Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-07-30
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
The MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

onstrstion In his honor.
Elmer woodcock, Of rhomaston, was
struck In the head this afternoon by
broken tramwsy wire In the Hacking
ton quarry at liockland and his entire
scalp torn Of.
Governor Burlelgh has written Ia lrc--
hent Harrison, Inviting him Ia visit Au-
gusta az the guest ~ the state ~ Maine,
when he makes hi trip Ia Bar lIarbor.
N he should acccpt, preparations VIII IL
made for a RECEPTION on grand scale.
IfPresident Harrison visits Maine he
will be the sixth ~ the line Ia come
within the borders ~ the state. The
other i've arr Washington. Monroe, Polk,
Grant aud Arthur. President Arthur
remained over sunday Al Bar Ilarbor In
August. lSsj,
n Il settled that President Harrison
will leave Deer Park the 9Th 81 August,
aud prp,s.d tO Rar lIarhor. where he
will b. the guest ~ Mr.. nlainc for a
week or ten DAYS. II i not known
whether MR.. Harrison will accompany
the President, bat probably .he will.
George Watson, agc'l n years, while
playing alone In the upper story of the
steam mill ~ the Van buten shlngle Co,
rvccntly got cutangled In the machinery
and was drawn with great violence
around revolving pully, report. the
Times. IL was found With both head
and arm. severed from the body.
Rey. !. n. Day, the eminent Methodist
divine, l.. Meicalf. the editor ~ the
L A A. A.
the late Hon. Allen Thotndikc Ricc In
the North American Review for some
time. ani George ". Norris, q graf
western railroad king. are summcring Ia
Monmouth, their native town.
Dr. n. 4. Torscy - Kent. llill, while
on hi recent trip io California. met bn
20 hi former pupils in about forty cities
who bestowed upon Dr. and Mrs. Tor
scy every kindness. The love ~ these
students found elimination la the PR
scntation u a gold headed cane of rarr
pattern Ia Dr. ror.ey aud a diamond pin
Ia his wife.
There l. considerable excitement la
Somsr,ille. some twelve mile. from Au-
gusta. Over the discovery 20 a plumhago
mine on Crummstt's farm. There u q
hin aid to d. solid With the mineral.
Howard nulcc ~ Augusta has bonded
the territory GA which the deposit l. lo-
cate'l. aud vill begin mining next week.
Specimens from the mine exhibited are
II superior cNccllcncc.
The excursion ~ the Maine rrrss ~
sociaiion Nas not exactly according To
program. At the last moment the II.
John hotel al which accommodations
hal i-~n engaged telegraphcl that u
could not accommodate the party. Ilf-
TEN ~ 40. eNrursionlsts vent ou ~ II.
John. whrrr they lodged on the steamer
state ~ Maine. The rcst ~ the party
went "a klneo.
| \ Gardiner frvnchmNn wear. the msri'
Al Cor m~anncss. Having escapcd from
a Gardiner policeman by swimming the
tolossc~cuntcr stream. the frrnchman
was secfvicl hy some ~ hls friends Ia
their boarding house. Amer they had
gonc a. their work the neat day %" got =
hammer ani breaking open their trunks
stole over ninety dollars aud watch.
H. then departed for paris unknown.
\ man Who S~ni o. rcnoh.cot hay Tor
a quiet SUNDAY. had melancholy time.
according o. the Belfast Journal. While
drawing a psilful II water hs drppp~i
his pocket hunk into a well. III" val
IL contained between so aud sib II
sunk a. the bottom. AMI the owner was
forr,,i a. spend hi. outing IN hailing out
the veil Afier working hard All dny
b. was rewarded al night by the ~
co,ery ~ hls money.
While Sllas LELAND and Vifr ~ Skos-
hogan werr driving across bridge BE-
TWEEN canaan and littsheld. ~" h"r.r
hccamr frightened and hacked on the
bridge. throwing the team into the
water Both managed o. ut cut, bat
With few bruises. The hole which scar
III the horse VA in I'ttsheld, while the
hor.s backed or the bridge through
break Ia the railing ou the Canaan side.
Thr question arisc.. which town J. liable
for damage
| Prof. No.e ~ BOSTON WAs called "a
Augusta lat week Ca examine AZ io the
safrty 81 the building on the corner ~
Bridge and Water streets. The hullding
4. owned by the Eaton hslr., aud l. o.
cupied by DeVinc s Coughlin, drug
gists Prof. Nosc gave the entire build
Ing a thorough examination and pro-
uounced u unsaf. IT, aid the walls,
though thsy might stand Tor some little
time we're liable "a fall nj any moment.
| The ease ~ Charles :. Gilman ~ East
Corinth, Who vas charged With ruhhlng
aud burning hi own store, has afforded
quite = sensation. Gilman confessed Co
complicity In the affair, saving that u
"a. done by gang Of hurglars, sccord-
ing 90 previous arrangement With him.
llis story Wa not fully credited. NJ
the hearing the defense put In No. evil
dence, aud Gilman was bound over to
the supreme court Ia the sum ~ 5000.
IL failed 90 gct bondsmen and was COM
mitted to jail.
The Belfast Agc tells ~ an Isle.borO
eat that took IL into her head "a live With
the hens. finally becoming 80 much al
home that she gave birth Ca some kittens
In hens nest. one II the old hens,
not to D. outdone Ia ho.pltablc lnien-
tiOns. promptly claimed the kittens aud
spread her wing. over them, clucking Ia
them with much parental sOllcitude.
This put the cat into such a high state
~ alarm aud di.pleasurr that peace was
only restored by the Intervention Of
some solomon ~ the the farm, Who ~
stored the kittens Ia the eat.
II I. reported that the board of inquiry
la the case of Col. Lynch, who was
charged with characterization at last
years muster, will not d. very severe on
Col. Lynch. hut instead will declare that
there has been general lOOseness la the
militia all round, Increased. perhaps, by
the idea Of the soldier boys that they
went Into encampment simply Ia have
good time: that while Col. Lynch prob
ably disobeyed orders, Gen. Mitchell was
AZ fault for not at once taking summary
action In the ease aud calling Col. Lynch
Ia account for hls dlsobedlence.
| Unobtruslye heroes are some of those
returned missionaries, . a. they are cali
ed, who come back here with faces per-
manently Drowned by tropical suns and
dreamy recOllections ~ old associations.
One of them, Mrs. Charlotte II. Thomas,
has recently been In Maine visiting the
venerable mi Jones, az China. She has
spent thirty-nlne years ~ her life Ia
llurmah, having gone there al the age of
twenty-One. Her husband gave his life |
Ia the work, just returning To his native
land, some twenty years ago, Ia die.
After his death the bereayed widow W
turned alone to the field 81 service. She