The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-08-24


week.
Rev. r. L. Sheatf aud his son, Charles
of Barton, VT, are spending few days
in town.
Edison's Photographs, the best on
the market, for $50 and up, at Smiths
music store.
Mrs Lucy W. Lord and daughter Miss
Jenette, are on visit to Portland and
Old Orchard.
Mrs. l. o. Palmer of Newtonville,
Mass, with young son arrived in town
last evening
John Lashon left home this morning
for Portsmouth, \. H., to pass two
weeks vacation.
Skowhegan Lodge X. of p. are to
work the three degrees at their regular
meeting this evening.
The Town Improvement Society will
meet Monday p. M, August IS, at Mil
burn hall, three o'clock.
Col. w. r. G. Estes returned home
last night from weeks visit at South
Durham, the home of his boyhood.
Mrs. Mary Tobey of Andover Mass,
who has been the guest of Mrs. II, H.
Tufts, returned home this morning.
The new cottage of John r. Philbrick
at Madison Pond was completed the past
week and is now occupied by his family
Mrs. X. S. Jackins of Hodgdon, who
had been with friends in town for a
week, returned to her home yesterday.
Mrs. C. w. Green was summoned to
Stoneham, Mass, Monday, by the illness
of her daughter, Tena, with typhoid
fever.
The display of clothing at Chas. F.
Wards show many double breasted vests
which seem to please the dressy young
men.
The 20th annual campmeeting of the
Madison Spiritual Association, will be
held at Lakewood, commencing Fri
day, Sept, lst continuing 10 days.
Services will be resumed at the Con-
gregational Church, next Sunday MORN
ing. Sunday school will meet at twelve
The evening service will be at seven
o'clock.
Rev. H. w. kimball and Mrs. kimball
returned from their vacation trip in
Canada, Wednesday, and services will
be resumed in the Congregational church
Sunday next.
Z. F. Fairbrother and wife returned
home last night, from weeks visit up
river. In returning they passed one
night at Pleasant Pond, getting fine
catch of trout.
Tuesday, the selectmen drew Charles
w. Day and Thos. G. Lord to serve as
grand jurors, and Willis A. Bailey and
Delbert F. Smiley to serve as petit
jurors, in the L. S. circuit court at Port
land.
Gov. Powers arrived in town on the
10 80 train this morning, and remained
until the II 80 when he left here for
Houlton. He has been i'll for few days
but is rapidly recovering his usual
good health.
Harry Coburn Turner and wife, F. c.
Pooler ard the Misses Florence and
Mabel Pc oler returned to Skowhegan,
from Moosehead Lake last night. The
Misses Pooler aud Miss Emma Morse
returned to Boothbay Harbor by this
mornings train.
Mrs. Harriet Delano, mother of L. X.
Delano and Mr.. Rufus, brother, the
latter accompanied by his wife, son,
Ralph and daughter, Alice, returned
home to Rockland, Mass. by this MORN
ing's train after a visit of several weeks
at the summer home of +. X. Delano at
Pond.
VIM. d. Cayouette, employed as a
yard shifter by the Maine Central Il. Il.
at Waterville was killed Monday night
by being struck by cars of a shifting
tram. The deceased was an exemplary
young man and trusted employee. A
father and several brothers and sisters
survive him. A particularly saddening
feature of his sudden death is the fact
of his approaching marriage to Miss
Emma Morrisette of this place, a daugh-
ter of John Morrisette, the date of the
ceremony having been set for Sunday
next. The funeral occurred from st.
Francis de Sayles church, yesterday
morning, and was largely attended,
many relatives from this place attend
ing, he being well known here. The
floral tributes were particularly beauti-
full and many. The order of Foresters
II which he was a member attended in
a body.