The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
TOWN and VICINITY

New line of spot musiins aud white
goods, at W. II. Wides.
Any one wishing to study French
please address p. O. box COZ.
20 degrees below zero this morning,
the coolest of the winter to date.
W. H. Wildes, Representative, return |
ed to Augusta, Tuesday morning.
Mr.. John H. Mitchell made a trip to
Augusta. aud Portland, this week.
George Harvey succeeds Abner Gun
niugham about the railroad crossing as
nigman.
Remember the seats for Manoa- Mason
engagement. go on sale Monday There
is sure to be Il rush 50 be on hand
Mr.. l.. l.. futile who has been in Au
burn for some months has returned to
Skowhegan and proposes to reside here.
Mr.. 5. l.. Fowler of Canaan was in
town Monday. He is one of the oldest
patrons of the REPORTER. lie sold 60
bbls of No. apples here.
Hurry Cushing of Colby, 80 and a
cltssmate, Robert b. Austin of Farm
ington, attended the concert in Coburn
Hall Tuesday evening.
Eigar c. Dunton is acting as driver
Tor the American Express CO., VIII
Stinchfield meanwhile doing messenger
work on the Somerset Railway.
+. A. MeIntire left home, Tuesday, for
Ora Fino, Siskiyou Co., California,
where he goes into the mining business.
This is his fourth trip to that place.
Chas. L. Dlnforth who has been in
attendance at Shaw's Business College,
Portland, the past three months is on IA
brief vacation visit to his parents in town.
Mrs. Mary McLellln Parks, who was
for some months IA resident of this place,
died at her home in Brookline, Mass,
the 4th, inst, of heart failure. aged 70
years.
Saturday evening as Mrs. Abel Nor
ill was on the street, walking with Il
lady friend, she slipped on the ice and
fell, injuring her 50 team hal to be
secured to take her home.
Prof. Manley closed his dancing classes
in SkoWhegan, Friday last. We under !
stand the people composing the adult !
class are to finish out the winter with
course of assemblies with music by Ken
dali
At the First Baptist church, next /.
Sabbath, Rev. l. II. Copeland will dis
cuss th, subject, The divine thought
Phil. II }. In the afternoon, NJ. +. &. I
Talbot will speak upon the "Apostate
church, ppm.
Capt. W. II, Daily, who is the advance |
representative of ''HandS Across the
Sea" CO., wears "A beautiful gold medal |
awarded him by special act of Congress
for life saving on the Pacific coast, hay
ing saved IS people from drowning.
The GLANDS Across the Sea Co.,
which is at Coburn Hall next Saturday
evening have put the price down to p,
30 and best seats 50ctS. This is the great
Bowdoin square success, and the same
Co. that plays Bangor, Augusta, Port
land and Lewiston. Get tickets at
Arnold's.
The Committee of arrangen H.
forms us. that the citizens OF the town,
respond very freely to their invitation
to furnish Accommodations to the veterans
and to ladies of the Relief Corps. No
one need stay away, for fear of not
having good places to stay during the
encampment
Gen. Thomas @. Lawler. Commanders
in.chief of the Grand Army, with his
adjutant general will arrive in town,
Tuesday next the first day of the en-
campment and will speak in the evening
in Coburn Hal. The opening meeting
will be Tuesday, the 18th. at about II
o'clock a NJ. Business meetings will
occupy the day.
The reunion of the Sc. b. A." boys at
the Coburn, Friday evening of last week
was a gala time for the PARTICIPANTS
Nine only of the original membership
were represented but the boys made up
in enthusiasm what they lacked in num-
bers. Many letters were received from
absent members. Those present were r.
II. Anderson, Forrest Goodwin, X. T.
Patten, II. b. Goodwin, C. F. Ward,
Geo. +. Sampson, Ira Norton and 4.
G. Houston,
Mr.. j. II. B ,rbarick the superintendent
of the canning factory here left for
Portland Yesterday. He informs us
that there is very poor prospect for
sweet corn usiness in Maine the com
ing season. The company has a large
amount of last years pack on hand and
corn can be raised so much cheap per west,
farmers cannot afford to raise it here for
what packers can afford to pay 1t will
be great misfortune to have this bust {
ness leave Maine if it is obliged to do so. 4
ELAN, pineapple and Neufchatel cheese
at Bartlett & Cairns.
Every lady should see those new pat