The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-10
TOWN and VICINITY

Tuesday.
Mrs. Martha Herrin visited friends in
Waterville, yesterday.
Miss Louise II. Coburn made a trip
10 Bangor, Monday, returning Tuesday.
Miss augusta Savage has returned
from Everett, Mass, where she passed
the winter.
Mrs. l.. b. Jewett left town, Wednes-
day, for visit with relatives in Boston
and Maiden.
Misses Minnie and Vera Snow are
visiting with relatives in Massachusetts,
for Two weeks.
Mrs. S. F. Green and her mother, Mrs.
Heman Whipple, of Scion, are visiting
with friends in town.
Mrs. W. B. Snow and Mrs. 2. d.
Littlefield went to Portland, Wednes-
day. to pass few days.
ANY one having old fashioned furni-
ture for sale can learn of purchaser by
calling at the REPoTER office.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Walton left home
Tuesday, for few weeks stay at their
cottage in B1othbay Harbor.
Skowhegan lawyers in attendance
upon the law court in Portland, this
week, were S. w. Gould, L. l.. Walton
and +. n. Merrill.
T. A. McIntire, Irwin Tibbets, CLANCY
Tibbetts and A. l.. Weston returned
home Wednesday, from a blueberry trip
near Dead River.
Reserved seats for the concert Mon
day evening may be secured at Samp-
sons drug store after S o'clock, Friday
morning. See ad.
Chas. E. Gilman and wife of Wake
field, Mass, have been visiting with Mr..
Gilman's parents, Hiram Gilman and
wife for week past.
Gen. John B. Kinsman arrived in
town, Monday, for his usual visit of
several weeks with friends here and at
Cornvlle, the family home.
Miss Mary Eaton of Maiden, Mass,
formerly composition in the REPORTER
office, is spending her vacation with
friends in town and in SO. Scion.
The Skowhegan Historical Society
will hold a meeting in the Library
parlors Saturday afternoon next, at 4
o'clock. Mr.. Oliver Walker will give
an account of the streets of the town in
early days.
The members of the Universalst Sew
Ing Circle are invited to basket picnic
with Mrs. Mary w. Varney, Lakeside,
Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 9 a. IN. A barge
will take all who wish to go, to meet at
the Bethany Church.
W. S. Cobb and wife of Gardiner,
arrived in town, Tuesday evening Mr..
Cobb is in the employ of the Common
wealth Shoe Company and is to be trans
erred from the Gardiner to the Show
hogan factory afesoon as it is opened
BY this firm.
There has been decided chill in the
atmosphere of late and a fire in resi-
dences, evenings, has not been un-
comfortable. This impresses one with
the fact that the summer is getting
well along and that the cool of autumn
will soon be upon US. We cannot COM
plain of long summers in this latitude.
W. X. Bartlett, who was recently
promoted to a conductors berth on the
NJ c. R. r. having the run FROM Lewis
ION to Bath and return daily, has pur-
chased the hairdressing rooms formerly
run by j. II. Cook in Lewiston, five
chair shop, the best in the twin cities,
and is conducting it as side issue.
will is one of the boys who well de-
serves all the success he is meeting
with
Mouse Island is enjoying most sue
cesstul season this summer under the
Management of j. G. Durrill and wife.
10 the Samoset and Rosewood cottage
every room is taken and parties are
holding off from having their vacations
until such time as they can be accom-
nodated at the popular and beautiful
resort, The service is frst-class and
the greater part of the help is from
this place.
Anyone passing the Russell st. en-
trance to Chas F. Wards clothing store
a lew days ago could not help noticing
The six large bales of Johnson pants
Which had just been left there by the
'ruckman. 1t seems impossible that so
many could be sold from one store in
oue season but Mr.. Ward informs us
mat the demand for these high grade
working pants has increased 80 much
mat it is difficult to get enough of them
at this season of the year.
The contest for the Office of post
master, upon the expiration of the term
The present incumbent, s. w. Gould,
Esq has recently assumed an active
Phase, Petitions have recently been
circulated in favor of DR.. q. V. Rich
''ds and they have been, we are inform
@' extensively signed. A movement in
Oehaf of Gen. Isaac Dyer has just been
iuaugurated and several gentlemen,
heretofore considered candidates for the