The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-07-10
Sheets and Pillow Slips, At Arnold,s,

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Ladies summer jersey pants at Jud
kins { Duntons
Miss Bessie King of Portland Is visltin
Miss Edith Hanson.
Miss Della Ames Is visiting at he
brothers. In Gardiner.
A. @. Smith Of Nashua, N. II. was 4
town over the fourth.
Geo. Pishon reports the sale Of eightee
Buckeye mowers to date.
Mrs. c. j. Bailey of Orange, N. ]. /
visiting her parents In town.
Mrs. J. L Gilman, of Woburn Mass
Is visiting at DR.. s. f. Conants.
Miss Minnie N. Winslow Is yisitin,
friends at Bath and Brooksville Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Merrill and Maste
Lon, are at Mouse Island this week.
Mrs. A. B. Crockett and Miss Lowell
Of Dexter, are guests of N. G. and H. G
Kendall.
Mrs. Fred Wood and young son are
visiting her parents in Belfast for q few
weeks.
7. W. Hovey. Esq, and wife of Pitts
field were guests At Hotel Heselton Tues
day.
Mr.. Dana Hall the newly chosen princi
pal Of the High School was Ia town Mon
day.
Mr.. E. Ii. Morrill, will sell his baggag
express business If he has good opp or
tunity.
The only place you can get "rhe Roya
Stainless" warranted fast black hose Is
al Ordway's.
Miss Laura Ttfit of Brewer, is the
guest of Miss Grace Wentworth for 9
few days.
Ned Lambert, Hassie Webb, Wesley
Grover and Guy Marble are camping at
Hayden Lake this week.
The rear drive left Mooschead Lake
Monday, and will probably now make
rapid progress with the work.
Mrs. Mary Cushing Palmer of Ware.
ham, Mass. arrived by Monday evenings
train for visit to friends in Skowhegan.
DR.. A. B. Farnham is to be at Fairfield
for month to take the practice of DR..
fash, while he is absent on vacation.
Miss Emma Hanson is visiting her IA
Their, collector of customs. Hanson, at
Moose River, and will remain several
weeks.
President Aver of the Somerset Rail-
way hopes to be able to open for traffic
the Bingham extension as early as Mon
day next.
Mr.. John Patterson, now of Middles-
borough, KY, Is registered at Hotel Hesel-
ton, where he will pass quite portion
Of the summer.
Geo. B. Grover, who has good job In
the shoe business at Lynn, Mass. has been
passing his vacation in town accompani-
ed by his wife.
Mrs. W. F. Swan of Boston, arrived
In town Monday, aud will remain short
time the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Stinchheld.
The roof of the First Natl Bank build
ing is to be covered with Calimined steel,
and Chas. A. Ross says 1t will be the
finest roof in Skowhegan.
The Congregational and Bethany
Baptist Sabbath schools 'nad excursions
to Lake Maranacook on Tuesday last,
1872 tickets were sold At this station.
Mr.. Harrison Weston, who lives on
the road to Bigelow Hill reports having
seen young deer In the bushes, near the
road as he was coming to town Monday
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. +. Malbon, of Boston,
who have been visiting In town the past
week started on their return journey
home on Tuesdayslast, via New Hamp-
shire In which state they will stop
before reaching home.
Have you tried Loomer's steam mould
ed corsets at Ordway's2
Andrew Lumsden, came up from So.
Gardiner Monday night, where he has q
position on the new pulp mill at his trade
of plumbing and steam fitting. He was
accompanied by his wife and will remain
few days.
The theatrical company that produced
"She" At Coburn Hall on Saturday oven
Ing last, were greeted by rather small
audience, about q $40 house. The com
pany were guests at the Heselton over
Sunday.
After q much needed vacation Of a few
weeks, Mr.. William Clark left Aorday
last for Waterville, where he has secured
the position Of book keeper for MI. C.,
H. Nelson, the horseman at his Sunny
Side stock farm.
Mr.. Simon Pettigrew, farmer living
abo-t two miles towards Canaan from
Pishon's Ferry, had Just got & load of
hay into the barn when the storm struck
Tuesday night, and in shutting the barn
doors one came of The hinges, striking
him, crushing his hip bone.
"John," said wife to her husband,
"what goose you are. / really believe
you cannot tell yard Of glngham from q
cargo Of brick. Here you have brought
me ten cakes Of that nasty, yellow, rosin
soap when told you to be sure and bring
Brussels. Don't you believe In economy
Monday a general onslaught was made
upon the country hay field. The boys
and men had arrived home from muster
and the Fourth Of July celebration, and
farmers generally were about ready to
"pitch in" The farmer hasn't had much
real encouraging weather thus far, and
Monday morning babe fair to prove no
exception to the rule. Indeed about
noon few raindrops fell. but later the
sky cleared and the sun came out hot.
The unfsvorable weather Of July 4th.
WAS severe disappointment to peopA In
this vicinity. At Hartland the races were
indefinitely postponed, while the rest of
the celebration was carried ont. At Nor
ridgewock It was deemed advisable to
postpone every thing until Saturday the
NTH and when that day WAS but repeti-
ton Of the stormy weather, the races
we're declared Of. The managers Of the
track had arranged for nne meeting and