The Somerset reporter., 1907-05-02
TOWN and VICINITY


Fishermen, 60 to Fairgrieyes fol
bait.
G. r. Fogg can supply you witt
grating wax.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Russell went tc
Oakland this morning for visit witt
friends and relatives in that section
Geo (. Sampson has for sale two
horse dump cart with rack, also one
horse farm wagon with rack, botf
equipped with iron axles.
Mrs. Marian Judkins Earle Of
Crauston, r. |. will give her lecture
on the Yellowstone Park, under the
auspices of Skowhegan grange, Fri
day evening, May "a.
E. A. Moore left for Danvers, Mass.
this morning. Mr. Moore has bust
ness in Massachusetts at this season
and has passed the months of May
and June at Danvers for the past
fifteen years.
Remember the sale of reserved
seats for the concert by the "Ameri-
can Idealsn commences Saturday
morning next AS the number is
necessarily small, all should be on
hand if they do not want to be left.
The skowhegan blseksmiths find
that it will not be practical TO reach
an agreement for closing on Saturday
afternoons, as had been announced,
and all shops will be open for the full
week as has previously been the Gus
tom
The ice left Hayden Lake and Lake
George during Tuesday night and the
fishing season is open at both places.
In the case of Hayden Lake the date
was almost exactly the same as in
1905, as the records show that the ice
cleared on May LIST, last season.
w. H. Pearson of Portland is in
town this week, the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. Fannie Cushing. He
has various pieces of real estate, To-
Gated here, acquired during his resi-
dence in Skowhegan, and the present
visit permits him to give them such
attention as is necessary.
Edw w. Marble was in Lewiston,
Tuesday, inspecting a marble work
ing establishment with special refer
ence to the best method of installing
pneumatic tools for cutting and pol
ishing. The machinery of this kind
which Mr.. Marble has ordered for his
own factory, has commenced to ar
rive and he is DESTROYS of securing the
most; approved plan for its arrange
ment.
Robert w. Haines is to remain the
proprietor of Hotel Coburn and all
negotiations looking to lease by him
to other parties for term OF years
have been terminated under circum-
stances satisfactory to all concerned.
The question involved was not purely
one of price. Mr.. Haines could not
become reconciled to disassociation
with the management of the hosiery
with which his name has been con-
nected since its erection more than
twenty five years ago.
Messrs. j. H. Hutchins, &. r. Fogg,
w. d. Snow and Walter Hight went
to Norridgewoek yesterday to repre-
sent Somerset Lodge, Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of this place at the
burial of Linwood NJ. Holbrook, who
became a member of that order dur
ing his residence in this place in 1900.
Mr.. Holbrook was alsoi a member of
Skowhegan Lodge, A. o. U. W. The
deceased is survived by his wife,
formerly Kate G. Fletcher, and one
child four years of age. He was 36
years of age.
The trolley wire from the location
of the Skowhegan & Norridgewock
Railway is being taken down and
shipped to Boston, crew of five men
in charge of G. j. Abbey having been
atlwork upon it for the past weeks.
There is something over five miles of
this wire, the original weight of
which was $4,000 pounds. 1t is fiat
tened somewhat on the lower side by
the wear of the trolley wheel and the
loss from this and other decretions,
oinnn Il urns nut in Mace thirtnan