The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-01
SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK.

There will be races az. Elmwood park
next Monday, the 9th.
The farmers are preparing TO make
hay. They will have to hurry II the
sun continues to be as erratic as II has
been during the early part of this season.
Perley Veasie has gone to Berlin Mills,
n. Il. where he has employment for the
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Turner of Med
field, Mass, are visiting relatives In
town.
We learn there is a wedding near at
hand.
A few people from here attended the
cilcus at Skowhegan Monday.
The Eaton and \. H. S. alumni associa-
ton will hold a reunion here August 9th.
Old Point Lodge |. O. G. T. will have
strawberry tea at the residence of Nj.
+. Carr tomorrow evening with suit
able entertainment. All members of the
order are cordially invited to attend.
The body of Michael Mahoney who
was drowned at Madison the goth was
found about a quarter of mile below
here last Monday noon. THE crew on
the morning freight noticed the body
floating about a mile and half up the
river, they notified parties at Madison
who were looking for it. Search was
made above the bridges in the forenoon
and at noon one of the brothers took a
boat and started down river where he
soon found him. He was removed to K.
A. Hiton's undertaking rooms and pre-
pared for burial, his brother taking him
RI Rinubaro an tho oftarnaon trnin
There was a special town meeting
Tuesday afternoon to change the date of
settlement between the collector and the
town. The article was defeated.
Mrs. A. A. johnson is home from
Madison.
Mrs. E. W. Hall of West New Port
land is visiting at o. F. Halls.
Rev. j. A. Jones exchanged pulpits
with Rev. b. c. Wentworth of Skowhe-
gan Sunday.
Hamlin Hale and Miss Alice Williams
spent Sunday in West New Portland.
Mis-. Cox of Fort Fairfield was in town
Sunday.
Mr., II. F. rotman aud Ralph Hill of
Waterville were in town this week.
There will be patriotic supper at the
Baptist church Monday evening July D,
with popular prices.
J. NJ. Pierce has had the ceiling of his
store very Hastily decorated in tissue
paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Grey and family
of Orono were in town Monday.
About forty members of the Rebekah
lodge attended the exercises at North
Arson last Saturday evening and report
fine time.
Dave Staples is home again.
The 4th of July will be observed here
Monday, the 9Th.
Hiram Pattee is in Boston, this week.
Electric lights are talked of for the
Baptist church.
Ten of our singers attended the re-
hearsal at Skowhegan, Monday.
John Collier reporter for the Boston
Globe was in town yesterday looking up
piece of news connected with one of
the patients at the Quinnebasset,
A telegram last Friday announced the
death of Harry Benson in the hospital at
Louisville, Ky, from pneumonia. The
sad news came as shock to his parents
as they had no warning of his sickness.
He had been away from here a little
more than a year and had wandered
around a great deal since leaving here.
| His remains arrived here Monday. The
family have the sympathy of the CON-
munity.
W. II. Deveroux is in Boston, this
week.
Owing to the rain, yesterday, our
graDgers did not attend the field day at
Starks, very largely.
Mrs. Augusta Bailey attended the
commencement exercises at Watervile,
this week her sister is one of the class,
Miss Annie Beard has returned home
from Massachusetts,, on her summer
vacation.
We are panied to chronicle the death
of Mrs. Sarah Brown, wife of DR.. l..
Brown which occurred, yesterday morn
ing at 5,20. She was taken Nay !, with
Ia grippe followed by pneumonia compli-
Gated with a heart trouble and later with
gastric trouble from which the sad
ending of Yesterday occurred. She was
- years of age and most esfimahle
lady, prominent worker in die Baptist
church and Sunday school. She was
formerly Mss Sarah White of SkOWhr-
gan. \ brother and sister In California, q
brother in Philadelphia, Peun., her
husband Dad a very large circle OF
friends mourn her loss. Her place IN
the church. I'm the sociefirs and i'm the
community viii un he Il led NMlp
har sickness wa5 not ID 1a rs romelv
painful t#.HF' T Waz FIft wearing atd