The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-10-08
TOWN and VICINITY

town over sunday.
". b. Stewa,d has line of the +. I.
knit under waists for children.
Mrs. Philo Steward returned to Wash
ington, D. G, early last week for the
" winter months.
Buy the ". l.. Douglas shoes. Gardner
& Frost have them.
Nj. Edw II. Emery and family Of
Gardiner, are visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Mitchell.
The Hexagon Club and gentlemen
friends were entertained Friday last, at
the pretty new home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
+. Durrell Madison Ave.
A. II. Yeaton has returned from his
weeks hunting trip in Northwestern
Somerset and brings back a fine deer,
the first one'brought in this season.
\ reliable competent woman to do
general homework, can find a good job
by applying at once to L. X. Delano,
who will pay $500 per week, if found
satisfactory.
Mrs. Philander Whittier, Mrs. Belle
Claflin, Mrs. j. o. Smith and Miss Ella
Nash are in attendance upon the State
Convention of Baptist churches. which
is held at Damariscotta.
The races advertised to come off at
Fairyiew Park on Friday and Saturday
of this week, promise to be good ones.
There are $50, go, 2.37, and 2.20
classes, and Manager j. O. Haines
announces list of Is entries for the
different events.
A very quiet wedding occurred at
the Methodist parsonage, Saturday
evening last, when Miss Zetta Pierce
and Mr.. Ivory Homsted were united in
marriage by Rev. b. c. Wentworth.
The ceremony as witnessed by only a
few intimate friends.
Ladies flannelette night robes at
Ordways.
About twenty-five members of the
high school in response to an invita-
ton from the No, Arson academy
pupils, went to No. Arson, Saturday
evening to attend sociable. Miss
Michaels, first assistant in the high
school, accompanied them.
A letter has been received from Mrs
Helen Brown Haynes, by her mother,
Mrs. WashbIrne, announcing her safe
arrival in Paris, after a delightful
voyage, and which also states that she
is most pleasantly situated and is to
enter upon her musical studies at once.
c. Il. Cook, local agent of the Ameri-
can Express Co., in this place left Mon
day afternoon on his annual vacation,
which will be passed in Aroostook
county and in the Provinces. E G..
Emerson messenger on the Skowhegan-
Boston route has charge of the office
here during Mr.. Cooks absence.
The new steam heating arrangement
at the railroad station in this place that
has been in process of construction for
some weeks is practically completed,
and was started up this morning. 1t
not only heats the station buildings, but
the vestibule train that is made up at
night, previous to the mornings depart
ure.
There WAS an enthusiastic meeting of
the choral society at the Congregational
vestry, Tuesday evening, constitution
was adopted and other matters of bust
ness attended to. rhirty-four signed
the constitution. IL is earnestly desired
to make this society as large as possible
and all interested are invited to be
present at the next meeting, which
will be Tuesday evening next.
r. w. Brown who has been visiting in
Burlington, Vt, sends home a fine lot of
black bass, accompanied by letter,
stating they were only sample of fine
lot he caught in one afternoons fish
ing in that section. They were on tx
hibition for few hours at the market
of Jewett d Brown and much admired.
He states that one of these fish on line
is harder to handle than sheep at the
end of rope.
The store building of A. II. Corson at
Madison Center, together with the con-
tents was burned at an early hour Satur-
day morning last, fire being caused by
an overturned kerosene lamp. Mr..
Corson was engaged in splitting some
kindlings when piece of the wood
flew, striking the lamp. The amount of
the loss is undetermined. We learn
there was an insurance in the agency a
c. +. Jones for $4,000.
The Somerset House at No. Arson,
together with its furnishings, stables
and livery stock, has been purchased by
George IL. Clarke, late of the firm
Savage a Clarke, Bingham. The fur
nishings and livery stock were sold by
appraisal j p. Oak of the firm of Went
worth u Oak, II. W. Narney of the firm
of Bragg y Narney and George E.
Washburne of Bingham, acting as APP
praisers. Mr., Clarke took possession of
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