The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-20
TOWN and VICINITY.

Friday.
A. II. Lang was in Augusta on bust
ness Saturday
Ladies' capcs marked down at
seward.
Z. n. Merrill, Esq, returned from his
western trip Saturday evening.
Bragg & Yarney do picture framing
and can show you fine line Of mould
ings. If.
Chas. c. Whittier was the orator at
the Ivy Day ceremonies at the State
College, Friday.
Charles II. Green came home from
Pittsfield. Saturday evening, to pass sun
day with his family.
Miss Minta S. Powers returned from
Houlton, whore she has been attending
court, Friday evening.
Miss Annie Maddoeks entertained the
class of 81 S. IL. s., at her home in
Madison Thursday evening.
Edward Ware of Waterville, was in
town Thursday. His saw mill at Wins
low is a very busy place just now.
Try the Everett Rasn seeder, price
i cents, for sale at NJ. b. Heselton's.
Berries are not good unless served
with cream. Fresh every day at Morrill,
& Fletcher's, under Hotel Coburn.
A number of the residents of Madison
avenue have made quite extensive i'm
provements on their lawns the past
week.
Miss Ida Pshon returned to her home
Ia Nashua, n. H., Friday morning.
Mrs. &. II. Pishon accompanied her as
far as Waterville.
Miss Harriet Marble entertained a
number of her friends at her home,
Saturday evening,.in honor of her guest,
Miss Rena Fellows.
Landlord c. F. Horn of The Forks
hotel, was in town Thursday. Mr..
Horn says the fishing season promises
to be good one.
S1.00 MANILA hats, slightly imperfect,
will sell for % cts. f. B. Curtis.
Mrs. George E. Washburn, who has
been visiting her daughter in Haverhill,
Mass, for several weeks, returned home
Saturday evening.
Before engaging a man to do your
painting, paper hanging or ceiling
whitening, see c. A. Dusty, who is a
irst-class workman.
The Skowhegans played the high
school team at Fairview Park, Saturday
afternoon, defeating them by a score of
Ia to 7. The attendance was good.
The perch are biting well at Lake
wood. Several good sized strings were
taken by Skowhegan anglers last week.
The black bass are also in evidence.
Mrs. B. c. Wentworth attended the
meeting of the kennebec county w. c.
T. U. at Hallowell, Friday, and gave an
address upon the subject of narcotics.
Mrs. A. G. Jones, who has been in
town as the guest of her brother, DR..
II. G. Taggart, returned to her home in
Boston, by the morning train of Friday
Miss Helen Beede of Auburn, who is
assistant principal of the Good Will
farm school, was the guest of Misses
Alice Whittier and Ella Nash over Sun
day.
The line of the Skowhegan & Nor
electric railroad is under
going its usual spring oyerhauling by a
crew of men in charge of Supt, Long
fellow,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred K. Viles returned
to their home in Flagstaff, on the after
noon train of Thursday. They have
been visiting relatives in town for sew
eral weeks.
A. f. Jewett has several sucking pigs
for sale
Miss Rena Fellows of Bangor, was the
guest of Miss Harriet Marble, a few
days last week, and was among the at
PENDANTS at the reception given to the
M. A. P. A. by the high school pupils.
The boom of l.. w. Weston and Co.
broke, Friday morning, and about 1900
logs went over the dam. The logs were
soon jammed across the river upon the
piers, otherwise a much larger quantity
of logs would have gone out without
sorting.
At recent meeting of Skowhegan
Grange POS, Ansel Holway, David Horn
and Elbridge Varney were appointed a
building committee to have charge of
the work of erecting the hall which is
to be built on Pleasant street. 1t is
thought that the erection of the build
ing will be commenced next week.
Hiram 5. Steward is putting an ex-
tension upon the Eastern side of his
large mill on the Island, to be used
by Steward Brothers in part for a
storage and sales rooms for agricultural
implements, moving machines, horse
rakes, etc. The extension will be about
85x20 feet, 2 stories high above the
street level, and a basement below
Noah p. Reed and Son have taken the
contract to do the stone work on the