The Somerset reporter., 1898-11-10
TOWN and VICINITY.
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Mr.. A. F. Cook Of Athens, was In
town Saturday.
Miss Ethel b. Wiley of Athens, was
in town, Saturday.
l.. L. Walton was In Augusta, Mon
day, on legal business.
Mrs. Daniel Locke visited relatives in
Athens. Friday and Saturday.
S. W. Philbrick made business trip
to Augusta, Saturday morning.
X. C. Gray, cashier of Madison Nation
al Bank, was in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. F. johnson of
Athens, were Ia town, Saturday.
Camera supplies, artists material and
picture frames at Folsom & Varney's.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Charles Dusty of Free.
port, were among the arrivals Friday
evening.
A fine assortment of ornamental frost
ing sugars has just been received at
Delano's.
Harry Roadway, clerk at the Weston
House, Madison, was calling on friends
in town Sunday.
w. c. Young and Mrs. Young of
Greenville, are spending few days with
friends In town.
Bargains in remnants at Wooden mill.
All wool pants patterns from Toe to
S1.OO, also all wool dress goods, cheap.
Walter S. Davis of Portland, was in
town, Friday, looking after the shipment
of corn from the Portland Packing Co.'S.
factory.
Rev. A. Il. Dunn of Waterville, who
occupied the pulpit at the Bethany
church last Sunday, WAS guest at the
Coburn while in town.
The Bloomfield Shoe Company have of
late received a good lot of orders for
shoes and are increasing their workmen.
They want some cutters and stitchers.
Willie Holt arrived home from Poland
Springs, Friday evening. He has lost
considerable flesh during his recent sick
ness but is gaining health and strength
daily.
Nay s. Varney and John Harris, while
on hunting trip in May field, last week,
saw white deer near John Padden's.
LATE Mckinney shot deer in that neigh
borhood the next day.
Arthur B. Calden, for the past seven
years employed at the Delano bakery,
severed his connection with that firm,
Saturday last. Mr.. Calden has not decid-
ed as yet where he will locate.
Hon. Hiram Moore of Madison, was
home from his numbering operations, last
week. He says there is too much water
for comfort in the swamps now which
interferes somewhat with yarding logs.
A picked eleven went to Oakland, Sat-
urday, and were defeated in foot ball
game by the Oakland high school eleven,
II too. In the first half one of the Oak
land players had his collar bone broken.
Mr.. Ballard, representative of the
United States fish commission, was in
town, Friday, and placed 1900 good sized
land locked salmon in Hayden Lake.
These fish came from the hatchery at
Green Lake.
Tuesday of last week John Dore shot
deer back of the notch that weighed
200 pounds. The next day his son, Will
liam, shot deer 10 the same place that
weighed 40 pounds. There is but little
need of going up river after big game
when deer can be shot within seven
miles of our postoffice.
Joe Lawley left home, Saturday MORN
ing, for Somerville, Mass, where he has
a situation in the grocery and provision
store recently purchased by his uncle,
Joseph II. Lalley, at 253 Somerville
avenue. The many friends Of Mr..
Lalley in this vicinity will be glad to
know that business has opened up we'll
with his new venture.
Mr.. Chas. FL. Pepper has just received
notice of:his election as chairman Of the
Art committee and to the board of
directors of the American Art Associa-
tion of Paris. Mr.. Peppers water colors
now on exhibition In New York have
been secured for the annual exhibition
of the Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine
Arts at,Pbiladelphia.
"Kit, the Arkansas Traveller" was
presented at Coburn hall, last Friday
night, to fair sized house with Henry
Chanfrau In the title role made famous
by his father. The company was vastly
inferior to that last seen In Skowhegan
and the scenery and accessories were
very poor. The only feature worthy of
note outside the acting of the star, was
the banjo playing In act o.
William Holly of this town, who has
been employed as freight brakeman on
the Maine Central for the past two
months, met with a bad accident Ia
Waterville, Saturday morning. He was
coupling the engine onto car where In
some manner his right hand became
caught and was badly crushed. The
amputati0n of the first two fingers al
the last joint and the end Of the thumb
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