The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-04-20

week.
N. b, Turner, one of S. Adams
manufacturers, was in town ON business,
Saturday.
Largest and best line of bicycles hey
ever had, at lowest prices, at Smiths
Music store.
Mr.. A. S. Merrill of Parkman, was in
town this week the guest of Mrs. May
f Pratt and family.
Miss Julia Shean of Bangor, arrived in
town, Monday, to pass the summer with
her sister, Miss Annie.
e. +. Fairbrother and Mrs. Fairbrother
went to Fab field this morning, to attend
the funeral of o. G. Flood.
cans State of Maine lima beans for
25c, and lbs. California prunes for 25c,
at SkoW hogan Cash Grocery.
Mrs. l.. w. Weston and Mrs. Susan
Dnsmore went to Richmond, yesterday,
TO attend the funeral Of an aunt, Mrs. c.
b. Foster.
S. w. Philbrick returned home last
night from trip to Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Dakota, having been absent
three weeks.
Evangelist Harry Taylor will preach
at the First Baptist Church, next Sun
day. Mrs. Philo Steward will conduct
the singing.
Miss Lottie Webb of Canaan, has Sc
cured a position in the millinery store of
K. b. Curtis aud commenced work Mon
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Doran, who
passed the wiuter in Portland, have re-
turned here but are not certain just how
long they may remain.
d. G. Spofford brings to the REPoR-
TER this week some handsome ionqulls
that the past two days bright sun has
caused to bud forth in his garden.
Insure your life in the Il ma, the
largest dividend paying life insurance
company in the U. s., says (. F. Fair
brother, agent for Somerset county.
A social dance is to be given in Grange
Hall on Wednesday evening of next
week, the 26 h inst, under the auspices
of members of Wildes' Camp S. of V.
The Womans Club, Sorosis and Town
Improvement Society have received an
invitation from Sorosis of Madison to be
the guest of that club on the afternoon
of May 4th.
DanviIle Savage, Esq, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, a brother of jefferson Savage,
has been in town for few days, and at
East Madison, on visit TO his mother
who is 81 years old. This is Mr.. Savage
first visit east in IL years.
Friday evening an illustrated lecture
will be given in the Congregational
Church at 8 o'clock, subject 1.-The
Philippines" These are late views of
the islands. The course tickets for the
two remaining lectures are 30 cents.
Ben Hur, with 20 colored slides, May 8.
Single admission 20 cents.
Mrs. II. II. Tufts was summoned to
Watervile, Monday, by the critical i'll.
ness of her son, william. He had been
at the home of his wifes parents in Fair
field Center and was en- route to his
home in Portsmouth. Tuesday, he was
operated upon successfully for rupture
is now doing as well as could be reason
ably hoped.
Henry Leland Chapman, professor of
literature in Bowdon College, will lee
ture under the auspices Of Sorosis, We'd
nesday evening, May Sd. The Woman's
Club, Town Improvement Society and
students of the high school will be
guests of the Sorosis on this occasion.
An invitation has also been extended to
the Village Improvement Society of
/ Norridgewock and SOrosis of Madison.
BY invitation of Keystone Lodge X.
Z. Of Madison, members of Skowhegan
Lodge to the number of 20 visited them,
Tuesday night, going by special car over
the Somerset Traction line. The rank
team of Skowhegan Lodge worked the
ESQUIRE rank on two candidates during
the evening after which sumptuous
banquet was served. 1t was most
pleasant manner of cementng the friend
ship between the lodges.
The perennial complaint reaches US,
this spring, that the beautiful banks of
the Kennebec river in our village limits,
are made nuisance by the dumping Of
refuse thereon by the vicious or careless.
Why any mao, woman or child should
owe our town a spite sufficient to cause
them to do an act so outrageous, remains
mystery. A leading lady, member of
the Town Improvement Society, sug
gests that suitable dumping ground
outside the village ought TO be provided
for the deposit and burning of rubbish
u seems to US this might have the effect
to relieve the overworked banks of the
Kennebec of much that is Objectionable
Sorosis held the closing meeting for
the calendar year at the library parlors,
Tuesday evening last, the members hav-
ing six O'clock picnic supper. The en-
tertainment consisted of guessing con-