The Somerset reporter., 1897-09-30
All the new songs at the Minstrels to-

night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Dealey went to
Boston, Monday afternoon.
L. c. Williams, principal of Athens
academy, was in town Saturday.
Miss Sara Jewett left Saturday for a
trip to Boston and New York city.
Mrs. H. L. Williams of Hartland,
visited Skowhegan friends last Thurs
day.
Chas. B. Dodge of Boston, paid his
father, B. F. Dodge, a brief visit this
week.
A very large number of new entries
were made at this term of Court, 354
being the number.
Mrs. Nettie II. Harding of Somerville,
Mass, is in town, the guest of DR.. F. S.
Bigelow and family.
W. G. Davis, who has been overseeing
the work at the corn shop, returned to
Portland, Friday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Soper of Water
Vile, were calling on friends here Thurs
day. They made the trip by team.
You will want to visit the fair In
Heselton block Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6, z, s and 0.
E. ]. Bracket of Portland, special
agent of the Washington Life Insurance
Co., was in town on business last week.
Miss Harriet Nash has been chosen
the delegate from Skowhegan Sorosis to
the Federation meeting at Bangor, next
week
Mr.. Oscar Estes has secured a good
position with l.. H. Tucker, Boston,
Mass, who is in the hay and grain bust
ness.
Misses Clara B. Varney and Blanche
Fairbrother represented the Universalist
society at a recent assn. meeting held at
Belfast.
Mrs. Roswell NJ. Taylor of Boston,
was among the arrivals by last nights
train on a visit to her mother, Mrs.
Albert Fuller.
Mrs D. c. Dorothy, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.
Estes, has returned to her home in Con
cord, N. H.
Miss Marion Monroe Rice of Win
chester, Mass, the well-known singer,
spent last week in town, the guest of
Mrs. Herrin, South Side.
George f. Blanchard and family, who
have been spending some days at East
Madison, returned to their home in
Methuen, Mass, this morning.
By the fall arrangement of trains over
next Monday, it will be noticed that the
morning train leaves Skowhegan at s 80
and the afternoon passenger at 10 p.
m. The arrivals are the same.
'sThe Helen the sail boat that under
the pilotage of its former owner, j. w.
Steward, made such good showing In
all its races at Hayden lake the past
season, has been sold to Geo. w. Cover
and w. D. Snow.
Fire was discovered in the store Of
Witham and Young, East Madison, last
night about II O'clock. By hard work
it was extinguished before it got much
Roadway but the goods were badly
smoked. The post office is kept in the
store but mail was not damaged.
The Skowhegan school board has de-
cided to change the form of graduation
and henceforth instead of each member
of the graduating class delivering an
essay, but ten members will speak. The
salutatory and valedictory will go by
rank and the remainder upon the ex-
cellence of the article.
The work of macadamzing East Front
street from the junction of Main to
Cedar street, as per vote of the town Al
the annual meeting in March last, was
commenced, Monday last, under tn
supervision of Engineer Greenwood and
street commissioner Gilman. A large
force OF men are at work, and the
progress this week has been rapid.
With favorable weather two weeks time
will see the job we'll along towards com
pletion.
Leslie X. Bunker, who has been head
clerk at the Heselton for the past four
months, has leased the Harraseeket
House at Freeport, for term of years,
and will take possession October 10.
Although Mr.. Bunker has been in Show
hogan but a short time he has made
many warm friends who wish him sue
cess in his new venture. He has large
acquaintance among the travelling public
and there is every reason to believe that
he will make success of his new move.
Railroad Commissioners Danforth and
Chadbourne, on Friday last, inspected
the Somerset Railway, also the line of
the Traction Company and the Skowhe-
gan and Norridgewock Electric Street
Railway Company. The directors of
the Somerset Traction Company met the
Commissioners at Madison and accom-
panied them to Skowhegan and the
managers of the S. & N. Railway accom-