The Somerset reporter., 1886-06-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

vicinity
Try the Music Cigar ut Fargrieve's.
The best cent cigar in town,
cur old townsman, T. II. Howard,
missed the Sabbath in town.
Curtis has replenished this week his
9jc table with a better line of hats
More daylight in the days of this week
and next than any Others Throughout the
year.
Buy % cents worth Of cigars at Fair
grieye's and register your name for IL
chance to draw the Music Box.
Mrs. Emma Sheplcy, of Scion, places
mammoth sample of chen fruit" upon the
REPORTERS table. The weight is tribe
short of four ounces.
The list of premiums offered by The
Somerset Central Agricultural Society has
lust been issued from the Somerset Re
porter Printing Houso,
The Somerset District Lodge l. o. G.
T., will hold its next quarterly meeting
the first Friday in September with Loyal
ty Lodge, Skowhegan
The members of the first Grammar
school to the number of 30 or more, ac-
companied by their teachers, Misses
Cleveland and Mayo, enjoyed an excursion
to Hayden Lake on Saturday last.
\ number of our local bicyclists have
signhed their intention of entering in
noon of July 9TH, for the purse of SIS Of
fcred by the society.
The head advertising agents of Fore
paugh's big circus paid Skowhegan Wis
it last week, and flooded the town with
circulars relating to the wonderful things
to be seen within the tents of this big
show.
Fairfield comes to the front as usual
and announces Il grand celebration Of
Independence Day on Monday July 9TH.
The town of Wellington also has issued
programs for big time to take place on
the same date
The Commencement exercises came off
at kent's Hill last week. Miss Mary b.
Cushing, of Skowhegan, carried off the
first prize for ladies. DR. J. S. Gushing
was in attendance. The graduating class
was the largest ever sent out numbering
40 members.
riah /, in far fiti
on Wednesday evening the 23d inst,
when the comic opera II. T.. Porter, adj
vcrtised in another column, is to be pre-
scnted. The sight of the 10 children in
price of admission.
Men, young or old, who hire teams to
90 dozen miles and extend the trip to
80 ought to be made to pay well for it.
Four young men hired team at Charles
Fairbrother's stable recently, to 20 to
Athens and went to Blanchard and
and back. 1t cost them just $50 to settle
the bill. Served them just right.
In order that Que base ball nine might
receive the practice of game last Satur-
day afternoon, the Norridgewock boys
generously made up club and paid us a
visit, being reinforced by two of our best
players Hobbs & Williamson. A fair sized
crowd was in attendance to see the boys
down the visitors by a score of 90 to 3
A good job of street paving has just
been completed by our street commission
cr, on North street, extending from the
tniversalist church down nearly to Water
street. The residents of the street are
now proud of their highway, and think
of pettioning to the high powers that
they may call this location North Ave
nue. instead of as heretofore.
\ more Disguised crowd would be hard
to find than that routed out by the fire
alarm at an early hour on Saturday morn
ing last, to find that rhe cause of the riot
was only a brush fire on the south side of
the river, that had been lighted by per-
sons who wish to perpetrate joke
Whether the funny ones have yet been
discovered we are unable to say, but
fortunate it was for them, that at that
time their identity was concealed.
Fairfield people are very much pleased
with their electric lights, They use the
ncandescent system and have three humid
300 lights in place. The lights are IL and
30 candle power, the former costing 3
cents per night and the latter } cents.
Amos Gerald, Esq, is the agent for the
Brush-Swan system that in use at Fair
field He is about to put in plant at An-
gusta and has also looked over Skowhe.
gan with the view of putting in a plant
here.
The game of ball between the Grocery
and Dry Goods nine, at the park, last
Thursday afternoon, caused no end of
merrinent to the crowd in attendance
After "a hard fought struggle the Grocers
came out in the lead by score of "a to
II. The proceeds of the game over cur
rent expenses were generously donated
towards the support of the nine now in
the field from this place.
The Bangor Mikado Company who are
to appear at Coburn H3ll, tomorrow even
ing is composed of about twenty-five
people, the cast including, Messrs Victor
Britt, Carl Albert, f. A. Owen, Gilbert
Clayton, and J. b. Dnsmore, Misses
Carrie F.. Hodgdon, Eta Reed, Edna
Tozier and Mrs F. Ii. Chase, and the
grand chorus, with S. Davenport as
musical conductor. Without doubt the
| "Mikado" is the most popular piece now
on the American stage, and will be pro-
duced here with every attention to
scenery, costumes, and other details
equal to the best and should be witnessed
by large audience.
Mr.. G. b. Fairgrieves with his usual
tact for attracting visitors to his place of
business has erected an aquarium in his
large show window which completely fills
the entire space. That this novelty is a
grand success is amply proven by the
large crowds that flock about it from
early morn until lata In tb, n,-n,;n1