Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-07-16
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
TIE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

NVI WOot tWFoNfSNt oNSNt NGWo
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Its stated positively thatI'rcsident and
Mrs.. Harrison will Nslt Mr.. aud Mrs.
Blaine Al Bar lIarbor at some time In
August.
4 Young child of Daniel Nealley Of
Blddefoui got hold ~ q bottle ~ iodine
AMI drank the contents. The child can
not rccoycr.
Mrs. Clan Plunkett ~ Lewiston
River. She was twcniy-slx years ~ agr,
a widow With two boys.
Il aid that a Baih mau who has
bcrn making large Investments In West
ern schemes has Lost cool hundred
thousand dollars In short time.
The premium lat ~ the state Fair. to
H. held NJ lewiston. sept. lO-lj, u u
sued. Entries should be- made to \. l..
Dcnnlson, Secretary, Portland, Maine.
Fires ~ kenduskesg Tue.day night
and NJ East Corlnth Wednesday night.
dld several thousand dollars damagr.
II l. thought the fires were started by
burglars.
Gofham Nash ~ Nobleboro fell In
front II moving machine aud
Lost hls left hand AZ the wrist and proha-
hly will lo.e hi right. lie lies In a
critical condition,
Considerable excitement has been
caused IN Ellsworth hy the war on the
liquor seller-. sheriff Fields aud Deputy
Marshall sweeney have made tour ~
the town and ordered the closing ~ the
saloons.
AFTER q careful examination ~ the evil
dencc Furnished by Judge Foster AMI
County Attorney Libby la the trial 81
Dr. \. y. lfi.h for liquor selling, Gov.
Burlclgh will withhold his approval u
the council. vote Tor parion.
Col. Spaulding. formerly ~ Maine. nov
rrsllent ~ Pom Payne, Ala, Nas ~.
GENTLY presented hy some Confrierat
officer. ith palmetto zane. having a
heavy gold head. hearing the inscription
prom the Gray to the Blue"
The Eastern Maine state Fair will D.
held ~ MIplcwooi Park. BANGOR, sept.
/ 81. iih. Sth aud 9Th. The premium li.i
has made IL appearance. For any In
formation address Secretary Eastern
Maine state Fair, Hanger, Maine.
\ boat containing four persons WAS up
set on Moossheld Lake, aud Wallace
/ Hamilton ~ Gullforl was drowned; the
others we're saved Another member 10
the panty says al might have been saved,
beat that Hamilton Vas insane With fright.
The CORONER. Jury uIou the death II
| william Whittsn a Watsrboro rendered
a verdict charging Ricr smith, hls assail-
aui. with minslaughisr. smith VA.
arnign~i, plead not guilty aud Wa
taken a. the county jail At Nlfr-'i a. await
trial AZ the september term ~ the sups'-
rior rouri.
ten. Neal Dow l. NJ work upon, aud
will Issue ~ no very distant date. a HE
tory ~ the Maine liquor law. The book
.. to b. ~ large proportions, and u Ia
contain. besides history ~ the Law,
| biographical sketches - prominent men
/ Who have been Identified with H.. 1hs
book l. Co D. Illustrated
There 4. trouble over a toll gate on tho
grr.n Mountain carriage Rad AZ Bar
/ llarl,or. Tho gate Was built hy the .rr-u
Mountain Railroad Company. fourteen
men. armc,l with aNr.. vent up and tori
\ u down. tisadisputs,l question Whsth
er the laud ou which the gate stoOd D.
long. to the railroad company.
Vt four o'clock Tuesday morning lr'
broke uut ~ the large Steam turning mill
~ Brritons. il,rrmorr. oNnc'i by Gcorg,
/ 4. I'ip-r anil run hv y. :. Richmond
The fitmr. .pr'ad quickly a. all parts II
the mill ami heat unr lathe vas got out,
mixing ilmo.t total io.- 10 the proper.
{, amounting tu ssui1 to sSOD.
Thr Hon. Joseph n. Hall. editor Of
the Arru.iuuk Herald. di~l ~ malaria
fever 10 'rv.qur l.lr, ga Friday, July >
! arr,l siNt, -four Nrirs. IL Nas sick about
two weeks. llc vent a. Aroo.,ook from
I Hartford. Ne. when youth, and pub
li.hei the first paper la Nfoostook coun'
~. the PIONEER. about lSi7 H. was on'
81 the early mover. for ani director oi
th- Northern Maine Railroad. nni was At
une time ~c,rvnfi ~ state.
III. superintendent ~ the crnsu.
b.. divided New Engltni into c,nsu.
distriCt. Making IL Mairir two districts
the line running east ~ ~omersr', hen.
nels, AMI ~tgliahoc Counties. popu
litiou iu is>n. giH.S1~. Tie estimated
Increase In population. Tor The decade, ~
/ indicated 40 the ccusus bureau. !. about
30 Per cent. \ supervisor viii b" np
pointed Tor zach district next ye1r, met
Who srtri s. supervisor. in iS~p heiug
preferred.
The pclilcr.' laW. which took effect
Jult 18th. Ia. l.'n the subject ~ petitions
anil letter. from solomon llobltschek au,
other. a. Governor Burlrigh. They de
clare the law unchr.tisn, unjust and un.
constitutional nd request the''oNcrnor {,
submit an Get 90 the Justices ~ the IA.
prrmr tourt o. tcst Ito cOnstiiutinutlity
The Governor IA. replied.
Nour communication w. r,fcrrr,i Ny ne g. ~
| ATTORNEY Oensfai ~ the state ani have leef
| aitlssihF hm that che fgrasiun l. nut sufh AZ
! unlrr thr constellation - ths state suuh author
ifs ms o. rstiuest sn upiniou - ths Justice IL
nof thsufuic. fcvl ~ hbsfty % r~lnest then 4
sifr an opinion.
The annual Censu. of the school chill
drrn 81 the state la. been complied nj
the Office 81 Superintendent ~ school.
Lace ani shows = decrease la the schoo
population Of the State 81 jGj. The fg
| urcs la counties are a. follows.