The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-06-06
LOCAL ITEMS.


LOCAL ITEMS.
large lot of new ribbons at Ordways.
stationery of all kinds at NJ. b. Hesel.
toms.
c. l. Bailey OF Winthrop was in town
Monday.
Curtis is in Boston picking up bargains
in Millinery,
Remnants of bleacled and unbleached
cottons at ordways,
DIR. Conant is on a business trip to
Boston this week,
Mr.. NJ. C. Foss and wife came to town
Friday afternoon.
Sunshades and Fans at Stewards. all
ready for the hot wave.
Albert Fuller and wife are spending a
few weeks in Boston.
Sheep Shears for trimming Lawn bord-
ers, % cents per. pair at Nolin's.
one sc inch Expert with cow-horn
handle bars, $50. h r. Patten.
Mr.. and Mrs w. ii. Pearson are visit
ing in Portland and at the Islands.
Bargains in ladies', children's and gents
summer underwear at NJ Is. Heselton's.
Sewall A. Dinsmore Esq. returned
from his western trip Saturday last.
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home in Cornyille for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Robinson of Angus
ia are visiting in town for a few days.
LeaTtyour orders at w. b. Stewards
for exhibition and graduating gloves.
Mr.. o. f. Blackdeu, of the Lancy
House Pittsfeld was in town Saturday.
New dress goods at Stewards, % cts. n
yard. The same as we have been selling
for 50 cts.
The Skowhegan Band won new laurels
by the fine music discoursed at Fairfield
on Decoration Day.
Mrs. L. Clement an old resident of
Cornville, died quite suddenly Wednes-
day Morning May Goth.
Col. A. G. Blunt, w. II. Wildes and
others made successful fishing trip to
Carry Pond last week.
e. NJ. Allen has gone to Bryson City.
North Carolina, to work for Collin X
Clark in lumber business.
DR.. Cora johnson read a paper on sob
stetrics' before the Maine llomeopath
Medical meeting at Augusta, June /.
Next Sunday Rev. Miss Haynes closes
her work with her Society and leaves for
her home in Waltham MassJ June 18th.
W. b. Goodrich has been appointed
postmaster at Bingham. Mr.. Goodrich
held the position prior to the Cleveland
administration.
Mr. Chas B. Dodge having completed
the course at the Institute of Technology
in Boston, returned to his home in this
village last week.
Mr. N. Antill brought into the REroR-
TER office Saturday, half dozen held
strawberries almost perfectly ripe. Pref
good for the first of June.
Mr. J. f. Hall of Scion shipped horse
from this station Monday. bay geld
ing, sold to Albert Tibbitt's of New
Market N. IL. price $500.
The 9th annual meeting of the Somer-
set Conference of Congregational Church
es will be held at Norridgewock TUESDAY
and Wednesday, June lth and 18th.
The Congregational Church will OBJ
serve next Sunday as Children's Day.
Members of the Sunday school will meet
for chorus rehearsal this Thursday eve
ming at $50.
l.. j. Addition, A. F. Dyer, +. s. Pres
colt and f. r. Folsom are attending u.
s. Court at Bangor this week. the two
former as Grand Jurors and the two lat
ter as Travers Jurors.
Mr.. Charles ID. Sayward has returned
from California where he had been for
some two years. He is much pleased
with the Pacific Coast but says business
is exceedingly dull there.
DIR. F. NJ. Eaton returned from Phil
adephia Saturday afternoon, having re-
Gently been graduated from the Medical
College in that city, where he has been
pcrsuing his studies for the past few
years.
The sad accident on Water street rail
road crossing gives greater emphasis to
what has for long time been apparent,
that grade crossings are very bad affairs,
especially when there is so much passing
AS there is on the principal street of this
village
Benz F. Butler, the youngest son of
the late Benz. Butler of CorDYille, who
went west in 1854, and located in Mime
apolis MINI. has been on a visit to the old
homestead for two weeks past and left
for his home, Thursday last. He was in
a Minnesota regiment two years during
the war.
Arrangements have been made for half
fare rates on the railroads for all those
who wish to attend the "Gilmore Jubilee
Festival" in City Hall, Portland, June
10th, afternoon and evening. Whitney,
Campanin and other eminent singers will
appear in connection with the famous
Band.
Mr.. f. f. Adams of Norridgewock
brought into our office, May 30th, some
line specimens of grasses for the season,
among which was stalk Of butter cup
y IT, inches tall, some red top inches
and clover ! #. 6 inches. The red top
was in blossom and buttsrcup, clover and
white weed were budded for blossom.
DR.. j. o. Marble of Worcester, Mass
formerly Of Maine aud a graduate of
Waterville College class of so, now Col
by University, was in Skowhegan re-
Gently visiting his cousin, Mr. Z. w.
Marble. Healso visited his mother who
resides with Rev. Stephen Fletcher at
Dexter, and onFriday last his old home
In Vassalboro. This was also f. W.
Marbles place ofnativity, and he accom-
panied the Doctorto that town.
The funeral services of Mr.. T. II. Mes
DIT were held from the Congregations
Chur oh last Wednesday afternoon, under
The auspices of the Masonic fraternities
OF which he was member, aud conduct
ed by the pastor. Work at Coburn Wool
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