Hall, Saturday
evening, The 10Th instant, at popular
prices, adults, % cts. children. Is cts.
Chas. c. Mann of Stoneham, Mass, a
! former SEnuhnnap how I.
ing a wholesale paint and oil house
throughout New England, was in town
over Sunday, the guest of Herbert Went
worth.
Hon. Edward Wiggin, Senator from
Aroostook County and master of the
Maine state Grange arrived in town
Saturday morning, to attend to some
business of that order here. He was the
guest of Ansel Holway over Sunday.
DR.. +. II. 5. Vaughan of Augusta, c.
E. Oak, State land agent, Wellington
Sprague, pres. of the Commercial Club
Lewiston, and Mr.. Geo. Turner of Bos-
ton, were among those who enjoyed the
hospitality of The Milburn CLUB last Fri
day evening.
Mr.. Philo Steward of this place was
united in marriage on Wednesday of last
week. at Washington. ID. c., to Miss
Carrie kdwell of that city, the bride we
learn being popular singer and teacher
of vocal music. 1t is expected they will
take up their residence there.
Mr.. c. II. Kilby, formerly one of the
publishers of the REPORTER, has recent.
ly issued paper at Dexter, Me-, called
the "Boomer" in which there is a large
amount of information about the town
of Dexter and its industries and many
advertisements of its business houses
1t is very well done.
Mr.. I. kenna, representing the Quebec
aud Lake st, John X. r., was in tow
over Sunday, in consultation with Mr.
r. L. Patten, concerning the proposed
excursion the latter gentleman is organ,
izing to be made by bicycles and car
ridges the coming summer, under the
name of ''The Quebec Tour"
Mrs. Judge Percival Bonney, of Port
land, will give an address on Home
Missions at the Bethany chapel on
Thursday afternoon next at 3 o'clock, at
a union meeting of the Woman's Mis-
sionary societies of the First and Beth
any Baptist churches. All women in
town interested in missions are cordially
, invited to be present.
We are requested to caution boys
against sliding down the hill on West
Front street, on the Electric track. This
certainly is Il very dangerous place for
boys to slide as there is curve in track
there by which the danger of meeting IA
car is considerably enhanced. Our ad-
vice to boys with hand-sleds is to keep
off the track all the time.
County Commissioner Weber called
on the REPORTER Friday morning, be-
fore leaving for his home. at the close of
the adjoured session of the Somerset
board of Commissioners. He informs
us that meeting OF the Commissioners
OF all the counties of the State is called
TO be held at Augusta the Odd instant, to
confer together in regard to certain pro-
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