The Somerset reporter., 1885-08-05

colve0 ~ MISSES Ming CiArkB.
Your attention Is called 10 'slices' by s.
d. to be found In another column.
Common, Butter and Soda Crackers by
the pound or barrel at button & Co.
The fire departments were out for their
regular monthly drill Monday evening aud
presented a nne appearance.
| The County Commissioners are IA SEES
sion. The session commenced yesterday
and will end to-day.
| What blessing 1t would be II on such
dismal nights as that Of last evesing We
could have street lamps.
Methodist friends will hold an Ice Cream
| socieb le At Charles Green's on Spring 81.
this Wednesday tveniDg.
| E S. Dutton & Co. want 100 busi41ls yell
low eyed beans, 1000 dozen eggs and 1000
pounds butter in exchange for Groceries.
Rev. r. II. Aldrich of Fairfield occupied
the pulpit of the Universalist church last
Sabbath In exchange with Rev. Mr.. Hoyt.
| A notice published elsewhere in relation
to selling intoxicating drinks to any MEM
Der of the young mems reform club IL q
step in the right direction.
Eighty-one tickets were sold at this sta
tiop for Maranacook on the occasion Of the
| two days temperance campneeting at tn t
| place Friday and Saturday of last week.
| One Of the severest and without doubt
| the coolest storm of the summer visited US
yesterday and for some hours the rain
came down in sheets resembling shower.
We publish In smother column the ar
raugements that have been made for the
proper observance In this place Of the sf-
tcrnoon of the day of Gen. Grants faneral.
Al the present time there are six persons
,nhned 10 our county Jail at Norridge-
wock, all criminals, awaiting their trials
at the next session of the s. j. Court in
this place.
Joseph Lesau of Fairfield was drowned
In the Kennebec River, while colaeeting
drift wood, Sunday mornipg. lie WAS sc
years old, and leaves large fSsiay in
poor circumstances.
Universallst society have their annual
picnic and excursion to Hayden Lske on
Thursday, Aug. 9Th, II pleasant. They
propose to start from here about 9 A. M.
and spend the day at the lake.
Skowhegan is to be represented at the
races at Fairfield next week by the bay
horse "Bob" and roam horse "Jack" both
owned by F. A. Dore & Son, while F. B.
Heselton's gray PAGER is also to start.
The Hanoverian Family's next engage
ment from here was at Fairfield. The
troupe travel by their own teams. having
a double hitch fitted up IL grand style for
the conveyance Of the ladies and two very
nice baggage wagons hauled by equally as
fine horses.
At the election of I'd lieutenant 10 Co e
last evening, 1st Sergt. Frank S. Morse
was unanimously chosen to FIJI the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation Of Lieut..
Dennis. Co. 'E' will attend the annual
encampment this year with full company
and we'll differed.
The renowned Hanoverian Family gave
two of their novel, musical and character
istic entertainments at Coburn Hall on
Saturday and Monday evenings, the list
and Sd insts., to fair audiences. The men,
Der of the family have lost none Of their
old time powers of entertaining, while the
additions that have been made to their
company since their last appearance among
us are surely for the better.
Frank Estes who is hauling the granite
for C. A. Marston's residence manages to
engineer some pretty big loads up through
our streets with the assistance of his six
horses. Six tons Is about the average of
them and they have been weighed until
yesterday on the scales of Geo. Wentworth
but when he drove across the standards
yesterday forenoon the timbers could not
sustain the heavy weight upon them and
the planks gave way beneath the load. No
damage was sustained except to the scales
which can be soon set all right.
We take pleasure In announc ing to the
people, who have been long watching for
the appearance of Gen. Grants book, that
It's sale has commenced In our village. The
work will he sold wholly by subscription.
1t Is embellshed with numerous portraits
of the general from early boyhood, with
beardless face to the close of the war.
The inside history of important operations
undivulged at the time and heretofore mis-
understood is .explained. An examination
of the work will convince one of its ines
Unable value. 1t should find place In
every American home.
The repairs on the first toll bridge are
already completed, and it is to be hoped
that those Cd the second will soon be fin
ished, as the necessity OF being obliged to
use one side Of the bridge only for teams
going In both directions is great incon-
yenience, and one attended With much
danger. There are some who seem to
Question the time that 1t has taken to make
these repairs, as II more time was being
consumed than was absolutely necessary,
but of course this cannot be SO, when we
remember who has chrage Of the work.
The closest call YET from a serious con-
Hagration in our public square, was that
of last Thursday evening which got good
start In the room OF A. l. Sawyer hairdres.
ser on Madison street. In connection
with Mr.. Sawyer's business is bath room
the water for which is heated by the blaze
from an oil stove. This stove is eft run
ming through the night, and on this night
above mentioned it exploded, setting fire
to its surroundings. BY singular coinci-
dence the lead pipe that carries the water
to tho tank burst, sending out two small
streams In different directions, this threw
heavy spray on the flames beneath BY
this miraculous Interference the fire was
4 arnl,unt of nr0per r