Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-07-29
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

i 1Ht MOST IMPORTANT SrAIt NtWo
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The small Point coal borers are down
six hundr-i md thirty feet.
An aged Bucksport lady WAS burned
To death by her dress accidentally taking
fire.
Therr IL q report that Vice President
Morton l. coming To Bsr lIarbor the irst
Of August.
The town % New sweden celebrated
the twentieth anniversary Of Its settle
mcnt la., "Wednesday.
Lisbon Ia. q case ef hydrophobls.
The man was bitten by = pup about siS
month. sgo. lie died Friday night.
Owing To the hydrophobIs scare In
Hath the city government has decided
all dogs must be musslcd until October.
IN. coporators of the skowhcgsn and
Norridg-wock Railway Company have
voted 10 make q preliminary survey %
the road.
n L. reported that new evidence has
been discovered by the defence In the
casc % Micah Norton, the New Portland
MURDERER.
The farm buildings 81 Deputy sheriff
John II. Roes At Bridgton were burned
Monday With all the contents. Ioss
about $1,000; Insurance ss,oo.
y. ". Cram has retired ss general
manager 10 the New brunswick Hallway
system. That system I. about to p,..
un,icr the control 10 th- Csnadian Ia
cihc.
\ Mexican war veteran. Il YEAR. ~
agc, With ~. wife aud little bow. have
Travelled on foot from uschla. to lloston.
to H. prc.eu, At the Grand Army Gu
csmpmrnt.
\ Ilhidcfori man who had ,-.n ml..-
lng Tor thru weeks came homs drunk
one night. drove hi. wife out. d-moll.h-
81 most ~ the furnliurc sni lefi. lie
was sfiervarl. caught, aud hn~i III aud
costs, amounting Ia atoui go.
4 tlir~~mon,h.-old hoy At North An.
burn crivlei out 10 Ill. cradle while bl.
mother Nas out ~ the room. aud sue
c-sslesi In falling fpm fourth story
window onto . brlck sidewalk. There
u. a possibility that b. nav recover.
! The cl.stfic railroad t-twrcn Augusta
and Gardiner has made satisfactory trial
trips, aud I'll s"on 10 Ia full orJeratiop.
The rallroid commissioner. .sy u !. tlps
i'rst built sirci railroad they ever saw.
u has cost over slco,Go.
4 gang IL hoy thieves. non- ~ ihrm
Over twelve tsar. of ag~, has be-n arrest
81 IN lIangor. They have broken Int"
siofv., ani stolen money, candy, a..
They hal coll~te,l = small sr.rn,l 10
rrNolVvr., dirk knives. &C.. anil had
namc,l th'msel, r. the "Black >S-nger."
Their parents had no lde, What the hoys
ser- dolng.
4 wealthy Montreal gentleman at
tempted Ia ioard . moving train AZ oil
Orchard. ani slipped ,-tsr-u the ears
Tho Top corn bay went o. hl. sid aud by
gr-at ~Nertion got him uphurt on the
platform. The r-scurri msn, t"ok the
taN's name ani promised Ia .cui him a
rh~'k for si,On Nav al. msmor,
ptuVc hciicr than l. sometime. the case
Ia such matters.
Thev !. mlrih IN Mon.on over the gun.
Ming cNploii. of certain New Work sport
sbo have b-~n chssing the nlmhle deer
In li.estsquls. They wer- "ui for deer
hui .~clng a low dawn animal rapllly
thr-sdlng ~. undcrbru.h conrlni-l to
iry their luck on hears. They hr~i aud
brough, down . fine Iotkcr. N u hid
hccn a man Il Wouli probably have bc-n
al the same io ih~m.
\ lady ot ws,.r,lllc ~ho, the sentinel
.ay., I. of unimpesch,ble ,rracity. trlls
, story that .,ralns tho crSlulltV % mo.i
I-opls. IA. has cat which like. blri
nest. sni to ct u. fayorii- fooi eIn.
ploys similar mean. that men employ Ia
.s,urr f.h. Tho cat dig. angl. worm,
,ni then burie. ihem near ". osu hii.
log plar,. AMI when the blrl. come Ia
catch 10" worm. ih. cat csici.. th.
hlrl. aui dc'ouf. them.
col. Chrk. pension sgrn, for Maine.
has comnl-ici hi. annual report. over
two million dollar. has t~-n di.bur.~,i io
I~n.l1ner. IN 10. stat.. the total number
~ whom !. nov li.jii divided a.. fol-
lows; tn,allis, IN. AZ; widows, minor.
aud dependent relatives. I.t;O; SURVIVOR
~ the VAR ~ isi?. %. widow. 10 lsl2,
So; survivor. ~ the MrxIcsn wsr. ~;
sldos. of IA. Mexican war. -. At the
,los. ~ the year ls~9 there 1898 on IN.
rolls. there having been addci Isl
during the pa, year, and ;ol dropP~i
frum all cau.-..
Iherr u q contest between the tNo
house. IL songrv.. r-g,riing the Maine
msmh.t 81 the loapi of manager. %
soldiers home.. zen. 4. W. liyd. 81
Rath ~ present holi. the position, which
u purely honorary, paying No salary.
The llou.e military committee nomln,t-
ell col. \. u. fsrnhsm ~ Hanger Ia
serve during the next term. When thi.
came Ia the >-naie th. nomination Was
opposed hy the Maine senator. an IA.
grount that u VA. net customary Ia
change the membership - the hoard .x-
ccpt Tor cause, aBi that therefore Gen.
HYDE .hould - coniinu~i In the Office.
III. matter .iill remain. In dispute b.
tween the House aud the senate.
N l. an Interesting fac, that more than
one-h,lf ~ the city high school princi-
pal. Ia New England to-day we're either
born Va Maine or arr graduate. 20 Maine
colleges. The ilst ~ distinguished ani
honOTr,i men Who come under one or
both ~ these categorie. would emhrac.
thousand. ot the noted teachers, learned
professors, illustrious statesmen, gallant
soldiers, brave .-amen, high minded
physician. aud learned doctor. IL dl,ini.
~ Ia TIL. country. Mslne's roll ~
honor In the professions. aud In bushes.
pursuits Il q long one and second 90 that
~ no state, while exc-lllng that ~
many. Maine mcu and Maine bred men
will D. found In every quarter ~ the
earth. ani Away. holding up the dignity
aud honor 81 the state la positions ~
trust aud responsibility.