The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-20
TOWN and VICINITY.


sale at Brown & Wards.
Edward " are of Wateryille, was in
town on business, Saturday.
Dr..M. c. Wedgewood of Lewiston,
was in town professionally, Friday.
Rock, Liverpool, Mineral and all kinds
of salt for sale at the South side grocery
Mrs. Charles Fairbrother went to
Fairfield, Thursday afternoon, returning
Friday evening.
The senior class of the high school
gave Marshall C. yiles a surprise party,
Friday evening.
John Record of North New Portland,
has moved his family to town. They
will occupy the Tucker house on Water
street.
The night crew at the Coburn Wooden
Mill, which has been working since
early last summer, was discharged, Fri
day night.
Brown & Ward say business Is i'm
proving; they did the largest week
business last week of any week since
they started.
w. H. Pearson returned to his home
in Portland, Saturday morning. Mr..
Pearson has just completed dwelling
house on Mount Pleasant avenue.
A communication of Somerset lodge
"a, Free and Accepted Masons, will be
held Monday evening, January 81.
There will be work in the K. A. degree.
Carl Hutchinson went to Boston Mon
day morning The books of the Bloomfield
Shoe Co. are to be kept there and Mr..
Hutchinson will start the bookkeeper.
A good SO in. cotton, 4e, at w. Ii.
Wildes'.
Fifteen members of Canton Somerset
visited Indian Spring lodge at Madison,
Friday night. There was work in the
initiatory degree followed by banquet.
The boys report good time.
G.F. Weber, NJ. D., of Fairfield, re-
presenting the Fidelity Rupture Cure
Company, will be at Hotel Coburn We'd
nesday of each week, from 8 to II O'Clock
a. m. to treat patients for hernia. If
Robert l. Bigelow for the past four
years a member of the REPORTER force,
closed with that firm, Friday evening,
and on Saturday morning went to
Lowell, Mass, where he intends locating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Gardner of Corn
Vile, Mrs. Nettie Holt Harding of Som
erville, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Fuller of Waterville, were guests of DR..
F. S. Bigelow during the spiritual meet
ing.
Herbert Hopkins, who has been en-
ployed as conductor on the Somerset
Traction line for the past year, went to
his home in Plymouth Monday after
noon. His place is taken by Charles r.
Viles.
O. o. Vittum of Scion, arrived here
this morning, on his way from Brighton,
Mass, where he shipped nice car OF
beef cattle. He says beef is off quarter
of cent this week, milch cows are
higher and veal calves booming.
The next convocation of Royal Arch
Masons will be held, Friday evening,
January %. M. E., Albro e. Chase OF
Portland, grand high priest, will be
present. There will be work in the
Mark degree, followed by refreshments
in the banquet hall.
At the regular meeting of the Knights
of King Arthur the following were
initiated into the Page degree: Ralph
Ames, Walter Tuck, Claire Savage.
The initiation was followed by a tenn
perance chalk talk by the Rev. Mr..
Dairy. A large number of the members
were in attendance.
The influx of tramps to the County
Jail here has subsidized of late. There
was one time when they came in very
freely and there were from 80 to 40 In
mates, many of them knights of the road.
Now there are but Is prisoners of all
kinds in the Jail and but few of them are
tramps. We are reconciled to this
status.
On Thursday evening of last week, a
large whist party, made up of nearly
thirty couples of married people, visited
the hotel at Lakewood, which was re-
opened for this occasion. The trip was
made by electric cars, and upon arrival
the party sat down to fine supper,
after which the dining hall was cleared,
and used for the scene of the progress
sive whist party. The invitations were
issued by Mrs. K. b. Shepherd and Mrs.
F. r. Folsom, and it was to the efforts
and labors of these two ladies and the
material assistance of Gen'l r. b. Shep-
herd, that the entire affair proved such
a delightful occasion to all present.
The Skowhegan Historical and Genoa
logical Society met with Mr.. and Mrs.
j. o. Smith, Friday evening. Bloom
field schools was the subject under con-
sideration. Miss Lillian Smith had a
very comprehensive paper upon the
early school districts. Miss Louise