The Somerset reporter., 1905-05-11
TOWN and VICINITY

gan Market.
Don't forget to give the band boys a
Ijf,. Monday evening, at Grange hall
The ladies of the Afternoon Whist
clab we're entertained at the home of
Mrs. Edith S. Shepherd Friday afternoon
Of last week.
Il. +. Morrison, State factory inspect
or. was In town Friday of last week, Oh
his way to Madison, where he had offl-
eial business.
Col. and Mrs. w. K. G.. Estes went to
Brockton, Mass, Monday morning, for a
iortnight's visit with their daughter,
Mrs. W. K. Buchanan.
Mrs. Z. A. Aubin of Lewiston WAS the
guest of her son, Edwin Aubn, over
Sunday. She was accompanied by Miss
Ada Golden of the same city.
Mrs. Richard Robinson of Cornville
arrived home Thursday evening of last
week from Jamesburg, N. j., where she
had been on visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Edwin Frost.
Sheriff Z. H. Smith and bis aunt, Mrs.
Clara E. Bartlett, are now settled in the
residence connected with the Somerset
jail, their household effects having been
installed there last week.
{. B. Whiting of Dover, n. II. has
been in town several days this week on
business. Mr. Whiting was formerly in
The grocery business here as a member
OF the firm of Morrill, & Whiting
Col A. G. Blunt, Edwin Gledhill and
David A. Haig left on the earlytrain Sat
urday, for Moosehead Lake, where they
are to be guests for week at a club
house owned by party of New England
textile manufacturers.
All of the officers of the second regi-
ment, National Guards of Maine, were
summoned to Bangor to the school of
instruction held there yesterday. Cap
tain F. C. Dunlap and Lieutenant B. l..
Rice, OF Co. f., attended from this place
The Imperial Orchestra has disbanded,
after about one years organization, play
Ing for the last time at Smithteld one
evening last week. Their leader, 81.
Saunders, has gone to town in Connec-
ticut, where he has a position for the
summer.
The quota of jurors from this town to
serve at the session Of the U. S. District
Court at Bangor, June 6, has been
drawn. Elba Danforth and Charles a
Matson are to serve on the grand Jury,
and Henry j. Varney and Aneon Savage
on the traverse Jury.
In some secondhand furniture, recent
ly purchased by F, N. Kinds in the
course of his business, there were two
newspapers, one about fifty and the
other sixty-fve years old. The older
one bears the title of 1.-THE Democrat"
and was published at Bangor; the other
is copy of the "Somerset Spectator"
Issued at North Anson by Rodney Col
Inns.
S. w. Phlbrick was a member OF
party of gentlemen who, together with
two government engineers, made an In
specton OF the channel of the Kennebec
river below Augusta, recently. The
examination was with reference to i'm
proving the river for navigation, the
work being about to be entered upon by
the national government. Mr.. Phil
bricks chief interest in the matter arises
from his connection with the Kennebec
Log Driving Company, as this corpora
are made are not unfavorsble to its in
terests.
We learn from Superintendent Charles
Chute, in charge of the Portland Pack
ing Co.'S business in Skowhegan, that the
acreage OF sweet corn secured for their
Skowhegan factory for the coming sea-
son is larger than it has been for three
years past. The seed, which is now be.
ing given out to the farmers, has been
tested and is found to be of good quail
ity, 95 per cent being certain to germi.
nate. Extensive repairs are under way
on the buildings, including new roof
and large areas of new flooring. Before
the canning season, an entire outfit of
1p-to-date machinery is to be installed.
Two hundred dollars above expenses
vas realized from the entertainment
given by the people of St. Mary's parish,
saturday evening, quite portion of
this sum coming from the several arti-
cles offered in competition and the bal
ance from admissions to the hall. The
cord OF wood went TO A. K. Bisson; Mrs.
James McVeigh was the fortunate one
with regard to the set of furs, and the
bed spread was given to Mrs. Buford.
rhe play and the selections by the Cath
olic orchestra were highly appreciated
by the audience and there were also two
recitations rendered In a creditable man.
ner by John l.. McCurdy of Luoec.
Carriage sponges at Bucknam's
Don't forget "Town Talk" flour at
steward Bros