The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-05

Mrs. Fannie Cushing and daughter are
visiting, this week, with relatives in
Portland.
An adjourned term of the court of
county commissioners will be held at the
Court House, Monday next, the 9th
instant.
Mrs. Carrie Hackett of Boston, who
has been passing several weeks with her
parents, VIM. Pitts and wife, returned
Tuesday.
Somerset jail was inspected, last
Thursday, by Whitman Sawyer, State
inspector, and found, as usual, in first
class condition.
Miss Annie Allen, who has presided at
the piano in the music room of the
samoset the past summer, returned
home, Monday night.
Mrs. A. R. Dyer, Mrs. DeCamp and
Mrs. Knights, who passed the summer
at Lakewood, returned Monday morning
to their home in Washington and New
York.
Mrs. Mary Horn accompanied by Miss
Alice Wyman of Maiden, Mass, and
Master Perry Boothby of this town are
In attendance, this week, at the State
Fair at Lewiston.
While fishing at Lake George last
Thursday, DR.. Fred NJ. Eaton caught
two salmon. The first weighed pounds
and ounces and was 30t inches long.
Tie other weighed three pounds. Both
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Russell Relief Corps will visit Russell
Post, G. A. r., at the regular meeting Of
the post, tomorrow, Friday evening at
the close Of the business meeting about
IS o'clock, by invitation of the post.
Refreshments will be served.
Carrabasset Lodge No. "a |. o. o. F.
will work the Sd degree, Wednesday
evening, Sept. II. Quinnebasset Lodge
of Norridgewoek is invited to be present.
Refreshments will be served after the
work. All Odd Fellows In town are in
vited.
One day last week salmon weighing
nine pounds and pickerel weighing five
pounds were caught In Oak pond in
Canaan. 1t is supposed the salmon
escaped from Lake George through the
screen at the outlet 1t was the largest
land locked salmon yet caught since the
lake was stocked
One of A. O. Scammon's travelling
companies presented "Side Tracked" at
the opera house, last Friday night, to a
fair sized audience. The specialties in
troduced were well received although
the acting company was not so strong as
when the play was first produced here
some two years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Lewis of st.
Louis and Mrs. Hart E. Pryor of New
York city were in town over Tuesday.
Mr.. Lewis, who has an excellent posi-
ton as manager Of the Great Southern
Hotel, formerly resided here in his
boyhood and is we'll remembered by
many Of our people.
The funeral services of the late Miss
Lorinda Richardson, for the past five
years an inmate Of the Skowhegan town
farm, were held at the farm, Friday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. Henry F.
Huse, pastor of the First Baptist church.
The interment was in the Pooler Gene
terry in East Skowhegan. The cause of
her death was paralysis. Her age was
"A years.
The canning factory of the Portland
Packing Co., in this place commenced
this seasons pack on Saturday last, and
by the last of the present week it will be
running to its full capacity. Succotash
only is put up here, and it is expected
about 100000 cans will be the extent of
this season, rather less than in some
years previous, owing to smaller
acreage planted. The corn never looked
better.
The Skowhegan Water Company have
at their pumping station new pump of
increased capacity and 60 h. p. electric
motor to be used in pumping water for
the public system of our town. Power
is to be furnished from the power station
belonging to the Shepherd estate on the
south side and wires are being strung to
connect the power and pumping sta
tions. When this Is completed, the
water company will have three methods
of pumping water, steam, water wheel
on the Island and the electric motor now
being installed. This would seem to
place the reliability of the water supply
for fire purposes beyond peradventure.
Rev. Charles S. Morris, returned
missionary from Africa, spoke in Bethany
Baptist church, Monday evening. He is
one of the speakers at the Christian
Endeavor convention in session at Water
vile, this week, and thus was available
for an address here. He is interested in
the establishment of an Industrial in
stitution on the western coast of Africa
for the benefit of the natives of that
country and the advancement of mission
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