Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-12-16
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rrI MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
bRitFlN TOLD.


Ice operations hsy. begun ca the ksn-
neb.c aud PcDob.co,.
A .ub.criptioa l. 90 D. started In Bath
foral. N. 4. 4. building.
william Furnel. owner % the ~coleu
mill ~ Wilton, has failed for $1,000.
The eisht-hour day IA. b~cn adopted
NJ the Ara Cushman shoe factory In Au-
burn.
The watervIlie Loan aud Building A.
ISOLATION l. paying pr cent 20 ". Stock
holders.
The Kennsbcc grand jury reported y
indictments, mostly for violation. 81 the
liquor laws
The grand Jury 10 Knox County found
ouly ons Indictment, and that wa' Tor
assault and battery.
4 Eockport sailor "a. instantly killed
by falling from the topmast ward - a
barqus 20 the deCk. distance % forty
i've fc~t.
4 vein 81 quartz bsariug both gold aud
silver Ia. h-en discovered In littsion.
An Oh miner says the metals are In pay
Ing quantities..
IN. Treasury Department has just dis-
barsed "a the Bath lrun Works s>,tSl,
thu first payment ou gunhoats and .,
no~ building az Bsth.
DANIEL n. GsyeNesih~r. a New York
man ~bo died resentiy. left ahout two
millions to various institutions. Bow
doin college gcts si0o,eo.
About twenty newspaper men met In
Gardner the ether dsy, and the prrliml-
nary stsps ~srv taken toward organizing
a kenBshec Valley Press Club.
Tweuty % Last summers table giris AZ
the Poland spring House have guns la
Ii. Angeles. Cal. "a act In . similar ca
paeliy In the great hotel, The Ray
mond, at that place.
The hunter ~ abandoned farms kecPs
creeping upSard. Nov the numher ~
turned 90 IN. labor commissioner orice
rcAche. ]. ga. which !. about ! pcr cent
II the farms 10 the state.
A French cOll~ge l. one ~ the proPos-
"a ne~ Institutions la Btidefori, the
large French population aud convenient
location % the city making Il an e-Pe-
cially desirable slie Tor Il.
A staging broke In an ice house nov
Building In BANGOR. aud i've wofkmen
fen % the rcor. one was Killed instant
ly. one fatally Injured, aud the others r.
eeiyed more OF lees serious Injuries.
Two Young men Who dared each other
10 skate on thin ice ~ Bucksport, the
other day, arr vet alive. one of thru
had 10 break the ice for any feet before
h. foand place where he co''ld grt out
OF the water.
An unusual instance % longevity l.
seen In the family of Frederick lloyt OF
sko~hegsn. Mr.. HOyt !. - year- OIL
aud one Of a family Of seven brVthsrs
and sisters. 81 % whom are living, the
oldest being :. year. Of age.
Their WAS a narrow escape from BIZ
Or. In Brunswick Monday noon, wben
Mr.. Coffin, Janitor % Brpnssick's so
co.. town b.u.s. found several barrels %
paper STORED away In the basement blair
log merrily. IL took twenty minute.
WORK With the hose 10 put the IRE out.
Jane. Woodbury.. Esq., Of Bangor,
one of the commissioners 90 Inquire into
the feasibility % removing the state
Prison at Thomsston. SAYS that from the
most thorough Investigation Into the
sanitary Affairs % psnal institutions
throughout New England. he found that
the prison az Thomaston MAS the health
iest Of them all, the sickness and death
rate being smaller al cur own, pro rata,
than Of any similar institution which he
had examined.
The board Of review ~ the National
Trottipg Association considered the case
of the Nelson-Aleryon race az he dual
se.slou. A letter Was Rad frum Mr..
Nelson. I'm which he stated that the race
vas prearrznged by friend % hls. Mr..
Nelson being informed of the trade after
the race. by the terms Of the trade,
Nelson xss 20 Win the race. and Noble.
the owner Of Alcryon, VAS 10 receive
drst and second mooey. The money
cas- paid over to Noble az sxrcet. The
board of review ordered that {. III. Nel-
go and the horss Sslsoa be sxpslisd
fsvo ~ sssociasiou.