The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-08-13

New table damask and napkins at
Ordways.
Mrs 5. \. Dinsmore of Boston, was
in town, Monday.
Mrs J. NJ. Frost with Lena. is passing
the week at Lake George.
w. b. Steward has some bargains in
shirt waists and summer wrappers.
Miss Clara Loveioy of North Wayne.
is the guest of Mrs. {. W. Hayden tor
a few days
Electrics from Madison and skoWhe.
gan every 30 minutes, Sunday, for
Lakewood
Mrs. ". r. Richardson of Lewiston.
was among the arrivals by last even
ing's train.
Mrs. Geo. \. Page and Miss Hannah
Page returned home from Fryeburg,
Monday evening,
Miss Jennie Cas- returned home last
evening from a visit To Mrs. G.. j. Bailey
at No conway.
Mrs. G. s Healy ana son of New
London. Conn. are in town visiting her
sister, Mrs. \. X. leatou.
CA. Ross has contract to put
fancy steel ceiling on the office of the
Weston House at Madison
Fred +. Knautl aud Miss Olga Nj.
Pfahal Of Waterville, are the guests of
Mr. and Mrs, Chas H. futile.
Miss Bessie knox of California, ar.
rived in town, Tuesday evening. aud is
the guest of Mrs. stephen Coburn.
Mr. Joseph Robinson. wife and daugh-
ter returned home last evening from
their soiourn at Old Orchard Beach
Mrs. Julia Nay Kncaid is in New
York, this week, going to Portland by
rail- thence by steamer over the Maine
steamship line.
Sheriff Yiles is looking after his in
terest in the lumber business in the Dead
River region. this week. and Deputy
Sheriff +. l.. Harding is attending to
legal calls here in his absence.
The Bell telephone service in this
place has been increased the past week
by three new phones. being put in as
follows. at \. q. Blunt's hardware store,
Nutting's livery stable and at the station
of the Skowhegan Electric Light Co.
Charles W. Green, who for the past
two years has been in business with a.
E. Bison, has sold out his interest to
said a. +. Bison, and will open the
new Polar Bear Custom Laundry in
this place, which he hopes to have run
ming by Aug. 9th.
John Tobin, a resident of this place
and a man about 30 years of age was
locked up by Officer Tufts last evening,
as he exhibited marked signs of insanity,
and it was feared he might commit some
violence. Tobin suffered Il sunstIoke
some years ago, and it is thought that to
the continued extreme heat of the past
few days may be attributed the cause,
Dir. 5. +. Conant has purchased the
Quinnebasset House at Norridgewook,
and purposes to fit it up as Sanitarium
His business here has outgrown his ac-
commodations, but with the Quinnebas-
set House, miles away by electrics or
about 5 miles by team, he will be in
condition to attend to the requirements
of patients and customers with greater
facility.
The new store of c. NJ. Barnard open
ed up for business yesterday. in the
store recently vacated by w. p. Ordway,
next door to post office. In location,
Mr.. Barnard has chosen admirably. and
/ the store is well adapted to the new
business it is being put to. Personally,
Mr.. Barnard needs no introduction to
Skowhegan people, and we bespeak for
him good patronage.
| one of the best works performed by
our board of selectmen on the roads in
! this vicinity, this season, is the elaying
of the road leading down around the
river from the eddy to near Wesserruu-
sett. a portion of the road was clayed
in "a as an experiment, aud now that it
is all completed it is .one of the best
driyeways, for the distance in the
country, and an ideal bicycle track as
/ we'll.
The Railroad Commissioners took a
trip over the road of the Somerset Trac-
ton Company, Tuesday afternoon, for
the purpose of officially viewing the
road before accepting the same for pub
lie travel The track is laid to the new
Congregational church in Madison, but
the ballasting is not fully completed,
and the track is not bonded the full dis
lance. A large crew of men are at work
and the road will be ready for travel by
the last days OF the week.
Many people from Skowhegan at
tended the races at Fairfield, Tuesday,
which began in the morning, lasting all
day. 1t was great days sport for all
in attendance, every event being close
Tho ~ oloso