The Somerset reporter., 1896-12-03
Plenty of live bait at Fairgrieves'


Good values in down pillows at Stew
ards.
Mr. and Mrs E. 2. Viles are in Boston
this week.
Gen. X. B. Shepherd is in Augusta
this week.
f, r. Drummond of Waterville was in
town yesterday.
Hon. Geo. NJ. Seiders of Portland,
was in town yesterday.
Stable to rent, stalls, East Front
street, enquire OF William Dorau.
Miss Blanche Tantish is spending a
few weeks with friends in Boston.
W. B. Steward has few jackets left
that he will close at a low price
E. N. Merrill, Esq, is attending to
legal business at Bangor, this week.
DR.. f. 5. Bigelow left home this morn
ing on professional visit to Saltwater,
Me.
Sale of seats for The Tornado" opens
at SIMPSONS corner drug store Friday,
Dec. 4.
Miss Annie Barbeau left home for
Denver, Colorado, to remain there for
the winter
The '97 model Columbia may be seen
at Patterns Drug Store, Saturday even
ing next.
Mrs. r. w. Spencer and her grand
daughter, Miss Vida, of Lewiston, are
visiting relatives in town.
f. A. Whittier and wife of Lewiston,
were in town over Thanksgiving, re-
naming until Monday morning.
One of the warmest room houses
n Skowhegan may be found on Middle
St, if applied for soon. ANTDRoSIs. 3w
We learn by wire, just as we 20 to
press, that Rev. Dr. Tappan, so long a
resident of Norridgewock, died at his
home in that town this morning
Mr.. Henry Appleton aud wife of Ban
gor, passed portion of last week and a
part Of the present in town as the guest
of Mrs. Appleton's sister, Miss Helen A.
Sanborn.
Mr.. r. A. Davis of Norridgewock,
slaughtered two pigs Nov 22d that tip
ped the scales at 800 and 335 respectively.
They were cross of the Chester and
Berkshire breeds
shute has been placed upon the side
of the bridge across the Eorth channel
to conduct refuse safely below timbers
of the bridge, We understand the T. |.
5. suggested the improvement.
Miss Maud Russell of Belfast, who is
well remembered in this place as a clerk
at w. b. Stewards some years ago,
broke her leg Just below the knee Sun
day last, in slipping off the sidewalk in
that city.
Fred Hale, who resides on the road to
North Fairfield, near the Coville school
house, while engaged Tuesday morning
in trimming up his grapevines, cut into
the small artery of his left wrist, with
the shears, the wound requiring five
stitches to betaken by physician.
Hon. L. A. Gilbert Agricultural edi-
tor of the Maine Farmer, Augusta, and
f. =. Mayo, managing editor of the
turf, Farm and Home, Waterville rep.
resent their papers at the Dairy Confer
ence here this week. J. II. McCone and
c. II. Mills represent the Kennebec
journal
The stove firm of Hoxie & Estabrook
is succeeded his week by Baker & Esta-
brook, Mr.. Horace Hoxie having dspos-
ed Of his interest in the business TO Mr..
NJ. q. Baker, formerly of Minneapolis,
Mimi, brother of X. d. Baker of this
place. The new firm have something to
say in another column about their bust
ness.
On Tuesday of last week, r G. Leigh
ton Of Portland, met with most unfor-
tunate as well as singular accident in his
store in that city. While handling a
demijOhn containing "a gaseous liquid
used in his business, it exploded,
as result of which his right wrist was
lacerated in fearful manner,all the ten
dons being more or less injured. 1t is an
ugly wound, but just what its final re-
suit will be, cannot as yet fully deter
mined.
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