The Somerset reporter., 1889-05-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

Ladies velvet slippers 90 cts. at Harris
N.w Millinery Goods this week at Col
bys.
ordway has a handsome cream colorec
Henrietta
ur Melvin Bigelow of St. Albaus wa:
in town Tuesday.
If YOU want a parasol don't forget tc
look at Stewards.
More Of those Summer Corsets for 60
cents at Colby's.
Arnold says his is the place to buy
ladies' Gotten underwear.
LIP. OAK has been spending few days
at his old home in Garland.
Mrs. II. X. White is spending few
weeks with friends in Boston.
In full blast. Harris great reduction
sale of Boots & Shoes.
Mrs Cyrus Bartlett of this village, is
visiting friends in Gardiner this week
There are to be races on Fairfield Park
the 10Th and 10Th of June.
Footwear of all kinds and prices that
cannot fail to please, at Harris.
There will be meeting Of the Sorosis
next Tuesday evening in g. A. r. Hall.
The best you ever saw. Those 80 cent
ladies' velvet opera slippers, at Harris.
Athens Cornet Band has been engaged
BY Russell Post to furnish music May
S0th.
Mr. W. II. Cleveland of Athens ex
poets to move his family to Skowhegan
next week.
Dir. +. 0. Sawyer and T. H. Anderson
accompanied by their wives, are vacation
ing this week at Pleasant Pond.
Mrs X. B. Shepherd returned to her
home in this village Saturday evening,
having spent the winter in Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abel Prescott went to
Augusta Tuesday, to attend the funeral
services of Miss Mary Buck, relative.
All will want to see Miss Maud Banks,
the daughter of Gen. N. 2. Banks in Co.
burn Hall the evening of the 9th inst.
Mr.. S. Whittier was among the Show
hogan business men who visited Boston
Merchants week" returning home Sat
urday night.
C. A. Williams, J. Williams and C. c.
Whittier will spend this week at Carry
Pond, taking two quarts of worms along
with them to drown.
Hon A. G. Andrews, Judge of the Mu-
nieipal Court of Augusta was in town
Thursday evening last in attendance upon
the A. o. U. w. meeting.
Mr.. B. f. Eaton received a telegram
from Walter Starbird, Elsmore, Califor-
MIA, stating that his father, S. b. Star
bird, is dangerously sick.
We notice that the fire loss on the
house on West Front Street in this vii
lage is placed at $1,000. This is consid-
erably above the value.
Mrs. II. II. Bigelow returned last eve
from market with her summer stock of
goods and is confident she can meet the
demands of all her patrons.
Mr.. Frank Keene of Lynn, Mass, ar
rived in town yesterday afternoon, driv-
ing across from Rangely Lakes, where he
has been enjoying fishing trip.
The Womans Relief Corps will give
Eri ut p,clnpE III
bers of the Post and wives, also those of
the Corps and husbands are cordially in
vited.
Ex-senator Williams of California, a
former Fairfield boy, with Geo. Wilson
of Fairfield, passed through here Tues
day morning, en- route for the Carry
Ponds.
Mrs P. Mckinney of Moose River is on
visit to her sons at Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin, for few weeks, Mrs, Mag
gle Parsons of this town accompanies
Mrs Mckinney.
John. C, Griffin, of the insurance firm
Griffin & Wentworth returned Tuesday
from six weeks trip in Pennsylvania in
the interest of the Peoples Fire Insur-
ance Company of New Hampshire.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Colby of Bing-
ham were in town yesterday. Mr.. Colby
had been to Gardiner on business and
Mrs, Colby was in attendance upon the
County meeting of the w. C. T. U.
The season is about 3 weeks ahead of
the average and the long dry time has
given good opportunity for farmers to do
their planting and sowing. With season
able rains good crops may be expected.
Mr.. Orison Burrill of Fairfield was in
town Tuesday Mr.. Burrill may with
propriety be styled veteran lumberman,
having followed the business SO years.
He is now IS years Of age, although look
ing much younger, and has given up the
lumber business to his son. He thinks
he has done his share of 1t.
At meeting of the Skowhegan Water
Power Company the following Directors
were electe |, viz Lewis Anderson, John |
/. hlCnATuS, llCaeh, museum IL |
Shepherd and Gervais Noln. Secretary !
and Treasurer, Frank A. Nolin. At
subsequent meeting of the directors Lew
is Anderson was chosen President.
The Board of Trade was unfortunate
Monday In the jautor of G. A. II. Hall
not being notified OF the meeting and not
h. hall hoard n the
her of dozen or more adjourned from
the side walk to E. F. Fairbrother's store
aud concluded to adjourn further until
Monday evening next at 7.3O O'Clock at u.
A. X. Hall.
Marshall N. Wright is at home for
short time. He is now engaged In the
pension claim business In Washington
lie held position as U. S. pension ex-
amner about years but was rotated by |
Cleveland's administration in 1887. He
seeks restoration but having been out of
the service more than year cannot be
restored without an examination, and he
goes before the examining board In Port
land this week.
Col. Elias Milliken returned from The
Forks Monday. He says there are about
ten million feet of logs above Long Falls
on Dead River and enough left back on
the streams elsewhere to make fifteen
million feet that will be left back unless
there should be freshet big enough to
make driving on Long Falls, with pros
pect that this amount may be increased
somewhat, II the water continues to fall