The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-11-12
TOWN and VICINITY
Bargains at Ordway's, see ad.

Boys crimson sweaters at Chas. f..
Wards.
Mr.. H. W. Wade of Shirley, was in
town Friday.
VIM. Hoyt and Mr.. Townsend of
Ripley were in town Friday.
Miss Arrie Pratt is spending a few
weeks with friends in Boston.
NJ. 5. Ward of Lewiston, formerly of
Madison, was in town yesterday.
W. c. Hobart of Cornville, returned,
saturday, from trip to Minnesota.
special lot of fancy hair combs at l3
cents at NJ. b. Heselton's, worth %.
Benjamin T. Steward has recovered
from his long illness and returned to
Portland.
\ very nice rent for IS month. six
rooms and a bath room, enquire of Vim.
Dorau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Darius McCrilis of
Cornvile are visiting their sons in Mas
saehusetts.
Miss Charlotte Thorndike Sibley was
the guest of Mrs. Fannie Cabot during
her stay in town.
Albert l.. Sawyer of Lisbon Falls, who
had been visiting relatives here re.
turned home yesterday.
\ good line of trimmings. including
fancy feathers, ribbons, and ornaments
at Brookings Il Priests.
The freight car of the Somerset Trac-
ton Co. is doing quite business bring
ing apples here for shipment.
J. B. Bracket of Portland, general
agent of the Washington Life Insurance
Company was in town yesterday.
Mrs. Minnie Leighton, who passed
the summer with relatives 10 town, left
here for Haverhill, Mass, Tuesday.
The jollificaton at Madison, did not
occur Wednesday evening as advertised,
but is to come off the first fair day.
james Sterling of South Scion, mar
keted 575 Id. porker here Friday. He
was 10 IL months old when slaughtered.
Bert Avore takes the place of Edgar
Dunton with the American express
team, while Dunton is up river after big
game.
Miss Eva NJ. Ames who teaches school
in Durham, Me, is spending vacation
of few weeks with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Perley Ames.
The Ladies Sewing Circle ct the Uni
yersalist society are to meet with Mrs.
Mark Harville on Middle street, this,
Thursday afternoon. Nov. II.
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram :. French and
daughter, Alice, left here, yesterday
morning for Roxbury, Mass, where
they have established their residence.
Our manufacturers in town report a
decided Improvement in their business.
Orders come in much more freely than
before election and prospects are bright
for a good seasons work.
Ernest Lessor finished work on the
hcuucDe0 uTiFe ldSJ week. ne put III
los days on the river, and 10 days on the
stream, making nearly six months work
driving logs 10 this one stream.
F. A. Allen of Auburn, secretary of
the Grange Fire Insurance Co. Of Maine,
arrived in town, last week, and Thurs
day, accompanied by S. F. Emerson,
local agent here, proceeded to Athens,
Cornville and North Madison, in the
interest of the company.
Mr. William Frye, section master on
the Maine Central road here, has had
an experience of II years with the Maine
central Company and its predecessors
He entered the employ of the Somerset
and kennebee Railroad company in
800, came to Skowhegan, to live
October, ID, 1858, and has staid by the
road and the town ever since. He has
been section master 70 years and a more
faithful, reliable employe of the compa-
ny does not live in the State of Maine or
elsewhere.
F. s. Cairns returned from New York,
saturday night, where he went week
earlier to send financial aid to relatives
IN Cuba. Owing to great disturbance of
commercial relations with Cuba. Mr.
Cairns found considerable difficulty in
accomplishing his object, but after a
time succeeded in finding reliable
steamship Company that was TO dispatch
a steamer to Sagua lie Grande, where
his friends reside, and forwarded money
to them in care of the American consul
al that port.
The alarm of fire rung in at $50 last
evening came from the residence of
thas. Turner. The house was filled
with smoke, and it was sure where there
was so much smoke there must be some
IRE, and none could be discovered by the
family. The Union Hose and Hook and
Ladder, Co. responded and sifted the
matter until they found an old lounge
near the chimney in the attic of the ell,
smouldering away, and later the cause
was found to arise from the chimney
burning out. There was but little dam
age