Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-12-08
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rrt MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
RRlIElN TOlD.


Youngest grandfather iD the state. IL
J. only ~ YEAR old.
Governor Barlelgh was the fr.t "a
uygisisr A. a voter When The hoafi ~ re |
istration op-n~i lts sessions In Augus-
a.
Stats ~.Cisty Zoe III Prevention 20 cru
vlty a. Animals realized -. $50 a. the
net prcC~cis.
No drosning sccidcuts from thin Is.
have vet be.n reported In Maine. let
us sincerely hope that there Sill D. none
10 rvpori this season.
star Herald. The Bangor ani Aroo.-
took subscription l. not at a standstiil.
Ths last s-sk IA showed an incrcs.s -
about si3,oc from various soarcc..
Warden Nllen u ths state prison ssy.
that Cashisr rcrci,ar. health j. impro,-
ing. lie eats yell, slccp. well aud l.
undoubtedly gaining.
Rev. u. I. stevens % Auharn fell from
a stable ~indos Thursday, frscturing
his leg ~ badly q. a. make smpuiatiea
n-Crssarv. Mr.. stevens l. - ycsrs old.
At Rockland IN. book rvception~ In
AID % the \. ". q. Association resulted
Ia tn addition 20 ons hundred All t~en-
ty-nve good ani desirable volume. D. VI
library
pr. Brackett - Lewiston. veterinary
surgvon, expr~.-cs the opinion that their
arv AZ the present time over thirty Cases
20 glanders and fanny In LEWISTON aud
Auburu.
The survey 20 the >hofc l.in. Rail-
rad has h--n completed, and soms Nee
Nork capitalists arr rvady to furnish the
money a. build Ia n. ou examination,
everything appears veil.
Nr.O.tcok Ecpuhlican n do. net
appear q. II Nruosio,s as Nrry near The
North Pole ~hrn farmers arr a. Sork
plo~ing on the sird and sab ~ Nu,em-
b-r at which time the streams arr all oIrn.
Old Orchard .. irving 20 capture the
mile track ~hlch q company has b-en
organized "a balld. n l. thought con-
siderable money can b. rais-,l CA condi-
tion the track i built thcrv.
4 bold robbery was p-rpetratr,i In
limington wednesday evening. Town
Treasurer Struat. while dolng chores
Ia al. barn. wss struck ani rendered in-
sensible, and robbed % pcckrt back
containing $50.
The Byron Gold Mining Company has
heen organized Ia Portland ~ in John ".
Eide0ut. II New Glogccstsr. president.
and james y. win.lo~. ~ u~cring.
TREASURER. The capital stock i sio,tssi.
With sbo paid In.
John Frazier. a fireman ca one - The
Lime RoCk Railroad engine. 40 koykland.
fell over q pr-vipic- = distance 10 about
INV fcct o. the hottom - quarry. ILL.,
hip was broken. and other Injuries Ncrv
sustained, bat b. ~ill live.
The First National Bank ~ Damaris-
Gotta. which closed It, doors on Account
% The Maverick Rank susI-nsion, has
has rr-ot@ne,i aud l. transarting busi.
uess a. usual. The confidence % The
depo.ltors l. unshaken.
4 cat got shut into the Masonic Hall
Al Durham AZ the monthly meeting Ia
uStoher and rvmain~d until the monthly
meeting In NoVvmhsr She lost not
over eight q her nine lives, Zoe .bs i ~
ported a. D. all right nov.
\ corporailou sas organized In Port
land Last Neek fur the purIso-s 20 build
ing a mile trUtting track on land near
The Boston sud Maine Railroad LA Cape
Eliah.th. y. n. Briggs % Auhurn 80.
Chssen president. A. y. joe 81 Port
u AZ an appraised value aud take his pay
-. I'll.
~As that the track .hould - kiie-.hapoi.
The Ingenious novels, could not invent
squesrcr hiding place fora will than
one reported from real life hy the Maine
farmer. The gill ~as tackled az GA the
Partition of wcod shcd. pieCe 20
brown paper tackled over 10, aud there
n rcnaiB-d for YEAR,. no Que bat the
author surml.ing It. ideutity. After the
te-taior died. In clearing Out the she'd
the brown paper wss removed and the
precious document found.
This l. the Nay Thanksgiving day,
Nov. ~. l>9i. Nas celebrated by the pco-
pie Ia one Aroostook county town, ac-
cording to the rrIsoit from a local CORE
spOndent >om- IL the farmers we're
blowing, some ~ IN. Young people play
lag field croga-t. others boating on the
pond, some shooting al = six-inch ring
Tor chickens. Who saws ArOostook l. a
cold and drcary country, where people
have 90 shiycr With cold six month. In
the YEAR,
The small Point coal miners are no,
easily discouraged The diamond drill
with which they have been boring l.
stuck az . depth of 30 feet and rsfuse.
90 come up. Water 1. used "a clear the
drill but runs out through some crevices
above. The company have sent Ca Pcun-
sylyanta for apparatus % remove the
drill. fthe expert who has been sent
for doe- not successi In bringing Il "a the
surface a new hole ~ill b. sunk with an
other drlll.
The Pendl.tOn gold mine In Pitt.ton
j. nov owned by l.. 4. rendletOn. the
original owner. aud Jane. N. Cum
mings. an experienced California miner.
Mr.. Cummings having had sufficient
faith In the min. 10 put his money Into
the purchase IL a half Interest. The
gentlemen have bonded mill privilege
near the mine and will build an ore
crushing mill this winter. They will
also mine large quantity Of ore this win
ter, and b. prepared to commence crush
Ing and smelling a. soon as the machln-
cry, which l. now under construction la
California. arrives, which will De 10
March.
The Auburn Gazette SAYS the reference
library Of the Auburn Public Library
contains the Century dictionary, Encyclo-
pcds britannica, Appleton's American
encyclopeiis, clyclOpeiis Of political
science. dictionary % authors With sup
plement To date, schafrs encyclopedia IL
religious knO~ledge. Growers dictionary
Of music and musicians, and other works
of this character. This reference libra
~ Il an extremely valuable Que and the
books are always on the shelves ready
for public use. The circulation % the
library h constantly Increasing ss 10 the
number % visitors % the reading room.