The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-05-17
LOCAL ITEMS.
Best coda at Patterns.
Try Harris new shoe store.

lry Hart HcW SuOe SlOTe.
1t will pay you to trade at Harris new
shoe store.
1 Ordway has a new line of children.
lace collars.
Bxby Buck are now receiving a large
variety of plants.
i Miss Sadie Anderson is visiting friends
in Pittsfed and Dexter.
Social dance at Fairgreyes Hail. on
Saturday eve, Nay 18Th.
1t is a surp Use to every one how Ord.
way can sell dress goods SO cheap.
Parke Dingley, Esq. of the Lewiston
Journal was in town Friday last.
Found-The place where everybody can
save money. HartS new shoe store.
Books and Magazines for the Lynn
Bindery can be handed in to C. +. Jones.
For dress goods and trimmings, select
from Vickery's large and desirable stock
Bowdoin College Glee Club at Coburn
Hall Memorial day. Songs, Banjos, Gut
tar, See advertisement
The skating rink has been well pat
ronzed by our bicyclsts the past week,
| owing to the weather.
We are requested to announce that
| Decoration Day will be observed in
| Athens on the Goth inst.
f. McClellen of Washington, d. c., spe-
ca pension agent was registered at
Hotel Heselton Monday
MIR. A. d. Brown of Canaan has returned
from Alpena Michigan, where he had
| been for few months.
The Woman's Club give their annual
dinner to their gentlemen friends, Friday
evening next, at Hotel Coburn.
Mr.. G. +. II. Paul of Boston was in
town this week, returning to his home on
the 2.lO 2, M. train yesterday.
Mr. Edwin Fletcher, who has many rel
atives in Skowhegan, is to supply the Bap-
tist church, at Patten during the summer.
MIR Chas. Fairbrother comes to the
front again this week with his annual
spring announcement relating to car
| riageS.
Several of our wool buyers in town
who held the clip of last year, for the
winter demand are obliged to pocket
heavy loss.
Free Baptists of Maine are in session in
Augusta this week, Rev. S. c. Whit
comb of Pittsheld read paper on State
Educational work,
The chorus of fifty singers who gave
the Old Folks concert in this place recent
ly, will 90 to So. Norridgewock Friday,
the 18th, to repeat it in the Baptist church
Mr. S. L. Plummer of Detroit, was in
town Sunday last and sung in the Con-
gregationalist church choir in place of W.
+. Bacon who was somewhat indisposed.
In our real estate record last week, the
price of house conveyed by Weston &
Brainard to Lumsden & Son was incor-
rcctly given at $3.50. 1t should have been
$50.
There will be preaching service at the
High St. Church next Sunday morning to
commence at quarter to eleven. The Rev.
Mr.. Iarwood is engaged to preach for
the present.
j. A. Dealey has a lot of NV under
shirts and drawers that retail for 7G cts.
everywhere. He is selling them for GO
cts. Look at his Flannel Coats and Yes 5
for $1.75.
Chase & Heselton are receiving large
imp 1rtations of carriages. They make
an announcement this week in our ad.
columns. that contains good reading for
purchasers.
Governor Marble came to town and
took rooms at Hotel Coburn, Monday eve
ming, and left for Augusta, Tuesday
morning to attend session of the Exec
utive Council.
Mr. Edward Fuller of Skowhegan, now
at Harvard Law School, has written an
operetta, which will be brought out by a
dramatic society in Boston this month,
says an exchange.
The annual meeting of the Maine Man
ufacturers Club meets at Dexter to-day
Mr.. Lewis Anderson, our wooden manu-
ufacturer is in attendance. Mr.. Anderson
is President of the society.
The drive on Dead River is getting
along swimmingly. 1t is fully a. far
along as last year at this time, although
the season is later and all the old logs
are coming along with the new ones.
We copied from another paper an lie i
to the effect that Dr. Fellows was to re-
turn home, June 10th. We are Informed
that he purposes to start from England
on his return, on or about July 4th.
Memorial Services will be held in
Coburn Hall Sunday, thel 9th inst in
stead of in Grand Army Hall as hereto
fore announced Rev Mr.. Hanson, pas
tor of Bethany church breaches the
memorial services.
At the Universalist Church next SIM
day morning the subject will be "Trib-
ute to the Nations Defenders. At $50
p. NJ the lecture will be Venice the
City of the Sea A cordial invitation to
all, morning and evening.
~Dr. f. B. Lancaster of Norridgewock
likes a good horse, generally has one or
more of them and is giving attention to
the rearing of some fine colts. He has
two colts by Dictator Chief, a stallion
and tilly and one by Daniel Boone that
are very promising.
The directors meeting of Alumni of the
S. H. S. called last week was not at
tended in as large numbers as could have
been wished. Misses Mabel Ward, and
Mabel Wentworth, and Mr.. R. I. Patten,
were chosen a committee of three to
make arrangements for the annual re-
union.
Mr.. S. d. Sayward of this town has
charge of the tin and zinc work of the
Maine Central Railroad, including all the
water tanks on the whole line of the road
for many years. There are 50 water
stations on the road and he goes over the
line twice each month to look closely
after them, and the other work in his line
Mr.. Albert Murray recently imported
finely formed young Clydesdale stallion
from Prince Edwards Island, four years
old, that weighed 100 lbs. The horse
arrived here last week, and has since been
sold to parties In eastern Maine for $500