The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-02
New dress skirts at Stewards.

saturday.
DR.. s. F. Greene of Scion, was in
town, Friday.
Front rooms over Barnard's store to
rent. Inquire of Ordway.
Ladies' cotton underwear sale at w.
II. Wildes', Saturday next.
Guy Pencil was confined to the house
last week by an attack of the mumps.
A. F. Donigan of Bingham, made a
business trip to Skowhegan, last week
Social dance at Grange hall, Saturday
night, March A. Music by kendalls
orchestra.
Those sample shoes for men at Bar.
nard's are all the latest styles. Look In
window.
Frank Fl. Baker, day clerk at the
Maine hotel, Auburn, was in town over
Sunday.
Mr. E. j. Russell of Brighton,
was in town Monday morning, on his
way to Waterville.
Z. B. Barrett of Canaan was in town
Tuesday on his way to Augusta to spend
few days there.
Rev. G. w. Hinckley of Good Will
Farm will preach at the First Baptist
church next Sunday.
The members of Bloomfield Assembly
are requested to meet at their hall,
Thursday afternoon, Mar. 8. at 2.30.
Rev. DIR. w. Fl. Spencer is expected to
arrive in town Saturday, and will begin
his pastorate of Bethany Baptist Church,
Sunday.
Mr.. Horace Lowering of Waterville,
district deputy, installed the officers of
Parmenas Encampment, /. o. o. F.,
Tuesday evening.
Supt. G. j. Abbey of the Skowhegan
Electric Light Company was at Augusta
Friday and appeared before the legal af-
fairs committee in measure then pend
ing before that committee.
A stated conclave of De Molay Com
mandery 10 Knights Templar, will be
held next Tuesday evening. The orders
of the Temple and Malta will be con-
ferred upon two candidates.
Because of an avalanche or town re-
ports to be printed this week, we are
obliged to cut down our correspondence
considerably. Our correspondents will
kindly excuse US this time.
Rev FIR. Lacroix left home Friday
afternoon for Three Rivers, Canada,
accompanying one of the sisters of char
ity who was Ill. He returned yesterday
accompanied by another of the sisters.
Mrs. C. E. Norton, dressmaker, will
meet customers at her rooms over w. B.
Stewards store, March 8, 10 and II, to
take orders for goods and trimmings be-
fore going to market the week following.
Mrs. Lot M. Morrill,, who has been the
guest of her nephew, r. W. Haines and
his sister, Miss Lizzie, at Hotel Coburn
for the past four months, returned
home to open up her Augusta residence
this morning.
Ex-Sheriff E. P. Viles has leased the
Charles H. Playze house on North ave-
nue. for term of years, and will move
thereto as soon as the house is in readi-
ness for them. Mrs. Playze and son
are to lake rooms with Mrs. Herrn ut
The Coburn housp
The majority of the people are troub-
fed with catarrh to a greater or less ex-
tent C. w. Folsom, the prescription
druggist, carries in stock fine line of
atomizers and solutions to use in the
same. No trouble TO show them and
explain their use.
Henry Baker of Bangor, was in town
Friday, renewing old acquaintance.
Forty years ago Mr.. Baker run between
Skowhegan and Portland as express
messenger on the Portland & kennebec
railroad, now the Maine Central. At
present he holds the position of route
agent with headquarters in Bangor.
Several new cases of measles have
been reported on North avenue. Some
of the high school pupils have been kept
from school by illness and Mr.. Earring
ton deemed it advisable to close the
school tor time. However, canvass
showed that the majority of scholars had
already had the disease, and it was de-
cided not to close the school at present.
John Gibson of Clinton was in town,
Monday, on his way to Moosehead lake.
Mr.. Gibson is numbering on "Spalding-
town" for Lawrence, Newhall Il Com
pany of Shawmut and will cut about a
million and half. He says that the
numbering around the lake is good, there
being about enough snow. The cut, he
thinks, in that section will be more than
was estimated 10 the fall.