The Somerset reporter., 1900-11-08

opera house, tomorrow night.
DR.. :. g. Gordon of Portland was in
town, Tuesday, called for professional
consultation.
The Misses Clara Decker and Mollle
Farrin of Brighton were In town shop
ping, Tuesday.
n. B. Owen came up from Togus,
Tuesday noon, to vote, returning, We'd
nesday morning.
The many friends of y. W. Brainerd,
Esq, will be glad to know that favora-
BILE reports were received from him, this
morning.
f. D. Jameson, business manager of
the Culhane, Chace & Weston Ministries,
was in town, Friday, in the interest of
his attraction.
John Murphy, proprietor of the Park
House, waterville, visited his father,
here, Saturday, on his way home from
hunting trip up river.
The American Benefit Society will
hold its next meeting, Nov. goth, in X.
P. hall. let there be a full attendance
An oyster supper will be served.
The attending physicians report
marked Improvement in the condition OF
Gen. X. B. Shepherd, this morning.
This is very welcome information.
Horace Bickford has situation as
conductor on the Somerset Traction Co.'S
line, taking the place made vacant by
the resignation of Milford Withee.
r. F. Wilson, who has been passing
part of his vacation in New York and
Washington, was among the arrivals,
Saturday night and is visiting his father
this week.
Mrs. Fannie Cushing and little daugh-
ter, who have been the guests for sever
al weeks of Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Leland,
returned to Portland, Friday, where
they will pass the winter.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq. returned home,
Monday afternoon, from New York
where he put in three weeks campaign
speaking under the direction of the
Republican committee.
Mrs. Lydia NJ Newton of Bath and
Miss Lydia Z. Newton of Bowdoinham
were among the arrivals, Saturday night,
and will pass several weeks as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sheridan.
Friday afternoon w. r. Clifford ship
ped, by express, to Philadelphia, IL
handsomely mounted deer heads. They
were consigned to Fred Skeel and were
sample of the fine work Mr.. Clifford is
turning out, this fall.
Last Saturday morning one of Pishon
& Clark's hay pressing crews passed
through town, coming here from North
New Portland. This firm Is also busy,
| just at present, packing apples in vari-
Gus parts of the country.
Joseph H. Philbrick, who has been
passing the summer in town as the guest
of his brothers, William and George,
left, Saturday morning, for Boston. On
Tuesday he started for st. Louis where
he will pass the winter with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lillian Burgess.
Mr.. G. II. Foss, cook In the lumber
camp of Viles & Perkins, writes the
REPORTER under date of Nov. 3, that
they have something that no other lum-
boring camp can boast of, that is their
garden, from which he picked as nice II
mess of lettuce, the day before, as could
| be found anywhere in the month Of June.
The Bangor Commercial, last Thurs
day, issued a special industrial edition.
Among the business men mentioned was
Wilder S. Varney, who conducts al
undertaking establishment In that city
Mr.. Varney is Skowhegan boy, son OF
Z. G.. Varney and is we'll remembered
her as former partner of F. r. Folsom,
in the undertaking business here.
Considerable excitement was occa-
stoned on Water street at 100 O'Clock,
last Saturday afternoon, caused by the
efforts of a horse, attached TO q load oil
wood. The animal was so lame he could
hardly walk and appeared to be weak
for the want Of something to eat. As
the animal couldn't go any further he
was taken out of the shafts and later
led to Fishers blacksmith shop, where,
from shere weakness, he fell to the
floor and was with difficulty put upon
his feet again. Bystanders, who wit
messed the pitiful spectacle, offered to
give the owner 500 for the animal and
then have him killed, but he thought he
ought to have $50 as that sum was what
he paid for him. He stated that when
he left home the horse WAS all right, but
was taken lame on the way to town.
Constable Addition, who has for some
years effectively looked after this class
OF cases, upon representation of the
owner of the horse that he would take
the animal home and not attempt to
work him unless he got over his lame
ness, allowed him to lead the horse away
behind the cart instead of drawing it.