The Somerset reporter., 1895-04-18

was the guest of E. F. Danforth and
family over Sunday.
The hop at Hotel Heselton Tuesday
night was another enjoyable occasion to
the large number in attendance.
The young friends of Jas. Donegan
tender him a banquet at Hotel Heselton
tonight, he leaving tomorrow for Wake.
field, Mass.
Each lady attending the Pauline Hall
Opera performance will be presented
with souvenir photograph of the star,
with her autograph
Prof b. ". Colby of the State Col
lege, Orono. accompanied by his young
daughter Charlotte, passed sunday in
town with his parents.
Mr. Webster Savage Is to continue the
ice business formerly conducted by his
father. He has notice elseN here to
which your attention is called.
You can find any kind of a work horse
or driver, for little money at l.. ".
Chase's stable, Skowhegan, as he has
several that must be disposed of early.
Henry X. White went to Arlington,
Mass, by Mondays train to Join his wife,
who has been visiting there some week 3,
and where she is at present i'll, but CON
yalescent.
Canton Somerset with invited friends
are to visit So. Norridgewoek tonight for
banquet at the Sawyer House and
dance at Miller's hall with music by
kendall's orchestra.
1t is quite story but every seat was
sold for the Pauline Hall Opera Co. at
Bangor in three hours after the sale
opened, and over one thousand people
were unable to get seats.
\ special train will be run from Water
vile to Pauline Hall Comic Opera Co,
Friday, April 26th. Over one hundred
and fifty seats have been engaged al
ready. They come from Concord, n. H.,
to Skowhegan.
Revival services commenced Wednes-
day evening at the Methodist church un-
der the direction of Rev. |. I. johnson.
\ good audience was in attendance.
Meetings every evening at 40 to which
all are invited.
The employees of the Coburn wooden
mills have been enjoying an enforced
vacation for a week past, owing to the
exceedingly high water the first shut
down from that cause since the new
fume was built.
Lewis Anderson & Co., received yes
terday sample loom from the manu-
facturers which they are going to set up
to test its capacity. They purpose to
put in number of looms in the wooden
mill here early this season.
We are pleased to learn that l.. w.
Chase has decided to return to Skowhe-
gan to continue his former extensive
carriage business this season, and he
will show finer line than ever, and be
prepared to make very low prices.
Mrs. Belle Clahin and Mrs. J. o.
Smith left here Monday morning to at
tend the annual meeting of the Baptist
Foreign Missionary society at Burling-
ton, Vermont, intending to arrive there
Tuesday afternoon, but because of the
condition of the railways no trains left
Boston for Champlain Lake region,
Tuesday, and they reached their destina-
ton one day late.
The sale OF seats for Pauline Hall will
open Tuesday at Arnold's, 8 \. NJ, to
subscribers only on Tuesday, and you
can have Just what seat YOU subscribe
Tor on thai date only. For instance if
you have subscribed for four and decide
you want six, you can have only four of
them until Wednesday, but you can sub
scribe for seats up to Friday morning,
aud you can have your choice of seats
after those that have subscribed in adj
vance of you, so if you have not already
subscribed do so nov, before every body
else is ahead of you and the choice of
seats are all taken.
The rise of water at SkoWhcgan falls
in the recent frcshet WAS between : and
$ feet, not nearly as great as it had been
upon several former occasions, within
the remembrance of most Of our people.
About 6 years ago and in the fall of
1873 the water was several feet higher
than at this time. The report was current
that a very large quantity of logs went
down the river past here and that l.. w.
Weston Il Co, has half million among
them, but Mr. Weston informs us that
not an unusually large quantity for an
ordinary freshet passed here and the
loss of the company will not be large.
The damage here to property is but
slight.