The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-06-16
TOWN and VICINITY

High school closes the school year to-
morrow.
DR.. W. E. Fellows of Bangor, was in
town Monday
Ladies' suits going at low figure at
Stewards.
Beautiful white fans, white silk and
kid cloves at Judkins.
stephen Lewis left home, yesterday,
m a visit to his sister in Boston.
Thomas BARLEY of Moose River, has
heqn in town few days this week.
Geo. NJ. Palmer and wife of Ma nkato
Mimi, are visiting relatives in town.
Mrs. II. D. Baker left home for Boston,
on Tuesday, last, on q visit Of several
weeks.
Webster Rowe, gunsmith, is prepared
10 do all work in his liue at short notice
at shop on Russell street.
Miss Inez Goldthwaite of Guilford,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Henry Elliott, returned home, yesterday.
grass at bargain on G. B. Fairgrieves'
Mace at HAYDEN Lake. Also that on the
lot formerly owned by the late H. H.
Tufts on line of electric road.
The lumber mills of l.. w. Weston
Co. are shut down this week because of
the breaking of machinery, which they
hope to have repaired in time to resume
saving Monday or Tuesday of next
week.
Prof. !. o. Byron, banioist, humorist
and comic singer, with other people to
assist, is giving entertainments in the
smaller towns of our country. that are
pleasing the people. He is at East
Madison tonight.
Seeing the display of thermometers in
the window Of C. w. Folsom, the pre-
scrption druggist, reminds us that it is
as necessary to know how hot, as
how cold the weather is. Prices are
from 10 cts. to $3.50 each.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class of Skowhegan high
school will be preached by Rev. Geo. E.
Leighton, in the Northern avenue Uni
yersalist church, Sunday afternoon next
tended to all friends of the school to
attend the service.
The Epworth League will give liter
ary entertainment at the vestry, next
Friday evening at 7.30. The program
will be IAN evening with the Wesley
family" under the direction of Miss
Annie Beard, president of the literary
department. All the Leaguers and their
friends are cordially invited.
The Fourth Maine Battery Veteran
Association, will hold its reunion this
year at Norridgewock, Wednesday of
next week, June 10Th, day and evening.
The day will be devoted to the meeting
and greeting of comrades and the bust
ness of the association and in the even.
ing camp fire will be held to which
members of Russell Post G. A. K. and
other veterans of Skowhegan are invited.
car will leave here at o'clock to
accommodate those who attend.
In the early spring it appeared that
scarcely any building would be done in
town this season, but two stores have
been added to the business places, one
on Madison avenue and one on Russell
street, several houses are in process OF
construction, an extension is being
made to the Skowhegan Pulp Company's
plant, the Old First National Bank
building is being enlarged and greatly
improved and considerable is being done
in the way of repairs on various build
ings.
Upon request of an officer of the Show
hogan Village Improvement Society, we
suggest to each citizen the desirability
of keeping the street and sidewalk in
front of his or her places free from tall
grass, weeds, etc. 1t will require but a
few minutes time once week to do
this, and if each one will attend to it
carefully, it will add much to the beauty
of our town. There has been marked
Improvement in lawns and grounds in
our town in recent years, and this sum.
mer they are in better shape than ever
before, but there is still further oppor-
tunity for improvement.
Mr.. Charles Fairbrother was injured,
yesterday noon, while driving his hack
across the railroad track on Water street
by the railroad gate being lowered upon
him while the team was passing at a brisk
trot. He sat on the box and the move
ment of the team brought him against
the arm of the gate with force sufficient
to break it in pieces and also to break
the cast iron that held the arm to the
machinery at the base of the gate. He
was considerably bruised and famed, so
that he keeps his bed, this morning, but
expects to get around later in the day.
He is very fortunate in not being more
seriously injured. The crossing is upon
the most important street in the village
where there is a large amount of travel
and we have felt that the railroad COM
pany has not given it the care its impor-