The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-27
Miss Matte Dudley Is visiting her par.


Mr.. G. j. Savage of South Norridge-
wock, was IN town Wednesday.
f. N. Merrill, Esq Was in Portland
on professional business Tuesday.
Mrs. VIM. B. Drew of Portland is on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. VIM. Doran.
Deputy Sheriff S. 5. Walker of Ne.
New Portland, was in town Yesterday.
F. I. Farrin of the Wesserrunset tt
House, Brighton, was in town ycstesday
You can all use hair cloth now w. H.
Wildes is selling French hair cloth at 25e.
K. W. Brown has set out over 100
small naples on the Written lot, Madi-
son Ave. :.
Dr. Cora johnson went to Boston last
Monday, to spend few weeks at Booth.
by hospital.
NJ. b. Heselton has lately received a
new assortment of up-to-date leather
belts.
Mr.. Henry Prescott of Boston, a
brother of L. 5. Prescott, is IN town, to
remain a few weeks.
a. F. Dyer is receivug congratulations
at the increase in his family. It's boy
and was born Monday.
J. II. Gray of Scion, aud George II.
Clarke of No. Arson, were in attendance
upon the auction yesterday.
j. n. Melonev, who has been in town
for few weeks, returned to his home in
Danbury, Conn, yesterday.
q. S. Hill has leased the Heseton
House livery stable and will remove
there at once with his stock.
Henry Colway is just completing a
nice job of landscape gardening about
the residence of Forrest Goodwin, Esq.
A stated convocation of Somerset
Chapter Royal Arch Masons will be held
Friday evening next. Work in the
Mark degree.
The high school aud the tenth grade
closes June Il, the ninth grade closes
June 1. All the Other village schools
close May Is.
New silks at Ordway's.
Mrs, Lutte Morrison of Haverhill,
Mass, arrived on the evening train of
Tuesday for Il visit to her mother Mrs.
George f. Washburne
Mrs. Alfred 'rihbatts of Lewiston, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs c. b. Gill
man of Bingham, and other friends and
relatives in Madison and vicinity.
Fred Wing has sold his news and fruit
store to w. A. Smith, who has been with
Woodbury. q Gage for four years past.
The new proprietor took possession yes
terday.
Revs. G. Y. Hanson of Skowhegan, b.
+. Turner of Norridgewock, +. y.
Fletcher of Fairfield, attended the May
meeting of the Theological circle at Wa
terville, Tuesday.
II. w. Brown, in order to keep things
moving at his grist mill offers meal and
cracked corn at 35c bush. zoe bag, and
other feed in proportion Power has to
be paid for whether used or not and he
means to use it.
DR.. L. A. Farnham of Fairfield, was
in town Tuesday morning, on his way
| home from East Madison, where he was
called by the sudden illness Of Mrs.
Farnham, who is visiting her parents
there. Mrs Farnham is recovering IA
vorably from her illness.
All members of Russell Post who de-
sire to go to Norridgewock, to attend
the Memorial services there Saturday
afternoon, are requested to meet at q.
A. Il. Hall, Saturday at II 30 2. NJ. pre-
paratory to taking a car for that place.
1t is hoped that good many will be
able to go.
Rev A. S. Ladd of Calais, the new
presiding elder of this district met with
the NJ, f. church, Tuesday night, it being
! the first quarterly meeting of the new
conference year. 1t is hoped that Mr.
i Laid may locate here with his family.
aud there seems a very good prospect
/ that he will decide to do so.
New lsces and ribbons ut Ordway's.
Mrs. Geo. II. Snow and her son,
George, left here, Tuesday morning, for
San Jose. California, where they expect
to make their home. Mrs. Snow takes
up her abode in California, because OF
impaired health, and her many friends
here earnestly hope that the Pacific
coast may produce the desired results.
At the auction yesterday r. w. Brown
and G. :. Hill were the heaviest buyers,
the former buying eight horses, two
carryalls and two covered buggies and
/ the latter four horses. II Is reported
that Mr.. Brown is thinking of engaging
in the livery business in the stable to be
vacated by &. >. HILL owned by Brown
& Ward.
After untiring efforts, we learn that
committee of Waterville gentlemen
have succeeded in securing Lieut.. Peary
for a lecture in that city On the evening
of June 18th, the lecture to be illustrated