The Somerset reporter., 1897-03-18
TOWN and VICINITY.

Dr. {. A. Paul Of Scion, was in town
Thursday.
Sami son. the corner druggist. has
started h. soda fountain.
!. y. Il l. }. smith have fine line of
% Wheels fer $50 and up.
Town Clerk {. A. Kennedy of The
Forks, was in town last week
Mr. and Mrs. A. Chapman of Athens,
visited friends in town, Friday,
Airs Zenas Vaughan visited her son
in Augusta a few days last week.
Mr.. Henry S. Philbrick of New York
city, was in town the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs c. Davis Miller returned
from v ashington, D. G., Saturday even
ing.
Bragg & Varney do picture framing
nd ean slow you fine line of mould
ings. If.
Mrs. a. W. Bourget and Miss Bertha
Rose returned from New York, Thurs
day evening.
Skowhegan Lodge 49, X. p, conferred
the rank Of page on two candidates, last
Thursday night.
The statements of the First aud Sec
ond National banks appear in our adj
vertising columns this week.
Rev. and Mrs. George f. Leighton
returned from Boston, Saturday evening,
where they passed the week.
Miss SUSIE Priest has secured the SER
vices of Mis-. Geo. Head to take charge
of the trimming department.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, returned from
Augusta, Saturday, where he has been
for several days attending court.
Mrs. 5. j. Walton left town Saturday
morning, for Auburndale, Mass, where
she will visit her daughter, Miss Ethel.
/ Miss Emma Holbrook has returned to
her situation at Bixby d Bucks after an
absence of some weeks at her home in
| Starks.
The recent zero weather aud snow has
been grand thing for the snow roads in
this latitude. The hauling in the lumber
woods is excellent now.
Among the arrivals, Friday, was Mrs.
c. w. Folsom of Monson. Mr.. Folsom
has secured house on Main street and
they will occupy it at once.
A special evening service with an adj
dress by the pastor, will be held at the
Universalist church on Friday evening,
March 10Th, at I: 80 o'clock.
Millinery opening, special exhibit of
pattern hats and novelties, March 70 and
20 at Miss Brookings', 81 Water St.,
Skowhegan, Me. All the ladies are cor
daily invited.
Mrs. Chas. II. Burrill of Rochester,
N. H., accompanied by Master Philip,
arrived in town, Saturday afternoon,
for a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Phibrick
About 20 members of Wesserrunsett
lodge and Twilight Rebekah of Athens,
came to town Friday afternoon and took
the 400 car for Norridgewock where
they visited the lodges there.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". b. Brown who have
been in town several days as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George f. Washburn,
returned to their home in Hartland on
the afternoon train of Friday.
Saturday ,Judkins will sell white bed
spreads for 39c; pillow cases, Zoe pair
worsted rug fringe, sc; bleached and
brown cotton, 3Hc; mems heavy cotton
shirting, Sc; men's $l.00 underwear, 49c.
F, A. 10tman of Fairfield was in town
yesterday on his way home from his
numbering operations at Dead River.
lie says the outlook for getting the logs
all hauled a"d good drive in the spring
was neTaf better.
We learn that at the last directors
meeting of the Kennebec Log Driving
Co., it was voted not to let the drive
this season, but Colby & Preble are to
have charge from the Lake Dam to and
through Madison boom.
The heavy work horse owned by d.
w. Lewis, the coal dealer, which was
stricken with disease early last week
that robbed the animal of the use of his
hind legs, died Thursday evening. His
loss will be keenly felt by Mr.. Lewis.
Deputies Mutt and Harding served
search and seizure process upon James
Clarkson and james Dunbar, proprietors
of lunch room on Water street, Tues
day, and found small quantity of
liquor in two bottles. A hearing will be
had in the case today.
William Stinchfied is in town on an
enforced vacation, the result of a sprain-
ed ankle. Mr.. Stlnehield met with this
accident by slipping on the ice while
walking from his train to the express
office in Bangor. He is now running on
the Pullman between Bangor and Bos-
ton.
The second annual roll call of the
Methodist church was held in the vestry
! last Thursday evening. Owing to the