The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-06-03

ment In our supplement which the ladies
are sure to read.
The sacrament OF the Lords Supper will
be administered at the NJ. Il. Church next
Sunday morning.
Miss Rena Fellows has been mourning
the loss of her little pug dog, the past
week.
The exhibition at the pavilion last even
Ing was postponed In consequence of the
rain.
Curtis so cent hats have taken drop
aud are now going for % cents for limit
ed time.
Mr.. A. IL. Weston has purch ased the
residence of Gov. Coburn and will take up
his abode there at once.
| Members of the Lucier Company kindly
rendered their services to our band on
Decoration Day, and were found valua-
BILE acquisition.
| Doran has Just received another lot of
those Glenwood ranges and they are the
handsomest lot of ranges we ever saw in
stove store.
| The Senior and Junior classes of the
Skowhegan High School have their final
club socable in the High School building
this evening.
White and Wildes are selling black and
colored silks and rhadames at very low
prices Send for samples if you cannot go
in and see them.
Chas. Murphy, the tailor, desires two
| good coat makers to work on custom
clothing. Permanent employment guaran-
teed to the right parties.
J, /. Cutler, of Atlanta, Ga, and J. M.
| Cutler, Of Boston, Were at the Heselton
last evening, eDronte to join w. c. Nor
| ril's party at camp Moxie.
All our schools but those on the island,
| close this week. Those in the High
School building will continue two weeks
longer, including commencement week.
F. B. Heselton, of Hotel Heselton wants
to purchase five or six ponies, from IA to
14i hands high. Must be good style and
have good knee action and suitable for the
New York market.
Fairgrieves wants you to drop in and
see his line of fishing tackle and sporting
goods. He can furnish you the best the
market affords or something cheaper that
will do the same business.
Mr.. H. C. Woodman, the young gentle
man who brought the De SIEVE Co., here
last spring, is at the head of the company
that appear here next week, which is
good guarantee that it will prove first
class.
The plans for the Baptist parsonage have
arrived and bids will be received for its
construction. IL is to be located on the
church lot and will be a very handsome
structure. Pastors will probably long to
preside over that parish for the sake of
living in such a fine residence.
Smith & Sabin, steam pipers of Lewis
fine pieces of work done in this place.
The job under contract at this time is the
putting in of an automatic sprinkler in The
shoe factory, to be used as fire rx,n-
guisher 1t will require nearly month to
complete the work.
Mr. Reuben Fairbrother, one of our old
est residents passed away at his residence,
on Sunday morning last. after protracted
illness, covering lapse of nearly three
years. The disease from which his death
resulted was pronounced by his physicians
to be cancerous humor. His age was II
years. The funeral services, held Tuesday
AFTERNOON, was attended by a large circle
of relatives and friends.
The best piece of house painting we
have seen in this vicinity, of late, is to be
seen on the residence of S. L. Whittier, at
the corner of Pleasant and Middle streets
The body of the house is a light drab, and
the trimmings pronounced dark drab
and with red mouldings. The contract be-
tween these shades is very pleasing to the
eye and the whole effect is fine. The work
was done by Mr.. A. L. Foss who is doing
some of the best W ork in town.
we'll with what logs have been started and
more lumber will be got to market than
was at first supposed could be. The amount
that will be left back is variously cstimat-
ed by different parties from one-third to
two ffths of the cut. The rain of Sunday
was a great thing for land owners as fires
had got well started on the Enchanted
stream, Pierce Pond and Bow townships
and but for the rain would have swept over
a very large territory.
Miller Dixies Comic Opera Company
are to appear at Coburn Hall on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of next wetk in OPP
era. This will no doubt be the opportuni-
ty of the season, as they have fine COM
pany and are to produce some of the most
popular operas at prices that will flll the
house, 10 and 20 cents with an extra charge
of 10 cents for reserved seats. Their pro-
gramme is as follows Thursday evening,
"The Mascot" Friday evening, "Pa-
tience;" Saturday afternoon, matinee for
the children when they will produce "Pina.
fore" Saturday evening, "1olanthe." We
have before US a host of press notices com
mendipg the excellence of the company,
which for want of space we are obliged to
omit.
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