The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-05
TOWN and VICINITY

rent.
Mrs. Lizzie Cross of Waterville has
been visiting with Will Hill and family
this week, and with friends in
East Skowhegan.
Mrs. A. Often of Watervile and
Mrs. Chas Richards of Valley Falls, R.
+. passed Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Sandford on the river
road.
The Page family monument just
completed by Edwin w. Marble is of
Barre granite, work of superior
merit; an appropriate memorial to
the man 80 well and favorably known
among us.
J. W. Bradbury OF Fairfield was
IN town Saturday. Mr.. Bradbury
formerly the proprietor of the Gerald
mas been the landlord of a summer
hotel in New Hampshire during the
past season.
Miss Hannah R. Page and Miss Lois
Cool, who had been attending the
missionary institute in Portland,
arrived home Monday. They went as
representatives of the Congregational
society of this place.
Clyde Hoxie, who has been in town
since the middle of September, the
guest of his aunt, Mrs. Fl. A. Dins
more, left for Boston Saturday. He
expects to be employed in that city
during the coming winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. B. Marsh, long
time residents of Skowhegan, have
decided to settle in Guilford. They
have been visiting at different places
and will now make their permanent
home with their son, Dr. Ralph II.
Marsh.
Robert K. Steward, of the class of
1903, University of Maine, who has
been the guest of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs W B. Steward for Sc yeral days,
returned to Orono Yesterday. Mr..
Steward is now Que of the instructors
at the University.
Hiram P Thing has just received
the marriage announcement of his
niece, Miss Lula Vesta Dorothy,
daughter of Frank Dorothy, former
ly of this place. The marriage oc-
cured in Lynn, Mass, October 29th
The groom was a Lynn man, Herbert
A. Shaw.
James A Hoxie was summoned to
Augusta, Tuesday to attend the funer
al of his niece, Mrs Estella Harvey.
The deceased was born in Larone but
moved to Manchester in Kennebec
county, with her people when she
was very young and subsequently to
Augusta.
Mrs. Abner Currier was in Fairfield
over Sunday to attend the funeral of
her brother in law, Fessenden Col
cord, who died Thursday of last week.
The deceased was.sixty eight years of
age He was born and always made
his home at the house whore his
death occurred.
William simpson and Harold Ross
we're in Lewiston on Saturday to wit
ness the football game in which the
eleven of the University of Maine
won from Bates by score of six to
nothing. The result was satisfactory
to the two Skowhegan young men,
especially so to Mr.. Ross who is
graduate of the University represent
ed by the winning team.
Hon. James Plummer of Augusta,
clerk of the Maine Board of Asses
sors, was in town Monday. Mr..
Plummer had occasion to consult
some of the records at the Court
house and also to pick up what in
formation he could with regard to the
damage done recently by forest fires
in this county, on timberlands upon
which the assessors are to place a
valuation in the regular course of
their work.
The hunting party, made up of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Whiting of this
place, Miss Ida Proctor of Water
vile and Fred Boston of Gardiner,
recently arrived home from the
Moosehead Lake region, reporting the
capture of four deer, the largest,
which dressed about 200 Lbs having
been shot by Mrs. Whiting. One
member of the company, Miss Proc
tor. met with an unfortunate ad-
venture the day following her ar
rival home from this outing She
was returning to her home, from the
telephone office where she is em-
ployed in Waterville, about ten
O'Clock, when she was attacked by
highwayman and her purse stolen.
BY a fortunate chance she had left
Rfteen dollars at home that morning,
80 that the robDer got but little
more than three dollars. 1t seems
this is only one of several such hold
ups that have occurred in the vicinity
of W Waterville recently.
All kinds of disinfectants at Fogg's
drug store.
B. Gaylord has one horse farm