The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-02-15


Miss Elsie is to enter Wheaton Seminary
at Norton, Mass.
Edwin Gledhill, general manager of
the Marston Worsted Mills is absent
this week on business trip to Boston
and New York.
The installation of the officers of
Eureka Lodge No. 1873, N. e. o. P. will
be held in Milburn Hall on Monday
evening, Feb. 10.
Ansel Holway returned home this
week from York county where he
organized grange at Springdale, and is
now in Franklin county.
Books by George Sheldon, Charlotte
M. Breame, Mary J. Holmes, Charles
Garvice and Laura Jean Libby at 10
cents each at Heselton's.
Save % per cent on your coffee bill
and yet get just as good an article.
That's what you do when you buy
"Boston Blend" sold In Skowhegan by
E. I. Goodrich only.
There is special revival interest In the
Methodist church. -Four persons asked
for prayers last Sunday night, and
others have expressed their purpose to
lead Christian life, privately to the
pastor.
Next Sunday evening there will be
special music, at the M. <. church, the
male quartet which has been recently
formed are expected to be present and
sing and Mr.. Frederick Snow will render
a solo.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq, went to Gull
ford, Saturday, on legal business. Mrs.
Goodwin accompanied him and they
spent Sunday at the home of A. C.
Houston, returning home, Monday
morning.
Hon. Elmer P. Spofford of Deer Isle,
one of the supervisors of census of
Maine, was in town Saturday. While
here he was guest of Hon, G. A. Mars
ton with whom he served in the State
Senate in the winter of 1896.
At the Congregational Church, next
Sunday morning, Rev. E. L. Marsh Of
Waterville, will preach in exchange
with the pastor. There will also be a
preaching service in the church in the
evening, and Rev Mr.. Marsh will preach.
A snow slide from the roof of the
building occupied by F. G. Head & Co.,
crushed through the side window at
the dry goods store of W. H. Wildes,
on Friday last causing much alarm to
the clerks and customers at the time
and some inconvenience to all concerned
afterwards.
Prof. Charles w. Spencer of Colgate
University and Henry c. Spencer were
In town over Sunday, at the home Of
their parents, Rev. DIR. and Mrs. W. II.
Spencer. Prof. Spencer and Prof, N. L.
Andrews represented Colgate University
at the funeral of DR.. George w. Smith,
formerly president of Colgate, at Water
vile on Saturday last.
At the Universalst Church next
Sunday evening at o'clock there will
be an illustrated lecture on 1.-THE His
tory Of Universalsm." This lecture
and the views were shown at the
National Convention of the Y. P. C. u,
held at Lynn, last July, aud have since
been seen In many of the Universalist
churches. At the morning service the
subject of the sermon is 1.-THE Trust.
worthiness of the Bible as Containing
a Revelation from Cod" being the
third in the series on Essential Princi-
pies"
The postponed entertainment, supper
aud dance In Grange Hall, under the
auspices of SSowhegan Grange, held
Thursday evening of last week was
grand success, both socially aud finan-
cially; 10 fact we learn that the hall
was found to small to accommodate the
large number who wanted to listen to
the entertainment which consisted of
by Mr.. Morse of Lewis
ton, vocal music by the grange choir,
music by kendall's orches-
ira, and a pleasing farce entitled "a
picked-up dinner" The net proceeds
were over $4,000.
There was brief but thrilling run
away on Russell street, Tuesday morn
ing. VIM. Taylor's horse was being
from pung in front of Har
vile's blacksmith shop when he became
frightened and started to run. The
animal Is blind and 10 turning around
run head first into the side of the shop.
He squared around again and started at
full speed for the Skowhegan House,
bringing up against the corner window
where the barber chair is located, smash
ing a pane of glass and knocking a
heavy water pitcher into marble sink,
the bottom of which was broken.
People in the Office thought cyclone,
had struck the hotel. Strange to say
the animal was uniniured
Friday forenoon the 9Th instant, AS
Mr.. Charles Chase was crossing Madison
Ave-, opposite Hotel Coburn, and had
his attention 10 an opposite direction,
to that from which Norris Cleveland