The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-10
TOWN and VICINITY

OYSTERS In the she'll at Fairgrieves'.
/ w. poolan has leased the Macomber
4 blacksmith shop. See ad.
All the latest designs in sofa pillow
4 eoyers to be found at Miss Williams.
Bargains in mems secondhand CLOTH
ing at n. B. Vigue's, over Simpsons
grocery.
4. B. Lamb is OF a weeks trip to
.aekman, preparing map of the wild
lands 10 that vicinity.
Mrs. Cora (Elliott) Jones of San Fran
cisco, Cal, a former Skowhegan girl, is
visiting Mrs. Edith S. Shepherd.
Mrs. Celestia Warren of Minneapolis,
MIMI, is visiting at the home of her
brother, j. B. Maddocks of this town.
large number of unsteady inclined
people from this place have been in at
tepdance upon the Musical Festival in
Portland, this week.
Rev. E. T. Adams of Scion, former
nastor of the Island Avenue M. E.
Church, was in town, Tuesday, calling
on old acquaintance.
The story above the stores occupied
BY Miss Williams and E. B. Curtis is
being remodelled, and when completed is
to be occupied by C. E. Dealey.
L. j. Addition and W. R. G. Estes re-
turned, Monday night, from hunting
trip at Moscow with headquarters at
"Chadbourne's Ranch, bringing a deer
and several cartridges.
Mrs. r. T. Patten, accompanied by
her little daughter, visited, this week.
with former school friend, who with
her family has been passing several
weeks at the Poland Springs House.
The Ladies Social Circle and Woman's
Home Missionary society will meet,
Monday afternoon next at 80 with
Mrs J. B. Maddocks, Middle ST. Sub
iect of the meeting 1.-THE Deaconess's
Work"
Our high school foot ball team are to
play that from the North Arson high
school at Madison, Saturday afternoon
next, at 2 O'Clock. Many will go from
here, as special rates have been secured
over the electric road.
DR.. Thomas Flint of San Juan, Cal,
and his brother, Hon. George Flint, of
Arson, were in town, Friday. DR.. Flint
returns to his home, this week, having
spent spent nearly two months in Som
eraet, his former home.
Ralph Gledhill went to Boston, Mon
day, to meet his mother and sister who
are expected to arrive in that city today,
from England where they have been
visiting at their former home. They
have been absent one year.
c. NJ. Barnard has purchased from L.
L. Morrison a lot OF land on the east
shore of Madison pond, just south of
Frank Swans property, and it is Mr..
Barnard's intention to erect a cottage
thereon early another season.
Mrs. Nickerson of Gloucester, Mass,
Grand Chief, D. of H., and Mrs. Phil
brick of Augusta, Grand Deputy, were
the guests of Mrs. VIM. Donaldson, Tues
day and Wednesday,, attending the
meeting of the lodge, Tuesday evening.
Shelley Fl. Beal of Cornvile has great
crop of apples this year. He has har-
vested 1897 bushels of good merchant
ohio onfNlno onA holds tho ~ hat,
having sold but few of his fall varie-
ties He has had some offers at good
figures, as they are fancy lot.
Tuesday afternoon last, as H. j. Var
ney was in the piece of woods on the
Ansel Holway farm, just south of his
brick house, digging out a quantity of
leave mould, he discovered quantity of
German silver that had been moulded
into the size and shape of silver dollars.
There are eighty of them and the suppo-
stion is that it was part of a counter
feiter's layout, who Intended to properly
stamp them, and after silver plating
they would be put into circulation. They
gientlY had been buried for long
time.
Rev. Daniel Onstott, pastor of the
Centenary M. E. Church, has completed
Arrangements for an entertainment
course, to be held in the audience room
OF his church during the next two months.
Il is to consist of four lectures and two
concerts. The first date Is Nov. 5, a
lecture by Rev. E. L. House of Prov-
dence, R. l.; subject, Lights and Shad-
ows." The Others occur at intervals of
one week. We learn that our people are
subscribing very literally to the course,
as already over one hundred tickets have
been sold. The price is but S1.00.
Charles Allen of Canaan, met with an
accident, Sunday evening, which came
hear being serious one. While on his
way home his horse fell headlong into
the sewer which is being constructed on
Water street near the top of the Eddy
hill. Lanterns had been left by the
workmen around the ditch and pole set
across to prevent accident, but Mr.. Allen
was mistaken as to the locality of the
ditch and failed to heed the warning
lantern and pole. The horse was In the
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