The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-03-21

Operetta Mar %. Seats at Arnold $
Mrs g ". Cover is quite i'll at her
home of pneumonia.
col. George \. Philbrook Of Augusta
MAS in town yesterday.
The old folks will have hop at the
IIeselton, Thursday evening of next
week.
" : Varney has % pairs Of lace cur
taias. formerly sold for Sl.25 per pair,
that he will close out At aOc.
II. :. French, who was severely injured
some weeks ago by heing throw from
sleigh. is recovering. aud hopes soon
to be able To get out OF doors again.
The seleetmen are fortunate to be able
to secure the services of Mr. and Mrs.
Huutly to have charge OF the town farm
another year. They give excellent salts
faction.
The public meeting Of the kindergarten
Association will be held in the + ibrary
parlors, tomorrow, Friday evening, at
30 Everybody interested is cordially
invited to attend.
II. W. Clancy, gets out around with
canes now and Is recovering from his
injury quite rapidly. . He expects To be-
gin upon the front of Smith Whittiers
store about the first of April.
John H. Steward, who has been an
invalid for some months, lett home
! Tuesday morning last, accompanied by
his wife and Mr. Jas. I.umsden, for Bos-
ton where he enters Boothby surgical
Hospital for treatment.
Mr.. W. !. Tuck, purser Of the steamer
kennehec, was in town Yesterday and
made the REPORTER a pleasant call. Mr..
Tuck for some years visited or town
every spring as agent Of the Aennebec
steamers and has many acqr ntances
here who are glad to see him.
Misses Brookings and Pr Z, MILL
ncrs. have just returned from Ne@
York aud Boston with the latest styles
dIu DtNtlli'N anu dllIlbhilNt an 1Ii'llliE
Wednesday and Thursday. Mach 27th
and 18th. at their new ssore 3d. Water
street. All the ladies of Skowhegan and
vicinity are cordially invited to attend.
\ meeting of the Board Of Trade is
called for Thursday evening next, at
7. 30, at the store of Wentworth * Oak to
elect delegates to attend the meeting OF
the State Board of Trade to be held ri
Portland, Thursday, March 18th A
large attendance is desired.
Frank b. Hilton, formerly of this
town, and his brother, Charles A. Hill
ton, are the proprietors of the New St
Nicholas hotel at Lafayette Ind. Boil
these gentlemen are old Skowhegar
boys, and their many friends in tow
will wish them the best of success il
their new venture.
l.. p. Soper recently sold a blacl
mare to Horne, the Watervlle horse
bnyer, for $500. This horse is by Ba,
Fearnaught, and very fast. 1t is thu
intention of her present owner to traiI
her for the track. A Skowhegan gen
tie man gives it as his opinion that sh'
should get mark of 2.20 or better be
fore snow flies next fall.
The selectmen have appointed Messrs
w. II. Wildes, J. =. Merrill and JOSEPH
Robinson as the committee to hav
charge of contracting and building tn
new school house on l.eavitt street. !
) good committee, sure. Two practica
business men who have children of thei
own to attend the school and the third
practical business man and an expert
enccd builder.
Many of the children in town hay
been rehearsing several weeks for al
operetta which is to be given 10 Coburl
Hall, next Tuesday evening, March 26th
under the direction Of Miss PeAre Curti
and Miss Margery Morrison. The char
] acters numbering over 100, includes
: fairies, fays, imps with their king ant
! queen, the spirit of the age and brown
les. Tableaux and living pictures viii
be introduced and the best local talent
old and young will participate.
The Gray store property, consisting o
! the frame two-story building at 81 Waite
! ST., formerly occupied by Geo. w. Ora,
! as a stove store and c. f. Jones as al
insurance office, with the stock of good
contained therein, was, on Saturda,
morning last, sold to w. p. Ordway a
auction sale, the whole for the sum o
So, 800 Mr.. Ordway some weeks sine
bought the Otis harrington propert,
which butts up against this latest pur
chase from Russell St. The location II
one of the best from business point o
view in town, and sometime will nj
doubt be occupied by handsome ant
substantial block, but evidently the new
purchaser has no designs VI on it at pre-
sent, as he the same da rented tn,
premises under five years ase to F
G. Head q Co.
Bring in your potatoes on the snow
before il leaves us, 40 cts per hushel.
BARTLETT d CAIRNS.