The Somerset reporter., 1893-05-04
LOCAL ITEMS.

Emery Written of Pittsfield is in town
to-day.
Mr.. S. A. Parsons of Dead River, was
In town Friday.
Dir. II. G. Taggart is confined at his
home by sickness.
Albert ii. Weston left home Monday
for a trip of several weeks west.
L. L. Walton, Esq, is in Wiscasset
this week attending court there.
A special train is to be run to Water
vile tomorrow night to the Catholic
Fair.
Mrs. q. W. IIinckley and Miss Hnck-
ley of Good viii Home, were in town
Thursday.
Walter Tufts came home from Ports
mouth Gu Saturday last, tor n visit to
his parents.
Mrs. Gala b. Ward leaves home to-
day ON visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Ross, in st. stephen.
The Skowhegan base ball club are to
play with the Colbys at Waterville N
Wednesday, if the weather is favorable.
{. a. Ross is on business trip to
Portland and Boston, leaving home Fri
day last aud will return the last of this
week.
Two ball teams are being organized in
the Alilburn club from members over
twenty-five years and those under that
age, who will soon battle for supremacy.
Mr.. K. b. Mathews, pastor of the
Congregational church, will reside on
Winter street in the house of j. =.
Blunt, recently occupied by eX-sherifi
Pishon.
The summer schedule of working time
in the Coburn Wooden Mills went into
effect May LIST, the employees by this
change getting half holiday on Satur-
day.
William ID. Snow came home from
Greenvile, Friday. He came down over
Moosehead Lake with Il team the 26th
inst. and found the ice solid and the GO
ing good.
Miss Alice Gushing of the Home for
Little Wanderers. Boston, Mass, was in
town Friday and returned Saturday with
several children from this State to enter
that institution.
Dir. and Mrs. j. F. Il. Biron came very
near being asphyxiated on Friday night
last by coal escaping from the stove.
DR.. Biron was confined to his bed Satur-
day As the result.
Hon. James II. Burgess, Judge of Pro
bate of Penobscot County, will hold the
next term of Probate Court here fol
Judge Boswell, who is on business
trip to Michigan and the Dakotas.
Just think of handsome square extern
sion tables, solid oak, fancy twist turned
legs and many of the tops of quartered
oak, prices 6 TT. $3.50, #. S5.25, it,
5000. Same prices as common drop leaf
ash tables, to be had at Fairbrother's.
The selectmen propose to macadamize
Water Street from the Railroad crossing
to North Street crossing this season and
we expect to see Mr.. Gilman start in on
the job early. The street needs it badly
enough and the people below Railroad
square will appreciate it.
Mr.. Fred c. Dunlap is soon to make a
trip to Boston after additional new ma
chinery for his steam laundry. Fred
won't rest easy until his laundry is as
finely equipped as any in the State.
The rural schools began this week I'M
der the corps of instruction made men,
ton of recently in the REPORTER with
the exception that Miss Bertha .Judk ms
will have charge of the school in the
Richardson district
The County Commissioners give hear
ing Tuesday and view the premises on
a petition for laying out a county road
leading from near the bridge ut the out
let of Long Pond in Skowhegan. thence
running over the most passablc route
to and ending near the Lake George
house in Canaan.
There is more than an even chance
that upon the change of time on the
Maine Central the | o'clock a. m. train
that leaves Boston daily running to Wa
terville will he continued to Skowhegan
on Saturdays. starting from here each
Monday morning and arriving in Boston
before noon.
The selectmen in response to the re-
quest of the Board of Trade caused paper
that had accumulated on the bridges in
the village from advertisements being
posted thereon, to be removed and will
give them coat of whitewash. Parties
who disfgure these structures now by
posting bills thereon. are subject to the
penalty of "A fine,
Sorosis and invited guests assembled
in Milburn hall. Friday evening last, to
listen to a lecture by Rev. DR.. Martyr
Summerbell The lecturer was introduce
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