The Somerset reporter., 1896-03-05
TOWN and VICINITY.
Read Gardner q Barnard's ad.

Remember the concert March 10th.
Three good : octave square pianos for
sale at Smiths music store.
Bragg d Varney do picture framing
and can show you Il fine line of mould
ings. u
The Miller Mission band will have its
annual mite box opening at the Bethany
chapel on Friday evening at half past
seven.
At a meeting of the school board,
Tuesday, Hon. Chas. A. Marston was
chosen chairman and Frank w. Allen
secretary.
The Somerset Steam Dye House is
now ready for all kinds of dyeing
cleansing aud pressing. When posi-
pie bring goods one week before wanted.
Miss Avis Anti returned home from
Pepperill, Mass, saturday, where she
is employed in teaching school, to spend
her vacation of four weeks with her
parents here.
Rev. Edwin N Fletcher will lecture
on China this evening at the Bethany
chapel at half past seven. The lecture
was postponed last evening on account
of the storm.
Frank Littlefield of ST. stephen, who,
en- route for Boston, came to Skowhegan
Saturday night, to pass Sunday with his
hos ODD
the week in town.
A Columbia tandem bicycle is on ex-
hbiton in the window of r. L. Patten
and it is beauty. 1t is the property of
c. f. Ward, j. w. Steward, X. L. Patten
and Ernest Avore.
Our first through mail from beyond
Gardiner on the lower road and Lewis
ton on the back road since Sunday A. NJ,
arrived at 8 z. NJ. last evening, and was
awaited by an eager throng.
A washout and bursting of the pipes
of the West acqueduct, caused much in
convenience in nearly all the families in
the west part of the town on Monday,
but Tuesday all was serene again.
The First Glass in the Grammar school
will give an entertainment in Coburn
Hall, Wednesday evening", March 18th.
Admission l5c After expenses are paid
the proceeds will be given to help the
kindergarten or some other worthy
object.
Miss Leila +. Sawyer of Waterville,
who has taught French and German to
private classes so successfully for sever
al years past, has made arrangements to
have classes in Skowhegan and can be
found at Hotel Coburn tomorrow. Miss
Sawyer has just returned from one of
her European trips.
The people who composed the COM
pany that so successfully produced The
Octoroon in Coburn Hall, Friday even
ing last under the auspices of The Mil
burn CLUB were by invitation of several
of the society ladies of Watervlle, to
have repeated the performance in that
city last evening, for the benefit Of their
proposed Free Public Library, but owing
to the condition of the weather, it was
postponed until tomorrow, (Friday)
evening A special train will run leav-
ing here at $40 returning after the
performance.
At the close of the regular fOrtnghtly
meeting of Russell Post G.. A. r., to-
morrow (Friday) evening, which will be
as early as s O'Clock or before, the com
RAIDS of Russell Post, members OF the
Woman's Relief Corps and members of
Wildes camp, sons of veterans, have
been invited to be the guests of the com
mander of the Post and his wife in
Grand Army Hall The occasion will
be without formality and large at
tendance of these organizations is earn
estly desired. Members Of the Post are
requested to be on hand promptly at The
usual hour of meeting, O'Clock.
The popular shoe firm of Gardner q
Barnard have had crew Of carpenters
at work upon the interior of their store
for "A week past aud the changes being
made together with the new shelving.
etc. will, when completed, give one Of
the best appointed and most convenient
shoe stores on the kennebec river. Al
though having been Ia business but
little over one year, their wide-1wake aud
progressive methods, coupled with lows
Drirps and sincere efforts m ulra-a have