The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-10-04
LOCAL MENTION.

Lyman, the past season..
Mrs f. G. Emerson and little daugh.
ter, Hester, went TO Everett, Mass.
Wednesday, to visit her parents.
Freight Agent aud Mrs. T. H. How
ard left, Wednesday, for two week :
visit with relatives in Springvale.
Prof. f. w. Hall and Mrs. Hall u
Watervile were In town, YESTERDAY,
guests at the home Of DR.. Spencer.
Morning worship at the Universali.t
church at 10 as, with preaching by the
pastor Sunday school at II. A cordial
welcome for all.
A meeting of the directors Of tho
Town Improvement Society will be held
at the home of Mrs. B. f. Eaton. Satur-
day afternoon at o'clock.
The regular quarterly church meeting
will be held in the Uniyersalist church
on Saturday, at 80 p. M, and on Sur
day communion will be observed at
4.30 p. m.
Mrs. Grace Knights, Mrs. Maude De-
Camp and Mrs. A. r. Dyer, who have
been spending the summer at Lakewood
and later at Hotel Heselton, returned to
Boston, this morning.
Mrs. Helen n. Howard will go to Bar
gor, Friday next, to attend the Spiritu.
alist State Association which eonvenes
in that city beginning the 9TH instant
and closing the 9th.
Skowhegan grange will visit Victor
grange Of Fairfield Center, Wednesday
October 10th. Skowhegan grange will
furnish literary and musical entertain
ment for the occasion.
X. L. Mitchell returned home. Tues
day night, from business trip to Bos.
ton accompanied by Miss Carrie Cas-
who had been visiting with friends in
Lowell for some weeks.
The high school athletic association
have made arrangements with Mr. and
Mrs. Rodenbaugh of Boston to put on n
minstrel show for the benefit of til,
association, Friday evening, Oct. 10.
Saturday last, the teachers of the VII
lage schools were entertained at tn,
cottage of Supt. and Mrs. d, Wilder
Colby on the east side of Hayden lake
The party was jolly one and the day
thoroughly enjoyed.
The annual meeting of the Non-Parti-
san w. G. L. L. is to be held at their
parlor in the G. A, r. hall, Tuesday
Oct. 9th, at 3 p. m. A full attendance is
| solicited and all committees are request
ed to give full report of their worL
done.
| BY reason OF break in a casting OF
the stone crushing machinery, the ma.
cadamizing job on Water street has beer
delayed somewhat Street Commission
er Webb is hard at work with a coco
crew of men and horses to complete the
JOB.
Workmen are putting in the steel vault
of the Second National bank. The work i.
very substantial and of the best moderr
design and workmanship. The double
doors, castings, hanging, locks and fix
lures in one piece just put in weighs =.
E, tons, and all the metal used in the COZ.
struction of the vault weighs about II
tons.
AT the First Baptist church, on Sun
day morning, the pastor, Henry F. Huse
will preach at 1045; singing by thu
chorus choir under the leadership oil
Mrs. Philo Steward; Sunday school al
II o'clock; young peoples meeting al
6 O'Clock; preaching service at : O'Clock
Rally Day Sunday postponed until Oct
l4th. A cordial invitation extended tC
all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Buck and lit
tie child left, Tuesday, for Boston. Mr.
Buck has had charge of the drug and
book store of Bixby & Buck, his father
being the junior member of the firm, for
several months. Mr.. BuckHam, the new
proprietor of the store, formerly of Var.
mouth, has taken possession of the store
Mr.. Buck will enter Tufts Medical Col
lege.
Guy French, a member of the enter
ing class of the high school, broke his
collar bone, Monday afternoon, while
engaged in a practice game of football
The fracture was reduced by Doctors
Wadsworth and Gelinas. The break is
well in toward the neck and is bad one.
This is the first accident of any conse-
quence that has happened t a football
player since the game was introduced in
the high school French was not a
member of the school team.
The second in the series of evangelis-
tic meetings being conducted on Sunday
nights by pastors Kimball, Markley and
Huse was held, last Sunday night, in the
Universalist Church. A spirited address
was given by Pastor II. W. Kimball,
illustrating and enforcing the truth that
the only right investment of life is to be
found in Christian faith, Christian char
scter and Christian love. Interest in
these meetings is being evinced by the
increase in attendance. 90 Sunday
night the service will be held in the First
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