The Somerset reporter., 1885-07-29
Probate Court next Tuesday.

The Hanoverian Family will be guests
OF the Heselton.
The scissors grinder and umbrella men
der have been with US the past week.
Call at W. II. SWANS & Co.'S. and get Old
Dutch Java Coffee, best In the market.
New cucumbers from the garden Is the
latest wrinkle of our residents.
Blueberries have been retailing In the
market the past week for 10 cents a quart.
Best Tea ever sold In Skowhegan for 5Oc
at W. II. Swain & Co., under Hotel Co.
burn.
Only slight touches of dog days weather
have prevailed as yet, but we have over
three weeks of 1t yet before US.
Mr.. V. M. Vickery has not disposed of
either Of the horses that compose his fine
span as has been the report lately.
The first Maine State band muster will
commence Monday, Sept. 7th, at Lake
| Maranocook and continue four days.
Mr.. G. B. Stafford has purchased a lot of
! B. M. Hight Oh Mechanic street and Is
soon to erect fine residence on the same.
| Have you noticed the fins display of
fruit made by L. A. Brown. He makes a
specially of this trade, aud his show win
dow is always filled with the latest and
most palatabe viands.
The bicycle party bound for Moosehead
Lake, when they reached Dexter hired the
hall and invited the citizens as their guests
goodly number was present.
1t Is to be hoped that after our street
commissioner gets through with our
bridges he will give his attention to the
sidewalks that connect the two, as no
worse piece or one more Travelled can be
found 10 town.
Our shoe stores are rather taken with
the easy time the dry goods dealers are
having and have resolved to do likewise,
consequently they will not open on Tues
day, Thursday and Friday evenings for the
remainder of the season.
The rear drive reached here Saturday
and since then have been putting in some
telling work about the falls, the dam and
the railroad bridge. 1t looks as If they
would make pretty clean work Of the logs
that have been laid up here.
We were misnformed as to the report
that Rev. Mr.. Sowerby would occupy the
pulpit of the High street church last Sun
day as such was rot the case, no services
being held. AS our informant was men,
Der of the society the Item was published
in good faith.
DR.. CoDant declares that the little fellow
who has charge of the Scion Town Hall of
whom he hired the same for a free lecture
last Friday evening should be learned bet
ter thai to go off fishing with the boys be-
fore he shovels out the dirt and trims the
little lamp.
Mr.. d. Lord, Maple street, Skowhegsn,
offers for sale house of Is rooms besides
halls, closets and pantries, arranged so it
can be used for two families with stable
and shed room, all in first class repair.
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hedgings, &c. For further particulars call
on premises
Last Saturday was scorcher and rather
laid over the number of warm days that
had preceded 1t. During the afternoon
the thermometer registered 96 above in the
shade, and not breath of air was stirring.
The intense heat continued throughout the
ensuing night, and it was not until a. m.
Sunday, that a breeze appeared. From
this time it rapidly grew cooler, and it was
found to be much better to joke about the
heat Saturday than to grumble at it. 1t
had much better effect on the sufferer.
The repairs spoken of last week to be
made upon our toll bridges were COM
menced Immediately under the supervision
of the street commissioner ably assisted by
Mr. Charles Luce, of Fairfield, the veteran
building mover. Upon examination 1t was
found that the cords at each end of the
first bridge were entirely rotted away
while the one on the west end of the sec
ond bridge was fast reaching that condi-
ton. The ends Of the bridge has been
raised up and the decayed portions re-
placed by new woods making them as solid
and firm as when new, and IL is hoped this
will do away with the spring that has been
apparent for some time. The work will
continue for some days yet, during which
time new floors will be laiu, and the walk
for foot passengers greatly improved.