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


New shirt waists and belts at Ordway's.
D. T. Mills of Scion, was in town Sat
urday.
Sheriff f. P. Viles was in Wateryille
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Savage returned
from Boston Saturday.
New silkaenes and curtain musins at
Ordway's.
Miss Mae Dascomb returned from
Portland, Friday evening.
Kendall's orchestra has five engage
ments to fill this week.
Chas. F. Ward is opening an unusually
fine line of spring clothing.
Mrs. F. r. Buck entertained the Snow
Bound club Tuesday afternoon.
F. Danforth ESQ.,, returned from
Boston, Saturday evening.
Low prices for hot water bottles at
Folsom's drug store.
Mrs. George B. Stafford visited friends
in Waterville, Friday afternoon.
A. b. Calden who is passing the winter
at his home in Athens, was in town Sat
urday.
Mr.. George Cary of st Johnsbury, Vt,
was among the arrivals Thursday even
ing.
Colly Dascombe of Waterville, passed
Sunday in town with his uncle DR.. l.. A.
Dascombe.
II YOU want first class job of picture
framing at low price go to Bragg X
Varney's.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Tufts returned
to their home in Portsmouth, n. II.
Saturday afternoon.
AZ Choice lemons, Zoe; those fine navel
oranges, 80 and 35e; and nice Mocha
and Java coffee at Zoe at Bartlett's.
James r. Frost, who has a position
with the Plant Shoe Co., at Jamaica
Plains, was among the arrivals Saturday
morning, returning Saturday night.
A screen to prevent the landlocked
salmon in Sibly pond from escaping will
be placed in the outlet this spring.
A number of local fishermen have SUI
scribed.
The painters have finished on the inter
Tor of Hotel Coburn and now Landlord
Haines has one of the prettiest offices
and reading rooms in the State. 1t is
great Improvement.
Miss Minta Powers returned Thurs
day evening, from South Paris, where
she was employed as court stenographer
at the February term of supreme court
for Oxford county.
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 to II O'Clock
a. m. to treat patients for hernia. tt
The defendants in the equity case, The
Skowhegan Water Power Co. ct ais vs.
Levi w. Weston ct ais, filed their answer
in the case with the clerk Of courts Tues
day. They are quite lengthy documents.
+. H. Preble of Bingham, WAS in town
Tuesday. He says there is about feet
of snow In the woods in that vicinity.
All hauling of logs from the stump has
been abandoned. The cut on the Maine
river he estimated at about million feet
and on all the kennebec waters not more
than 100 million feet.
An alarm of fire was rung in at $50,
Saturday evening, for blaze in the dwell
ing house on Russell street, owned by
George B. Fairgrieves and unoccupied.
During the afternoon there was fire in
stove in the sitting room and it is sup
posed it caught from this. The damage
was principally from water and will
amount to about $500. The property
was insured.
One week from next Friday evening is
the date set for the ball under the aus
pices of Canton Somerset. The twelve
brigade and regimental Officers of the
Patriarchs Militant of Maine have ac-
cepted an invitation to be present.
Kendalrs orchestra, enlarged for this
occasion will furnish music and ban
quet will be served at Hotel HeseltoD.
The gallery will be open for spectators.
The pianoforte recital given at the
Congregational church last Friday after
noon, by the Norridgewock and Skowhe-
gan pupils of Mr.. George Pratt Maxim
proved, as was anticipated, a very enjoy
able affair. The young ladies who play
ed were Misses Elizabeth Nickerson,
Martha c. Snow, Dora G. Trafton, Maud
Turner, Ethel Whittier, Florence Jewett,
Neva johnson, Nina Hussey, Ethel Went
worth, and Bessie Allen. The program
consisted of eleven numbers. The selec-
tions were by the very best composers
and were rendered in way which not
only gave pleasure to the listeners, but
reflected much credit upon both teacher
and pupil.
Benoise Fogg was brought to town,
Sunday morning, under arrest and
put in the county Jail. There is quite a
little story back of this. Some ten
years ago, Henry j. Fogg, a brother of