The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-01-03
TOWN and VICINITY
MONDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1894.

w. S. Varney is closing out his chenille
draperies at cost.
The annual meeting of The Milburn
Club comes off tonight.
Edw. p Coffin Esq, was confined at
his home by Il severe cold few days
las week.
Mrs. Geo. S. Webb entertains the
! Snowbound Club at her home Tuesday
afternoon.
Miss Grace Wentworth is ON a two
weeks visit to her friend Miss Laura
Tefft, in Brewer.
c. A. Marston and daughters, Lola
and Mollie, passed Sunday in Portland,
with Mrs. Marston.
The low condition of the water in the
river is becoming alarming to those who
depend upon it for power.
The annual meeting of the Island
Avenue Congregational church will be
held in the yestry at O'Clock.
Baggage Master Ward has been on "A
hunting expedition of IA few days in the
vicinity of May the past week.
The Richards Paper Co., were obliged
J to shut down last week for necessary re-
Miss Nina Duly of Pennington Falls,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. f..
Sampson. Miss Duly is a teacher in the
city schools of Rockland.
4 new Jail is again talked of by Som
erset men interested in county affairs.
The columns of the REPORTER are open
for discussion of the project to "A rea-
sunable extent.
Rev. VIM. G. Mann, who has lately re-
turned from Colorado, preached at the
Congregational church Sunday. He
formerly resided in This town, aud is re-
membered by many of our citizens.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jewett of Win
ter Hill, Mass, passed Christmas with
Mrs. Jewett's parents, c. NJ. Lambert
and wife. Mr.. ,Jewett returned home
last week, and Mrs. Jewett will follow
Friday next.
There has been returned to the office
of Geo. 5. Webb, town clerk, for the
| year 1894, So births, 81 marriages and so
deaths. The number returned for 1893
was lib births, 81 marriages and %
J deaths. Quite a falling off, all around.
The State assessors make Skowhegan' S
valuation S3,546, SOB aud our selectmen
make it $3,04S, 520, difference of
almost half million, or $49s, 2S3 This
is better than the valuation commission
J ers did for us in 1891, by more than
half million.
Capt. j. l.. Myrick of Watervile, Ad-
jutant of the Grand Army for Maine,
arrived in town to-day to see about hold
J ing the Department eucampment here in
February. Gardiner is obliged to give
up having it there as was intended be-
cause the johnson House is closed. The
! prospect is that it will meet here.
The following were the officers elected
J for the ensuing year at the last meeting
} of the Skowhegan Lodge, No, 10 X of
p; Scott Gilman, Geo.; Benz. S.
Flag, ~. c.; Albert Watson, "P.":
Forrest H. Brown, "k. of X. and s.:
John {. Griffin. IN. of F.; Geo. c,
Sampson, IN. of E.; Chas, Rochester.
"M. A; Fred G. Head, M. of W.:
Installation, Thursday, Jan, Bird, by "D.
d. G. c., Aug. l. Sawyer.
The body of Mrs. Emily G. Andrews,
who died in Boston, Dec. 18th, was
brought to this place Sunday morning
for nterment in the family lot. De
ceased was daughter of the late Oc-
tavus Morse, and has resided in Boston.
for many years. a sister, Mrs. n. w.
Clark of this place and brother, l..
A. Morse of Scion, survive her, Rev.
l.. II. Copeland offered prayer at the
receiving tomb.
e Members of Somerset bar have taken
= preliminary steps for the organization OF
: the Somerset Bar and Law Library AS
5 ISOLATION and the first meeting of the as
t ISOLATION to complete the organization
e will be held Friday, the 4th, instant
4 There was an association similar to this
Y in this county some % years ago but its
e legal status has been lost by lapse. One
0 of the main objects of the association is
r to look after the interests of the law
i, library at the court house.
The Fourth of July Celebration com.
mittee has had two meetings and has
made an organization in orde" to dc
some preparatory work that is necessa
ry to be done at an early day. The gen
eral committee consists of two members
each from various organizations in
: town: The Board of trade, The Fire
Department, Russell Post G. A. r., the
A. o. L. W., Knights of Pythias,
Milburn Club, Masonic aud Odd Fellows
bodies, etc. The Board of Trade took
the initiative and its purpose was to
have a management that should be rep
resentatiye of our citizens in a broad
sense and took this method to secure
such. A meeting of the committee was
held at the law office of +. Z. Coffin,
Esq, Friday evening the 18th, instant,