The Somerset reporter., 1901-08-08
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Sheriff Pennell is on business trip to
st. Adams today.
Wallace Emery of North Arson was in
town, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude L. Witham OF
Caratunk are in town, today.
Rev. Mr.. Hughes of Maiden, Mass, is
the guest for few days of Gen. Isaac
Dyer.
Mrs. jefferson Savage and young son
are visiting with her son George in
Hallowell.
Geo. l.. Crockett of Boston was among
the arrivals by Monday nights train, for
his annual vacation.
Mrs. Edward York of Washington d..
C. is visiting with her mother at the
home of her grandfather, Oliver Walker
! Mrs. o. A. Priest and daughter, Mrs
W. P. Ordway, went to Dresden camp
ground, this morning, to pass several
weeks.
Edwin Boyd, who has been passing
several weeks with his sister, Mrs. J, l..
Steward, returned home to Peel, n. b.,
Tuesday
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Prescott OF
Orange, n. j., are guests at Hotel Co
burn for a week They have many
friends and acquaintance here.
Mr.. S. W. Philbrick, wife and Master
Donald went to Mouse Island, this
morning, for stay of two weeks. Miss
James, who had been their guest, accom-
panied them to join her parents who are
summering there.
r. F. Wilson, American Express
messenger, who was recently transferred
from the Oakland route to the
Bangor-Boston route has been in town a
portion of the week, the guest of his
father, E. W. Wilson.
Arthur Lane of Boston arrived in town,
Tuesday night, and with his wife and
her father, Mr.. J. Fl. Philbrick, will
occupy the Curtis cottage at Hayden
Lake for some weeks. Mr.. Henry S.
Phrilbrick of New York will Join them
this week.
There is to be a game of ball at Fair
view Park, on Saturday afternoon next,
at 2.30, between the East Madsons and
the French nine of this place. The latter
nine is composed of some lively players
and If the visitors are as good it will be
an interesting game.
Anticipating the wants of the people
of Skowhegan and surrounding towns
the coming fall and winter, Fred A.
Wood, the hustling agent of the Glen
wood Co. in this place, received on Tues
day morning Il car load Of these popular
ranges and heaters, 116 In number.
Albert Lando and Miss Mabelle Els
telle, members of the Lakewood Stock
Co., closed their engagement with Sat
urday nights performance and have
gone to Boston to join the Phelan Stock
Co., of which they are members. This
company tours Maine this winter and
may possibly be booked, later, for Show
hogan.
Mrs. Fannie L. Coburn and daughter
of New York city, accompanied by a
servant, arrived in town, Saturday night,
to pass several weeks at the summer
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of Mrs. Coburn. Mr.. Davis, who had
been In town for week experimenting
the work on his new home, returned to
New York, Sunday.
DIR. G. E. Gelinas left town, Wednes-
day, for Detroit, Mich, where he will
attend the international convention of
the Catholic Order of Foresters as one of
the three delegates form the State lodge
of Maine. On his return he will study
for five weeks in the Montreal hospital
under Dr. Kingston.
The able ball team that has represented
Skowhegan on the diamond the past few
weeks, has, for lack of financial aid,
been obliged to disband. During its
brief base ball career our club has been
one in whose playing we could take
pride as it has met nearly all the best
teams and won majority of its games,
and we regret its death.
The Skowhegan ball club lost its first
game In many weeks on Monday after
noon last at Waterville, when the high
salaried team In that city defeated US in
closely contested game by score Of to
4. Our boys made hits enough to have
won the game, knocking out total of
Ii to the Waterviles 6, but somehow
they did not come when most needed
Lieutenants L. l.. Williams and N. S.
Varney of Co. E, N. G. s. M. were in
Brunswick, Saturday, to compete in the
shoot to determine who shall represent
Co. E. In the national championship meet
to be held at Sea Girt, N. j., this fall.
Only twelve men and three substitutes
qualified. Lieut.. Varney being one of
the latter. Lieut.. Williams was only
prevented by an unaccountable error,
whereby he set his wind gauge to the
left instead of to the opposite.
Mrs. Ellen F., wife of Alonzo r. Her.
rim, died at the family home In this town,
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