The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-11-22
TOWN and VICINITY

r. G. Leighton of Portland was in
Town, over last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. W. Heath of Wa
tpryile were 10 town over Monday night.
The G. C. G. C. will meet at the
Library, Tuesday, Nov. ~, instead OF
! Friday.
Or. Cora M. johnson returned home,
Yesterday, from a weeks visit with rela-
tives in Foxcroft.
Mrs. w. II. Gannett of Augusta was
in town over Sunday, the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. w. R. Clifford.
Misses Dora and Gertrude Goodwin
passed several days in Augusta, the
present week with friends.
Or. George M. Twtchell, editor of the
/ Maine Farmer, was in town, Friday, and
called at the REPORTER office.
T. II. Anderson has leased one of the
suites of offices on the second floor of
the new Second National Building.
Mrs. P. C. Whittier of Maiden, Mass,
4 arrived in town by Saturday nights
train, remaining until Wednesday MORN
ing.
Steward Brothers have nice room
upstairs tenement to rent. Next door
) 10 the Methodist parsonage, on the
Island.
The Woman's Relief Corps gave a
cOnundrum supper in G. A. r. Hall,
+ Wednesday evening, which was well
patronized.
There will be meeting of the Town
Improvement Society, Friday afternoon,
i November 23d, in the library parlors at
4 go O'clock.
Mrs. John L. Kilgore, who had been
passing week in town, guest at Hotel
1 Coburn, returned to her home in Lowell,
Mass, Tuesday.
W. r. Clifford made a large sale of
deer skin rugs, Tuesday, to the new
Madison tribe of Order of Redmen, to be
used by them in the furnishings of their
4 wigwam.
All poll taxes of residents of Skowhe-
gan are past due and must be paid to W.
H. Emery, collector, at his office, Ar
nOld's store, before Dec. 10th. This Ia
imperative.
Walter r. Robbins left town, Friday
morning, for New Hampshire. and judg-
ing from the records at the office of ths
Town Clerk, when he returns Mrs. Rob-
bins will accompany him.
Bert Avore, who has been running as
spare messenger for several weeks with
/ the American Express Co., has been
transferred to the Wstervlle office, en-
tering upon his duties, today.
A balance of 1896 was remaining
after expenses of securing election news
at Coburn hall, the evening of the 9th
instant, and it has been paid to the
Treasurer of the Lsdies' Aid Society.
Last Saturday was the coolest morn
ing of the season. Thermometers in
various parts of the town at o'clock
! registered from 3 to IA degrees above.
! 1t was reminder of what is to come.
Wesley G. Smith of Portland and Fred
Emery Bean, Esq. of Hallowell were
guests at Hotel Heselton, over Wednes-
day night, in attendance upon the Dist
Convention. They went from here to
Damariscotta.
Much interest is manifested in the
guessing contest going on at the grocery
store of E. t. Goodrich in connection
with the Armour canned goods exhibit,
being given by Miss Sadleir of Boston
as demonstration. A barrel of best flour
is to be given away, Saturday night, to
someone. Why not to you?
County Commissioners Webber, Smith
and Metcalf were in town, yesterday, on
their way from Smithfield where they
had been to assess damage to owners Of
land through which the line of the Ken
nebec, Franklin and Somerset railroad
runs. These owners are George F. Mer-
row, David Perry, o. W. Whithouse,
Howard Perkins, Benz. Perkins, u. II.
Dudley, John Nichols and Augustus
Holmes. The distance the route is In
Somerset county is few feet over one
mile and three fourths. The commits
sloners viewed the route, made the sur
yeys and met at South Smithfield and
agreed upon the damages to each own
er, but 1t will not be made public until
the report is made which we understand
Will be the regular December term Of
the Commissioners court, the second
Tuesday of December,
Saturday last, for the third time this
season the Waterville high school foot
ball team were defeated by the Skowhe-
gan high school eleven. The game oe-
Cured at Fairview Park and the after
noon was an ideal one for the contest.
Early it was apparent the visitors we're
no match for the local team, the latter
Oelng able to make gains at will owing
10 their extra weight. The visitors were
as clean set of youths as are ever seen
On grdiron, playing clean foot ball all
through, and took their defeat in the
Rindliest manner. The score was 80 to
o. Skowhegan making six touchdowns,
and Clark only falling once in kicking a