The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-03-26
LOCAL ITEMS.
Room papers-Bixby & Bucks.

day.
Up. Oak returned Tuesday night from
II trip to Boston.
Corticelll crochet and knitting silks at
Judkins & Dyer's.
DR.. Ralph II. Pulsifer Of Wsterville
was in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Nora Spaulding and Miss Cloe I'll
ton passed the Sabbath in Bangor.
great treat Friday evening in the last
of the Course entertainments.
Miss Bird Powers of Stetson is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. J Palmer MeI-
ril.
The celebrated Lamson & Hubbard nd
David Wilcox & Cos hats at Geo. w.
Hawes'.
Miss Fannie Philbrick of Waterville
visited Miss Carrie Philbrick during last
week.
Wagons seem to predominant among
the delivery leans of the marketmen aud
job wagons.
The rem iition of the delightful come
dy "Dlvid Gsrrick" by Leland Powers Is
remarkable.
Mrs. M. A. Taylor left for New York,
March oath where she will remain two
weeks.
Rev j. II Little of Pittsfield was in at
tendance on the funeral services of Rev.
S. P. Smith.
Flour is still advancing but Jas.
Lumsden & Co. are yet selling their Gel
ebrated "p" brand at 5000
The meeting of the Womans Club al
Hotel Coburn has been postponed from
Il March 90 to April 2,
A j. P. Merrill and wife went to Portland
N Tuesday Mrs. Merrill expects to remain
n there some weeks.
q Cairns & Goodrich have just received a
I new lot of grated pineapple in glass jars
finest goods in the market
Miss Zaidee Morrison returned from
New York, Saturday night, where she
has been pursuing her art studies.
b. Hon. A. II Bixby was at Augusta Tues
day before the Finance Committee on the
appropriation for the Worlds Fair at
G hicago.
Captain Amos Tobey wishes us to
state that M. Durrill not only cut but
hauled the large spruce mentioned by us
last week.
Leland Powers at Coburn Hall March
81. The, last entertainment of the High
School Course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman Sawyer have re-
turned to their home after spending the
winter with their daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Fellows at Bangor.
The Lucier Novelty Comedy Company
appeared at Coburn Hall Tuesday night to
a good house, and gave show highly en-
joyable to those present.
Street Commissioner Gilman has in
4 augurated grand clean up on our bust
u ness streets the past week, and had a
/ large force of men at work
S. S, Delano, who is head man at the
Fiberite mill narrowly escaped broke n
limb Monday while about his labors, by a
heavy article falling across his leg,
An elegant line of new lace curtains at
Ordway's.
The band of the Lucer Family was
pronounced the equal of any that has yet
visited here, and their opera and concerts
were richly enjoyed by large crowd
A MARI ID man cnce said: II would
rather hold currycomb argument with
the heels of a mule than to beat my wife
three straight games of euchre, or say a
word agsinst Brussels soap"
Judge Virgin went to his home Satur-
day on the 2 O'Clock train, there being no
cases ready for trial, and returned Mon
day. The Grand Jury adjourned on Fri
day afternoon and met again Monday.
1t required three stages and six horses
to transport the passengers from Nor
ridge wock to Skowhegan on Tuesday
Il last, en- route from towns above Nor
sxidgewock to this place. There were
hirty-two passengers.
Skowhegan merchants and business
zen are ably represented in Boston this
week, among the number being Messrs.
~. b. Steward, W. II. Wildes, d, F. Jud.
y kins, w. 2. Ordway E b Curtis, Roland
II r. Patten and Herbert Wentworth
III Messrs. W. r. G. Estes, A. G. Blunt, H.
thap n A T. n
Il avage and w. ii. Mitchell attended
injecting of the Masonic Council at Hal
l. lowell Tuesday evening returning home
"Wednesday. They spent Tuesday at the
Btate House.
III Pure horse radish and all kinds of pick
es at Cairns 4 Goodrich.
||3# About 10 members from Psrmenas En-
ampment, No. Is of this place paid Sc
Asticook Encampment of Pittsfeld a
8 lislt by invitation last evening to observe
be work of the Patriarchal, Golden Rule
Dnd Royal Purple degrees. The Skowhe
"a IAN people went to Watervlle by the p.
=. train and from there by special.
Barlow Bros. Minstrels are doubtless
b ELL posted upon the excellencies Of
ptels. They know where to find good
yotels and therefore came to Skowhegan
konday morning and remain through
oily week here. They are pleasantly
artered at Hotel Heselton and will play
Coburn Hall Monday evening next.
There is a good prospect that the au-
al meeting of the Third Maine Regi-
ntal Veteran Association will be held
6kowhegan the coming summer. The
ociation met here few years ago and
~ probably accept an invitation already
Eended to come again. The Fifteenth
hine Association will also hold its sum-
pr meeting here.
Capt. A. j. Pettipgill of Sioux Falls,
Dakota, and Messrs. M. c. Foss and
w. Baker of Portland came to town
pnday to complete the arrangements to
sblish q tannery at Sioux Falls, by the
land Tanning Company to manufact-
leather under the process pursued
b by that company.
barlow Bros. Minstrels OF twenty-five
pple are TO appear at the Opera House,
pwhegan on next Monday evening,
y came here from Augusta last Satur-
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