The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-05-19


grieves.
A social assembly at Morrison, Hall 10
night
Fresh Strawberries every day at i. S
Cairns
Before yon buy your flour call on Duf
ton and get his prices
See Hickery's colored quilts which he i,
selling for 81, worth 50 30
Don't fail to look at the fine display Of
plants al Bixby & Buck.
Have you seen the baby bonnets an,
baby dresses in the windows at Colby's
Strawberry Festival with cake and cof
fee at High ST Church, this evening. Ma,
| l9th
\ meeting of School District No. is Il
be held in the school house Saturday next
al ten O'Clock \. NJ.
Decorated commedc sets for s2l0 al
W. II. Swain \ Cos Call and yet prices
on crockery and glass ware
Street bands have visited Us tho pa,t
week discovering sweet music, while hand
organs appear increasing in numbers.
The Woman'S Missionary Socic of the
kennebec Baptist Association will hold a
Basket Meeting at Watervillc. Wednesday
May %.
quite heavy ost was apparent tn :
day of this week. and it is feared il may
have injured the apple blossoms some
what
new iron turn table for the Maine
Central at this station, arrived last week
and is to be put in place upon the south
side of the river at once.
Ladies in want of under clothing vii
do well to take look at the Colbys stock
of ready made under ware. They are re-
ceiviEg additions to their stock this week
For the present Dir. Fellows will not OBJ
serve his morning Office hour, owing To
outside professional work He viii en-
deavor to be in the Office during regular
afternoon and evening hours.
There will be an auction sale of crock
cry and glass ware under Hotel Coburn at
the store of W II. Swain x Co commence
ing Wednesday evening, May %, and CON
tinuing four evenings. \ rare chance for
bargains.
\ naat N # tl,n NilIut,,, rn ;
called by the assessors at Engine Hall on
Saturday next at o'clock p. NJ. to hear
the repo of the Electric Light commit
tee appointed at the annual meeting and
to take action thereon.
The sclcctmen are inforcing the law
against fast driving across our bridges per
vote at the last annual town meeting Some
eight or ten notices have come to their at
tention, II portion of the parties settling,
the remainder contesting the claim before
Justice Dascomb, with poor success
Sheriff Vaughan started yesterday morn
ing for the State Reform School having
in his charge Clyde Thompson boy of II
years, who had of late been committing
snndry immoral acts that made it ncces-
sary for him to be placed where he can be
restrained before he becomes fixed in his
vicious habits.
The Harvard Quartet concert did not
have the audience it richly deserved at
Coburn Hall, Friday evening last The
concert was first class in every particular.
The readings by Miss Nichols were well
received, Miss Hunt delighted the audi
ence with her pure, melodious soprano
voice that was heard to advantage with
the harp accompaniment, the harpst
showed artistic ability of a high order.
but the chief attraction, of course, va
the Quartz itself The selections were
good and each part was rendered in Il
manner that to the untuto red seemed well
nigh perfection.
At a meeting Of those interested last
Wednesday evening base bah organila-
ton was formed for the purpose of put
ting nine into the field from this place
the coming season. with the following of
ilccrs W X. Shurtcfl, Pres. T.. +. Fair
brother, Nice-PrcS. T.. + McNcclie. See.
J. h. Mcclellan. Treas. and business man
aver: W. II. Mathews, Capt. and field
Nine directors were also choS-
en- as follows; W. X. Shurtlcii, Geo W.
llawcs. j. c Griffin, W. +, Robbins, + f.
Fairhrothcr, {. A Marston, J. Il McClcl-
Ian. Geo. +. Goodwin and IL. Murphy of
Norridgcwock. The nine will substanti-
ally he made up the same as last season.
with the addition of Donavan. catcher of
the Queen Citys of Bangor last season.
1t is expected to open the season here on
the forenoon of Decoration bay. at which
time efforts are being made to have the
Lockwoods of Watervi lie play here.
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