Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-05-17
STATE NEWS.


twin sisters ninety years Old.
The Augusta standard has changed
its name to ''The New Age.
Portland has quite large bicycle cruz,
which makes picturesque appearance ss
spins away In single file on snort eN'u'
sions into the country.
The Procideaee Press considers inc
fact that Howard Carroll, OF the Nem Io'a
Ty,aes could find no stimulating liquor
between Portland and Bangor, the strahg.
est possible proof OF the enforcement oil
the o.iibitory law In Maine.
One of the interesting cases en-
tered at the April term OF the oup,,n'
Juicial Court, ut Calais, Is thal y, ~
John Morse OF Calais against tne Danso.
Commercial IL Is suit ior iioe'' WV"
damages fixed at $1,000.
e. C Allen, the Augusta puolisher'
last year paid 100000 postage on MS pup,
lications. and he uses about eight tons OF
naper a day. He runs seventeen presses
and issues one weekly and six monthly
papers. His pay roll last month was
over $4,000.
Tue largest ship ever constructed IN
Bath will he built by Albert Hathorn the
coming summer. She will be OF the iol.
lowing dimensions Length OF Keel go
feet; beam 43 l-2 feet; depth OF holi -
feet. She will register 22OO tons buiiu-
ING one. ations will be commenced the lat
ter part of next month.
Poor little Tim Is dead. He was the
SON of Timothy Cronin, one OF the injured
parties In the recent gas-works explosion.
| lie was a child I'm delicate health, aud the
shock of seeing his father brought home
90 worked upon his sensitive nature that
ne mined away and died on Saturday night
MI. AGE was six years .-ROckldad Courier.
The Journal says that Joseph Carter
or Aupusta. has been sued by John rot
ter. who LAYS damages at $1,000. Tor iOrc-
iblv eiecting him from the State House
during the unplcasantness OF lseO. Nar.
ter was an officer. and had been Instructed
by General Chamberlain and Mayor Nash 10
,ilnw no one In the building without a
pass.
The Argus saws that Prof +. l.. Bart
! lett has succeeded In smelling copper ore
carving 10 per cent. of zinc. aud drawing
of the pure copper into gigantic brlcks
weighing 200 pounds each,at the Portland
smelling works This i thing never
before accomplished by aty smelling com
any in this country. Heretofore all such
o,es have been sent To England and there
treated by special process. But Prof.
R,rtl.,t mas achieved this difficult feat by
q very simple coutrivance BY insert
ing steam blow pipe into the fur
mace sufficient amount of heat Is Sener-
a,ed 10 do the business perfectly.
The Ellsworth american says that the
little Girl taken from the Cannibdl Islands
last wear, and now living at Capt. Means
in Milhrldge. bids fair To he mobile nc
quisltion. She Is very Intelligent and has
one of the kiudcst dispositions. Though
he has been there only eleven months she
can read and write, talks distinctly aud
can do most any homework. She remem-
hers the horrid barbariiies practiced IN
her native home and o!trn tells OF them.
| The island from which she wa, taken i
ctllrd by sailors "Sulu Island situated
east from Asia.
Sam Haines. In IN" Maine State prison
Tor murder has flushed most ingenious
piece of workmanship In shape OF "A bottle
about siN inches high aud two square, IN
which is a reel, 80 cXqui>ltcly constructed
| that n exactly Hts the bottle aud cannot
No moved, and around the reel Is wound u
| number of threads Of blue silk. The in
peuui,y of the work lies In the fact that
the reel was place,i in the bottom In pieces
and nut together with the aid OF twecZers,
and the silk was also wound round the
| reel. Ifhe had always spent his time as
harmlessly, he wouldn't be in States pris'
on now.
The Augusta Journal says that n di'-
tinguishcd graduate OF Colby University.
now holding an official position in Mass
achusctts. undertook 10 visit 4 friend In
watcryillc recently His call, uDfortunat-
ely. was at "A time when the Freshmen and
Sophs were having a little skirmish IN
one of the halls. In the midst Of the eX-
| citement he was mistaken for a Freshman,
and al the CRY OF give II to him was at
tackled vigorously. After lodging sever
al rubbers, the contents OF >quirt-gunS,
coal-hods, &c. he finally reached the de-
| sired room, where he meekly asked II that
was the Soph. division. or course the
boys were profuse Ia apologies, on the
discovery of their mistake.
During the past year there have been
at the Soldiers Home, Togus, 1891 soldiers
and sailors who have received care aud
aid the average number during the year
was 1915; OF those receiving aid 9 belong
ed To the regular and 1882 "a the volunteer
service were disabled in the war oflSl2,
In the Mexican war and 1894 in the war
OF the Rebellion. or the whole number
one is colored II are over 20 years of age
G0sbetwecn 80 and 20 years OF age; 136
between 30 and 80 years of age; under 80
years: 537 were married; 81
were native born; Sl4 foreign born.
The boot and shoe mandatory has been
very successful, netting tn the Home the
handsome sum OF Sli,130 81 during the
year; $50 OF the inmates were employed,
and there was paid them for services SEQ
5s6.54 The Home has u library with 47G3
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