The Somerset reporter., 1898-11-03
TOWN and VICINITY.

way is running at 4sc and 59c?
Mr.. c. W. Frost of Cornville, is hon,
from New York, for week or more.
Camera supplies, artists material anC
picture frames at Folsom & Varney's.
George B. Fairgrieves drove to Farm
iugton, Tuesday, returning Wednesday
Pension agent, Z. w. Carver of Au
gusta, was in town several days thi
week.
The Somerset county teachers will
meet in convention at No. Arson, Nov
II and Is.
John A. Dealey is to occupy the store
of Charles Murphy upon the retirement
of the latter.
Mrs. Il. B. Shepherd and Miss S. j
Anderson returned from Boston, Satur
day afternoon.
Reuben Fairbrother, Superintendent
of the Shank Factory at No. AnsoD, was
in town Saturday.
w. A. Caswell and F. d. Bunker OF
North Arson, were in town, Monday, &c
attend the horse sale.
Mrs. G. f. Durrill went TO Augusta,
" ednesday morning, to visit her sister,
Mrs. p. II. S. Vaughan.
A. o. Roberts has removed to the
Brown & Ward block and Harry Graves
to the Merrill store on Madison Ave.
Bargains in remnants at Wooden mill.
All wool pants patterns from zoe to
81 90, also all wool dress goods, cheap.
Mrs. Stanley C. Duke of Berlin, N. H.,
who has been spending few days with
her uncle, E. W. Wilson, returned home,
Tuesday.
j. Wallace Blunt went to Portland,
Friday morning, on business and attend
ed the Bates Bowdoin foot ball game in
Lewiston, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Cain returned
home, Thursday evening, from a three
weeks trip to Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island, where they visited friends.
Mrs. Morrill,, widow of the late Hon.
Lot NJ. Morrill,, has closed her Augusta
residence for the winter, and will reside
with her nephew, r. W. Haines at Hotel
Coburn for several months to come.
Augustus Pierce, S. H. S., '99, Miss
Rowena Whittier, '02 and Miss Lottie
Moore, S. II. S., so, Waterville, Friday,
to attend the meetings and reception OF
the Maine Amateur Press Association.
Mr.. II. Fl. Cross of &c. Norridgewock
leaves with the REPORTER stone ak
found in that town by Carl Cross and is
one of the best specimens of the AK used
by the aborigines that we have ever seen.
The women of the First Baptist
society give notice that they will serve
plain supper in the vestry, Friday
evening, the 18th instant. There will
also be entertainment of musical
character.
Miss Josephine W. Smith will here.
after meet her music classes In the ladies
parlor of G. A. R. hall, each Saturday
morning at $50 o'clock. For terms and
particulars call on or address her, 2lt
Water street.
[. Burnham of Lowell, Mass, passed
through town, Monday, on his way home
from Brighton, where he had been on 8
hunting trip. The rest of the party he
was with remained, one of them secur.
ing fine buck.
Nearly 80 Skowhegan people, among
them many of the members of the
Knights of Pythias Lodge, attended the
dedication of the new hall of Echo
Lodge, No. 103 in the Murphy building
in South Norridgewock, Friday evening
last.
Edward N. Merrill, Esq, and his
brother, Eli n. Merrill of New York,
returned, Saturday, from two weeks
carriage trip in Northern Somerset and
Canada. They had excellent weather
on the average and therefore it was a
pleasant trip.
Railroad commissioners Danforth and
Chadbourne were In town, Friday, hay
ing come here over the Somerset Trac-
tion Compsny's line from Madison,
which line they inspected and then went
from here to Norridgewock over the S.
& N. Electric Railway to look over that
road.
E. S.sPrescott received a telegram,
Friday noon, that his brother, Henry,
died very suddenly that morning In the
Shoreham hotel in Boston. Mr.. Prescott
left In the afternoon to attend the fune.
raj which will be held in Boston. De.
ceased was very well known In this
town and many will learn of his death
with sincere regret. He had been In I'm
usually good health 81 late and his death
was very unexpected.
Hon. Hiram C. Weber and Hon.
Alonzo Smith, county commissioners OF
Somerset county, who attended the State
convention of county commissioners at
Alfred, last week, were appointed on the
committee of nine raised to secure an
amendment of the tramp law. This law
was the occasion OF much discussion and
there was wide diversity of opinion as
to the best means to reduce the evil to 8