The Somerset reporter., 1897-07-01
TOWN and VICINITY.

Ii. clark, was ID town last week.
Horses, carriages and harnesses at
auction in Bingham, Friday, July 9th.
Mrs. F. c. Dunlap returned from
" ashington county, last Saturday.
Mrs. F. E Varney and children of
No. Chelmsford, Mass are visiting in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William g. Bailey of
Harmony, visited skowhegan friends
Friday.
Walter Cushing is the new assistant
at the post office, taking Leon w. Cages
place.
Mrs. j. 2. Oak and Miss NJ. L. Powers
returned from Rangeley lake, Thursday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mutt of Fairfield
were the guests of Mrs. E. P. Viles last
Thursday.
Bragg & Varney do picture framing
and can show you a fine line of mould
ings. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jones of Bangor,
are in town the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ c. Cushing,
Women's sl.75 wine kid Oxfords, for
Sips, many other bargains in low shoes,
c. II. Gardner.
Miss Louise Il. Coburn is in attend
ance upon the commencement exercises
of Colby university this week.
Mrs. II. c. Bassett and children went
to Dexter, Friday, where they will re-
main for several weeks.
Miss May Ward returned from Bos-
ton, Saturday evening, and will pass the
summer vacation at her home here.
Wilke e. Clarke left town Friday
morning for Concord, n. H., where he
will catch on the ball team in that city.
Misses Grace Glass and Grace Perkins,
teachers of the kindergartens, returned
to their homes in Bangor, Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Edith w. Thompson of Farming
ton, who has been the guest of Miss
Elsie Walton, returned home Monday
morning.
Miss Eleanor Varney, who has posi-
ton in a school in Hyde Park, is spend
ing her vacation with her parents in
town.
A new hard wood floor has been laid
and several other Improvements made
upon the interior of the store of F. G.
Heald & Co.
w. c. Thompson, who has been visit
ing his sister, Mrs. Herbert Wentworth,
returned to South Hadley Falls, Mass,
Saturday afternoon.
Big auction sale of horses, carriages
and harnesses at Bingham, Friday, July
9th, at 10 a. M, rain or shine.
Miss May Elise Fellows went to Water
Vile, Saturday, where she was the
guest of Miss Fannie Philbrick, during
Colby. commencement.
In the absence of Sheriff Viles for
some two weeks, Deputy Sheriff F. p.
Pennell of Harmony, is attending to the
business of sheriff.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Morse of New
York, were among the arrivals Friday
forenoon and left Immediately for Lake
George where they will pass the sum-
mer,
Mrs. L. L. Walton returned from
Norton, Mass, Saturday evening Her
daughter, Miss Berle who has been at
tending Wheaton seminary, accompa-
MED her
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert II. Lord of Oak
land, Mrs. Helen ROBBIE of Auburn, and
Miss Mary F. Lord of Northampton,
Mass, were guests of G. S. Webb and
family Sunday.
President Butler of Colby University,
Friday, announced the gift of 1000 to
the general fund of the university, from
Miss Louise Helen Coburn, Skowhegan,
of the class of II
Capt. Charles Staples, Jr., of Portland,
and Capt. Horace Atwood of Hampton,
State steamboat inspectors, were in
town Friday night, and on Saturday in
spected the steamers ON Hayden Lake.
Amos X. Butler, Esq, AID Charles +
Jones of Skowhegan have been nominal
ed for notaries public for Somerset
County and Charles F. Jones of Slow-
hogan and sherman {. Tinkham of An
son for justices OF the peace and quorum,
George o. smith, who has been in
town for a few weeks, returned to " ash,
ington D. e., by Monday mornings
train From there he viii go to the
state OF Utah, for deld work in counec-
ton with the United states Geological
survey.
Nh. and Mrs. George q Nichols of
Jackman. were ina town several days
last week. Mr. Nichols IS one of the
assessoIs of Jaekman, and appeared be-
fore the valuation commissioners rela-
tive to tie valuation ri certain lands in
that plantation Mr.. Nichols nee Miss
ucwett, formerly resided here for some
years and called upon friends in town.