The Somerset reporter., 1895-10-24
TOWN and VICINITY.
lad Gardner & Barnard's ad.


NJ. B. Heseltou is in Boston this week.
DIR. c. A. Paul of Scion was in town
yesterday.
EChas. f. Cheney of Portland is in town
this week.
Henry Malbon of Boston is in town
for few days.
Chas. W. Nutting and wife returned
from their visit to Boston on Monday,
All the choice butter you want at %
cts pound fresh eggs at % cts dozen,
at the Fletcher Store.
Geo. +. sampson accompanied by his
wife and boy visited his mother and
brother in Dexter this week.
NJ 7. Pooler, wife and daughter and
Miss Julia Coburn arrived home from
Boston Tuesday night.
Mrs. X. II. Allen, who has been in
town for the summer, returned to Massa-
chusetts for the winter to-day,
The catch basins of the sewers in town
condition for the approaching cold
weather.
Several members of the Skowhegan
Wheel Club made run to No. New
Portland one day this week, dining at
CUNTS Hotel.
Fathers should not let those bargains
hn G,l
Wooden Mills pass if they or their boys
have got to have suit.
See an advertisement elsewhere of
Haight & Freese who will send their
book "Guide to Investors free to all
who may apply for it.
DR.. W. f. Fellows of Bangor came to
town Monday, to see Mr. Truman
Sawyer, of whose injury the REPORTER
made mention last week.
in the bicycle races at Waterville, Sat
urday. held under the auspices of the
students of Colby University.
Mrs. A. c. Houston and Master Robert
returned home to Sangeryille, Tuesday,
being accompanied by Mrs. h. b. Shep-
herd, who goes for a brief visit.
The low prices put on the wooden
remnants at Coburn Wooden Mills, to
close them cut, is "A bonanza for the head
of the family who has boys to clothe.
Abel kimball of ,Jackman arrived in
town yesterday. He was accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Flossie kimball,
who remains here for a time to pursue
musical studies.
The ladies of the Congregational
society are to have a Harvest dinner at
the church vestry Friday, the 18th i'll
slant. All are cordially invited.
Tickets % cents.
a party of young people enjoyed
private hop at Milburn Hall, Tuesday
evening, for which Kendall furnished
music. Refreshments were served by
the ladies participating.
Mrs. j. o. Smith, Mrs. II. X. White,
Mrs. Homer Jones and Mrs. Hiram
Steward attended the basket meeting of
the Woman's Baptist Missionary Society
of the kennebec Association held in Fair
field yesterday.
construction crew of the Maine
Central X. II. arrived in town yesterday
morning, and the work of tearing out the
platforms of the old freight depot at the
north end of the yard here was COM
menced to be replaced with dirt. The
space will be wharfed up and filled in to
the desired height, the earth being taken
from a bank on the south side of the
river along the side of which track has
been laid. 1t will take three to four
weeks
Hon. c. A. Marston spent the greater
part of last week in the lumber woods in
the vicinity of the Upper Enchanted
Stream, with other parties, looking over
tract of heavily timbered country there,
that by reason of its distance from desir-
able waters and the roughness of the
country has escaped the lumberman's AK.
q lhi SC ouui VI VIII nave ~ NC
spent in making the stream navigable
for logs or railway will have to be
constructed to make this lumber avail
able, and the owners are canvassing the
matter. This tract contains some 40
millions of excellent spruce and pine.
Since the organization of the "Wild
Goose Club composed largely of wealthy
Boston gentlemen one of whose charter
members was the late B. +. Butler Esq
and whose sumptuous club house, "'astle
Harmony is tastefullv situated on the
shores of Moose Pond in Harmony, that
club has entertained at different times
many of the most distinguished men in
New England, among them being Elk.
Gov VIM. +. Russell and Gov. Green
halge of Massachusetts. We question,
however, whether any party of guests,
who have been entertained, have had
a more royal welcome, or better time
than the Skowhegan gentleman who, by
Invitation of G. j. Shaw of Hartland,
the resident member in charge, passed
the day there recently. They were
granted the freedom of the place, and