The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-02-18
.e>h fruit and freshly baked peanuts

Fresh fruit and freshly baked peanuts
at Wings.
New line ladies' ready made suits and
separate skirts AT W. Il. Wildes'.
Mr.. krutzky will b. At Colby's Fri
day, Feb. 10, from $ a. m. 10 / p. m.
John W. Steward and wife returned
home by the evening train of Tuesday.
Grand concert-somerset Choral =
ciety with j c. Bartlett soloist, NJ.
10, 1897.
Mrs. Jas. Fellows arrived home last
week from a stay of several weeks with
her daughter. Elise, in New York city.
Abram Newton of Jackman, WAS liz
town yesterday, on his way home from
the lumbermeu's meeting at Augusta.
We learn quite party of Skowhegan
people is being made up to attend the
inaugural exercises of President Me
kinley.
The sale of seats for the Milburn
clubs entertainment, has been most
tl4ttering, already there have been over
300 taken.
Miss May Burrill of Rochester, y. H.,
arrived Monday night, on visit to her
grandparents, Hon. and Mrs. VIM. Phil
brick.
President Butler of Colby University,
WAS guest of the family of DR.. {. Y.
Hanson, while in town to lecture before
the Sorosis.
Hon. Charles +. oak, State land
agent and forest commissioner, visited
his brother j, p. Oak, returning to Au-
gusta, Monday morning.
Vol. 3, No. of The Lever, published
by the students of our high school will
be on sale at our book stores Saturday
Ii is an especially good number.
Mrs. Helen S. Coburn and her daugh-
ter, Miss Louise H., left home for Wash
ington, d. c., Tuesday afternoon, where
they expect to remain for several
months.
The gentlemen of the Congregational
society will serve a supper in their
vestry, Tuesday evening. February 23d,
from to : 80 TO be followed by
sociable.
f. c. Dunlap has vacated the brick
block, wherein was located the Polar
Bear laundry, consolidating the bust
ness in the quarters of the Somerset
Steam laundry.
Everybody says that Ceilings has a
nice clean work shop. and the old work
is coming in lively. Sample covers of
pushes, corduroy, French tapestry, silk
tapestry and Gobelin tapestry.
The town hearse, which is in charge OF
Charles Fairbrother, was not out of his
stable from the 18th of January, until
the 10th of February. For 26 consecu-
tive days there was not funeral in the
town of Skowhegan. \ good record.
1t is reported that the members of the
knights of Pythias contemplate giving a
minstrel performance at an early date
in Coburn hall. Those who witnessed
the success this lodge made of a similar
performance two years ago, will be
pleased to know it is to be repeated
Miss Angie Smith of Scion, member
of the class of '96, SkoWhegan high
school, was in town, Monday She
drove from her home to Hayden's, where
she left her team at Delano's and then
took the electrics. Many Scion people
make the trip to Skowhegan in this way,
thereby making the ride T. miles
shorter.
\ beautiful quartered oak altar has
recently been added to the newly furn-
ished rooms of the A. o. l. W, which
adds very materially to their appear
ance This last piece of furniture was
constructed wholly by Mr.. Willis
Bailey, and is but another proof of his
abilities as fine cabinet worker The
rooms of this society present handsome
appearance and with all OF Skowhegan's
fine lodge rooms, we doubt if any are
more tastefuly or richly furnished