The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-07-28

urbs of Duluth. Mimi. has just sold
forty acres which cost SO an acre for
@l2,000. He has 1870 acres remaining
lor which he has been offered $500
an acre, butNas railroad has been
lald out through it, his present inten-
Ton is to hold it for $1,000 an acre.
MI. Colby purchased the land Is years
ago and has paid taxes on it ever
Since, and although at one time the
prospect looked dark he has held on
/ constantly having faith that better
Jays were coming and as a conse-
quehce Will reap fortune.
IN March the SkoWhegan market
Whlch was corrected weekly by Cairns
d Goodrich, grocers, apples were quot
Ell al 6pc to $l00; dried apples &c and
&c; butter lGc-1Sc; Y. e. beans $3.50;
pea beans $2.0O-$2.25. beef 4e-6c !;
| cheese 10c-l2c; chickens Sc-14c;
eggs l5c; hay $l0-$12; oats 35e-40c !;
potatoes Coo soc; round hog &c; poul-
try loe-l6c; wood $3-$5
March 10, 1890 .Fairfeld-S Sunday af-
tefnoon two little girls of Andrew
Ware ate of canned lobster and soon
after We're taken violently sick. For
a while their lives were despaired of.
but finally both recovered.
The kennebec FIBRE Company start
ed up their new machine last week.
This is one of the largest of the kind
III the state. IT has a capacity of from
six to eight tons a day. The mill has
been lighted thru out With electricity.
Morrison & Mcclellan propose to
site of the block recently destroyed
by fire. The block will be of three
stories. the second will be used for
officers. while in the third there VIII
he hall, The block will adioin the
lIoat Building and there will be a
driveway. . feet in width, between the
new block and George Cushing's
store. The plans have not yet been
received but the block promises to be
one chat will greatly Improve the
looks of The street
Our newly elected school committee
held their first meeting Yesterday af-
ternoon II was determined by lot,
as the law provides, that r. B. Shep-
herd should serve one year. e. f.
Goodwin , years and f. p Coffin, 3
years. The last named gentleman
was chosen clerk Messrs Mcclellan.
Mosher ~ Co., of Portland, we'll known
publishers have in press IA work by
Edw. y, CoNin Esq. of this place. en-
titled supplemental Name Digest"
II IS an cpitome of all The decisions of
our supreme judicial Court from 1879
10 1889. Mr. Coffin has been engaged
in the preparation OF the book for sew
erg months. In the clerical work.
and ardu0Us task Of comparing and
correcting. valuable ass stance has
been rendered by Miss futile, Mrs. q.
9. Dane and Mrs. W. II. Emery.
Vim. Charles who for the past three
years has been employed with Lewis
Anderson & Co.. left town last Satur-
day afternoon for Woonsocket, X. l.,
he has nice situation as overseor of
the cloth room in the Harris New
Mills. We learn that Henry Wash
burn has purchased the stage house
at b ngham. and has also traded for
the property Of George w. Savage,
known as the IIobrook house.
A. f. Adams viii for the present
locate on his farm a short distance
out Of the village.
J. w. Jewctt received dispatch
Saturday of the sudden death of a
daughter, Mrs. Walter Glover at Quin-
ey. Mass. Mrs. Jewett and Arthur
left for Quincy. Monday.
Messrs. Howard gaylord and viii
Perhi.s, two Skowhegan young men
left Monday morning for ILLINOIS where
they expect a GDe situation.
Born, March 5, to the vile OF Charles
pooler, son. p"