The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-03-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

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W. B. Steward goes to market Monday
Have you seem the new percaes at W
II. Wldes'.
Miss Eda X. Smith is visiting friends in
Bangor this week.
w. II. Wildes Is on business trip to
Boston this week.
NJ. G. Wright ESQ.,, of Washington, D
c., was In town last week
M. G. Foss Of Portland, was at the
Heselton Monday night.
Creamery cans with faucet sl.75, at
Dorsn's, 80 Madison avenue.
Dresses made and plain sewing done at
Eta Goodrichs, Fatten Court
j. B. Bracket, general agent of the
Washington Life was in town Tuesday.
Col. A. W. wildes and his wife and
daughter are in Portland for few days.
Hon. G. +. Oak, State Land Agent
visited his brother, j. II. Oak Monday
}ast.
Miss Carrie Ksllock of Waterville was
visiting friends in town the first of the
week.
Dr.. James B. Bell of Boston who has
been visiting relatives here for some days
returns to Boston to-day.
Mrs. G. W. Nash returned yesterday
from Stoneham, Mass, where she has
been visiting her daughters.
Do your hands chap2 Get bottle of
Cream Balm at Patterns drug store, fresh
ly prepared, it will cure them.
Be sure and attend the lecture "a Trip
in the West" at the M. E. Church next
Friday evening by Rev. E. L. House.
Mr.. W. c. Pearson has accepted a po-
sition as night clerk at Hotel Heseton,
and enters upon his duties this week
Mrs. Abbie Norris came from her home
in Boston Monday night and expects to
remain with her friends here some week.
Russell Post will worship on Memorial
Sunday with Bethany Baptist Church,
with the sermon by the pastor Rev. C. V.
Hanson.
Our former townsman james Wright
Esq, was in attendance upon the Sup
RENE Court last week. 1t seems like old
times to see him on our streets.
The lecture of Mr.. Houses Friday even
ing will take you to Niagara, Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Cloud, the coal
and oil regions Of Pennsylvania and
Washington.
w. II. Heselton and wife leave for
BRIDGEPORT, Ala, on Monday next, where
MIR. Heselton is quite largely interested in
real estate. They will tarry in Boston
several days en- route
Mr.. George A. Flye is circulating
paper to secure applicants for charter
of a lodge of Knights of Pythias in
Skowhegan, with good prospect of Sc
curing t he necessary membership.
In the lecture of Mr.. House next Fri
day evening you will hear about the great
est cyclone this country has ever had,
where two hundred houses were destroy
ed, hundred persons killed. Then you
will want to see picture OF cyclone in
operation, and views of the wreck after
ward. Admission 10 cents.
Mr.. John Cannon, while In the perform
ance Of his usual duties turning out cant
h. x,;l 81 10 in lou, I
Allen, on Monday last, had the back Of
his wrist caught in the bsck.up action of
the machine, tearing severe cash, laying
open the back of his hand several inches
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Trask Of Peabody,
Mass, came on the evening train of Fri
day last, with the body of Daniels. Webb,
the father of Mrs. Trask. Mrs. IL, N.
Wagg of Chicago, another daughter, ar
rived on the evening previous. The two
first named left on Monday afternoon and
Mrs. Wagg leaves to morrow.
Mrs. W. II. Emery went to Fairfield
Monday to see her aunt, Mrs. II. b. Jones
of Lynn. who is visiting her father, Capt.
Cornelius Nye of Fairfield. Capt. Nye
has reached the unusual age of 9G years
and retains his faculties to remarkable
degree, being able to 60 out, and read.
He can read coarse print without the use
of glasses.
Messrs. G. & M. Nolin have begun work
in their factory on next years orders
solid atpp
grass hooks, 300 dozen fine English steel
grass hooks and 400 dozen scythes. The
quantity of scythes is much smaller than
they have unually made. The American
ak and Scythe and Tool Company bought
up a majority of the scythe factories two
years ago and worked them against the
others.
Street commissioner, II. IL. Gilman met
with severe accident on Thursday OF
last week, which will necessarily lay him
BY for some weeks. He was upon load
of hay, and in reaching over to pull up
the binding ropes, slipped forward ana
fell, striking upon his head and shoulders
dislocating his shoulder and breaking his
collar bone. At the present writing he Is
quite comfortable.
L. w. Chase, the carriage and harness
dealer is already on deck for the season OF
1892, and has just received a shipment OF
100 harnesses of all grades, Which as
usual, he will sell st very low prices
Call at his stable and examine before pur'
chasing elsewhere. Chase is making
great preparations for large sale Oh
carriages this year, and has already pur'
chased three carloads to be be delivered
early In April.
Our latest sensation Is that Fred Howes
formerly In the market business here mas
left his family, taking what ready money
he could get together, leaving his wife
and child with small means for her sup
port and that we'll known young woman
left by team about the same time A
vague letter from Howes to his brother
written at Buffalo, N. Y, has been re-
ceived. This was the first informatior
to Mrs. Howes that he had left the Stale
We have had something to say In re
gard to the proposed Condensed MIX ous
ness In town based upon the theory tina
1t would be looked into thoroughly, and
II found practicable and desirable W
should not let the raising Of the necees
sary capital stand in the way Of success