The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-04-30


Tuesday.
Baby capes and cloaks Just received at
Colby's.
Mile F. French of the Forks, was in
town yesterday.
Miss Maud Sanborn of Augusta. il
the guest of Mrs. r.. B. Shepherd.
.Judkins has fine line of trimming
laees, fancy gimps and ornaments.
Fred Lawrence is employed rs clerk
in the law office of E. n. Merrill Esq.
Wallace S. Ladd of the Eastern Ca
zette, Dexter, was in town yesterday.
Have you seen the bargains Judkins
is selling in hosiery and underwear?
Remnant suitings for both ladies
gents and children's wear at Coburn
Wooden mills
Hon. Geo Flint of Arson, was in
town Tuesday, to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Bixby.
d. w. Lewis would be pleased to sell
you hay, straw and wood, or plough
your garden, for cash.
There will be Crk and Apron Sale at
the Congregation vestry, Saturday after
noon, next, at 2 o'clock.
II. w. CLANCY and Mrs. M. B. Hesel-
ton attended the funeral of Mr.. David
Patterson at Scion, Wednesday, April 30.
Remnants from the Lakeside Wors-
ted Mill are on sale at the Coburn
Wooden Mills; handsome suitings at II
low price.
L. H. Anderson got excused from
serving through the term of L. 5. Court
as travers juror and returned home,
Tuesday afternoon.
The Ladies Sewing Circle of the Uni
versalist ociety meet with Mrs. c. p.
Sawyer on Madison Ave, Thursday
afternoon, April 30
The Somerset Pomona Grange =. of
II. purpose to discuss the silver question
at its next meeting which comes off at
East Madison, May 18th.
The topic of the Y. p. c. u, social
meeting at the Universalist church,
Sunday evening, May 3rd, is "rhe
Greatness of Love-, reference John, A.
Eastman Hathorn of Athens, was in
town, Tuesday, to meet his son, Cony
K. Hathorn, who has been taking Il
course in Gray's Business College at
Portland.
Ladies will do we'll to call at the CO.
burn Wooden Mills and look their rem
their spring suits. They are showing
some beautiful cloths for little money
The last of the series of talks by
Rev, George +. leighton at the Univer-
salst church upon The United States
and The Perils that are confronting it.
was given last Sunday evening, April
26, before large congregation.
Amos X. Butler, formerly superinten-
dent of schools here, has been engaged
by the school committee to look after
Skowhegan schools for the remainder
of the school year. This is fortunate as
Mr.. Butler is familiar with the duties
of the office and the needs of the schools.
More new fancy shades of velvet.
especially the green shades at 1udkins.'
Mr.. w. II. Clark of Carratunk. was in
town yesterday, and informed us that
he has received very encouraging news
from his brother, Hon. Omar Clark,
who is in Portland, being treated by DR..
S. II. Weeks. His son is with him and
writes that the physician says his illness
is largely from stomach arrangement,
affecting the nervous system and that it
yields to treatment satisfactorily. We
are very glad to receive this welcome
information.
The Maine Central railroad company
is having the tower which holds the
clock at the railroad station strengthen
ed and the clock will be lowered about
seven feet and the bell which is now
nearly AT lIit ptdh VI lile lower VIII De
lowered about five feet. The bell
weighs about 1900 lbs, and the work
of lowering it from its present position
is quite difficult job, The work is
under the supervision of Horace w.
CLANCY of this place.
40 in. unblcached cotton, > cts at
Ordway's.
F. S. Cairns received a telegram from
his step-brother, Santiago Andrew, who
left Cuba short time ago rather than
fight against his countrymen. and land
ed in Florida. The dispatch was simply
IL await you" Mr.. Cairns replied by
letter and later received an answer ex-
planning that the reason his message
was so short was from fear that if he
entered into particulars in the telegram
something in it might be brought up to
his injury. He is not used to a free
country. MIR. Cairns made arrange
ments to render Andrea aid to come to
Maine and expects him here before
MANY DAYS