The Somerset reporter., 1896-05-07
New duck suits at W. H. wildes'.

and Narney's. Aft
p. i. Gilman of Waterville, passed
Sunday with friends in town.
Miss Hattie Nash left Monday morning
for a few days trip to Boston.
Miss Mae Daseomb is spending a few
days with friends in Waterville.
f. r. Coffin, Esq, attends the In
solvency Court at Portland, this week.
Mrs. ]. J. Lander of Bingham, passed
a few hours with friends in town Friday.
Remnant suitings for both ladies'
gents aud chidren's wear at Coburn
Wooden mills,
Mr. Alexander Stewart of Waterville,
was the guest of II. X. White and fami-
", Friday last.
Stephen johnson went to Portland,
Saturday afternoon, called there by the
illness Of his sister.
Miss Lille S. Pray of Bath Colby,
'95, was in town Saturday, visiting her
class mate, Miss Alice Bray.
Rev. and Mrs George f. Leighton at
tended the drama given by the Universe
list society at Madison, Friday evening.
Mrs. Eben Smith left, Friday after
noon, for Cushing's Island, Portland
Harbor, where she will spend the
summer.
Mrs. {. &. Traitor, teacher, in our
village schools, was called to ST. Al
bans last week by the death of her
husbands father.
The funeral of Octave Pooler, who
died last Wednesday from a paralytic
shock, was held Saturday morning from
st. Mary's church and was largely at
tended.
Mr.. and Mrs B. +. Baker left Monday
morning for trip west. Mrs. Baker
will 90 to BeaYenworth, Kansas, but
Mr.. Baker will extend his trip to Min
nesota.
Under the supervision OF. commission
er Gilman, the road machine is being
used to good advantage and his men are
putting the streets in fine condi-
ton for the summer.
Mr.. S. b. Steward gives us the total
number of eggs laid by his Ii Plymouth
Rock hens for April, 1915, which makes a
grand total of 1211 eggs for the four
months of the present year.
H. II. Tufts has recently purchased of
II. j. Bracket Pttsfield, the valuable
stock horse, Harbinger, and of Ivory
Homestead, the noted animal, Gen.
Withers, for New York parties.
Deputy Sherffs John Smith and F. l..
Harding served search and seizure
warrant at the Skowhegan House, yes
terday and succeeded in finding a small
quantity of wine aud beer,
One of our hustling carriage sales
men told us the other day that up to
May /, he had disposed of more car
riages than at any time during the
same period since he had been in the
business.
DIR. +. Holden Lansing closed his
office here temporarily Saturday last to
fulfill return weeks engagement in
Waterville. He will return to Skowhe-
gan Monday next to remain until June
LIST. See ad,
We learn that match race fer 500,
a side has been arranged for between the
2 year old colt kibb NJ, by7 Mahon,
owned by Edw. Leach aud Morris Gled-
hill and the , year old, elias r., by
Nelson's Wilkes, owned by +. S. Rogers.
A forfeit has been posted, the race to
occur over Farview Park in August
next and the gate receipts to be decided.
The Skowhegan exchange of the New
England Bell Telephone Co, now
numbers about 80 phones. X. I. Patten,
the druggist, has just issued neat card
giving the names of all the subscribers
and mailed one to each to be fastened at
the side of instrument for convenience
Opposite the name is the number of each
subscriber, and we are informed from
the central office that if patrons would
call for connection by the number 1t
would facilitate the work.
Three beautiful silver loving cups in
the window of w. F. Robbins have been
much admired this week. They are to
be presented to Mrs. r. B. Shepherd,
Mrs. f. w. Allen and Mrs. f. o. Sawyer
by The Milburn Club, as slight token
of the appreciation that social organza-
ton feel towards these ladies, through
whose kindly assistance the clubs re-
cent production of 1.-The Oetoroonn was
given with so much success. The cups
are appropriately engraved.
Arrangements have been made by
Parmenas Encampment,INo No. Isl. o. OF,
for a special train to run from Skowhe-
gan to Pittstield on Friday evening May
s, at which time the members of
Parmenas Encampment of this place
and Ahiram Encampment of Waterville
are to visit Sebasticook Fncampment at
Pittsheld. The train will leave here at
about I o'clock and return after the
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