The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-02-04
Dunbar, the Expert of hsgicians.

spring term on Monday, February 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. Heath were guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. w Steward, Thurs
day of last week, returning home, Fri
day.
Mrs. Edgar l.. Murphy went to Bos
ton, Wednesday morning, for a visit OF
some weeks with friends in that city and
vicinity,
Ira W. Page, Jr., proprietor of the
new sash and blind factory on the Is
land, went to Watervlle on business,
Saturday.
Ruel Reed of East Madison left, Fri
day morning, for Cambridge, Mass,
where he is to visit his sister, Miss Flora
Reed, for a week.
On Thursday evening p. F. Bicknell
of Portland, clergyman OF the seventh
day adventist church, arrived here on bis
way to Cornville to hold series Of
meetings.
Alonzo P. Merrill, student at the
Massachusetts Institute OF Technology,
arrived Friday evening, to pass ten
days. vacation with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. p Merrill.
Chas. Green of this place and j. P.
Dudley of Stratton were at Augusta,
Thursday, at the hearing on the petition
for extenton of the Phillips & Rangeley
railroad, returning here, Friday morning.
Henry j. Mathews, an employe of she
Steward Heating s. Plumbing Co., de-
parted Wednesday afternoon for West
Frampton, 2. @, his former home,
where he will visit with relatives for two
or three weeks.
Geo. W. Cover, Esq. arrived home,
Saturday morning, after an absence of
several days during which time he had
attended meeting of the Mystic Shrine
in Lewiston and had been to Portland
and Boston on business.
Don't forget to go and see, in A. e.
Bisson's window, the Indian Chief,
Griaronex, claimed to be one of the
principal subjects that Christopher Co.
lumbus exported on his return trip in
1892 and introduced to the Court of
Spain, King Ferdinand and Queen lsa-
bella.
A very quiet wedding occurred, Jan.
Is, at the home of w. r. Malbon on
Leavitt street, the contracting parties
being Mr.. f. Earl Folsom of Cornna
and Miss Bessie Robbins of Pennington,
the ceremony being performed by the
Rev. II. w. kimball of the CongregG
tional church. The young couple will
board with Mr.. and Mrs. Malbon for the
present.
The annual meeting of Eunice Farms
worth Chapter, Daughters of the Ameli-
can Revolution, was held with Miss
Louise II. Cass at her home on Madison
avenue, Friday evening. The officers
elected for the ensuing year are, regent,
Miss Louise Coburn; vice regent, Miss
Gertrude s. Weston secretary, Mrs. w.
X. Gift )rd; treasurer, Mrs. F. R Stew
ard registrar, Mrs. Fannie Cabot. The
subj for the evenings program was
paul Revere" Miss Harriet Marble
sarg an appropriate selection, playing
her own accompaniment.
Chas. Loomis met with what may
prove very serious accident to one of
his eyes, last week. He was engaged in
driving down the hoops on a barrel of
apples, using a hammer and short bar of
iron for the purpose, when a speck of
iron was thrown off by blow from the
hammer, cutting deep into the pupil of
his eye. The fact that this eye was his
sole dependence for sight, he having lost
the use Of the other some years since,
makes the outcome of this accident of
the utmost concern. He is now at the
Sisters of Charity Hospital, Lewiston,
for treatment.
A. W. Mayo of Freeman, Me, who has
been visiting with his brother, $. G.
Mayo, of this town, has . well preserv-
ed copy of the Ulster County Gazette,
OF the issue OF Jan. 4, 1900 It-is full of
| the account OF the death and funeral of
George Washington, who died on the
14th of December just preceding. The
paper is carefully preserved in frame,
protected by glass, and yet so arranged
that both sides may be read, 1t is a
valuable and interesting relic. The RE-
PORTER has on file smaller edition Of the
same paper, also copy of the New York
Herald, issue of April 18Th, 1865, an
nouncing the assassination and death of
President Lincoln.
Two ladies of many years, whose
deaths occurred In this town, last week,
Mrs. Miranda S. Sawyer, widow of
Osgood Sawyer, and Mrs. Alma l.. Har-
son, widow of William Hanson, had
many condolences 10 life. They both for
merly lived in New Portland coming to
Skowhegan early In life. They both
resided here continuously until their
deaths. They were both left widows
many years ago. They resided on the
same street in houses side by side for
nearly 30 years, were intimate neighbors
and close friends. Mrs. Sawyer died
Tuesday the Doth instant, aged 81 years.
and Mrs Hanson, early Wednesday