The Somerset reporter., 1897-11-25
TOWN and VICINITY

this week.
New silks and silkalenes at W. Il.
Wildes'.
Hiram Gilman went to Hallowell to-
day On business.
The dry goods stores will close Thanks
giving day at noon.
j. Smith Nuttiug made business trip
to Gardiner, Tuesday.
See the fast black lined, ladies' skirt
Steward is selling for $780,
Clarence P. Weston, Esq, of Boston,
has been in town this week.
Remember that you can get good
snow shoe at c. II. Gardeners.
Hon. Geo. II. Clarke, County Com
missioner was In town Monday.
Mr.. V. A. Sprague, Waterville, rail.
way mail agent, was in town Monday.
Remember the illustrated lecture by
Robert Luce on Wednesday evening
Dec. l.
George II. Pishon supplied the turkeys
for Good Will Home for Thanksgiving,
l8 fine Vermont birds.
Skowhegan Lodge X. of P. will have
work in the Knight rank this (Thurs-
day. evening in their hall.
Wildes' Camp Sons of Veterans work
ed the first degrees on two candidates
Monday evening in q. A. r. hall.
Attorney General W. F. Haines of
Wateryille and Hon. K. G. Reynolds,
State Senator, of Portland, were in town
Tuesday.
The Coburn store property occupied
by Jas. Lumsden & Co, for several years
past, has been purchased by MIR. Lums-
den.
Rev. B. F. Turner OF Norridgewock,
will preach at the First Baptist church
next Sunday morning, 10 exchange with
the pastor.
c. W. Pullen and wife went to Bever-
ly, Mass, by this mornings train to
pass Thanksgiving with their son
Clarence.
The large front room over the South
Side grocery, well adapted for barber
shop, dressmaking, ETC., can be rented
on reasonable terms.
Fred York of Portland was in town
over Monday night. Mrs. York who has
been visiting with friends here for two
weeks, returned home yesterday.
Somerset Chapter Royal Arch Masons
will hold stated convocation next Fri
day evening, Nov. 26, Work in the 4.
A. degree to be followed with banquet.
John H. McCone, the hustlng Water
vile correspondent of the Kennebec
Journal, who also looks after the whole
of Somerset county for that paper, was
in town, Monday.
A meeting of especial interest to all
Foresters will be held at the chambers
of court Wesserrunsett No. 1920, Tues
day evening, Nov 30. All members are
requested to be present.
It'aa good thing to be good guesser.
Some fortunate person may carry away
from the Grange Fair a silk umbrella or
some other useful or ornamental thing,
just because their Judgment is good 10
weights and measures.
The Electric Light and Power com
pany started their new boilers and
engine for the first time Monday, to try
them. Everything moved like clock
work after they got bearings adjusted
and gears regulated.
DR.. C. P. Sawyer who went to the
Sulphur Springs in Virginia, in October,
to be treated for rheumatism, returned
home the past week much improved in
health and spirits, and feels that he has
secured permanent benefit
The winter time table Of the Kennebec
Steamboat Co. will commence Thursday,
Dec. End, after which time their steamers
will make bat two trips per week, leav-
ing Bath on Monday and Thursday, and
Boston on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
They do not expect to get up river afteS
Nov. Both, on account of ice.
Forrest Herrin, formerly of Cornville,
writes the REPORTER from Port Gamble,
Washington, and, forwards a Seattle
paper, thinking, he says, that our
patrons would like TO hear more about
the Klondike las that is all we do hear
out here. We hear and read enough
about Alaskan gold fields on the Atlantic
coast to satisfy reasonable people.
We have received with the compli
ments of Rev. A. o. Laroix of St.
Mary's church a pamphlet, "Souvenir
Sketches, Catholic churches of Skowhe-
gan, Waterville and Fairfield, published
by the Souvenir Publishing Co., Bangor,
Maine" The pamphlet contains good
pictures of pastors and of exteriors and
interiors of the Catholic churches Of
these three towns, and valuable histori-
cal sketches. The publication was made
possible by liberal patronage of business
houses In Skowhegan, Fairfield and
Waterville.
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