The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-19
TOWN and VICINITY.

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town, Saturday.
J. NJ. Cross of the Kennebeo Journal,
Augusta, was in town, Friday.
Miss Grace harbour has returned home
from Foxboro, Mass, for the summer.
Augustus Gilbair made a business
trip to Dexter and other towns, last
week.
Miss Fannie Gibson of Colby, passed
Sunday in town, the guest of Miss Ethel
Walton.
Mrs. F. c. Dunlap and little son went
to Augusta, Friday afternoon, to visit
Camp Powers.
Mrs. Charles Smith of Waterville, was
in town, Saturday, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chandler futile.
Mrs. f. NJ. Woodward of Winthrop,
was in town, last week, the guest of Mr..
and Mrs Marion Mills.
Roland y. Nickerson of Monticello,
Minnesota, was among the arrivals on
Friday afternoons train.
Rev. e. D. b. Pepper, D. D., of Colby
University. preached at the Bethany
Baptist church, Sunday.
Miss Adelaide Smith of Watervile,
was in town, Friday evening, to attend
the high school reception.
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town, last week, on business connected
with his numbering interests.
Two were received into the member
ship of the Congregational church,
Sunday, at the communion service.
Mr.. F. B. Huntley has removed from
Augusta with his family, and is again
located upon his farm in this town.
Messrs. Henry Darrah, Roscoe Holway
and H. F. Webber of Waterville, drove
to town, Sunday, passing the day with
friends.
Fred II. Wing of Boston, son of Capt
F. A. Wing of this town, has secured a
position as apothecary on board the u.
S. revenue cutter Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Howard went to
Bangor, Saturday afternoon, where Mr.
Howard attended the meeting of Maine
Central conductors held, yesterday.
Last Saturday forenoon Miss Mary
Barnard caught a four pound sal
mon at Lake George. Miss Barnard
is the first woman to take salmon from
these waters.
Hotel Coburn is out with handsome
new baggage wagon. The body is paint
ed dark green and the running gear a
bright red, with the name of the hotel in
gilt letters.
The Skowhegan high school team
played their third game of the season at
Fairview park, Saturday afternoon, and
were defeated by the Good Will Farm
team Is to II.
The examination on the first quarters
work of the Normal class will take place
in the Congregational vestry, Friday
afternoon at four o'clock. Every men,
Der of the class is expected to be present
and take this examination.
Last Friday and Saturday, the house
in the rear of the Walter Pierce store,
owned by E. F. Fairbrother, was
moved to lot on East Leavitt street,
where it will be repaired. Contractor
Gould and crew did the job.
Col. F. E. Boothby, general ticket and
passenger agent of the Maine Central
railroad, was in town, Saturday, accom-
panied by Mrs. Boothby, her mother,
Mrs. Smith of Watervllle, and Mrs. VIM.
Sewell and Miss Rose OF Bangor.
Seven men from Company E joined
the ranks of the first regiment and en-
listed to go at once into the United
States service. They were c. Il.
Spaulding, James Spaulding, Norridge.
wock; T. B. Thorndike, M. F. Merrill,
Edwin B. Skillings, Madison; Charles
Crocker, Hartland; and George Bray,
Skowhegan.
c. A. Fairbrother, who is to manage
Lakewood, this season, returned home
yesterday from quite an extended trip
in the interests of the Somerset Trac-
ton Co. Among the more prominent
resorts he visited were Peaks Island
and Williards in Portland; the Vaude-
Vile houses in Boston and New York !;
Coney Island and BeIgin Beach. The
trip was made to secure attractions and
to get points which will be useful in
managing Lakewood the present season.
Walter Cowett, an employe at ives
tons saw mill, had narrow escape from
instant death, Monday. His work
is the taking away of the slabs from the
saw as they 4un out on the carriage.
BY chance the end of slab dropped
unnoticed, and as the carriage came
OUT this slab was upended, and as it
fell, struck the man in the stomach,
knocking the wind completely out of
him, insensibility being the immediate
result He was brought around shortly
and conveyed to his home, and it looks
now as if he would suffer no serious re-
suits from the blow.
The members of the senior class, $.
II. S., gave their friends a delightful