The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-11-19
TOWN and VICINITY

Fine leaf sage at Patterns drug store.
q L. y. Merrill, Esq, attended court at
Il Wstervile, yesterday.
b Mr.. {. J. Abby is visiting friends in
Il Katerville for a few days.
f. 2. Coffin, Esq, is in Portland at
& teniing probate court there
Miss Auua Sheean is making her home
at the sanitarium this winter
Mrs. Mary :. Nosmus has been very
sick with pneumonia but is now better,
Rev. b. c. Wentworth will preach at
Cornville Centre, next Sunday p. IN. at
30.
+. X. Brown, who has been at New
port, for some months has returned to
hi, home here.
Bookings q Priest have Just re-
ceiyed new line of stamped linens in
choice designs.
Miss Emma F. Hutchinson of Skowhe-
gan, has been elected president of the
class of 1900 at Colby University.
Miss Elsie Flower who has been at the
home of George w. Neil for several
weeks went to Bangor, Tuesday.
One of the warmest room houses
in Skowhegan may be found on Middle
S.. if applied for soon. ANIDRosIs. 3w
Read our great premium offer on
another page, for new and advanced
paying subscribers. This liberal offer
We can only hold open for a limited
time. Take advantage early.
Miss Helen Collier who had been
visiting at the home of Rev. B. c.
Wentworth left for her home in Provi-
dence, r. L., Monday.
Thomas Sanders of Haverhll, Mass,
was in town Tuesday on his way from
East Madison, where he had been look
ing over his property there
Thursday next is thanksgiving day"
and in order to observe it TIE REPoR-
TER will he issued Wednesday. All
copy for advertisements and all CORE
spondence must be delivered here or
mailed one day earlier, in order to be in
season for insertion.
Somerset District Lodge of Good
Femplars will meet at South Norridge-
wock, Friday, December 4th. Grant
Rogers, Grand Chief Templar for
Maine and W. =. IIutchiugs, Chief
Templar for kennebec District Will at.
tend this meeting.
Mr.. f. K. Buck, of the firm Bixby &
Buck, has returned to Bingham, perma-
nently aud will attend to the business of
the tirln there. Fortunately Mr. Bixby
has recovered his health aud is now able
to give personal attention to business in
III Skowhegan store.
Mr.. Gale begins his labors on Sunday
afternoon next at 3 o'clock in the Metho-
d = church. There will also be a ser
vice in the evening at ia. He wishes
y met all who are to sing in the chorus
be used in the meetings, on Saturday
evening at 30. 1t is hoped that there
will be large attendance. As these
meetings will be in progress on Thanks
giving Day, it has been thought that
they would make fitting observance
OF the day.
Messrs. y. q II. Reed completed the
heavy wall at the end of South bridge,
foot of Maine street yestel day, and have
made substantial and workmanlike
iob of it. The wall is II fl. at the
bottom 81 feet at top and u feet high.
The cost of the wall will be somewhere
batWeen 81, 300 and 81. 300. Noah Reed
the senior member of the firm of y. d
II, Reed is Il veteran in the work of
building stone wall this being the
forty first season he has been engaged
in the business. He has enjoyed the
reputation of doing good honest work
He has done his share of hard work and
his son Horace, junior member of the
firm, takes the brunt of it now. They are
exceptionally well equipped with a
portable steam engine, heavy derricks
and all the other machinery and tools
for handling heavy granite jobs.