The Somerset reporter., 1899-06-01
Ice cream freezers at Blunt's.

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j. o. Haines and L. w Chase return
ed from Boston, Tuesday evening.
S. W. Gould, Esq. is on business
trip to Haverhill, Mass, this week.
Cook and two table girls wanted at
the Skowhegan House. Apply at once.
W. f. Robinson Of the firm of Preble
& Robinson, Bingham, is in town, today.
B. F. Bartlett, Esq, of No. New
Portland, was in town on business, Sat
urday.
F. 6. Harrington returned from Bos-
ton Saturday evening, driving up from
Watervile.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Butler drove to
Pennington, Saturday, for brief visit
at his home.
W. C. Savage was in Augusta, Tues
dav and purchased fine 400 Id. draft
horse for his ice business.
Hiram Gilman has contract to lay
quite a good deal of concrete walk in
Pittsfield, and none know better how to
do it.
Miss Alice Whittier, who had been
spending a week with the family of her
brother, p. c. Whittier, returned to Ash
Point, Knox County, Tuesday.
George Lumsden, who has recently
engaged in the plumbing business with
his brother Andrew, in Boston, was in
town over Sunday, returning Tuesday.
All the departments at the Coburn
woOlen mills shut down Thursday night,
starting again yesterday morning. In
the meantime an account of stock was
taken.
Hon. William II. Fogler of Rockland,
will preside at the September term of
supreme judicial court for Somerset.
This will be Judge Fogler's first term in
Skowhegan.
The secretary of the American Benefit
society in town informs us that an in
teresting meeting was held May %, and
the next regular meeting will be held
June 18th, when cake and ice cream will
be served.
Chase, the carriage man, has COM
plete stock of carriages of every des-
scription 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
just what you buy or money refunded.
Canton Somerset is making great pre-
parations to attend the Annual Field
Day of the Patriarchs Militant to be
held in Portland, June II and 10. A
great programme has been arranged for
the entertainment of the visiting Can
tons. Canton Somerset will probably
leave home the afternoon of the 18th
and will be quartered at the Falmouth
Hotel.
The degree team from the Skowhegan
Grange, consisting of the officers and
other members to the number of 32,
went to Athens, Saturday afternoon.
/ The members of the Athens Grange
served their guests an excellent supper
after which the team worked the third
and fourth degrees on IA members of
the Athens Grange. The party returned
home later in the evening by team hav.
ing enjoyed pleasant trip.
1t seems almost singular that some
capable man aud his wife do not take
advantage of the opportunity offered by
DR.. Conant to lease his Sanitarum Hotel
property in this place. We know of no
more favorable location for first class
boarding house or family hotel, it is
finely fitted up for this business and we
learn it can be secured at a nominal rent
! by the right parties, in addition to which
they will derive quite an income from
the bath treatment.
The Skowhegan Manufacturing Com
pany and the Commonwealth Shoe Com
pany of Boston, have completed the
lease of the factory building here, ready
for the signatures of the parties. The
| lease is to be for five years and the
building is to be ready for the occupancy
of that company July 18th. A meet
ing of the Skowhegan Manufacturing
| Company is called for Monday after
noon the 5th instant to act upon the
lease. 1t is not expected that there will
be any opposition to the lease.
An alarm of fire was rung in from box
30 Friday afternoon, for a fire in the
woods back of the corn factory. The
brush was very dry and was burning
J fiercely when the department arrived.
Fortunately the wind was blowing in
/ the opposite direction from the buildings
! occupied by the Portland Packing Co.
and it was not deemed necessary to use
! the engine, the fire being extinguished
| by the Union hose company after about
/ 80 minutes work. just before the
/ alarm was rung in two men under the
! influence of liquor were seen to stagger
from the woods and it is presumed that
! they carelessly threw a match into the
| dry underbrush which started the blaze.
The inebriates took advantage of the
confusion to make their escape.
Monday afternoon as Charles Farm
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