The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-08-02

/ iHlhh 81 IL ladies' /. KID slippers
opera toe, usual price - cts, only 10 cts
at Harris new shoe store.
Mrs. II. n. Wagg of Chicago. is visit
ing at her fathers, Mr.. Daniel 5. Webb
She will remain several weeks.
The rapidly increasing business Of til,
Somerset Steam Laundry speaks well 70
the class of work they are doing.
The rear of the Kennebec drive is nov
in the vacinity of Old Point 1t will ge
well down to Skowhegan Saturday night
We expect to see the largest crowd Of
the season out to see tile base ball gam,
on Saturday afternoon next between tn
Augustus and Skowhegans.
Judge Boswell held special session o
Probate Court at the Court House, Tues
day. a contested probate case was unde
consideration and several insolvency mat
tiers were heard.
Mr.. Crosby president of the Mass
achnsetts Loan and Trust Company wa,
in town last week, in conference with tn,
water company relative to the completion
Of the water works.
Judge Artemus Libby and wife Of
Augusta, accompanied by Miss Fisher. q
lady friend from Bath were guests at the
Co5urn over the Sabbath, and early ii
the week took drive to The Forks
Mr.. Howard S. Webb, instructor at the
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, returned to that institution yester-
day. The first term of the next College
year commences Tuesday next.
Mr. g. A. Parlin of the firm, DriscO <
Parlin, Machias, book seller, and publish
ers of the Machias Union, is spending a
few weeks in town with his father Major
A. +. Parln. Mrs. Parln accompanies
him.
Our readers will notice the advertise
ment of the Portland Business College
among our new advertisements. This is
one of the established institutions of
Portland. The school re-opens August
9th
The Somerset County Prohibitionsts
are to meet in convention at Madison
Bridge, Friday, Aug 10, at 10 A. NJ, to
nominate a county ticket. Hon. Nolney
B. Cushing will address the gathering in
: h.. al tarpTnn nj ala
Col Wildes left home Wednesday
morning for Portland, to meet with the
other railroad commissioners to render a
decision on the application OF the Cana
dian Pacific railroad for authority to
build telegraph line from Mattawamkeag
to NanCeboro.
DR. Jas. NJ. Bates and wife of Var
mouth, Me, who are among the guests of
the popular summer hotel, the Quinne-
basset, at So. Norrdgewock, were in
town Monday. They speak in glowing
terms of the Quinnebasset and its man
agement.
The Richards Company's pulp mill shut
down Saturday night to allow the work
men to take out the two pulp grinders
that have been used there for several
years past and put in four of an improved
style and increased capacity. 1t is estim-
ated that the change will more than doub-
lie the capacity of the mill.
We are reliably informed that DIR. Fred
f.. Yarney, one of the rising young physi
clans of Somerset, who has many friends
in Skowhegan, is to remove from Nor
and 90 into practice here.
DR.. Phillip Lindsey will take his practice
at Norridgewock. 1t is understood that
he will be associated in his profession
with DIR. J. S. Gushing.
Mr. Barney Weeks of Bangor general
route agent of the American Express Co.
was in town last Friday and our local
agent took his team and showed the town
up to him in proper manner. Mr..
Weeks was highly pleased with our vii
ldSc Mllh lIo HlhH1 dIIi aStlOhN anu IN
Wallace 4 Cos circus and menagerie
gave two exhibitions on the grounds at
the head of North ST., Tuesday of this
week, that were fairly attended. The
street Parade in the morning was fully
equal to any of its kind ever seen on our
streets, the horses, more particularly
them being gray Percherons, fat and well
groomed The show itself although
small in magnitude, gave good satisfac-
ton. Those in attendance upon the even
ing entertainment, came home in rather
bad humor, owing to the severe shower,
and the tents not shedding the water.
ON Thursday Reuben F. Oliver and
a Mrs. Smith, both of Starks, were
brought before Trial Justice Priest and
bound over The husband of the woman
was the complainant. Saturday the hnal
testimony in the case against Warren S
Tozier of Bingham who is charged witt
assaulting his wife and taking their only
child from her on the public highway
The man was bound over. The only
thing of interest in the case occurred
when it came time for the noon day re-
cess, when the mother asked that the
child should be allowed to accompany her
to dinner. Before the request was
granted the woman's mother arose and
pointing to her said in most dramatic
manner. I'm tell you how you can have
the child all you want to. Go back and
live with your husband as you ought to-
Dir. w. +. Fellows begs leave to inform
his friends and the public generally thai
he has returned from Europe where he
has spent year in Clinical study, anc
hopes to be able to give the greater por
ton of his time and attention to the Dis
eases of Women and Surgery in all it,
branches. He may be consulted in person
or by letter and will visit patients at s
distance witch uesieu' pihSe HUI .
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from
3 to 8 Z. M, also Tuesday, Thursday anC
Saturday evenings from to s. The
many friends of DR.. Pulsifer will be gao
to know. THAT he is to remain, ASSOCIATED
with DIR. Fellows in his work, and can bt
found at the Office, Monday, "Wednesday
and Friday evenings, also Tuesday
Thursday and Saturday afternoons at thu
above office hours. His labors and sue
cess for the past year have been such a
to inspire confidence in the many familie
of which he has had the care, and DIR
Fellows lcongratulates himself and tn
public on being able to retain the help o
physician whom he can so fully recon
wand Dr Eellowa returua IN his fol-