The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-01-20

ries at Geo. ID. Arnolds.
The skating rink will be open Saturday
evening of this week with good music.
Margaret Mather, the pleasing young
actress, is to visit Waterville sometime in
April.
Geo. d. Arnold has received fine lot
Lake, Florida.
Mr.. c. G. Hunt of Augusta, dealer in
Musical Instruments made Skowhegsn q
business visit yesterday.
The next State Convention of Maine
Reform Clubs will be held at this village,
June 9th and 10th
A meeting of citizens of North Arson
to take measures to encourage manufact-
uring was held at Bunker's hall, Monday
evening last.
nj. p. Milliken, Esq, of Richmond. and
Ira H. Randall, ESQ, Of Augusta, took
look after their numbering operations up
river.
The drawing of hay and wood to mark
ct on wheels the middle of January, with
murcury 90 below, is something unuual,
but we were treated to that sight last
week.
James Shattuck has bought black
smith shop in Waterville and taken pos
session. 1t is his intention to move his
family there soon. A notice in this issue
concerning his shop here may be of in
terest to some.
brisk wind is pling 1t up this morning
1t will be a grand thing for lumbermen
who have for The last month been unable
to do but a fraction of what they could
have dooe with more snow.
G. ]. Shaw, of Hartland, sold this week
to S. S. Andrews, of Biddeford, Bay Colt
Priceless, by Gen. Withers, and to Capt.
J. F. Haws, No. Brooksville Bay Colt,
Hartland, by Gideon, and four good road
horses in past two weeks.
Last Monday afternoon the horse at
flashed to the bakery pung, became fright
encd VIII lie passing the wooden mill. He
ran across the island, throwing out the
driver and smashing the lower part of
the pung, but was caught on Water street
before doing any more damage. Strange
as it may seem, this has been the first
runaway of any consequence this winter.
As will be seen in our advertising col
umns T. II. Dinsmore has disposed of his
entire business in the insurance and mu-
steal instrument line, to his son, ii. A.
Dnsmore and Samuel A. Bickford. The
members of the new firm are too well
known in this vicinity to need any intro
duction more than may be found on the
same page with this item.
A series of revival meetings are being
held at the different churches in this
place during the afternoons and evenings
of this week under the combined efforts
of the several pastors, as follows: On
Monday and Tuesday at the Methodist
church, Wednesday and Thursday at
Christian church, Friday at Baptist church,
and Saturday Congregational church. The
hours for meetings are at $50 and 7.15
p. NJ. All are invited.
The entertainment given by the Madi-
son Square Theatre comply at Coburn
Hall on Monday evening was slim affair
all round, the company, with perhaps two
exceptions giving more the appearance of
amateurs than of being representatives
of Madison Square Theatre, from which
we have had such fine entertainments in
seasons past. To add to the disagreed
bleness of the occasion, they carried no
orchestra, not even piano, the Skowhe-
gan band being called upon to furnish
music, which they did to the best of their
ability and at short notice. About a 1925
house was in attendance.
n. C. II. G.. Kendall have purchased the
o d Priest stand at the cornor of Water
and Madison street, one of the most de-
sirabe business locations in the p ace.
The price paid was $4,000 1t is the new
intention to occupy the en-
tire bui ding themse YES, to accommodate
their fast increasing business, and prob
alb when the spring opens they vii
make many needed repairs which will add
greatly to the looks of our business To-
ca ity and ofNyhich we shall make men
ton later. They take possession the LIST
of February though they have no inten-
ton of occupying their new quarters
until about July LIST, 1886.
The Brighton road, just out of Boston,
according to the daily papers is the scene
this winter of some fast driving and
sharp competition among noted horse
men. Not few of the fast horses men
toned were raised i'll Skowhegan and
vicinity, among which is the Patten
horse, raised by Abel Pa.ten of this place
and sold to +. b. Heselton last fall, who
in turn disposed of him to James Gibbons,
Jr., of Boston, the Herald recently noted
a friendly race of one heat between this
horse and horse known as Bay Dick,
with record of 2.27 in which the old
trotter only came out winner by single
length. This is considered pretty good
when It is remembered the Pat
ten horse has had no fitting.
REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-The follow
ing are the real estate transfers which
have been recorded in this county the
past week
Fairfeld-Timothy Osborne to William