The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-10-26
Childrens' tams and toques, Judkins.


Next time you feel like smoking ask
for Somerset, you'll surely like 1t.
Mrs. Chas. Pepper of Waterville, was
an arrival upon last evenings train.
Don't fail to hear the concert in front
of the opera house at O'Clock this
evening.
Mrs. Simon Grover left town Monday
morning, for Lynn, Mass, to visit her
son George.
Adjourned annual meeting of the
Somerset Loan & Building Asso. next
Monday night.
Francis w. Briggs of Plttsfeld, was
the guest of Gen. r. B. Shepherd aud
family over Sunday.
Miss Hattie j. Bussey, who has passed
vacation of three weeks here, returned
to Boston this morning.
Horace L. Russell OF No. Cornville,
left here, yesterday, for few days visit
in Boston and Providence.
Miss Annie Shesn went to Bangor,
Monday afternoon, called there by the
serious illness of her mother.
Sorosls will hold its first meeting for
lS99-l9O0, at the Library Parlors, Tues
day evening, Oct. 3lst, at 7.30 o'clock.
Horace Bickford, who has been EN-.
ployed in a drug store in Maiden, Mass,
was among the arrivals Saturday night.
Among the Skowhegsn people who
are on trip to Boston, this week, are
George d. Boardman and wife and R. D.
Baker and wife.
Mrs. Emily Bracket, who has been
visiting with her nephew, Mr.. Philo
Steward and wife. returned to her home
in Quincy, Mass, this morning.
Street Commissioner Webb has com.
pleted the job of matchmaking Madison
Avenue. 1t is a fine piece of work and
adds materially to the appearance of the
avenue.
Harvey Hilton, trainman on the Port
land-Skowhegan run, who has been
spending four weeks vacation at his
home at East Jefferson, returned TO his
run, yesterday.
Sheriff Pencil, Deputy Sheriff Has
kell, Geo. w. Cover, ESQ.,, and E. K.
Delano made successful hunting trip
to Austin Stream, this week. They re.
port deer and moose as the result of
their skill with the rifle.
Rev. w. H. Noyes and the choir OF
children from the Boston Home for
Little Wanderers, were at the First
Baptist Church, Sunday morning, and
also at the session of the North Street
Universalist Sunday School. In the
evening Mr.. Noyes spoke in the Baptist
Church in Norridgewock. The choir OF
children accompanied him and rendered
several selections.
Skowhegan Lodge, No. 20, A. o. L.
W., are to observe the fifteenth anniver.
sary of the institution of this lodge with
a banquet on Friday evening of this
week in Grange hall. Grand Master
Workman, Nathan Crary of Boston, and
P. G. M. w, A. G. Andrews of Augusta
will be present and address the assem-.
blage. Many invitations have been is.
sued for the event which promises to be
one of the most glorious gatherings OF
this prosperous local order.
An extremely aggrevating case of ex.
posture of the public to the dread disease
diphtheria was brought to the notice OF
DR.. j. N. Merrill, representing .the
board of health, here, Saturday evening
last. 1t appears that Timothy SWEET
with his wife and three children and q
brother of his residing at Readfield, with
wife and children, were visiting the
family of another brother at Weld, Me
Mr.. SWEET had been away some ten days
and returned Saturday. While these
three families were In one house at
Weld, child OF the Weld family died OF
what, it is reported, the physician in at.
tendance, called "membranous Group. y
One of the children of Timothy SWEET,
was taken sick and after it had beer
seriously Ill several days, the family
started for home, all coming by theil
team as far as Pennington, where the
mother and the very i'll child took the
train, arriving here on the afternoon
train, Saturday. The father came with
the other children all the way by team
also arriving here, Saturday. DIR. Cora
Johnson was called and she immediately
reported the case to the board of health
DR.. Merrill took the case In hand, using
antitoxine and thoroughly fumigatiDg
the premises and quarantining the house
The child, who was brought home by
the mother, aged about 2 years, died on
Monday of diphtheria and the other two
children are sick of that disease. Every
precaution is being taken to prevent the
spread of the disease. We are informed
that the SWEET family that lives in Read.
field returned to that town, Saturday.
1t is a strange thing that the town
authorities of Weld or the physician
having charge of the cases in Weld,
should have allowed these people to have
left there and to have travelled by public