The Somerset reporter., 1897-07-29
TOWN and VICINITY
Cbildrens E. Z. waists at Judkins'

!. Il. Gray of Scion, was in town,
Tuesday.
sheriff Vies WAS in Augusta, yester-
day, " business.
DE- ". NJ. Pulsifer of Waterville, was
in town Yesterday.
y. ". Branerd and wife have been at
pemaeuid for week past.
e. Z Dtaly and wife are at Mouse
Island for few weeks.
Blaine Viles returned from Martha's
Vineyard, Tuesday night.
The boat race is bound to be exciting
at Lakewood, on Saturday next.
Miss Mason of Medford, Mass, is Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio w. Gushing.
supt. Reynolds of the Skowhegan
Water Co., visited his son in Watervlle,
yesterday.
Hon. VIM. Phibrick is on a visit to
his daughter, Mrs. c. Ii. Burril, in
Rochester, n. Il.
Chas. E. Cheney of Portland, is in
town this week, tuning the First Baptist
and Congregational organs.
The c. c. c. {. held one of their semi
monthly suppers at the home of Miss
Helen A. Sanborn last evening.
Boat racing, band concerts, dancing at
Lakewood, Saturday, July 81. Special
cars from Madison and Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Smith are making
the excursion with the Maine Press AS
ISOLATION in Boothbay Harbor, this week.
L. L. Walton, Esq, accompanied by
his daughter, drove to Good Will, Tues
day morning, to attend the annual meet
ing of the association.
Miss Arie Kelley, teacher of drawing
and music in the public schools of West
Springfield, Mass, is the guest of Miss
Dora Cleveland this week.
A handsome horse, blood bay, ) years
old, with top buggy, harness, etc, is Of
fered for sale at a low price. Inquire at
J. d. Symond's restaurant.
A. B. Lamb, bookkeeper at L. w.
Weston & Co.'S, returned Monday night,
from weeks vacation with his people
at Costigan, Penobscot county.
Miss Mary Eaton of Boston, arrived
in town Monday night, on her annual
vacation of two weeks, to be passed with
her mother at the family home in South
Scion.
We are informed by G. S. Hill that his
stallion, Also, Jr., worked OUT two
miles at the track this week, In which
he timed him, the first ia 2-3l 4 the
second in 2 81; last half in lib; last
quarter in 81 seconds. Pretty fast clips
for this track.
City Marshall Packard of Brockton,
Mass came to town Tuesday night, and
left Wednesday morning. having in Gus
tOdy Tobiu Locke, who has just com
pleted so days sentence in the county
Jail here for overdrivng a livery horse
of g. S. Hill. Locke is wanted in Brock
ton for larceny.
Mr.. E. n. Brann, who has been con-
nected with newspaper work in the west
for some years, is visiting his mother at
No. Madison, aud calling upon his friends
in this vicinity, which, years ago, was
his home. Mr. Brann was for some time
managing eiitor of the Superior Leader
of Superior, Wis.
The alarm of fire from box "a, rung in
at $50 Wednesday morning, was occa-
stoned by small blaze in the second
story of the Skowhegan pulp mill, the
north side of the mill having caught fire
1t Is supposed by a spark from the smoke
stack. rhe department responded quick
ly, but the help of the mill had their
line of hose at work and the fire under
control, almost before the alarm took
effect, the blaze being of much smaller
dimensions than it first appeared. The
damage WAS small.
Chas. II. Gage of Portland, the popular
salesman of the Harvard cigar, with his
wife and little daughter have been guests
OF Hotel Coburn for a week past, during
which time Miss Marguerite, who is a
Tlnsome little body of ) years, has at
tracted much admiration and attention
by the agility and grace with which she
rides her bicycle, the smallest pneumatic
mount ever seen in town. How so small
miss ever acquired the art, seems al
most wonder, and the ease and speed
with which she propels the wheel makes
II most fascinating to watch her.
Deputy Sheriff Harding arrested Frank
sweeney in this place, on Sunday last,
charged with raising an order for $1,000
on the Manufacturing Investment Co.
at Madison, to $1,000, and selling it to
Madison man. He was lodged in the
county Jail, and when searched four
other orders for considerable amounts
We're brought to light, all on the same
company, purporting to have been given
Tor work done on their boom. Monday,
sweeney was taken to Madison, and
given hearing before Trial Justice
Wlthee, who ordered him committed to
await the action of the grand jury at the
september term of S. j. Court. Sweeney
was emDlOVad bv the M 90. for a