The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-09-29
LOCAL ITEMS.


Three rainy Sunday afternoons and
evenings in September.
opening Of fall and winter garments
Monday Oct. at V. NJ. Vickery's
The postponed musical convention at
Athens comes off Oct. ), G and :.
We are now opening the best line OF
fannels In town. A. S. Burke & Co.
There will be no preaching services at
the High Street church next Sabbath.
One of the darkest nights Of the vrai
on Saturday, and no electric lights either
Ladies will please remember the special
bargains Saturday afternoon and evening
at Yickery's.
The date of the Cornvlle fair is
changed to Monday October 4th instead
of the 9TH as announced last week.
word to the wise is sufficient Buy
your dry goods, grocerie crockery and
confectionery of A. S Burke & Co.
Curtis has just received large assert
ment of new stlye felt hats, which are
slightly imperfect. lie is selling them
for half price.
The last blow was struck at the Corn
Factory Monday and the crew has been
discharged. 1t has been short season
and light crop.
Mercer Cattle Show and Fair comes of
Thursday and Friday, October 18th and Sth.
If stormy, the next pleasant day. Alden
Curtis is president, c. r. Curtis, secretary.
On Sunday evening next the grand fare
we'll meeting OF Capt. Doughty and wife
and Lieutenant Walworth, to their friends
in Skowhegan at Doran> Hall Services
at 100.
F. b. Heseton has rented the east store
in his new block, to II. u. Patterson, of
Ninalhayen, who will open grocery
store as soon as the room can be made
ready for him.
S. W. Gould has just received "A lot of
fine driving and work horses from Penn
sylvania, and now on sale at his stables
in Skowhegan. Also new and second
hand carriages.
Williams Electric Spark company gave
fairly good representation OF that favor
lite three act musical absurdity at Coburu
hall, on Wednesday evening last, to a fair
sized audience.
Jesse Holmes, son Of Orren Holmes of
Cornyile, accidentally shot himself while
ont ginning Thursday last, receiving
charge of shot in his shoulder. Dr. A.
Il. Farnham OF East Madison attended
him.
The Skowhegan Fire Department will
come out for their regular monthly tria-
of apparatus, on Saturday, Oct. End at 3
p III. This being the last trial for the
season, full attendance is desired. BY
Order of Chief Engineer.
Skowhegans entcrprisng dealers in
musical instruments and sewing machines,
McsSrs j. \. & |. J. Smith, made fine
exhibit of their merchandise at the fair
last week, and displayed some wonderful
fancy and ornamental work done on the
New Home" sewing machine.
The managers of the Rochester y. IL.
Fair made Gen. II. b. Shepherd a hand
some offer and at the same time paid his
stock a high compliment. They offered
to pay him nice sum of money and to
herd of Herefords to the Rochester EX
hibition.
The races of last Wednesday and Thurs
day, held in connection with our cattle
show and fair, and of which we give n
summary on the first page OF this issue,
were pronounced by all in attendance to
be the best ever held on this park. The
absence of all pulling" by the jockeys
was very noticeable as every horse was
driven to win. Tie first money being
what they were after. When this is so,
the spectators are sure of their moneys
WORTH as they were all given here.
Monday morning a telephone message
was received by the management Of our
base ball nine, coming from Colby Uni
yersity, requesting our boys to play the
Colbys on Wednesday lto-dayl at Fair
field for purse OF 5000. The return
answer was "Our nine has diSbanded;
and If it were not 80 $1,000 would hardly
cover the expense Of yi-itby rs 10 Fair
field and considering that we have already
defeated YOU three successive games.
there would scarcely be glory enough in
another victory over You, To tempt
us. Therefore we must decline your
most generous offer,
Some % or more citizens Of Skowhegan
met at Hotel Heselton Monday evening
and held an informal consultation on the
proposed -Athens-Monson
Railroad. Capt A, S. c. Hall, DR.. a.
Farnham, D. II. Hobart, and others from
East Madison were present and at the
suggestion of Mr.. Lewis Anderson com
mittee of citizens consisting Of Messers
S. A Patten, L. w. Weston, c. A. Mar
ston, +. F. Fairbrother, +. b. Heseton,
w. X. Shurtef and j. o. Smith were APP
pointed to visit Monson to consult with
interested parties there and also visit
parties and towns along the line OF the
route with view of asccrtdining what
amount of financial aid can be relied up
on to secure the building of the road be-
yond Athens providing sufficient means
can be raised to build the road between
Skowhegan and Athens. The committee
expect to make the trip to Monson next
week.
A hard looking tramp dirty ragged to
the last degree and barefooted passed
through this village Monday morning,
coming from the direction of Cornvllle-
going along Water street, thence across
the river, and on to South Norridgcwock.
Sometime after he had gone DR.. Mer'
rill and l. Z. Merrill took team and fol
lowed him overtaking him few miles
beyond Norridgewock on the Mercer
road, bringing him back to the village ano
putting him in the lookup He gives his
nam. as Frank Coleman says he is about
80 yrs old that he was in the German
Army years, in Jail = years and year,
"bothered He shows indications o