The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-01-04

Monday night last.
Box stationery at &c at NJ. b.
Heselton's.
See the purchasing power of dollar
at Ordway's mark-down sale.
Miss Clara Burrill entertained the
Ladies' Whist club Monday afternoon
last.
Note the low prices Ordway quotes in
his mark-down sale, commencing to-
morrow.
Mr.. VIII Abbott of Portland, is pass
ing "A few days vacation with his moth
er in town.
Messrs Day q Mills, of the Moose
head Pulp and Paper Co., Scion, were in
town Tuesday last.
Miss Fanny Pearson of Portland was
in town over Tuesday night, the guest
of her uncle, Silas Leland.
+. l.. Day of Bangor has entered the
employ of his brother. c. w. Day, the
grocer under Hotel Coburn.
Skowhegan's college students, who
haye been at home for the holiday vaca-
ton, returned to Colby University, We'd
nesday.
Mr. Frank McGugin and family, who
have resided on Mt. Pleasant Ave, have
removed to their farm in Chelsea, near
Gardiner.
Remember the Old Folks dance at
Hotel Heselton tonight. All who at
tend these occasions have a fine time.
Music by Dinsmore's orchestra.
Mrs. Wiswel, wife of Judge A. p.
Wiswell, was among the arrivals by
Wednesday evenings train, and with her
husband is "A guest at the Ieselton,
John II. Mitchell of the board of Sc
lectmen, went to Augusta yesterday,
having in charge Charles Leayitt, whom
he was taking to the insane asylum for
treatment.
j. o. Smith and wife we're suddenly
called to IIodgdon, Tuesday last, by the
critical Illness of the father If Mrs.
Smith, Rev. l.. Mayo, who, we learn.
passed away Wednesday morning, as
IA result of that oft time fatal disease,
pneumonia.
Mr.. IL. n. Harlow, the Boston horse
buyer paid Skowhegan visit yesterday,
and purchased one of Chas. White, Lilly
W., for $500; one of Warren Worthy of
Norrid9ewock, 5000; and a brown PAGER
of G. c. Eaton, Fairfield. for $3.50. At
So. Norridgewock Mr.. Harlow bought
one of Henry Sawyer. a Wilkes, paying
$500.
Two of Skowhegan's popular young
ladies assisted in a little scene enacted
on the railroad bridge one night recently
in which they displayed more courage
than is usually accredited to the fair
sex. As the story goes they were cross
ing the bridge just before the arrival of
the night train, and had but passed II
man and woman, the former in an eX-
ceedingly intoxicated condition, when
they heard the woman scream. The
young ladies rushed back to ascertain
the cause, when the headlight of the
fast approaching train cast its bright
light upon the throng, and they found
the woman struggling to prevent the
man from throwing himself upon the
track Did they scream too; Not a
mite of it-they each took IA hand in
the struggle, in fact put both Ii nas
as well as arms into it, and by super
human strength the man was held in
their embrace until the train had passed
Navel oranges aud Malaga grapes at
Patterson's.
Olives in bulk, pickles in bulk, re-
ceived in 81, at Pattersons.
Unusual bargains in ladies' embroid-
cred hanllerchiefs at NJ. b. lIeseltons.
We are selling choice butter at Doc
per III. IT in need. give us a call,
Cairns, Goodrich 4 Bartlett.
l.. W. Chase calls attention TO MS llue
line of carriage robes of all kinds, ard
horse blankets of every description he
has on sale ut his stables. He guaran-
tees to sell n better article for less mon
ey than can be secured elsewhere in
town. At the same time lie means To
keep up his reputation for selling more
harnesses than any other dealer in this
vicinity. Give him a call.
l.. w. CHASE.
IIeselton House Stables.