The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
TOWN and VICINITY.

See NJ. 3. Heselton's ad abolt hosiery.
John Hedman, Instructor in Colby,
was in town over Sunday.
New styles in maekintoshes from 1919
up at W. Il. Nildes.
Misses 6addir and Mamie Gaylord re.
turned to Boston, Monday afternoon.
J.. c. Durrell will open the Samoset
House at Mouse Island about June Is.
Bragg & Varney do picture framing
aud CAB show you fine line Of mould
ings. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Il. Pearson, of Port
land, were among the arrivals, Thurs
day evening.
Have you seen the pretty shirt waist
sets M. B. Heselton is selling at Is and
% cents,
X. T. Patten came home from Boston
Friday evening. He returned to the
city again Sunday.
Darius houghton returned from Bos-
ton, Thursday evening, where he has
been visiting his daughter.
You can have your lawn mower
sharpened in first class shape at the
Machine shop on the Island.
Miss Emma Holbrook has returned to
her situation with Bixby d Buck, after
passing several weeks at her home in
Starks.
Summer corsets % cts. at Ordway's.
Mrs. Geo. f. Leighton went to Port
land, Friday morning, for weeks visit
.@..h he,, ,oarnnts Mr. and Mrs Alfred
S. Sweetser.
The next meeting of the American
Benefit society occurs May 9th, Every
member is requested to be present Re-
freshments will be served,
Mrs. S. G. McQuown of Boston, ac-
companied by her mother will be the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Pooler
during the summer months.
Rev. A. Il. Dunn was in town, Monday
morning on his way home from, Canaan,
where he preached Sunday evening
He held service at Hartland, Sunday
morning.
DR.. j. n. Merrill of this town is on
the program for a paper at the 45th
annual meeting of the Maine Medical
Association, which will be held in Port
land, June 2, 3 and 4.
Fred +. Sprague of Lynn, was in town
over Thursday night, returning Friday
morning. For number of years, Mr..
Sprague had charge of the stock room
at the shoe factory here.
Harry Cushman of Sangerville, a
former Skowhegan boy, was in town
Thursday, the guest of his brother
Charles He made the trip here by
team and reports the roads as being
very rough.
Gloves for commencement at Ordway's.
The sewing school for girls under the
auspices of the Non-Partisan w. G. T.
IT,, opened Saturday, with large at
tendance. This is most encouraging,
and the school will doubtless prove very
helpful to all who attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. d. Hall of Boston,
were among the arrivals, Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Hall is employed in the
office of the Boston Globe, and with his
wife will spend the summer in Harmony,
as has been their custom for a number
of years.
The funeral of Adam Simpson occur
red Saturday, from his late home, and
was conducted by Rev. A. N. Dairy of
the First Baptist church Mr.. Simpson
was one of the oldest men In town, his
age being 90 years. He was native of
Galashiels, Scotland, .,
At Fairview Park last Saturday after
noon the Madisons defeated the Show
hegans by the score of 10 to 0. The
game was poorly played and very unin-
lIOui W llhibh' IL AllO
home team intend to enter the four club
league and hope for better than fourth
position they will have to hustle around
and secure some talent. Russell and
Hilton did the battery work for Madi-
son, and Roderick and Bureby were in
the points for Skowhegan.
40 inch Lockwood cotton in remnants
sc at w. II. Wildes
George B. Fairgrieves returned Tues
day from his annual spring fishing trip
to Moosehead Lake. His nephew, Harry
Williams of Hartland, accompanied him.
He reports a fine catch and says trout
are as plenty in the lake as ever, he got
several of IL lbs, and tells of laker
caught by a Boston party, that weighed
over 20 lbs. This was Mr.. Fairgrieves'
twenty third consecutive visit to this
fishing ground, with which there are
few sportsmen more familiar than he.
The news reached here the last part
of last week of the death of Miss Fannie
Mayo of Bangor. Her illness was very
brief. She was called to Bucksport by
the death of an aunt and while there