The Somerset reporter., 1902-01-23
TOWN and VICINITY
Live bait at Fairgrieves'.

h. j. Russell or Brighton was 10 Town.
Friday.
New black dress goods at W. H.
Wildes', this week.
b. D. Bowden, trial justice of Pitts
field, WAS in town, Friday.
Miss Edith Cushing of Bangor is the
guest of Miss Annie Hayden.
Hon. C. F. johnson of Watervlle,
was at the court house, Friday.
r, II. Sawyer returned to Great Bar
rington, Mass, Friday afternoon.
Harvey D. Eaton, Esq, of Waterville
was at the court house, Saturday.
Miss Lillian White was the guest of
friends in Waterville over Sunday.
Two hundred new imported waist
patterns, no two alike, at W. II. Wildes'.
Phillips & Mills, attorneys at law,
made business trip to Bangor, Monday.
Monday morning Is horses were ship
ped from here to w. 81. Catlin at Port
Chester, n. Y.
Miss Marguerite Libby of Melrose,
Mass, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs. j.
w. Steward.
Harry NJ. Hilton, agent of the Ameri-
can express Co. at Waterville, passed
Sunday in town with his family.
Miss Fannie Stevens went to Peabody,
Mass, Saturday morning. where she is
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. Fl. Noyes.
Mr.. Oliver Walker has been a SUBJ
scriber and paid for the REPORTER and
its predecessors since the year 1888, sixty
nine years.
A party of 20 business men, accom-
panied by their wives, took supper at
the Heselton, Thursday night, and the
evening was passed in playing whist.
Mrs. Clara B. Leavitt took the train,
Monday afternoon, for Dexter, to at
tend the winter meeting of the Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs representing
Skowhegan Woman's Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Fl. Emery left home
Saturday, for several weeks tarry in
bOSlOUs mhss. HIS. " d. OOues VI
Boston, who was their guest for a time,
left here for Fairfield, the same day.
The present break in our winter
weather ia unwelcome to all While we
had but little snow, there was enough
to make the best of sleighing but the
thaw of yesterday and today "fixes it,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Marble have been
elected associate members of the SWIFT
tier Home Association" of Amesbury,
Mass. The society are raising funds for
memorial statue of the 'poet philan-
thropist" and are receiving contributions
from all parts of the country for this
worthy object.
Russell Post G. A. r. will observe
Mckinley day, January Doth, by exer.
cises in Grand Army hall at 7.30 in the
evening. The members of Abraham
Lincoln Command U. V. u, Russell
Relief Corps and Wildes' Camp Sons of
Veterans and citizens generally are in
vited to participate.
Mr.. Robert w. Lord of Skowhegan
has canvassed the town for the Maine
State year book, completing his work,
yesterday. He has canvassed the town
for business statistics also for subscrib-
ers to this valuable and, we may say,
almost indispensable Maine business an
nual. We might get along without this
book, but would be very sorry to be
obliged to.
The new apartment hotel of s. W.
Gould, to be known as the Hotel Oxford,
was tenanted for the first time, Saturday,
when Messrs. r. T. Patten and Herbert
Wentworth, with their families, and
Misses Folsom aud Ladd, moved into the
suites selected by them during the early
stages In the construction of the block.
The catering department is in charge of
Thomas Cahill and some 20 mealers are
already enrolled. The block presents a
handsome appearance and is welcome
addition to the substantial business
blocks that grace Water street.
AT different times we have expressed
regret that our water power here was
without mill for manufacturing long
lumber. The defect was remeded last
fall by the erection of structure to
shelter circular saw and it was doing
good work ia cutting out lumber for
customers when the December flood
worked havoc with the building, 1t being
crushed by the runaway bridge from
Madison and buried in ice and debris.
By Vigorous work, begun Immediately
after the flood subsidized, the site was
cleared, the structure regretted in a
more substantial manner than before
and the machinery put in order. The
proprietor, II. E. Spear, is now busily
at work saving lumber with full crew,
yard full of logs and good prospect
of the supply being kept up. To be sure
the building is not large one but it has
plenty of room to grow, and we believe
the business it will do will Justify greatly
increased capacity.