The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05
TOWN and VICINITY

Try the Cresco corset; w. ii. Wlldes,
agent.
Cattle show and fair at Brighton, to-
morrow.
See ad of Mrs. Benner's millinery
opening.
O. D. Baker Esq, of Boston was in
town, Monday.
Or. Joseph Knox of Watervile was in
town, Monday.
Fur jackets. latest cut, Just received
at W. H. Wildes.
Dr.. H. C. Taggart and Clyde Giles are
on trip to Boston, this week.
Edward Merrill, of Bowdoin, class
'9s, was at home over Sunday.
Mrs. c. C. Grover returned home
from Portland, Monday night.
Mrs. Margaret Foster visited with
friends in Fairfield over Sunday.
The wooden mill is running three
nights week until nine o'clock.
A pleasant tenement to rent on Madi-
son Ave. Apply to 1. j. Smith. (42)
Miss Edith Cushing left yesterday
morning for Boston, where she will pass
the winter.
Miss Louise H. Coburn left home,
Wednesday, for brief trip to Boston
and vicinity.
The Saturday night dances at The
Pines are to be continued until further
notice, weather permitting.
Mrs. Eta Seveno and Miss Lena Cook
have returned home from visit of
several weeks at their cottage at Ocean
Point.
Every day will be "Opening day at
Miss Lords millinery store from'now on,
throughout the season. All are well
. come.
CT. Ward and 5. w. Philbrick, Mrs.
| Philbrick and Master Donald are on a
carriage drive in the Dead River region
this week.
Lawrence Coburn left home, yesterday
for Boston to meet his wife who is re-
' turning from a two months visit to her
parents in Scotland.
New millinery novelties are constant
" arriving at Miss Lords which she is
always pleased to exhibit to all, whether
Intending purchasers or not.
Delbert Smiley and Willis Bailey went
to Portland this week, to serve as petit
Jurors at the United States court. Mr..
Smiley returned, Tuesday night, having
been excused.
Not since 1895 has the river been as
low as within the past ten days. Mos
OF the mills are running ON short time,
while the Skowhegan Electric Light Co.,
has had 10 use steam for power for
some time.
Mrs. Grace Coburn Smith left home
for Portland, Monday, where she visit
ed friends and attended the Maine
Musical Festival. She expected to ex-
tend her trip to Boston and towns in
that vicinity.
Mrs Eugene Tufts, with her son,
Charles, of Waterville, visited with
friends here and Madison over Sunday.
She purchased of Harry Hilton of Mad
isOn two-y ear-old Shetland pony, which
Master Charles, though only six years
DID, will try to train.
1t will be gratifying news to the many
residents on Elm street as we'll as those
who do business In the immedinte vicin-
ty, to learn that the Skowhegan Pulp
TO-, are having a chimney erected 100
leet in height, to carry off the smoke
that has so long been nuisance at
times to them.
George Belongia, of the shoe manu-
tActuring firm of Belongis & Leonard of
Lynn, Mass, was in town, this week,
calling on friends of his boyhood We
learn that since starting in the shoe
business his firm has been wonderfully
successful and are doing lively business
10 the manufacture OF ladies' hsnd-turned
ih0es.
A. T. Murphy OF Augusta, accompan-
led by his wife, was in town over Sun
Jay on brief visit to his brother and
sisters. Mrs. Murphy has resigned the
position of head salesman he has held
l0r many years with c. II. Mason,
Augustas leading clothier, and is to
'emove to Westfield, Mass, to engage
business for himself
The last of the looms TO complete the
et OF twenty at the Marston Worsted
nils, arrived this week and are already
vi and in operation, and business is
moving them at a rapid pace. A night
rev of weavers were put Oh this week
ld the looms will be kept going most
the time out of the twenty-four hours
the day. All the other departments
Operation, run until nine o'clock p.
T. AT present the finishing is done in
AWrence, but 1t is hoped that this de-
N'tment will be ready to operate with
few days. Last Saturday night
mere were 40 people on the pay roll
squlring an outlay of about $400 for