The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-05-11
TOWN and VICINITY

Stock beet SEED al blXhy * DUCK s.
N. f. French of The Forks, was In
town Yesterday.
VIM. Dorau has tenement to rent.
See ad elsewhere.
Mrs. F. f. Adams was among the ar
rivals Thursday evening.
Dow {. Baker of Auburn, was in town
for few days this week.
Mrs. :. D. Lewis of Clinton, is the
guest of Mrs. w. II. Fowler.
Corydon Felker of Scion, was calling
on Skowhegan friends, Tuesday.
Albert Fellows of Boston was among
the arrivals by last nights train.
Great bargains in bicycles, new and
second hand at Smiths music store.
Persons indebted to C. Il. Gardner
should read notice in another column.
$. W. Phibrick was in Boston, The
past week on business, returning home
Monday night.
L. W. Chase will ship sixteen horses
to Boston, next Monday morning, for
the city market.
Special sale of muslin underwear at
Stewards, Saturday next. 10 per cent
discount day and evening.
Walter Wildes, who has been attend
ing business college at Augusta, re
turned home Friday night.
The new awnings on the Whittier
block were put up Tuesday, the largest
double awnings on the street.
Mrs. Florence C. Porter was the guest
of Mrs. B. F. Eaton and her daughter,
Mrs. j. 2. Oak while in town.
Farmers having either wool or hay to
dispose of would do well to talk with
Pishon e Clarke of this place.
s. W. Philbrick went TO North West
Carry, Tuesday afternoon, on business
connected with the kennebec Log Driv-
ing Co.
Mrs. Eiw. w. Heath of Waterville,
was in town over Tuesday night, in at
tendance upon the reception at the
library parlors.
The road bed of the Somerset Traction
Company's electric railway is being put
10 shape for the summer. The work is
in charge of John Burns of Hallowell.
At the Unversalist Church next Sun
day at 10 40 a. M, the pastor will take
for his subject, "Standing before the
Portals" The public is cordially in
yited
K. w. Hanes has recently received a
ine cedar row boat which will be placed
in Madison pond shortly. 1t is one of
the Rangely lake boats which are cOu-
sdered the best made.
JAS. C. Durrell, while in town this
week. closed deal with Geo. n. Page
and A. II. Weston whereby he will again
run the Samoset House at Mouse Island
this season, and expects to open up
about June 10.
Blaine s. Viles, who has been assisting
his father on the Dead River drive the
past few weeks, returned home Tuesday.
He goes to Scion this week, where he
will act as time keeper for the Kennebec
Log Driving Co.
Mr.. F. W. Squire Of this place in
settling for the REPORTER this coming
year stated this was the fifty-third time
he had paid his subscription to this, his
home paper. Few If any of our sub
acribers can equal that record.
Benjamin Tilton, one OF the most re-
ipected citizens of Athens, passed away,
Tuesday morning after an illness of sew
eral months duration. Apoplexy was
the immediate cause of his death. Mr..
/ IiltOn WAS IS years old. He is survived
by his wife and one daughter, Mrs.
Charles II. Gardiner of this place.
Funeral services will be held from his
late home Friday at 10 A. NJ.
Dir. f. II. Stevens of Cambridge,
Mass, was in town, yesterday, looking
after the erection of his new summer
home. He found busy crew of car
penters on the scene, some twenty in
number, under the supervision Of
deorge A. Barnard. The cellar and
walls have been completed, and the
framing is going rapidly forward. The
doctor hopes to have the place ready for
occupancy of his family early in August.
). W. Gould, Esq, one of the receivers
OIL the Bloomfield Shoe CO., informs US
mat II the corporation owning the shoe
factory building consummste their deal
with the Commonwealth Shoe Company,
o which there is little if any doubt, the
ouslhess of the Bloomfield company will
Oe wound up as soou as it can advanta-
geously be done. The Commonwealth
mpany would like to occupy the plant
a' early as the first Of July.
large crew of laborers have been at
"ofR at Lakewood for some weeks get
"ug this charming inland retreat into
'oholtion for the coming season. The
grounds have received a thorough going
"er' new seats added flower gardens
ouht and many other additions made
'ua' VIII be sure to please the high class
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