The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-06-20
TOWN and VICINITY

daughter, Mrs IL. -. Eaton, TINS week.
The kennebec and Boston boats now
run daily between kennehec ports and
Boston.
W. f. Colby OF North Madison, was in
town Monday and looked in on the RE-
PORTER.
Mr.. Abram Newton of Moose River,
arrived in town Saturday, remaining
here several days.
Mr. John l.. kidder with crew of
men is at his camp in Concord, getting
out hemlock bark.
Mr.. Levi p. Barrett of Canaan was in
town Saturday and made call at the
REPORTER office.
Miss Maude Wentworth of Gardiner is
spending few days in town, the guest
of Miss Alice French
Mrs. Sarah Holloway of Chester Eng
land, is on visit to her sister Mrs. C..
B. Whiting in this place.
DR.. G. ID. B. Pepper of Waterville,
and Mrs. Pepper were in town Tuesday,
on their way home from Athens.
Mr.. Alfred NJ. Varney of the Maine
Farmer, Augusta, was in town this week
visiting friends and made the REPORTER
call.
You can buy pure fresh cream from
the Skowhegan Jersey Creamery, at
Delano's, in any qrantity. Guaranteed
the best.
A meeting of the directors of the
Dead River Log Driving Co., is held in
Fairfield, to-day to see if they will vote
to erect dam at West Carry Pond this
year.
Clarence p Weston Esq, of Boston,
arrived in town Monday morning to
visit his father, lothian Weston whose
health has been somewhat impaired of
late.
Miss Linda Graves and Miss Alice NJ
Bray of Skowhegan have been honored
with senior appointments at Colby.
These two ladies with Miss Alice B.
TOzier of Fairfield are the only ladies of
the class of '95 who speak. Somerset
ladies are surely lin it at Colby, this
year.
Horace burlington, brick manufacture
er and builder, was in town Friday and
contracted with the Island Machine
Company for the castings for the new
Wooden Mill structure in Fairfield
There will be about 30 tons of castings
enter into the construction of the build
ing.
Next week commencing Monday, trains
leave Skowhegan somewhat earlier by
the summer schedule. The morning
train leaves at $40 instead of S.35 and
the afternoon train at l.35 instead of
LAO. The morning train from Portland
arrives at 1923 instead of 10 10. Look
out for these changes and don't get left.
A meeting of the patrons of the Skow
hogan Jersey Creamery is called to be
held Saturday next in Grand Army Hall
to consider the proposition made to
adopt the Babcock test as a basis of
payment for cream The meeting will
pc held at l O'Clock +. NJ. and the matter
will be fully explained and be open for
discussion.
The base ball management have
arranged for a series of games between
the Bloomfield's and Pioneers of Pitts
field, one of the best amateur mines in
the State. A new pitcher has been Sc
cured, one only weak spot, and we are
promised if a proper amount of encour-
agement is given that Skowhegan will
again shine on the diamond.
w. p. Nickerson, manager of the Nick
erson and Nesmith's comedians who is
here this week with bis company is a
native of Searsport, and son of Gen.
Frank S. Nickerson the we'll known and
gallant colonel of the Fourteenth Maine
Volunteers. Mr. Nesmith is also a
Searsport man. Mr.. Nickerson was for
some years on the editorial force of the
Boston Globe.
By the change in Somerset trains
SolhS lulo tliCSt hlOuudN utAu oubt Gttiit
the morning train leaves Bingham, at
$40 instead of G.53 and the morning
train leaves Oakland, at 0.20 instead of
9.45 These trains leave other stations
on the line TO correspond with these
hours. There is little change in the
time of the afternoon trains, but the
mail train arrives in Bingham, 10 min
utes earlier.
A legal contest is reported among the
members of the Rowell syndicate, cor
poration recently organized for trading
purposes branch of which is run in this
town by C. B. Green a member of the
company, and temporary Injunction
was asked for by c. F. Carpenter, treas
urer of the company of Judge W. Z.
Whtehouse to prevent further purchase
of goods by the company and also con-
version or disposal of the funds or goods
in the several stores. The injunction
was granted and a hearing will be had
on the case at Augusta, July LIST.
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Reduction in Dricps on novelty dress