The Somerset reporter., 1886-04-21
LOCAL ITEMS.

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4 Last Sabbath was Palm Sunday.
" Spring house cleaning in order.
Col w T. Eustis of Dixhed is in town
Storage for stoves at Doran's stove
4 store.
Cushing's.
Summer silks at Viekerys % cts. per
yard.
Mr.. W. II. Gogswell, of the Hebrew
Prince" is in town
Remember the free skate To morrow
afternoon and evening.
See the all wool dress goods Nickery
has opened at Is cts. per yard
The air is filed with the odor of numer
Gus bush fires at this season.
+. b. Heselton has been on the sick list
for week or more but is now GONZALES
4 ing.
We understand the Athens stage refuses
4 to take passenger traffic during the hard
travelling.
The time of the First Maine Cavalry re-
union in this place will either be set for
June or September.
The seats for the Days Vacation Com
pany who appear here early next month
4 will be on sale May LIST.
4 Some representatives of the Salvation
- bar u nj
10 commence holding services.
d For the past week and through mud
d time Blunt & Colbys stage uakes only
d three trips a week to the Forks.
Three such days as the first of the pres
Il cnt week are of rare occurrence the middle
4 of April fully equal to summer weather
Rev. Mr. HARDWOOD occupied the pulpit
of the Congregationalist church last
Sabbath, in exchange with Mr. Raeklin'
! Ladies looking for new spring suit
jacket or wrap, will do well to call and
examine w. b. Stewards stock of new
goods.
The wooden mill employees are enjoying
this beautiful W, ather by vacation, the
high water compelling the shutting down
! of the factory
4 Our merchants are made to suffer by
the high water as it will not permit of the
running of the dynamos of the electric
light company.
Evide ntly the may flowers this season
h, al. ,,.1
showers Already they are being found
in considerable quantities.
The Unversalist society with friends
are invited to meet with their pastor at the
residence of Geo. c. Varney ON Wednes-
day evening of this week.
Easter services will be held at the Con
egatonal chu ch next sabbath, consist
ing of an Easter sermon in the morning
I and concert in the evening
q The BOYS have got together a picked
! nine and are to go to Wateryille to-mor
row by invitation to play the Colbys the
y first base ball game of the season.
Fast Day services will occur at the
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the usual hour for morning service. Rev.
Mr.. Frost will preach the discourse
White K Wldes must have bought
goods quite literally last week in Boston,
over 1000 lbs. of dry goods arrived at this
depot for them. How is that for Skow-
hogan dry goods store?
j. w. Hobart of East Madison lower
mills has one hundred and fifty horse
rakes well along The proof that they are
the best rake eyer put into hay field is
he always sells all he makes.
Rev d. b Randall preached from the
pulpit of the Methodist church last Sab
bath Rev. Mr.. Frost will occupy his
pulpit as usual next Sabbath, having en-
trely recovered from his recent illness.
Not for years have our roads within
the corporation limits been left in such
condition at the departure of winter. II
we did not have some of the best made
roads in the state it would be terrible to
contemplate
Kendall Bros. say May LIST will find
them in their new store with part OF their
goods They expect to occupy their old
stand for short time to close out at an
immense sacrifice goods which they do
MT care to move.
The old Fletcher house on Elm street,
one of the oldest if not the oldest resi-
dcnce within our limits now has been re-
4 moved to Middle street. S. w Gould Esq.
has already begun the erection of a beau
tifu residence ON its former site.
The travelling in some parts of the
county hercabouts is getting quite passa
Bile with now and then bad place, but
on the roads protected by forests etc
travelling is attended by considerable
danger to both animal and driver.
Easter Sabbath will be observed at the
Methodist church next Sunday. The
church will be decorated for the occasion
and the pastor will preach an Easter SER
mon in the morning. In the evening an
4 Easter concert will be given participated
in by members of the Sunday School.
There has been a change in the South
Side grocery store and the business is
now run by James Lumsden & Co. They
have some special bargains to offer Gus
toners, among which they name: Ingle
heart -four Sc per Dbl. choice Barbados
molasses 30 cts. per gallon. Call and get
prices of their goods.
The Concert to be given by Mr. A. X.
Smiley's singing class in The Methodist
church Friday evening next, promises to
be pleasant and profitable to all lovers of
good chorus singing. The exercises will
be varied with songs, duets and quartets
by members of the class assisted by the
best home talent. Single admission 20
cents; Packages of six tickets one dollar
The warm weather of last week brought
the river up to considerable pitch and
the ice started from this point Thursday
BY Friday morning the river was clear OF
everything but floating cakes of ice from
the waters above Ia, re, and rapidly rising