The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-27
TOWN and VICINITY

business, Monday
Chas. Rochester of Boston arrived,
Is.r evening, and will pass his vacation
in Skowhegan.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. E. Shaw of Richmond
were guests of A. r. Shaw and family
over Sunday.
III. Grant removes to Winslow, this
,yeek. after about seven years residence
in skowhegsn.
Mrs. Chas. Thompson of New Sharon
il The guest of her niece, Mrs. Geo. E.
Sampson, this week.
Martin F. Bartlett Of the firm OF L. I.
Boothby & Sons, Waterville insurance
firm, was In town, Tuesday.
Mrs. Tia Robinson of Boston is In
town, having come here with her moth
or, Mrs. Chas. Robinson, who is In fee
BILE health.
Madame Helen Brown Polacek of Paris,
France, arrived, last week, to pass the
summer with her mother, Mrs. George
Washburn, at Lake George.
Peter Lessor has engaged the building
nm Madison avenue, near hotel Coburn,
formerly the Empire cigar factory, and
is ready to see his old friends and GUS
toners.
Miss Lena Tobey, one of the operators
at the Skowhegan telephone exchange,
went to Portland, Tuesday morning, to
mass weeks vacation at the home of
Mrs. Ethel Pillsbury.
Mrs. Forrest Goodwin and her guest,
Miss Annie Smith, passed the day, Tues
day, with Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine Owen at
Lake Cobbosseecontee, where they are
occupying a cottage for the summer.
Alexander Weston OF Cornville left
this station, Tuesday, for visit with
his son, Fremont Weston, in Thomaston,
Ne. He is also to stop for time with
Waterville friends on his return journey.
Mrs. Leon Bailey, accompanied by her
husband, and her brother, Frank Walk.
er. arrived last week from Portland, and
are visiting with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Walker, at their Hayden
Lake cottage.
Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Leitch and their
three children went to Old Orchard, Me-,
E Tuesday morning, where they will occu-
py a cottage for the next two weeks.
Miss Maud Merrill ard Miss Marion
Brainerd were also of the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren White OF Cam
bridge, Mass. have been guests of Or.
and Mrs. E. II. Stevens during the past
week, Mr.. White returning to Cam
bridge Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs. White
were residents of Skowhegan for sever
al years, living a t the Holway farm.
Mrs. Jennie Loughrey of Somerville,
Mass, who had been visiting with her
sister, Mrs. viii W. Olkes, for week
or more, returned home, Monday. The
same evening two Somerville young
ladies', cousins of Mrs. Olkes, Miss Amy
Balcom and Miss Ruth Redmond, came
to be her guests for several weeks.
A. Lewis of Groton, Mass, has been
visiting his nephew, D. W. Lewis OF this
place. During his stay here he took a
carriage drive to Industry, Me-, accom-
panied by D. w. Lewis and family, and
visited the farm where his boyhood was
passed. The buildings were long since
burned, but Mr.. Lewis found apple trees
still standing and many other things
about the locality to remind him OF his
youth.
A. F. Hood Of the Art Metal Construc-
ton Co. OF Boston was here, Tuesday,
and took the necessary measurements in
the law library at the courthouse for
shelving and other fixtures. This room
is now to be provided with metal shelV-
ing and furniture as contemplated in the
original plans for the Improvement of
the court building. 1t is hoped that the
work may be completed before the OPEN
ing of the September term of the S. j.
Court.
Walter P Ordway has purchased OF
F. T. & G. A. Ross the real estate at the
junction OF Madison avenue and Russell
streets known as the Ross corner. The
property has a frontage of 81 feet Oh
Madison avenue and 1l5 feet on Russell
street. The lot is wider at its rear than
on Madison avenue, so that the boundary
line, parallel with that thoroughfare, is
80 feet in length. Mr. Ordway has
plans for the Improvement of the prop
erty but they are not sufficiently ma
tured to be made public at present.
c. f. Ward has recently taken out his
safe from the ruins of Coburn Hall,
where it had remained since the destruc-
ton of his place of business with
that block, last December. Mr.. Ward
had time to remove most Of the contents
OF the safe at the time of the fire and
what remained was in good condition.
Mr.. Wards Is the last to be taken out
and seems to have been in the best con-
dition, although the others protected
their contents fairly well. The safe be-
ongiug to T. w. Bucknam seemed to
suffer the most from the heat and part
Of the contents was destroyed.