The Somerset reporter., 1909-05-06
TOWN and VICINITY

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hair goods at Miss Townes', ]. ?.
Merrill block, room number II.
Mrs. w. D. Stinson and daughter,
Miss Emily, with Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine
Owen, all of Augusta, were guests of
Skowhegan friends Saturday and
Sunday.
Leon Smiley arrived home last
week from the University Of Maine
and will not return until next fall.
He is a graduate OF the Skowhegan
High School. class of 1907, and is
taking course in electrical engineer
ing at Orono.
The amateur dramatists who gave
"All Tangled Up" at the Opera House
recently for the benefit of the Young
Mems Club, are to repeat the play at
Norridgewock tomorrow (Friday)
evening, under the auspices of Nor
ridgewock Grange.
Miss Emily Peakes OF Terre Haute,
Indiana, returned home yesterday,
after visit here with her niece, Mrs.
Nelson W. Weston. Miss Peakes Is a
native of Maine but has been in the
west for some time and is now a
teacher in college in Terre Haute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Vigue, with
their young daughter, Phyllis, have
arrived here from Somersworth, N.
Fl. where they have been living for
the past eight months. Mr.. Vigue is
to resume his residence in Skowhe-
gan and will reorganize the Crescent
Orchestra of which he was formerly
leader.
Warren & G. II. Tuttle have recent
ly sold a good colt to r. A Nixon, a
prominent lumberman of Houlton,
and the animal left here for his new
home last Monday. He is by Routard
out of Percheron mare, jet black in
color and at % months old weighs
1850. He was led to Waterville and
shipped from that point by express.
The price received was $3.50.
Through the courtesy of DR.. Geo.
o. Smith, the REPORTER is in receipt
of report on the Underground Wa
ters of Southern Maine," issued by
the United States Geological Survey.
All the information available at the
present time bearing on water sup
plies, considering such sources as dug
and deep driven wells, springs, streams
etc., seems to have been gathered to-
gether In this publication.
Mohican Tribe, Improved Order Of
Red Men, held smoke talk and
social in connection with their meet
ing on Monday evening last at Grand
Army Hall. Each member had the
privilege Of inviting two guests and
the result was large attendance.
were served, these and
all other details being attended to by
the committee of arrangements, Geo.
L. Cleveland, j. H. Murray and James
A. Brown.
Four cars of cans for the Spring
Street factory of the Portland Pack
ing Company have been unloaded
here this week. They are from
Geneva, N. Y, and the number in the
lot is ABOUT 100000. They are TERED
up very carefully in the cars and in
their removal are packed in crates to
protect them in handling. At the
factory they are again TERED up, OH
the upper floor, ready for the corn
packing season next fall.
Mrs. Minnie Grifing of Somerset
Junction, who has been serving
sentence in the Jail at this place for
violation Of the prohibitory law, was
taken to Lewiston on the noon train
to be treated at the Sisters
hospital. She had been in poor
health for some time and her condi-
tion became so serious that the above
course became imperative. Three
weeks of her sentence remained to be
She was accompanied to
Lewiston by Deputy Sheriff Gilblair.
Mrs. A. N. Dickson of Chicago, and
her daughter. Mrs. 9. A. Jones, we're
in town for a few days last week,
guests at Hotel Coburn. Mrs. Dick
son is a native of Skowhegan, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Bur-
CESS, who formerly lived on the John
Webb place on the river road. She
was married when about 81 years of
age and for some years lived in Mil
waukee, Wis, which was then the
home of her uncle, the late Daniel
Wells. She has made occasional Wis.,
its here to keep up her acquaintances
with her Skowhegan friends, the last
occasion being about twenty years
ago.
A news article in the Lewiston
Journal of Tuesday, on the electric
railroad situation of the Kennebec
valley and adjacent territory, mem
tions project to complete traction
line to Skowhegan, a continuation of
the system which now terminates at
Shswmut. The proposed enterprise
is considered as part of through
line to Dexter via this point. The
plan does not seem likely to be enter
ed upon at once, but there is doubt
lesa a good deal of activity among