The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-04-01
April LIST, "All Fools Day."
Last Sabbath was Palm Sunday.

was heard on our streets yesterday.
Gen. C. p. Mattocks of Portland, war
registered at the Heselton yesterday.
Chauncy Adams of No. Arson Is mana
ger OF the Colby base ball team for 1885.
Callenders' Minstrels are billed to appear
at Coburn Hall this evening.
Remember the entertainment at the
Methodist Vestry, Friday evening of this
week.
b. J. Kinds of Fairfield, is an associate
teacher at Norridgewock Classical lnsti-
lule.
A fine liue of cursets may be found at
Misses King & Clark's at their new store in
the Williams Block
Easter will be observed at the Universe
list church Sunday. Morning service
lO.45; children's service p. m.
| He,elton Bros. & Co., have an I'D. In this
issue relating to silk and twist, TO which
your attention is called.
| Our farmers have been given few sap
days the past week, but as yet no maple
syrup has appeared in market.
r. W. Haines, of Hotel Coburn, has
been suffering the past week from an ulcer
| ated sore throat, but is conva!escent'
Walter Emerson's Gold Cornet which is
| TO be on exhibition at Bixby & Bucks Apr
| 7th, is said ~ be a marvel of beauty.
There will be Easter services at the
| Congregational church next Sunday and
| In the evening a Suuua. school concert.
The Congregational Society voted at
their annual meeting to increase the salary
| of Rev. A. j. Rackliff, from one thousand
to twelve hundred dollars per year.
Our Agent of American Express Co, has
secured a special rate of 10 cents per
hundred, to and from Boston, on fruit,
eggs, meat and butter. This will please
our business people,
Mr.. Perry, the man reported as being so
seriously injured last week, is getting along
quite comfortably, we are Informed, and
the fears entertained that his leg would
have to be amputated. have been entirely
dispelled.
Had the weather been favorable there
was to have been game of polo at the pa
yilion between the OF. G. G's." of Fair
field and the Of. F. Ms" of this place. 1t
will probably take place to morrow even
ing the I'd inst.
The setting of the Court calls parties
from out of the County to town this week.
Among such we notice Attorney General
Baker, Hon. Hiram Kuowllon, Hon. E. f.
Webb and Hon. S. S. Brown.
The sewing circle connected with the
aigh street church will meet with Mrs. ii.
P. Thyng, Thursday afternoon OF this
week. In the evening the society will
have socable It the same place.
The schools on the island commenced
last Monday with the same efficient corps
of teachers as in the past. Next week the
intermediate schools and schools in the
same buildings with them are to begin.
The travelling on our country roads is
very dangerous at the present time, made
so by the great number OF pitches and the
slumpy condition of the snow. Should the
weather of the past week continued long
the roads would be almost impossible.
We hear numerous complaints upon the
condition OF the roads on the plains and at
other points, These bad places might be
remedied to certain degree if attended to
at once and we trust our vigilant select
men will see to 1t before any case of dam
age is brought against the town.
Gen. c.. P. Mattocks of Portland, and
Hon, VIM. +. Robinson of Houlton, the
newly appointed Judge of the Superior
Court, of Aroos,ook County, looked in up
on the REPORTER yesterday. The former
is here as witness in court, the latter Is
visiting relatives In town.
Teams have been arriving rapidly the
mast week from the woods. Probably be-
fore another week the majority of the men
who have been hived up in the pine woods
for the past three months will have once
more reached civilization, there TO rest I'M
til the season for driving the lumber, cut,
opens.
S. S. Vose & Son, who have lately been
running the photograph rooms over Fair
brothers meat market, as branch oil their
large studio at Waterville, closed their
business here yesterday. They report
fine patronage during their stay here and
intend returning again In the fall
MrF auk Searles, of this place died very
suddenly last week, from Inflammation OF
the bowels. He was at work at Adams
camp, Moxie stream, when he was taken,
hut as soon as his case assumed an alarm
ing form, some of the men in camp start
ed with him Tor home. They reached
Bingham Friday noon, where physician
was summoned, but too late to render him
any relief. and he died at that place at y
O'Clock that evening. The funeral services
were held Tuesday forenoon of this week.
The attendance at the temperance meet
ing last Sunday eve was large. Pres. l. H.
Merrill opened the exercises with hriei
but pointed address after which there was
prayer by the chaplain, followed by Sc
lection by choir consisting of Mrs.
Halves, Miss Mamie Gushing, Messrs. Ma
conber and Barbeau, accompanied by Prof
johnson as organist. Several stirring
speeches were made interspcrsed by sing
ing. At the close Of the meeting an urg-
ent call for sguers WAS given and in re-
| Spouse eighteen young men stepped Tor
ward and enrolled their names. This club
| has Just been organized and is differed by
young men who extend cordial invitation
| to the young men of this place to come
| and join them
Granite City polo club who were recent