The Somerset reporter., 1888-09-13
LOCAL ITEMS.

"a Postage Stamp" tonight.
o.,,ol hooks at Geo. Cushings.
curtis has received very pretty mill
merry
Guns and fishing tackle to let at Fai
gricyes'
Hon. 0. d. Baker of Augusta was i
town Yesterday
Mr.. NJ. 4. Farrell is closing out he
business on Russell st.
Mis-, Georgia Fellows of Augusta
visiting friends in town,
New line of ladies' jackets this da
r,ceiycd at White & Wildes'.
mr. C.. p Sawyer and wife are on
rim TO The Forks and Pleasant Pond thi
week.
Have YOU seen the new goods at w
Stewards. cheaper and prettier thai
ever
Mrs. G. ]. Bailey, with child and nurs'
r.tnrned to her home in Orange, N. j. thu
past week
Mrs. Henry Pollard of Aroostook Co
i. in town for medical treatment by DR.
W. +. Fellows.
The entire Vickery stock to be close(
in ten days if possible Make your pur-
chases at once.
l.. L. Wills of Lowell, Mass, In com
pany with his wife is visiting relatives IL
Scion and Athens.
Miss Ella Tenney recently returned
from visit of several weeks to friends
in Riverside and at Monmouth,
Mrs. Minnie c. Leighton returned Sat
.rday to her home in Haverhill, Mass.
after visit of several weeks in Skowhe
gan.
The Brighton cattle show and fair will
be held at Brighton village Sept. 10, 1883
Preparations are made for good exhibit
ton,
Lawberry Way had colt die very sud
denly and mysteriously a few days ago
III Is supposed He ihuSU nav pNS" P'''
oned.
W. w. Nash of Portsmouth, n. ii. and
Cbas Dodge of Boston were among the
young men who came home to Skowhe-
gan to vote.
The Kennebec Association of Baptist
churches held its annual session with the
Baptist church in Norridgewock Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week.
Messrs. C. F. Drew C. A. Williams,
and j. +. Williams are on fishing trip
this week to the streams and ponds at
the headwaters of the kennebec.
Dr. Conant is at Lewiston this week in
attendance on the State Fair with full
supply of reading matter relating to the
curative powers of Anidrosis and Osml-
drosis.
Mr.. C. II. Paul of Fort Fairfield is visit
Ing friends in Scion his native place. He
went to Aroostook 40 years ago, and has
been to Somerset but time since he
left here.
Rev. Mr.. Holt of the NJ. L. church
preached an able sermon at the Baptist
church last Sunday p. NJ, in the absence
of the pastor Mr.. Iarwood, ON the theme
Freedom in Christ.
Tho w. c. Temperance Union will meet
in the parlors of q. A. II Hall on Tues
day the eighteenth at four O'Clock Z. M,
to transact business of Importance. All
are invited to be present.
Dr. George Z. White of Sandwich
Mass, is in town visiting friends. lie
will remain here about two weeks aud
will then make a trip to Moosehead Lake
aud return home about Oct. LIST.
James Smith of Sko vinegar who broke
out of lookup, Skowhegan, the night OF
Aug, LIST. by taking the hinges OIL OF door
was captured by Deputy Sheriff Mitchell
in Cambridge Saturday last and taken TO
Norridgewock.
Mr.. w. G. Davis of the Portland Pack
Ing Company, has his crew at work in the
canning establishments in Skowhegan
and North Arson putting up corn. The
frost effected the corn considerably in
many fields, so that the crop is somewhat
reduced.
Attention is called to the grand au-
tUmnal excursion to Bar Ilarbor on the
Maine Central Railroad. This will be
delightful trip and tie fares are very
low. You can take in tho celebrated re-
sort at minimum price and by spending
but little time.
Don't fail to see Harry C. SANKEY'S new
musical Farce Comedy. The new comedy
abounds in songs, dances and speeiaties
of every description, not participated in
by the stars only, but by every member
of the company, engaged evidently with
ayew to their vocal abilities.
Mr., n. W. Murphy of the Parln Pond
House, finds his hotel accommodations
inadequate to his fine run of business
this season, and every day we hear OF
people being turned away for want OF
rooms enough. We have no doubt MI
Mnrphy's success is fully merited.
A lady away out west writes an obitu-
airy of a wonderful cat and sends ii to the
REPORTER fos publication. 1t would
make half column. We beg to state to
this lady, incidentally, that we publish
such items in the advertising columns at
regular rates This particular cats ooit-
uary would cost about six dollars.
A gentleman representing Milo Ste
yens & Co, of Washington, ID. C., can
be seen at the Hotel Heselton, Skowhe-
gan, Monday, Sept cath, and at the Au'
gusta House, Augusta, Tuesday, Sept.
2jth, by persons desirind information con-
corning pensions, bounties, etc, or hav-
ing claims which they desire to have
prosecuted by said attorneys. t2w)
Mr.. r. T, Patten has received COM
munication from Mr.. Ames of lewiston
the present State champion bicyclist, III
which he states he cannot be present at
our fair here next week aud race him, for
several reasons, the chief one of them all
being that he is through racing and shall
retire from sporting circles. If this Is
SO, it is only left for Mr.. Patten to beat
Ames' fastest record in race, to regain
the championship, and his ability to do
this can not be questioned.
There was good attendance upon the
First Maine Cavalry reunion at bar iiai-
Dor last week from Somerset towns.
From Fairfield there was +. j. Savage, u.