The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-06-28
o. M. Robinson of Bingham was II
town few hours Tuesday.


Mrs. Farnsworth of Boston, is th'
guest of Mrs. E. Fl. Stevens at Bloom
field cottage.
Mr.. W. Arthur Watson of Boston Is IL
town, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w
Nash, Main St.
Peaches, plums, apricots, cherries
pinespples and water melons at Knowl
ton & Thompson's.
A special meeting of the Island Ave
Congregational parish and society has
been called for this evening at 8 o'clock
Black Death costs less than half a:
much as "Bug Death" and is guaranteed
fully equal. For sale by Steward Bros
The black bass are biting well at Lake.
wood at present and the Cos car each
evening, is filled with local anglers eager
for try at these gsmey fish.
w. T. Simmons of La Crosse, Wis,
is guest for few days of David Horn
Mr.. Simmons family resided in this
town leaving here about II years ago
Mrs. Abby Norris and her daughter
Miss Mary Norris, who have been in
Boston the past winter, returned to
town for midsummer, Saturday after.
noon.
MIS-. Charles Tilton of Bangor, was
among the arrivals Saturday night
joining her husband who is passing the
summer here at the old homestead on
the Norridgewock road.
P. FL. Young of Kokomo, Ind, who
has been visiting his brother, Uncle
Oliver Young, started for his home
Tuesday. This was Mr.. Young's first
trip to Maine for so years.
At the First Baptist church on Sunday
morning preaching by the pastor al
l045, Sunday school at IL. Evening al
o'clock union patriotic service of Con
gregational and First Baptist church
All are invited.
The subject of the sermon at the
Congregational church Sunday morning
will be, "Converging Lines of the Christ
ian Denominations" During July anC
August the Christian Endeavor meeting
will be united with the evening service
Miss Vesta Withee, oldest daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford H. Withee, mel
with painful accident the first of the
week. While at play at her home OIL
Leavitt street she fell from a lettering
board to the ground, breaking her wrist
A heavy electric shower accompanied
with hail passed over this part of the
county yesterday afternoon. We hear
that the hail was very heavy in the
south part of Canaan doing much
damage to growing crops and unrooflng
several buildings.
Members of Skowhegan lodge X. of P
with their ladies will join in memorial
service with Echo lodge of Madison,
Sunday next, July 1st at 2.30 p. M
Rev. F. F. Eddy of Oakland will preach.
All knights are requested to meet at the
hall at one o'clock sharp. A special car
will be In readiness for them.
la the Zeta Pei society exercises at
Colby this year, Skowhegan men bore
the principal parts. The Invocation was
by Rev. DR.. W. A. Brooks of South
Paris, who fitted for college here; the
Grafton by Harry n. Haines of Colorado
who also fitted for college here, and
the History by Forrest Goodwin, Esq,
of this town. A good record fol
Skowhegan.
Sol Reynolds met with an unfortunate
accident last Thursday. He was al
work excavating for the drinking
fountain at the corner of Madison ave,
nue. and Water street, when the man
who was using the pick struck him in
the hand with that utensil, making q
painful wound that will lay Mr.. Rey.
nolds up for several weeks.
Horace Purington has taken the con.
tract to furnish the material and do the
work on the Second National Bank build.
ing excepting the foundation for the
vault and the iron and steel work of the
vault and the heating apparatus. The
front is to be entirely new from found
alton to the top and the interior of the
first story is entirely new throughout
excepting the floor timbers. Mr.. Pur-
ington will begin the work very early.
The vault work is also under contract
Cashier Fellows has made arrangements
to have temporary quarters in the store
of Simpson & Savage while the bank
building is in the hands of contractors.