The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-10-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

Four weeks to THANKSGIVING and only
eight weeks to the holidays.
Splashers at King & Wards at Is. 20
and % cts. Cali and see them.
Curtis has received from New York
large assortment of fahcy feathers, which
he invites his customers to call and see.
The largest Cloak and Fur opening to
be held at White & wildes store on Fri
day and Saturday next, Oct. 29th and
3Oth ever held in town.
Messrs. Newbcgin and Ordway, from
V. M. vickerys held cloak opening In
Guilford, on Wednesday and Thursday Of
last week, and did a rushing business.
We understand many of the parties
who met with losses in the recent Franz
ington fire were insured in the agency OF
Griffin & Wentworth of this place.
A dozen or more OF our citizens i'm
proved the beau tiful weather Of last Sab
bath In a drive across the country to
Pennington, that they might view the re-
suit of the recent conaagratien In that
once beautiful village.
Don't fail to see the Pughtown Brass
Band on the street at noon Monday next
The Orchestra consists of nine pieces
and Is fine. Bear In mind that this
company Is first class and to lovers Of
fun and music is will be great treat.
1t was found necessary to kill the sorrel
mare owned by Mr.. Tucker, last Saturday
morning. her nigh hind leg having be-
come apparently paralyzed This horse
had reached the ripe age of Is years, Mr..
Tucker having owned her greater part
of the time.
A small round hole in pane of glass
in the show window of VIM. fuckers
store created considerable discussion
Tuesday morning, as to the cause. The
The damage was done Monday night and
has since been asccrtained to be the re-
suit of rife shot and unintentiona
The game of base ball between the
wooden mill and shoe factory employees,
last Saturday afternoon, was somewhat
of a flzzle. Neither party put the good
team into the field they were capable Of.
The wooden mill won by Il handsome
score.
Many new houses are now in process
of erection in different parts of the vii
lagc, among them bsing one each by IL
II. Tufts, and c. J. Burrill on the north
side, and Ed. Allen on the south SIDE all
intended for rent. The commodious
double tenement house recently erected
by Jas. Hoxie is about ready for occu-
pancy.
Mrs. C. B. Whiting of this place is the
first to meet with an accident from the
raising of the brick walk in front of CO.
burn block. On Saturday afternoon she
received a severe fall there injuring her
spine and spraining her ankle so severely
that she was obliged to take her bed in
consequence. This nuisance should be
remeded at once.
The antiquarian supper given by the Ia
dies Of the Universalst parish last week,
was grand success. The table were set
after .'ye oldcn times and the young lady
walters were dressed in most becoming
costume to correspond. The affair nettcd
the society handsome sum of money in
creased the reputation OF those good
cooks more than ten fold.
Services over the remains of deceased
catholic young lady, a former resident OF
Madison Bridge, were held at the Catho-
lie church in this place on Sunday morn
ing last, to which there WAS large at
tendance. After tho services the body
was taken to the cemetary upon North
street plains, for intermeet, some twenty
teams following In the procession.
Mr.. J. III. Sanford Of this town while
blowing in his field Oct. goth with his
son run his pillow into den Of snakes
from which they took ll3, Of varlou.
lengths, from inches to one foot; they
were Of various colors, some gray, some
striped, green, yellow and black, with
yellow rings around the neck. No old
ones to be seen, but Mr.. Sanford thinks
if he had followed up the search, he
would have found the heads Of the fam
lily.
All the village schools, with the eXcep-
ton Of those in the high school building,
closed on Friday night last, the fall term
being cut short three weeks. The gram
mar school will close this week, while the
high school is to continue two weeks
longer The winter term will commence,
it Is expected, the second Monday in
January. On Monday morning last. Miss
NJ C.. Pollard who teaches the North
intermediate school, began private
school to continue two weeks Or longer,
to which her pupils to the number Of 40
or more attend. Misses Backden and
Pierce also have private schools.
W. H. Wildes sold another fine Loco
motive colt the past week to Collector
Anderson of the port of Portland, the
price received being $500. This makes
for colts after this celebrated sire that he
has sold the total amount received being
$3.50, while in the past six months six
Locomotive colts have been sold in this
town for $3.50. Within the past year
John Horne of Oakland has sold five of
the same stations get for $3.50. These
colts were four and five years old Such
grand showing as this is hard to beat
and our farmers would do well to look at
these figures and give the matter some
thought.
Sheriff Vaughan, accompanied by JUS
tice o. r. Bachelor and Co. Attorney
Bradbury made trip up the Canada road
as far as Moose River, last week, leaving
on Tuesday, returning the following FRI
day. This visit was made chiefly in the
interest of the law, relating to intoXicat-
Ing liquors, news having been received
that such law was being wholly disre-
gastled In that section Along the route