Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-11-19
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rne MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Dover aud foNcroft have organized a
boird u trade.
Blddeforl aud Pennington are having
trouble With anonymou. letter writer's.
\ signal station Z. 60 be- established on
the new government building at Au-
gus,a.
Tie past season I. callcl the most
profitable for year. In the lee business
Goa the kennebec.
There I. deadlock between th" two
branches ~ the Biidefori city govern
meni. aud no business eau be- transacted.
4 scheme i. broachcl for an electric
railroad around the entire shore 81 Peak {.
leland. New York capitalists ar .aid
"a b. Interested In Il.
The return. 10 the bureau 81 labor sta
ti.iir. show that In the forty-one ship
wards ~ the state there are employed an
average Of ,ed7 men.
TWENTY-FIVE residences, two school
buildings. nine stables, jail aud resi-
dence for the taller have been erected Va
lIoulton the past year.
The buildings Of the Durham Packing
Company At Durham we're totally de-
.trove,I hy fire Nov. ~th, With about >
OOO case. of corn. Insured for sll,ep.
The Portland cadet. AMI Montgomery
Guard. have decided "a dhll for the
championship of the state, the 18th II
Dccembcr. Three army officer. are to
d. Judges.
Although the appointment, ~ the COM
missioner of navigation was not given To
this state, a. all would have liked 10 49,,
the new commissioner. Capt, ". W.
Bates ~ Buffalo. !. native ~ Maine.
The next annual cncampment of the
Department ~ Maine. q. \. H., will b.
held at Augusta. The candidates for
commander will BE- Col. j. -. Anderson
Of GRAY, Col. Carver ~ ROckland, aud
Lieut.. Miller of waldoboro.
The superintendent ~ the Monmouth
cheese factory declares that II has taken
one more pound of milk "a each cheese
made this year than II did last year.
lie thinks this has been due Ia the effect
Of heavy rains upon the feed.
4 Camden farmer who has Lost many
sheep by dog. left poisoned carcass In
MI. pasture. Several dogs, among them
some valuable hunting dogs, were
pol.oned. The owners Of two ~ these
dogs had the poison deposition arrested.
lie gave bonds 10 appear At the Decem-
her term Of court.
jaime. II. Wright, of Temple, has been
hncd ffty dollars la the Pennington
municipal court for selling sweet cider
direct from the press Ia number of
Young men Who drank IL. This was un-
der law passed By the legislature II
lss7, aud l. the first ease under the law.
Wright appealed to the supreme judicial
court.
The Blddeford man, Cyrus T.. Berry,
who VA. reported heir Ia a million dol
lars by the death Of an uncle In Califor-
MIA, l. not ~ we'll of a. at first supposed.
According Ia the latest reports the un-
cle's estate when settled will net sllO,-
600 Ia each of the heirs. That Isn't a
million, but II ought 10 be- enough Ia
keep the wolf from the door.
4 man Who claims to be- In a position
to know, l. reported by the Portland
Press q. SAYING that Portland l. Ia the
near future 10 have a new railway station
at the foot Of Preble street, 10 be- used
by the Boston & Maine, Grand Trunk
and Portland a Rochester Railroads.
The same man says that the Maine Gen.
trail will soon become part of the Can
adam Pacific system, II not openly, at
least with the Canadian Pacific holding
a controlling interest.