The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-02-09
TOWN and VICINITY

Mrs Oscar :. knoNlton went to Ban
gor Friday morning.
DIR. aud Mrs. Ivory Lowe of Canaan
were In town Friday.
Shoes at about your own prices at c.
II. GARDENERS. See ad.
A. Simmons, Esq, of North Arson,
VAS in town. Saturday.
Mrs. K. II. Pulsfer visited relatives in
Watergille, yesterday.
Camera supplies, artists material and
picture frames at Folsom & Varney's.
Mr.. Z. F. Collins of North Arson was
in town Tuesday and looked IN at the
REPORTER office.
Forest Goodwin went to Portland Fri
day morning to attend the session OF
the L. S. circuit court.
Picture frames made to order by
Bragg & Varney. They have all the
latest sly les of mouldings.
F. G. Head q Co., have just complet-
ed new steel ceiling In the Dodge
store. Ii is very tasty Job.
Special values in ladies night robes
f0I 8Sc. 81 and sl.25 at Stewards. Manu-
featured by Hathaway at Waterville.
Rev. and Mrs. b. c. Wentworth at.
tie nded family gathering at Belfast
I tuesday, returning home Wednesday.
George Il. Webb returned last week
from squaw mountsin where he has had
charge of crew OF men for Hiram
Moore.
Until further notice the public library
will be closed Thursday EVENT. If each
week, commencing Thursday, Feb. 10th
instant Per order.
{. c. Whittier returned to the Uni
versity of Msne Thursday Afternoon
last, after recovering from slight at
tack of the grip here.
One day last week George A. Barnard
sawed mo two fingers Of his right hand
while running buzz palmer in Adams
& Caswell's mill on the island. IL was
a painful but not serious wound.
While closing up their millinery and
fancy goods business, T. B. & j. A,
Colby still fill orders for all lines OF
goods for which they have so long been
sole agents in Skowhegan, such as
Equipoise & Ferris Waists, Miss Lover
ing's hair goods, etc., and offer rare bar
gains In all remaining stock. Call and
see the goods and prices.
The Woman's Club will hold its next
regular meeting In the Library parlors,
Tuesday evening, Feb. IA, at 7.30 o'clock.
Each member is requested to invite her
husband or friend. The subject Of the
evening will be abraham Lincoln" and
an attractive program is provided. Note
the change of time from Wednesday
afternoon to Tuesday evening.
The storm of yesterday, which was the
heaviest of the season here, was much
more severe further west, covering a
wide range of territory. The murcury
run from 10 to 80 below in the north
west and on the coast there are q num-
Der of vessels ashore and i'm distress
from the gale. About 9 inches of light
snow fell In this part OF Maine.
Rufus FL. Townsend met with a seri-
Gus accident last week, at the planning
mill of J. II. Dane on Mill street. He
was engaged In saving board at the
split saw machine, when In some way
the board slipped and his right hand
came In contact with the saw, taking off
portion of the last three fingers. The
injured man was attended by DR.. Wade
worth, assisted by DR.. w. T. Merrill.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Dore Of Boston
came to Skowhegan on Monday night
last accompanying the remains of Mrs.
Dore's mother, Mrs. Josiah Tiltop,
whose death occurred the Saturday
previous from heart trouble after an
illness of Two weeks. Since the death
OF her husband some five years ago
Mrs. Tilton has resided with her
daughter In Boston. Her age was about
"a years.
One Of the principal witnesses at the
preliminary trial of Mrs. Lizzie Proven
CHA, who shot Annie Cox at Rochester,
N. H., last week, WAS Joseph Hume
man. Mr.. Zimmerman was formerly en-
ployed as q stenographer In the office OF
the Moosehead Pulp and Paper Co. at
Scion, and when the mill shut down he
came to Skowhegan and solicited life
insurance for local agency. He has
many acquaintance here.
The X. C. S. c. musical club of this
town, composed Of young ladies, has re-
organized with the following officers
President, Mrs. Philo Steward; vice
president, Miss Harriet Marble; secre-
tary, Miss Elsie Walton treasurer, Miss
Edith Cushing; executive committee,
Miss Katherine Donegan, Miss Eldena
Smith, Miss Florence Wyman. The
club will hold Its next meeting with
Miss Elsie Walton. The subject of the
meeting will be "Nevins."
Chief of Police Thompson has re-
ceiyed letter from C. Boise OF Atlantic
City, N. j., ssking for information con-
corning one Gus Friedrich, who was in