The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-09-26

will preach at the Union meeting house
in Canaan, on Sunday next.
Mrs. Alpheus Brown of Benton, and
Mrs. Emily Robinson of Wisconsin,
visited relatives in town last town.
Miss Lizzie Williams made the trip
from Bangor to Hartland, Tuesday on
her wheel, and from the latter place
home yesterday.
Miss Ella Morrisette having closed out
her millinery business in Norway, Me,
has accepted position with Brookings
Il Priest as assistant trimmer.
Mrs. Philo Steward returned to Wash.
ton, d. c., Tuesday, after passing the
summer months in town. Her husband
accompanied her as far as Boston.
The new wheels have been put in
place in l.. Anderson & Cos. new stone
fume and the brick work of the struct-
ure for the electric machinery is being
pushed along rapidly.
Kate Claxton who appears at the
Opera House, Tuesday evening, has
played in all the principal cities of the
United States in the great melo-drama
"The Two Orphans"
A cattle show and fair will be held at
Walkers Track, Madison Bridge, Tues
day and Wednesday, October sth, and
9th, with ball in Union Hall, the even
ing of the sth.
John W. Fogler, Esq, of Leavenworth
Joined his family here, Wednesday and
expects to remain several days. He re.
Gently made quite an extensive trip in
Aroostook county, going as far as Fort
Kent.
Victor Grange will hold fair at Fair
field Center, Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. I'd and 3D.. Wednesday evening,
Miss Cora A. Eames of Boston will give
an entertainment consisting of readings
and recitations.
Water in the kennebec is exceedingly
low and the mills find the power of
their wheels greatly diminished. The
country needs rain very much to raise
the water in the rivers and streams and
to extinguish forest fires which are rag
ing in many places.
A lodge of knights of Pythias, viz.
Echo Lodge, was instituted at So. Nor
ridgewock on Tuesday evening last by
Skowhegan Lodge No. 20, who worked
the three ranks. About 35 members of
Skowhegan Lodge were in attendance,
beside many from the Waterville Lodge.
still so great as to oblige Herr Buechler
to remain another week. This necess-
tates pOstponing the final song service
until Friday, October 4, when we expect
to be treated to the ideal song expression
by congregation, choir and Sunday
school.
About % members of Carrabasset
Lodge, ;. O. o. F. visited Bingham,
Tuesday evening, by invitation to at
tend the organization of Mt. Moxie
Lodge |. O. @. F. of that place, which
starts off with a charter membership of
63. A banquet was served, and there
were several other lodges in attendance.
1t was royal good time.
Hon. Seth l.. Milliken arrived in town
yesterday afternoon, and returns to Bel
fast today. He made trip to Washing
ton a few days since to make a protest
against dredgers on the Kennebec River,
dumping their dredging inside the Hal
lowell boom. From Washington he
went to Sorrento and had an interview
with Secretary Lamont securing an
order instructing the dredgers not to
enter the boom. His prompt action had
the desired effect.
An alarm of fire disturbed Skowhe-
gan people and called out the fire de-
partment about II 30 Tuesday night.
When the alarm was rung in and people
began to arrive the round house of the
Maine Central railroad near the south
end of the railroad bridge was found to
be a sheet of flame inside and flames
bursting out through doors and windows,
so rapidly did the fire spread in the
structure which was without partition
inside. The department very speedily
got several streams of water playing up.
on the huildinp but too late to save any,
thing but some charred boards and tim
bers. There were two valuable locomo-
tives In the building which could not be
removed and they are considerably
damaged by the heat they were subject
ed to. The workman who was in the
building at the time said that he WAS at
work wipng up inside of the cab and
just as he completed the work and got
out he found the building on fire and the
flame spreading rapidly. He immediate
ly tried to run the locomotives out but
there was not steam enough to start
them and then he shouted fire and ran to
the nearest fire alarm box and gave the
alarm. The loss on the building above
the foundation Is total We understand
is was we'll insured. Work was imme-
dately begun removing the rubbish pre-
paratory to the erection of new round