The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-31

at Hotel Coburn.
Fred E. Webster of Caratunk is In
town for a few days.
A lot of new March records Just re-
ceived at Smiths music store.
Very fine fresh strawberries, forty
cents box at the Skowhegan market.
Miss Withee's E .ster millinery opening
occurs Friday and Saturday Of this week.
Miss Lola Goodwin returned Monday
evening from visiting friends In Pitts
field.
Herbert L. SWEET, superintendent for
the Somerset Traction Co., passed Sun
day in Bangor.
Adjutant Taylor of the Salvation army
stationed at Portland, WAS In town few
hours, Saturday.
FJ. Savage of Fairfield spent Sunday
in town, the guest of bis daughter, Mrs.
Fred R. PhIlbrick.
Rev. DR.. Spencer attended a meeting
of the Central Maine Theological circle
In Waterville Monday.
Mrs. Perley Ames and Miss Eva M.
Ames visited with friends 10 Waterville
portion of last week.
Will the finder of a Maine Central
mileage No. s. 1856 please leave at Hotel
Coburn and receive reward.
Mrs. Fl. C. Gage returned Friday even
ing from a visit of several months with
relatives in Massachusetts,.
Mrs. F. l.. McPheters went to Lewis
ton yesterday morning to visit her
brother for the next few weeks.
Capt. j. P. Carson, superintendent of
mails 10 the Augusta postoffice, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Miller over
Sunday.
Professor Torrey of the Bangor Theo-
logical seminary preached at the Island
Avenue Congregational church last
Sunday.
Clyde Smith of Hartland, prominent
In Republican political circles, has been
in skowhegan and adjoining towns since
Monday.
II your carriages need touching up or
painting, why not take them to L. w.
Chase's new shop and have them done
right, Water street.
DIR. j. Z. Wadsworth returned, yester-
day evening, from Hiram, Me, having
been called to that place by the serious
illness of bis mother.
This morning Mrs j. p. Merrill went
to Bangor with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace A.
Bennett of West Newton, Mass, who
have been her guests since Tuesday.
Among those who departed for the
Maine conference at Rumford Falls this
morning were Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. En-
cry, Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Dinsmore and
Col. lsaac Dyer.
Arrangements have been made so that
for the Parmenas Encampment excur-
sion to Watervlle, April S:h, tickets will
be sold good on the LBS and 40 trains
to return on the special.
Among the recent farm sales of S. H.
Swain are the +. j. Wills farm, located
10 Madison, to II. L. Patten of Water
vile, aud the II. N Longfelow farm in
Cornville to VIM. Froehick of Brooklyn,
New York.
j. F Pollard has bought and sold As :
600 lbs of flaeced wool this season. He
has also sold % 900 lbs. of wool of his
own pulling. Skowhegan may well
claim to be quite a wool market when
one dealer can handle so much in a sim
gle season.
Mrs Daniel O lstott attended meet
ing in Portland Monday evening in the
interest of the Methodist Episcopal
Deaconess' home, which is located in
that city. o. Tuesday she proceeded tC
Rumford Falls, where she remains
through the week attending the sessions
/ of the NJ. Z. Maine conference.
I
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Steward and theil
daughter, Helen, were in Clinton yester'
day to attend the funeral of Mr.. Stew
ards father, Samuel Steward, who died
at his home 10 that town Monday, the
% h inst, at the age of 81. The de-
ceased was for many years resident OF
SkowhegaD, and will be remembered as
member of the firm of Steward & Will
liams, who conducted the axe manufac-
turing business here about the year 1880.
Skowhegan Republican town COM
mittee held a meeting on Monday even
ing aud arranged for issuing notice for
caucus, which appears in the Reporter
this week. Following are the names of
members of the committee: w. H,
Wildes, chairman; Nathan Fowler,
secretary; j. Wallace Blunt, l.. A.
Dasc0mbe, f, p. Viles, John Weston,
W. r. Elliott, r. B. Hutchins, Levi
Bean and Geo. w. Cover. All were
present at the meeting but Mr.. Bean.