The Somerset reporter., 1895-09-12
TOWN and VICINITY.

sister 10 dlgdfet kuO&'
+. o. Danforth Of Boston, arrived in
town last week on a visit to friends.
Best winter wheat Michigan flour for
oily $500 per barrel at Burrill's mill.
Mrs. L. 3. shepherd and daughter
Margaret returned from Green Saturday
afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs smith Whittier and Miss
Ethel returned Saturday evening from
old Orchard
Mis-. +. &. carter returned from Bath
Saturday evening. where She has been
visiting relatives
G Bert Dorothy, formerly with ". F.
/ Robbins, but now Of Concord. y. Il, is
spending his vacation in town.
The skowhegan and Norridgewock
Oranges held picnic at Charles Moul.
ton in Nonidgewock, saturday.
Nj and Mrs. y : Towle returned
4 Saturday evening from visit with re
latiyes in Lewiston and Old Orchard.
4 Miss Harriet Clements Of Belfast, and
! Miss Marshall of Boston who have been
/ the guests Of Mrs. Newton Caswell, re-
I turned 10 their homes Saturday
Charles smith, Dennis Murphy and
/ Harrison Weston started saturday morn
ing for Louisville, Ky, to attend the
national &. A. Il. encampment.
/ Miss Lora Cummings, first assistant in
the high school, was among the arrivals
on the Saturday morning train, having
4 spent her vacation at her home in Saco.
;. l.. Day, of salt Lake City, is in
town visiting his sister, Mrs. o. +.
Knowlton. Mr. Day formerly run a
grocery store here under Hotel Coburn.
Mr. and Mrs. F. j. Goodspeed of Will
ton, who passed several days in town
last week as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. B. Fairgrieves, returned home Satur-
day morning
The funeral of Wardell Foster, whose
death occurred Thursday fl ON consump-
ton, occurred Saturday afternoon. Rev.
L. II. Copeland conducted the services.
His age was II years.
Misses Bookings & Priest have just
with all the latest hats and novelties,
and are preparing for their fall opening.
Watch for their au next week.
The time to buy tooth brush is in
the fall-that is, this fall, say about the
second week in September-the place is
Patterns Drug Store, one of that new lot
stamped "Patten's Guaranteed
Chas. A. Litchfield and Frank NJ.
Cummings were in town Monday morn
ing They came from Lewiston via Aug
ustaon their bicycles and will continue
their trip to Jackman returning by the
way of Bangor and Rockland.
The races at Hartland this week are
well filled with Somerset horses very
largely. Hiram Bearce, A. X. Perkins,
! c. f. Mcclellan, l.. A. Dascomb, j. O.
Haines and Charles Gaylord of Skowhe-
gan have each a horse entered in some
one of the classes.
Rev. c. M. Emery, who has until re-
Gently been, for some years, pastor of the
Norrdgewock Baptist church, accom-
panied by his wife, made the trip to the
Christian Endeavor convention in Houl-
ton by carriage. They passed through
eight counties and sixty-six towns on
the route, covering distance of $50
miles.
Percy Hill started in the mile handi-
cap at Lewiston, Thursday, finishing
fifth But for an unfortunate accident
he would have secured third prize.
One of the riders fell off his wheel and
Mr.. Hill run over his bicycle which of
course set him back, allowing those
behind him to pass ahead. The time of
the winner was 2.20.
j. 0. Haines recently purchased in
Portland the bay gelding Dandy b.
Dlb HOlhc Is OLA JNolo oiN3 o'"hNp ''<A
teen hands and will tip the scales at
1850 pounds. At fonr years old he went
a mile in ash, and at Rigby park this
year he went half in 1.04,.a quarter in
81 and an eighth in ID. He is well
come addition to Skowhegan's list of
flyers.
Sometime during the night, Saturday
the residence of Augustus Burrill on
Leavtt street was burglarized. An
entrance was effected through window
by breaking a lock, andl the burglar
entered the room where. Mr.. and Mrs.
Burrill were sleeping and removed Mr..
Burrlrs trousers from a chair near the
head of the bed to the kitchen, where
he rifled the pockets of all the money
in them, about six dollars, and made
his escape.
Mrs. D. G. Spofford, who returned
home last week from visit with rela-
tives in. Fayette, hands the REPORTER a
paper discovered by her in the family
home, and which is one of the earliest
editions of this publication. 1t bears
the date of Nov. -, l943, and was pub
Ijshed under the name of the Democratic