The Somerset reporter., 1885-05-27
,,oUNTY AND LOCAL ITEMS.

Z + Fairbrotber Is making u cuisines
.i,tp Boston this week
ant young band have heen engaged Il
n,rr,.,, music for Memorial day.
Tom King accompanied W C. Morrill, OF
.io asbin trip 10 Camp M, xie this week
Mis-. King & Clark, agent for the Au
a,s,a steam Dye House. Kid glove
,leansed or dyed.
DIR. s A Patten, one of our populal
.us;,i,,. will deliver he Memorial I'D
d,ess at No. Arson on Saturday next
Mr. A rev Jewett, much respected
..,denca of South Scion died sudden,
Monday ght last from heart disease.
The skowhegan Fire Department, COME
mi for II. ir r, gular monthly drill and tri
al of apparatus, next Monday evening.
The 1,ai y are requested to meet at the
uetbodl.l yestry at 2 O'Clock Friday after
noon 1, pre- are wreaths for Memorial
Day,
The farmers have had beautiful weather
far doing their spring work not having
hesn set back single day for three weeks,
by rain.
-, Seaf that between eight and nine
,housapd tickets were sold during the
weeks engagement of the Lucier Musical
Company In Bangor last week.
Ga page cook book containing 800 val
sable receipts is given away free TO pur-
chasers of one dollars worth of Jadwin's
tar syrup. For sale by Geo Gushing.
1t is stated that there is to be reunion
of the entire Alumni of the Skowhegan
High School and Bloomfield Academy, the
18th of June, commencement week.
The trout brooks in this vicinity, are
now watched for all they are worth. One
party left Saturday morning, and after an
absence of a few hours, returned with six.
ten beauties.
l.. w. Chase, the carriage man, is getting
rid of lots Of vehicles this spring. Anoth.
er car load arrived last week We hear
that he sold twelve top buegies in seven
days lately.
Weston 6 Brainard ard laying wall
from the waters edge at the end of the toll
bridge and intend filing in with dirt and
making use of the place as lumber yard
when completed
One of the train hands of the Saturday
afternoon freight, did quite a business
specializing In shad. He brought large
number from Portland, aud they sold read
lily at 10 cts. piece.
Barnum's circus is coming TO Maine this
season and will be at Watervile about the
first of July. YIN Amburg's show is also
coming east aid will visit Skowhegan
some time during the season.
The sixty-second annual meeting of the
Somerset Conference, is to be held with
the Congregational church III ibis place,
commencing Tuesday morni ;, June 9th,
and continuing through Wednesday.
Remember the Lucier Musical Comedy
company, who appear at Coburn Hall, on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings,
of this week. They give good show at
prices within the reach of all. 10, 20 and
80 cts.
The singing Memorial Day in the Hall,
will be by double quartette of male voices
under the direction of Mr.. johnson, the
|0rganst of the Baptist church; the sing
ling at the cemeteries will be by quartette
|of male voices.
The poles are all in place for the tele-
phone lire heiwrcn bingham and the Forks
|and i. is expected that it will be possible
for us to talk with residents at the latter
place before the week is out as the line
linen are now busy stringing the wire.
The transfer of real estate noted in the
REPORTER, last week. as from S. II. At
wood to Betsy French and others, was in
rect. 1t should have read, from Betsey
'fench ct al of Skowhegan to S. Ii. At
wood, of Embden. Mr. Atwood is to be-
come resident of Skowhegan.
Miss Ethel Grant, fancy skater from
Boston, gave her exhibition at the pavilion,
asst Friday evening, to small, but we'll
pleased audience. Miss Grant is very
graceful skater, and doubtless had she
been greeted by larger attendance, a
much longer entertainment would have
been the result.
Mr.. Merrill E. Haskell, native of Hart
and, died Sunday, in Orange, N. Y, aged
bout 40 years. Mr.. ii. was formerly a
mmber of the boot and shoe firm OF Lord,
iekell & Co., Portland. Last fall he with
rev from the firm on account of poor
health, and went to New Jersey. He leaves
widow and one son.
1The road machine has been in operation
be past week on Water street and doing
God service, to be better appreciated as
ne season advances. The road commits
Toner also has crew at work on the
'reet across the island, that has long been
ne meanest piece of highway in town.
ney are laying roadbed of rocks to be
oVered with dirt, and intend it shall be
oout right when completed.
The prospect of our lumbermen getting
'elr logs to their mills is indeed dubious
ld unless rain should come very soon and
good deal of 1t not above one fourth Of
e logs in the upper waters of the Kenne-
81 VIII be driven. The logs in the Lake
Ill De got and some well down on thu
cad river but further up on the river anc
ost OF them on Moose river still remain
~ The crew have been taken of. TIT
Is In Enchanted stream have been driver
10 Dead river. There has been less rail-
river than hereabouts.
mr. W. q. Morrill,, of Atlanta arrived il
"n Saturday morning on his way t.
'mp Moxie. He left for that point Mon
" Before his departure he showed us
Tie gift he received from Elk Governo
own just before his departure, and W,
onlsed to make no mention Of 1t, but tn