The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-15
TOWN and VICINITY
,e cream freezers at Blunt's.


Tuesday morning, for week.
Special sale of trimmed hats at S. r.
Priests this week, at 81 90 up.
Miss Mollie James of Plainfield, n. j.,
ia The guest of 5. W. Philbrick and family.
Mrs. c. c. Jackman of Concord, n. H.,
!. visiting at the home of D. W. Lewis,
Esq, this week.
+. C. Butler left Monday afternoon,
for Bar Harbor, where he will clerk this
summer in the Lyman House.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ward entertained
a few of their friends at their home on
West Front ST., Monday evening.
Band Concert at Lakewood, Sunday
next. Excursion from Bingham, Solon
and No. Arson, over Somerset Ry-.
The rank of knight was conferred up
on one candidate by the Knights at
Pythias at their hall, Thursday evening.
Mrs. D. W. Colby and daughter left
home, Tuesday morning, on visit to
her father, W. P. Bailey at Maiden,
Mass.
Charles Matson has been building a
rustic fence at the rear of the park and
is, we learn, to erect several rustic
shelters there.
Mr.. P. C. Whittier and daughter, Rena,
left Monday afternoon for Orono to at
tend the graduating exercises of the
University of Maine.
Mrs. w. A. Woods, who has been
visiting her niece, Mrs. c. Fl. Tilton a
few days, returned to her home at West
Nedford, Mass, Monday afternoon.
There will be special meeting of
Bloomfield Assembly, Friday evening, at
which all are requested to be present as
there is business of Importance to come
before the meeting
The lease of the shoe factory building
has been executed between the Skow-
hegan Manufacturing Company as
lessons, and the Commonwealth Shoe
Company as lessees.
DR.. J. N. Merrill received a dispatch,
4 Tuesday, informing him of the death of
Mrs. Merrill's father, Mr.. Charles Simp-
son of New York. His age was nearly
s. years. DR.. and Mrs. Merrill left
home for New York, Wednesday morn
ng.
Charles X. Viles, who has been attend
ng the Boston Dental college for several
months past, returned home, Thursday.
Friday, he assumed his old position as
conductor on the Skowhegan-Madis
electric road and will be found in this
position the remainder of the summer.
Mr.. Robert Rhoades of New York
city, who is at the head of the fancy
Soolen department of the American
WOolen Co., was in town over Monday
night, accompanied by his wife, on a
visit to the Coburn Woolen Mills, which
ne now owned by his company.
Col. Geo. E. Leighton, adiutant T.. W..
Crawford, and quartermaster Chester
Mills of the Division of Maine Sons
Of Veterans, are ia attendance upon the
annual encampment at BuckspOrt this
week. Lieut.. F. w. Higgins represents
Wildes Camp at the encampment.
Chase, the carriage man, has COM
pete stock of carriages of every des-
sription which he is selling cheaper than
ever this year. You won't make any
mistake by examining his stock before
Buying. Remember the place Hotel
COburn stables; also remember you get
u't what you buy or money refunded.
The Skowhegan Lodge, X. of p,
OOsoola Division, Uniform Rank, and
Bloomfield Assembly Pythian Sister
fOOd have been invited TO unite with
Echo Lodge, X. of P, of So. Norridge-
Foek, in attending memorial sermon
eld there Sunday morning next. They
MI 90 up on the 8 o'clock car
Frank NJ. Blalsdell, the landscape gar
fler, who was in charge of the work
the beautiful Rverton Park, Deering,
ad later at Merrymeeting Park, has
Ven secured by the Skowhegan park
0nmissioners to lay out the work to be
0ne on our park. Mr.. Blaisdell was in
own recently, looking over the ground.
ihe management of that popular in.
POD resort, Lakewood, were favored
nh delightful weather for their open
u Saturday last, and there must have
Fen nearly two thousand people that
sSed the day there. The Pittsfield
'ld gave frequent concerts during the
iNfnoon and evening, and athletic
ports, concluding with display of
tSorks, made up the rest of the en-
'Rlnment In the evening the pa
aon was crowded with people to listen
lne Vaudeville Co., and witness the
spay of pictures from the Cineograph.
~e machine was not shown at its best,
'seVer, and was natually disappoint-
& out we are pleased to state for the
aasgement that the difficulties they
Oofed under have since been overcome
W The many who have witnessed the
gully exhibitions this week were de-
GIFTED.
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