The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-27
LOCAL ITEMS.


ways.
There will be a social dance in Fair
grieye's Hall Saturday evening.
The Woman's Club will meet with Mrs.
Levi Weston, Thursday, Jan. 8.
Mr.. Pulsifer, court reporter spent
Christmas at his home in Auburn
Ordway has great clearance sale and
markdown for the next ten days.
S. f. Plummer, Esq, of Detroit has
been appointed Notary Public for
Somerset County,
The schools on the Island commence on
Monday next, having had vacation of
two weeks.
Hon. Hiram Knowlton and Hon. S. S.
Brown were in town yesterday on pro-
fessional business.
You can buy fancy striped and brocade
velets at almost your own price at Ord
ways great remnant sale.
j. j. Pooler, of the Preble House, Port
land, was in town last week to attend the
funeral services OF his father.
Those wishing the heaviest and best
quality of hard wood should leave their
orders at DR.. Commits Office
The Christmas ball at Coburn Hall on
Monday evening last was failure, finan-
cially, to the extent of about $4,000.
Gen. Isaac Dyer took trip to Gardiner
Monday, on business connected with the
Public Library building to be erected
next year
Mcintosh, the photographer reports a
fine business through the holidays. Ger
tainly you should not fail to see samples
of his work,
Those Canada gray pants at II. C.
Decker's are selling so readily at Sips
per pair that he is obliged to order by ex-
press weekly.
As the things look now ere long we
shall see the same busy aspect about our
shoe shop as of yore. We trust that such
may be the case.
Closing out sale at F. A. Williams
store on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Also at private sale his household goods
any day this week.
The next regular meeting of the c. L.
S. c. will be held with Mrs. J. A. Colby,
Pleasant Street, on Monday evening Dec.
3lst, at O'Clock.
Mr., and Mrs, W. II. Pearson have gone
to Portland for stay of several weeks.
Their fine residence in this place is closed
during their absence.
1t is expected that the pastor of the
Bethany church, will administer the or
dinance of baptism in the Chris tian
church on Sunday evening next, at half
past seven.
The Methodist Episcopal society in
this village are to be congratulated upon
raising the mortgage off their church pro-
perty here. 1t is a nice Christmas pres
ent and they feel well over it, as they
have good reason to.
The Moulton Comedy Co. appeared at
Coburn Hall last week, for five evenings,
with a good repertoire. The company
was good one, and the star, Jay Hunt,
excelled in many features; but owing to
its being Christmas week the entertain
ments were poorly patronized, az our
people, at such a season, need both time
and money for other purposes.
Capt. Zenas Vaughan, Sheriff and Sheriff
elect of Somerset county, has not yet APP
pointed his deputies, but will have the
same force as recently with the exception
of Deputy Bradbury of Fairfield, who de
clinces to serve longer. He has served
very acceptably for the years past.
Watch night services will be held at
Methodist church next Monday evening.
Services begin at . rs with praise ser
vice; 8 40 to 10 As Love Feast; 10 40 to
II 40 preaching by Rev. f. T. Allen of
Fairfield; L 40 to II closing services,
Cordial invitation is extended to come in
and join in this service.
BY the change of trains which goes in
to effect on Monday next the train ieav-
ing here now at 2.30 p. m, and running
to Oakland will leave at LAO p. M, and
run drought to Auburn. Conductor
Sprague will succeed Conductor Gardner,
the latter gentleman being transferred to
the regular passenger train.
Mr.. w. C. Young, of Mt. Kineo, was
in town Monday. He came down from
that point to Greenville on the ice Satur-
day last, the first trip made on the ice
with a team this season. The boats
stopped running Nov. Doth, so that for
twenty-five days the mail reached them
across the ice by persons on foot or in
small boats from Birch Point.
Messrs. II. S. Steward & Son have just
put In "patent roller mill for grinding
and cracking corn in his mill on the Is
land at an expense of $3.50. 1T is the
only mill of the kind in the State. Four
iron rollers take the place of the two or
binary mill stones and require much less
power to run them than the stones and
do more than twice the work. The capa-
city is 40 to 80 bushels per hour.
The Review of this week states that an
arrangement was made one day last week
between certain COOKERS" connected WITH
Moulton's Comedy Company and 1.-THE
postal clerk" at this office for the delivery
of any mail flor young lady of GER
tain name" We are authorized by Post
master Estes to say that the Review Is
mistaken in this No such arrangement
was ever made at the Skowhegan post
office Business Is not done in that man
ner, there.
On Christmas evening, Miss Carrie l.
Sullivan was united in marriage, at the
residence of her father to Geo. H. Board
man. The ceremony was performed oy
Rev. C. V. Hanson. Both of the con
tracing parties are residents of our town,
and have the congratulations of their
many friends upon their marriage. The
bride graduated from the High School
and also from the Normal School in
Pennington, and has taught quite num-
Der of schools during the past few years
Her class in the High School remember
ed her with a beautiful and appropriate
gift.
The subject of Rev. A j. Racklihs
lecture Sunday evening the 10th inst
was OR .Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" An alb
stract of the famous story was presented,