The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-03-07
LOCAL ITEMS.


h. II. Marble Esq, of Harmony is on a
business trip to Boston.
The County Commissioners are in SEES
sion at the Court House.
Niger head jerseys; just think of only
75c. New York Store.
Assembly at Fairgrieves' Hall Satur-
day evening next.
See those Henrietta's in all the new
spring shades at Ordway's.
DR.. f Farnham of East Madison is
In New York for week or two
Tickets to Athletic entertainment on
sale at W. + Robbins March 9th
Three lines of new kid gloves at
Vickery's. Prices 40, 20 and 90 cts.
Skowhegan was well represented at
the hotel mems convention in Bango or last
week.
Rev. a. J. Racklif who has been here
for some weeks left this morning by train
for Massachusetts.
Mr.. Joseph Robinson is quite i'll at his
home in this village. He has reached the
age of SO wears.
Mrs. VIM Holbrook and Mrs. Geo. II
IIawes are spending few days with
friends in Augusta.
w. II. Wildes, r. L. Mitchell, and
Nathan Fowler have been drawn as jurors
for the March term of Court
The subject of the sermon at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday morning
will be, Immortality" "If a man die
shall he live again"
Miss Ella NJ Hight, the popular teacher
of the piano and organ, pupil of Herman
Kotchzschmar of Portland, has card in
this weeks issue to which we would call
attention.
People appreciate true merit when they
see it. This accounts for the sale of over
100 dozen bottles Browns Instant Re
lief, in Norway since Sept. LIST 1887. Ask
your druggist for a bottle.
Mrs. Chas. Murphy is on visit to her
parents in East Orange, N. j., leaving
home last week. Mr.. Murphy joins her
next week, combining business with pleas
ure, as he will look through the New
York market in his absence.
The Athletic Exhibition to be given by
our own boys at Coburn Hall is for
benefit of a home Institution and should
be well patronized. Our best citizens say
the gymnasium is the best thing of the
kind ever started in our town.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe addressed the
Coburn, Wednesday evening last, on
Greece. The attendance was large and
all present enjoyed rare and rich treat.
The Poonoosac Club was also present on
invitation.
Mr.. William Hoyt, of Ripley, is one of
Somerset's enterprising Beekeepers. He
publishes a pamphlet called the Beekeep-
er's Advertiser for the purpose of adver-
Using his own and other peoples stock of
bees, hives, supplies, fixtures, honey, etc.
He distributed in the month of February
2000 copies of this paper.
There will be a free lecture on Chau-
tauqua work at the Methodist church. on
Monday, March 18th at p. NJ, by the
Rev. &. ID. Lindsay, of Bangor, who has
been engaged by the l.. S. c.. who in
yite all interested to attend, especially all
subscribers to the Chautauquan Magazine
who are requested to invite their friends.
We learn that arrangements have been
made with the management to
allow scholars in all the schools
to hear the talented reader and
recitationist, Miss Couthoui, with re
served seats, for 25 cents. They can get
their tickets at Walter Robbins jewelry
store by announcing that they attend
school as scholar.
Sheriff Vaughan made a trip to Moscow
last week, on complaint of certain parties
that Henry Sands was violating the Pro
hibitory law. He instituted q search
about the premises and at last found bur
ried in snow bank in the door yard
bag in which was a dozen bottles of the
ardent which he seized. An irrate WON
an seized one of the bottles and made an
brain him on the spot, but Capt. Vaughan
is still in the land of the living. Mr..
Sands was arrested put in the care of a
keeper, but by some means made his es
cape.
Completed plans of the Skowhegan
Passenger Station have been received by
Station Agent Eaton, by which a good
idea can be had of the style and appear
ance of the different elevations. The
building will be very attractive one, af-
ter the specifications of +, &, Foster, the
Maine Central architect The plan as
amended shows a reconstruction of the
plan of the tower with the section for
the clock elevated so that it will be fifty
feet al owe the foundation. The building
is to be a modern Queen Anne style taste
fully finished and painted, with slated
roof. The inside finish is to be of hard
woods, with double thick stained glass
windows, basement finished in good style,
and the whole heated by steam.
While many of our citizens have
worked earnestly, perhaps our people are
indebtedsto Hon. A. r Bixby more than
any other one man for the new town
clock voted at town meeting, Monday
last, as he had been working to this end
for more than year, and in town meet
ing ably advocated the project, ma king
an unswerable argument in its favor.
Col Wildes also spoke effectively in favor
of the appropriation. Judge Dascomb
raised the inquiry whether the town can
leaglly raise money for this purpose. l..
l.. Walton, esq, in answer to this in.
quiry, cited Massachusetts, decision
sustaining such an appropriation, which,
in the absence of anything to the contra
ry in Maine Reports, must be held by our
courts as conclusive. The $500 asked
for was voted by a very emphatic vote.
Deputy Sheriff John II. Mitchell was
in town yesterday. He is feeling well on
the result of the trial at Bangor as he
has good right to. Mr.. Mitchell is en-
titled to the highest credit for the part he
has taken in this case.- His work has
been in the highest degree difficult and
arduous not only in apprehending the
criminals in the first place, bringing them
to Maine and securing their indictments,
but since that time in looking up evidence
for tho State where hjs fine detective