The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-01
dEw ADVERTISEMENTS.
TOWN and VICINITY

Eiw. &ledhill is on business trip to
Boston, this week.
Geo. W. Cover, Esq., went to Port
land, Yesterday, ou legal business.
Gen. r. B. Shepherd has been confined
to his home about two weeks by severe
Illness.
The Green & Barnard Shoe Co. have
500 prs. ladies' $500 shoes that they are
closing out at 81 As.
Eben Rowell of West Athens was in
town, yesterday. He has been a RE-
PORTER patron for 80 years.
Tne very best Providence River oys-
ters delivered at your house, Saturday
and Sunday mornings, from Delano's.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. washburne
and Mrs. Helen Brown Haines are on a
hunting trip to the Austin, this week.
w. Fl. Fuller has been confined to his
rooms at Hotel Coburn, the past week
by illness, but is now slowly GONZALES
cling.
Mrs. E. Fl. Stevens has closed the
family summer home, Bloomfield, and
returned to Cambridge, Mass, yester-
day.
Mrs. Horatio Emery and daughter,
Miss Eta, who have been visiting rela-
tives in Eastport, returned home by last
nights train.
VIM. P. Bailey and wife of Maiden,
Mass, were In town over Friday night
of last week, guests of his daughter,
Mrs. D. w. Colby.
Attention is called to the advertise
menu of the International Correspon-
dence School, represented in Skowhegan
by Brace l. Lawley.
Miss Josephine Smith, who has been
passing several weeks in town as the
guest of Judge Danforth and family.
returned to Boston, yesterday. =
II. j. Fogg and wife, who have been
passing the summer and fall months at
their farm in Cornville, returned to their
New York home, Wednesday.
DR.. E. Fl. Stevens came to town, Sum-
day morning, passed the day at Bloom,
field and wac driven to Waterville to
catch the Pullman for Boston that night.
Mrs. Ellen Morrill, of Roxbury, widow
of the late w. C. Morrill,, is in town,
this week, called here by the death of
her sister.in-law, Mrs. Charles Smith.
She is guest at Hotel Coburn.
Saturday evening, November Sd, being
the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage
of DR.. and Mrs. S. f. Conant, they will
be pleased to receive their friends at
their home, 80 Pleasant street.
Mrs. Mary Bradley, wife of Rev. A.
NJ. Bradley, who is now located in Sam
gerville, visited her cousin, Mrs. Henry
Mitchell, and aunt, Mrs. Emery, the
past week, returning home, Tuesday.
The sad news has been received by
George Jepson from fever. He was a
former resident of this place, removing
about a year ago with his family to
Vassalboro.
Frank 8. Cairns, who has been passing
a Two weeks leave of absence from his
official duties In Cuba with his family
and friends in Skowhegan, left on his
return, Tuesday afternoon. His wife
aud young son accompanied him as far
as Washington, D. c., in which city they
will pass the coming winter.
Knowing that everyone will be inter-
ested in getting the election news,
promptly, on next Tuesday evening, the
mittees have arranged for its transmits
sion here by wire, and dispatches will be
read as fast as received in Coburn hall.
To defray the expense of hall and tele.
grams an admission of ten cents will be
charged. Should the amount thus re-
ceived exceed expenses, the excess will
be donated to the Ladies Aid society.
The Skowhegan high school foot ball
team have had varying fortunes the past
week. On Saturday they visited Pitts
field, playing the M. c. LIS and in hard
fought game were defeated by a score of
6 too 1t was noticeable that the M. c.
LIS had improved greatly in their play.
ing snce their visit here. Yesterday
our boys visited Waterville and played
game with the high school team of that
city, winning by score of % to O., gain
ing four touchdowAs and kicking two
goals. The team met with a glorious
reception when they returned home on
the ASS p. N. train, last night.
Hon. S. j. Walton has returned from
his vacation trip in the northern part of
Somerset. He does not boast of doing
much in the big game line, but says he
found plenty of birds which he likes
much better for pleasure. They do say
he can shoot off the head OF partridge
with his rife equal to the most expert
sportsman. He informs us that he was
at Jackman the day of the explosion and
fire ,here, of which he says no man
knows the cause. 1t is all guess work.
His theory Is that the ball that was ac-
cidently discharged from the rifle in the
hands of Mr.. Dunton ignited keg part
full of powder. The second explosion