The Somerset reporter., 1888-07-26
LOCAL ITEMS.
- marked down at King < Ward,

Ordways
Ms. w. p. Bailey is visiting friends II
Auburn.
r. Pooler made a trip to Boothba
and Spruce Head this week
Mrs J. p. Merrill is spending fev
works with friends In Stetson.
e II. Haskell, editor of the Pittshel'
,l,ertiser, was in town Monday.
Dr Weeks of Portland, was In tow
Tuesday, on professional business.
few ladies' wrappers left at Vickery'
,ill he closed at reduced prices.
Dont fail to visit our mammoth sale
Prices cut in two. New York Store.
Joseph Murray left this morning FOL
Providence, r. l. to be gone for two
weeks.
= I. Coffin and daughter of Lynn, anc
r. p Coffin of Boston, are visiting friends
in Ibis village.
R.rgalns in all summer goods al
vickery's must be closed to make room
for fall stock.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Anderson have
been passing few days of the past week
at Old Orchard.
Miss Attic Starbird of San Diego, Cal.
is spending several weeks with relatives
in this village
Mr.. Hiram Burrill returned home from
Los Angeles, Sunday morning last, in
good health and spirits.
Miss Lena Cook is vacationing at Scion.
Miss Ella Scalon offlciates at the telephone
in Miss Cooks absence.
Many improvements are now being
made by Street Commissioner Gilman in
streets, crossings, sidewalks, etc.
l.. L. Walton, Esq, and wife left Wed
nesday morning for North Conway where
they will remain for several weeks.
Mrs. Annie Dore and daughter of Bos-
ton, arrived by Saturday evenings train
and are the guests of W. R. G. Estes.
Df. CuSnlUS TGbuIucu ucouoy S'S""t9
from his sojourn at Boothbay. MIR.
Emery continues his trip to Rockland
Mrs. II. p. Thyng and her mother,
Mrs. Dorothy, left this morning for
visit of few weeks to Portland and the
Islands.
Mr.. C. II. Playze has gone to Bar Har-
Dor to work during the busy season for
Grant Barbour K Ladd, boot and shoe
dealers.
Mr.. William Doran is on business trip
to the eastern part of the State. Mrs
Doran is at the Kineo House, Moosehead
Lake, in the meantime.
Mr.. & Mrs. w. II. Wiggin of Belfast,
are ON a vacation trip by team through
Maine. They came to Skowhegan yes
terday for a brief visit.
Our ball club and friends leave Monday
next on morning train for st. John,
special car will be provided for them
from Bangor to st. John.
Prof. +, l.. Shaw of Shaw's Business
College, Portland, was in town Tuesday,
and called upon the REPORTER He has
many patrons in this vicinity.
The auction sale of stock at East Madi-
son attached from the Somerset Wooden
Mill Co. was postponed by Dep. U. S.
Marshal b. +. Andrews to July 81 at 3
p. M.
Rev. A. j. Rackliff left home this
morning for Searsport where he will re-
main about one week when he will go to
North Conway for the balance of his
vacation
Many of our local bicyclists will visit
Fairfield next month and compete in the
races 1t was pleasant news to them, the
constructing of special bicycle track
for their races.
Station Agent Eaton informs us that he
has secured a special car through from
Skowhegan to st. John, N. b. for the
Skowhegan Baseball club to make their
st. John trip in.
A member of the Skowhegan nine who
found a scarf pin on the ground here.kept
up the reputation of that town for hon.
esty and politeness, by hunting up its
owner and returning it to him, says the
kennebec journal.
Henry Varney, of the firm of Bragg
Varney, John Cannon and Cony Wister,
Mr.. varney's cousin from the South, have
gone into camp at 1.-THE foot of Madison
Pond. Mr.. Varney took his race boat,
Cora, along with him.
Miss Emily w. Peakes, teacher in the
city high school, Terre Haute, Ind, is at
present visiting her sister, Mrs. A. l..
Palmer of this place. Miss Peakes is a
graduate of Westbrook Seminary and an
experienced teacher.
The drawing of the elegant music box
at Walter F. Robbins took place the past
week, and DR.. w. M. Pulsifer was the
lucky guesser, and received the prize.
The number of beans and peas in the bot
tie was 1880 and the doctors guess was
1882
The Skowhegan Wheel Club were well
represented at the meet at Pittsfield on
Sunday last. The boys rode over in
early morning, and returned home about
: 80 in the evening. They speak in the
highest terms of Landlord Blackden and
his hotel.
DIR. b. T. Sanborn, Supt of the Insane
Hospital, and Hon. James Weymouth OF
Oldtown, and DIR. j. W. Dearborn of
ParsonsAeld, trustees of that institution,
were in town yesterday and made the RE
PORTER call. They took dinner at Hotel
Coburn and returned to the capital in the
afternoon.
Benjamin r. Woodman, son of Charles
Woodman of Madison, died In the In
sane Hospital, Augusta, Thursday last, of
diphtheria aged 20 years. He had been at
the Hospital for treatment since March
last. His mother was with him at the
time of his death. His father is an in
mate of the hospital
The sewer on North street is completed
nearly up to Leavitt, and that on Water
street is progressing slowly There will
be a large amount of blasting in the
ledge to be done in the latter street. In
some places six or seven feet Of ledge in
depth Is to be blasted out In order to get
the necessary depth.
Hon. Turner Boswell has been busily at
work since Monday establishing bounds