The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-07-27
TOWN and VICINITY

A. j.
today.
Miss Blanche Clark visited friends in
Waterville Tuesday.
f. P Page went to Portland on bust
ness thursday afternoon.
DIscouragng weather the past week
for our farmers to get their hay.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, was 10 atten
dance upon the law court in Portland
this week.
California Vaudeville Co. at Lake
wood this week, is drawing gooG
crowds.
e. E. Avore is enjoying a week:
vacation accompanied by his wife, at
their cottage at Hayden Lake.
The Town Improvement Society vii
meet in Milburn small hall, Monday
next the 31st instant at 3 o'clock p. m.
Mr., and Mrs. D. W. Waterhouse, who
were the guests of Rev. and Mrs. H. w
Kmball for several days, returned to
their home in Portland Thursday after
p0on.
Horace Reed, who had the contract
to pile the logs for the Great Northern
Paper Company, of Madison, finished
his contract, Tuesday. He piled over
100000 logs.
william B. Claflin of Hopkinton,
Mass, who has been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. ". H. Heselton, returned to his
home Friday morning. Mr.. Claflir
owns large cranberry bog and last
year picked 1900 bushels for market.
During the heavy thunder shower
last Friday afternoon, lightning struck
the barn of Fremont Homestead on the
cross road to Malbon's Mills. One
horse was killed outright, another one
knocked down and the barn was more
or less damaged.
Simpson & Savage have purchased
nearly one thousand pounds of rasp
| berries this season from which they are
extracting the juice and shipping to 8
Boston firm to be made into syrup fol-
use at soda fountains. They have paid
eight cents per pound for all offered
and have shipped away over seventy
five gallons.
F. c. Dunlap, proprietor of the Som
erset steam laundry, has purchased the
right of sale for Somerset county of the
"slickest" clothes washer yet put on the
market. The machine is sold at price
within the range of all and is so simple
every one wonders why it was never
discovered before. Parties desiring EN-
pOyment should consult Mr.. Dunlap In
regard to town rights.
The game of ball played at Fairview
Park last Saturday afternoon between 6
nine made up from the Union Hose Co.
and one from the Hook and Ladder Co.
afforded lots of amusement and excite
ment for the participants rs well as fol-
the audience. The result was in favor
Of the Union Hose boys by score OF
Is to s, and the defeated team paid fol-
the suppers furnished in the Armory the
same evening.
In the Rock Valley Gazette, Mimi OF
July 6, there was a very complimentary
notice of a former Skowhegan boy,
Percy b. Gilman, who is now located
at Windsor, S. d. Mr. Gilman is cam.
paigning string of horses belonging
to his uncle and in the races, July 3 al
Rock Valley, Iowa, won first money in
the 226 class witch the brown stallion
LOcksey. The Gazette spoke very high.
y of his skill as driver.
Mrs. Fanny w, Clarke, wife of I. F
Dyer, died at the family home in Fox.
croft on Thursday of last week, at the
age OF So years. Mrs. Dyer will be
remembered by many of our older resi-
dents as former teacher in the Acad.
emy in this place In the fifties. Her
husband, one daughter Lora, the wife
dDr. Merrill of Foxcroft, two sisters,
Mrs D. S. Stratton of San Rafael, CAL,
and Mrs. Thos. johnson of this place, OF
Inc Immediate family survive her. The
Oody was taken to her native town OF
New Sharon for burial.