The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-05-17
TOWN and VICINITY

sultana roll ice cream at Fairbrother's
on Saturday next.
Special mark-down sale of children's
hornets at Miss Lords.
c. A. Ross returned home, Tuesday
night, from a weeks visit to Boston.
George Tantish left, Saturday after.
mon. for weeks visit with relatives in
Lynn and Boston.
Mrs. Jane Simpson, who has been
visiting her son Thomas In Bradford, re-
turned home, Friday evening.
Fred Lawrence, Carl Steward and Miss
Emma Hutchinson, students at Colby
College, were home over the Sabbath.
Miss Eolia Bray, who holds position
in the pharmacy Of H. H. Hay, Port
land is passing brief vacation with her
mother.
The Working League of the Congrega-
tional society will meet with Mrs. Walter
Ward, W. Front ST., on Monday after
noon next at 2.oclock.
W. B. Brown, Esq. of Hartland, ac-
companied by his wife and child, visited
with his mother, Mrs. Geo. E. WASH
burne, Friday and Saturday last.
Sunday morning, May 20, Christian
Science Church services at 30 Water St.,
subject, "Ancient and modern hecro-
nancy or mesmerism and hypnotism."
All are cordially welcome.
c. W. Goodrich, who recently engaged
with the carpet works of l.. L. Morrison,
caught his hand in machine, Tuesday,
as result of which he lost the index
finger, beside mangling the hand con-
sderably.
The twelfth annual reunion of the
Bloomfield Academy class association,
lS6S-1S72, is to be held in Grange hall in
this place. Tuesday. June 18th, com.
memo ng at o'clock p. m. Mrs. Carrie
Robbins Gage is the secretary of the as
ISOLATION.
Service will be held in the Methodist
church, Memorial Sunday, May 27th, at
3 o'clock p. m. Rev. E. Il. Adams the
pastor, will preach the memorial sermon.
Russell Post, G.. A. r., Wildes Camp
Sons of Veterans and Russell Relief
Corps will attend as organizations.
Leon Butler, while at work at the
Skowbegan Pulp mill, Tuesday, had his
hand so badly mangled that it required
fifteen stitches to close the wound. He
was cleaning out barker that was run
ming, when the knife struck the stick he
WAS using, throwing it back with the
above result.
c. E. Buck, who served his appren-
ticeship' In the drug store of Bixby Il
Buck, and is well remembered as a
Skowhegan boy, but who for many
years has been engaged in business in
Massachusetts, has returned to town, for
time and will assist In the manage
ment of the store of Bixby & Buck dur
ing Hon. A. R. Bixby's illness.
A memorial service will be held in
Grand Army Hall, Friday p. M, May
18TH under the auspices of Russell Re-
lief Corps for Mrs. Sarah j. Martin,
Past National President of the Woman's
Relief Corps, who entered the unseen
world, April 3, 1900. La grateful appre-
citation Of her worth apd in loving mem
ory, charters of all Corps will be draped
with mourning for thirty days.
The students of the Skowhegan high
school have made arrangements for the
biggest athletic meet at Fairvew Park,
Saturday afternoon next at 2 p. M, our
town has eyer seen. The competing
teams will be from the Maine Central
Institute, Waterville High school, Good
Will Farm and our own high school, all
OF whom are entered at the Interscholas- |
tic meet at Brunswick and a lively con-
test may be looked for. Judges from
the different Maine colleges will pre-.
side. The admission is rs cents and the |
boys confidently hope the people will
turn out and show by their patronage
that they approve of these contests in
manly sport.
Work is beginning to show on the
burnt district on the island. H. S. Ste
ward has his wheel house up and en-
closed, the shafting in place, and expects
to be able to start his wheel within
week. l.. w. Weston is getting his
foundation and flume well along and the
Electric Light Company have crew of
carpenters at work replacing the roof |
on the brick building, while G. E. Farm
ham and several men are busily at work |
getting the gears and shafting into con.
dition for operating. People are waiting
with what patience they possess for re-
sumption OF service of the incandescents.
They begin to realize the beauties of
electric lighting for stores, shops and |
residences and will appreciate them bet
ter than ever before, when the electric
current is again available for this pur-