The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-04-15

Call at Misses King 4 Clark's for sprlni
hosiery and gloves.
We publish this week, a report OF thu
Skowhegan Savings Bank.
NJ. G. Gushing wishes us to slnte that h'
has not purchased but has lea,ed Goa
yard In Chicago.
Rev. l.. II. Bean breaches bis last ser
In this place next Sabbath. lie aud iaml
ly will leave for the conference next Tues
day.
&. A. JOY closes his successful term o
dancing school In Canaan, by giving plnh
and white party next Thursday evening,
| the 10Th inst.
Mr.. Thomas Lally has been eng "'"d as
clerk. mt The Coburn. to succeed Uncle'
Horn, who rrtres after close coz iinement
for II number of years.
the surgical operation perform d at
Watervile as noted In our ls,ua of last
week, is subject to the following amend
ment: 1t was perform, d by DR.. Tndyer of
Waterville assisted by DR.. Dtcomb, OF
this town.
The Baptist Society at their annual
meeting voted to raise 81, $50 for cii rent
expenses the coming year including 81 800
for the Pastors salary and $500 ar music.
Also vote d TO buy or build II par mage.
hopeful ard enthusiastic feeling prevailed.
Hight & Brown shipped calioad Of
oxen from this station Monday morning
20 of them being irchase from Surgess
4 Randall. II would be well for oar far.
mdrs who have cattle or oxen to sell to
keep the names of Hight Il Brown in their
memory.
Chas. +. Buck, y formerly of this place,
now in charge OF the laboratory of Thorn
as Metcalf, Apothecary, Boston, was unit
ed in marriage last Friday evening to Miss
Abbie Houltop, of Bellows Falls, Vt.
Chas. has many friends in our place who
will wish the happy pair long and pleas
ant journey through life.
The Blake & Foster Combination APP
peared at the pavilion last Thursday even
iuS III ohC vi buCii PiNdSibS Dit1Ni Nh'Si
talnments, and were greeted with a fair
house, whose testimony would be good
advertisement to this company, Should
they see fit to pay our place another visit.
The two young gentlemen who compose
the company are Maine boys, beie5 Isl
dents of Oakland, and while tn y ave
been before the public but short i'n",
they are already stars in the profession
Their entertainment is given on the star
bicycle, and the programme is well al
ranged The double riding ana balancing
called forth much prai {, while the aA'il'
of Polo played on their machiuts, VAS \
novelty as exciting as it was pl''' Ing
The entertainment closed with a baujo So
10, by Blake, while riding his machine at
'ull speed, most difficult feat.
The encouragement received by the
manager of the Pavilion in bringing the
Granite Citys of Halloween, and the Fair
fields, together at this place recently war
ranted him in giving our people another
opportunity of Witnessing game fully
aim, he has secured the Alamedas OF Bii'i,
the champions OF Maine, who will ei gage
in contest with the Fairtields of Fairfield,
for purse Of 500. The clubs have met
but once this season, on the evening of the
18th inst, the Fairfelds coming off vic'ori-
Gus. As this will he the last and ul' OPP
portunity to see these famous teams to-
gether this season, a special train NIil run
from Oakland to accommodate our down
river friends, who witness it. Music by
Skowhegan full band.
The Boston Theatre Company, under the
Management of the ever popular f. A.
Owen, of the Bangor Opera House are to
appear here, Wednesday, the 22d inst in
that great melodrama, ''The Silver King"
We can give it no better Endorsement than
by publishing the following notice from
the Bangor Commercial on its recent APP
pearauce in that city; The Opera House
was crowded again last night with an au-
dience as sembled 10 witness the presenth-
ton of '.rhe Silver King" This Is one OF
the very best ii not the best melodramas
ever presented in this city There is Moth
ing in the play 10 offend the most fastdl-
Gus, and from beginning to end 1t holds
the Intense interest of the audience. The
scenery, the most of which IS brought "
the company, is elegant. 1t is scarcely
necessary to say that the Boston Theatre
Company is an able one, comprising actors
of ability.