The Somerset reporter., 1893-06-08
LOCAL ITEMS.

MIS-. L. u. hften OF SCION ana MISS
Whipple were in town Saturday.
II. W. Haines attended the Hotel pro-
prieters meeting at Augusta, Friday.
kendalls orchestra have a dance at
Hayden Lake next saturday night.
l.. w. Chase sold top buggy last
week to be shipped to gentleman in
California.
l.. Anderson has had the roof of his
residence covered with steel roofing. by
c. y. Ross.
Hon. Moses French of SCION was in
town Monday forenoon and made the
| REPORTER a call.
The first jam of logs for this season
has formed at the railroad bridge pier,
extending we'll up to the dam.
Our readers can i'll afford to buy re-
frigerator until they have seen the
"Guerneya at Bragg Il Narneys.
Col. Stanley Pummer, Postmaster of
the |. s. Senate, is spending his vaea-
ton at his home in Dexter and was in
town Saturday last.
De Molay Commandery have engaged
the Portland Cadet Band for their trip
to Portland on Saturday, June 9th.
The Commandery will go and return by
special train.
Mr.. Harry and Miss Hattie, the son
and daughter of the late Rev. 5. p.
Smith, whose family now reside in
Chelsea, Mass. are visiting in town
among friends for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. B. Hill of this town
left Los Angeles for their journey home
the 25th of May They will remain for
several weeks at Chicago and make other
delays but expect to rea II home the last
of this month.
We learn that the young men who
recently did the damage to the residence
of the late L. L. Lyon, are known, and
that legal action has been instituted
against them. This is rs it should be,
| and we hope an example will be made of
them.
Among the new carriages sold by l..
W. Chase the past week was Il fine loop
front phaeton, to Mrs. Vine Coburn.
which is without doubt one of the best
carriages in town. Messrs. VIM. Doarn
| and Herbert Wentworth also purchased
high grade top buggies at this repository
the past week.
The Skowhegan base ball club visited
Madison on Saturday afternoon. playing
with their old adversarys, of that place.
The Skowhegans were badly handi-
capped by loss of George Simpson, 'rhi-
badeau and Nigue, and by the injury of
Murphy in the seventh innings, yet were
able to run up score of II to the Madi-
son lG.
\ colt hitched to the delivery team of
the city market became frightened at the
sudden approach of a bicycle this morn
ing, dashed across the street ard in his
flight collided with the team of Fred
French, badly damaging the latter car
riaee. In making the turn the frightened
steed threw himself and was captured
before anything more serious happened.
Owing to an insufficient list of entries
some of the races advertised ut Emwood
Park, So. Norridgewock. for "Wednesday
and Thursday of this week did not fill,
in consequence of which Manager Garlic
ton has concluded to give but one DAYS
meeting. Thursday. The races to be
trotted will be the min.. 2.39 and 2.32
classes. Among the Skowhegan horses
to start are Helen s.. owned by y. W.
Weston; Disco. by {. II. Gardner, aud
Lily w. by Chas. White.
Saturday afternoon last the High
School boys of Waterville, IA rugged
looking set of youths visited our town
to play base ball with our second nine
here, the Columbans. Il nine composed
of boys much inferior in size to the ys-
tors. In the early part of the game it
was seen onf boys would be I'M
able to cope with so strong Il team, the
game resulting in favor of the Water
villes by Il score of u TO 10. The feature
was the fair one hard catch of Everett
Goodwin of the Columbians.
Rev. c. Y. Hanson and Rev. l.. b.
Mower attended the meeting of the
council called to ordain Adam Green at
Waterville, Friday. Mr.. Charles Turner
also attended from this town. The Rev
Mr.. Green fitted for college at Roger
Williams University in Tennessee. grad
uated from Colby University in 50 and
has Just completed his theological course
at Newton Theological Institute, being
member of the class of %. He eX-
poets to assume the pastorate of church
in kentucky among the colored people
there.
1t is the intention of Canton Somerset
to entertain on July 18th all the Cantons
in the 2nd regiment, which includes
Belfast, Augusta, Waterville. etc. to-
gether with Brigadier Gen. Small and
STAFF, and Maj. Geo. p. Colby and Stan
Acceptances have already been received
from the commanding officers and the
stats, and without doubt the Cantons