The Somerset reporter., 1898-03-17

| ECHO LODGE l03 KNIGHTS oP PYTHIAs-Geo
X. Lunt' Chancellor; W. B. Pierce. X. Of r. K
| day evenings at Millers Hall
| OLD PoIST LODGE No. 3l4 |. o. G. TT /.
| Frederic {. T. Leslie Jones, Sec Mabel Wells
Treas Regular meetings Thursday evenings IL
| Grange Hall
SOMERSET GRANGE No. Is p. ofH-F p Hol.
way, aster' +. II. Tobey, Sec; Eben Miller.
Treas Meetings Thursday evenings on or be-
fore full of the moon and two weeks after at
| MilleIs Hall.
| BATES POST No So c. A. RE. c. Doyen.
Commander; H. Il. Cross, Adj; H. 4. Hale
Quarternaster Meetings first Tuesday even
| ings in Grange Hall.
BATES RELIEF Corps No. l4HEdith Tomp-
kins, Pres; Mary l.. Carr Sec Electa T.
Tobey Treas Meetings second and fourth
Tuesday afternoons of each month at the homes
of the members.
| THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SocIETY-Mrs.
j W. Hathaway, Pres; Mrs. j. d. Ames,
Sec, Mrs. {. a. Harrington Treas. Meetings
first and third Friday afternoons of the month
Miss Maud Jones returned to Kent's
Hill Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.. Frederic left for
Boston Monday morning where MIR.
Frederic has a position in grocery
store at good salary.
Finando { arr is confined to the house
by sickness.
Miss Annette King is visiting at
John Burgess.
Mrs. Henry Whiting and Mrs. Au-
gusta Bailey spent Tuesday in Skowhe-
gan visiting the schools.
Miss Lizzie Williams of Watervile,
spent Sunday in town with her sister,
Miss Alice Williams.
Mrs NJ. 5. Hopkins left Thursday, for
Providence, r. l., where she will spend
a few weeks with her son.
Everett Campbell has been given the
place on the railroad section formerly
held by Leander Cole and Mr.. Cole has
been advanced to a position in North
Anson.
Miss Maud Emery is visiting at Ned
Barker's.
Mrs. Seth Cutler is visiting relatives
in Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. D. H. Record and daughter of
North Anson, are visiting at {. Z.
Veazie's.
W. NJ. Murphy leaves Mass for the
Klondike this week.
Charles Diggles is in town this week
The high school closed Friday and
Mr.. Mailman has returned to his home
in Lubec. We learn that he has been
engaged to teach the spring term.
j. NJ. Pierce has been putting in some
new hardwood fixtures which will add
materially to the appearance of the
store.
Mr.. Watts contemplates renting the
| Odd EplInwS' hnilHinn for tho foe
ture of coats, or at least one floor of it.
There are two other excellent rents fol
manufacturing purposes in the same
building which we should like to see
occupied.
The degree was worked in the Rebekal
lodge last Friday evening.
The w. r. c. will meet with Mrs
Electa p Tobey, Tuesday, March %.
Chester and Chauncy Smith have JUS
been presented with nice bicycle by
out of town relatives and will now bt
very anxious for the snow to go off Sc
they can make use of it.
Don't forget the band concert anc
ball at Miller's hall tomorrow evening
The musical part of the program will
consist of the following: March, The
waltz, Myrtle; trombone solo, Down. il
a Deep ellar, Robert Wentworth; con
cert melody, Elona; song and dance
Down on the Lawn; cornet solo, vii
You Be True, Hamin Hale; march
Balatinus; gallop, Trolley. The re
served seats will be 20 cts. and admission
Is cts. The tickets will be on sale a
Spaulding's as usual.
The Skow hegan chorus met with tn,
chorus here Tuesday evening
Ernest Hilton of Starks, and Mis-
Viola Piper were married at Ports
mouth, n. H., March s. They will b,
at home at Starks after March 20. Mis-
Piper will be remembered here as tn,
former assistant in the high school anC
her many friends wish the happy coupl,
joy and prosperity.
One of the most beautiful exhibition
of the aurora borealis We have ever beer
fortunate enough to witness. occurred
Tuesday evening and excited much com
ment. Some of the boys We're inclined
to think it was The rejection Of IN,
search lights of the battleships.
The meeting of the Y. |. :. last Fri
day. with Mrs. O. F. Hall WAS very inter
Richards and her writings. After tn
lprugram cake and coffee were served
About thirty members attended, Th
meeting tomorrow will be with Mrs
II nry Whiting and the su Jet Us tn
Isle of Crete and miscellaneous quota
tions. in charge of Mrs. Cony Russell
A new electric light is to be put in OF
Railroad ST. near the creamery. whicl
will he a great convenience TO the public
The V. |. :. are the benefactors.
There was u very pleasant party a
the Norridgewock Inn Monday evening
am often asked questions in regart
to the history of the bridges that hav
been built across the kennebec river il
Norridgewock and of their destruction
and for the benefit of those who ar
interested to know what il has cost I
keep the old kennehee bridged in Nor
ridgewock for the past eighty-eight years
give this brief history of the bridges a
have learned from the history of Nor
ridgewock and by inquiry. In the yea
1910, the first toll bridge WAS built. Thi
bridge was $50 feet long and cost So ,00t
part of it was carried away by water an
ice the next March, and was repaired a
a cost Of 81 200, This stood with smsl
repairs until 1926. tells having nearl