Oxford Democrat., 1891-07-21
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Aud now Cape Elizabeth Is talking
about getting To be- city.
burglar. .ccurci $500 In watches aud
jewelry al Henderson = week since.
Tie newspaper liars are stlll busily
engaged In the utter ruin cf Mr.. blsincs
health.
The history of the t1fiecnth Maine
Regiment, written by Major ~. \. sho-
rey, Il soon 10 be Published.
Masked ,ncu At Eliot Neck demolished
. di.rputable house Que night, reducing
II completely To kindling wcod.
Summer drowning accident. continue.
\ ten-ycarold hoy In Bangor and .
workman In New Gloucester are the lat
est reported victims.
The Sunday hand concert question
siill rsgc. In Portland. 4 petition
twcnty-two feet long In favor of ih" con-
cert. wlll b. presented NJ the next mect-
Ing of the city government.
The dive at rctiec's Pond Ia wln.low,
where the shooting occurred on recent
Sunday. has been closed by the capture
~ the proprictor. for whom the OH cr-
have been looking for some time.
An clccirlc car at Bsngor was set on
fire hy the current. The flame. bur-,
through the fioor II the car With consld-
cradle forcr, aud there was lively
scramble Ia gct out. No Que was inur-
ell.
George Gerald, an cmployc At the
Somerset fihfc ,ompany's mill In fslr-
f-ld. wss probably fatally Injured. \
ear 81 .aNlusi fcll on hlm, breaking hls
rihs, crushing III. heal aud causing ln-
teruil injuries.
The duties collected M the Eastport
custom house for the hscal year ending
Iun. % sunp,ss anything on rrcori,
amounting to silp,WO. Last YEAR the
sun sas sGs.Dli. The Csusc ~ thls
grcat Increase u the impcrtailons ~ po-
tatoc- sni egg. under the new tArlf
law.
Lightning lil considerable dsm,gc In
various plac,s Ia Malnc "Wednesday.
Tho bullding. 20 n. D.. rryant At North
Jay N,fv struck aud burned. Mr. Bry-
,ni had Iust gone Ia the top ~ the barn
to clo.. q window. aud all efforts to
reach him proved fniltlcs.. lie perish
,,l IN the flames.
Tho rc.ldenc- ~ Mr.. Jharlc. Hay
wari ~ BANGOR l. to b. purch,sed Tor
5000 for IN. Btngor Home for Women.
The klng's Dlushtrrs' TALON u esiab-
ushlns the hone. IL will NO, b. a
lraarling house, bat will furnish tempo
lr,ry quarters a. working women Who
lhaVc no hoals. Al hat -lpO of the
ncccs AIRY ssuol IA. bscn Raised.
The big pulp MILL ot the sh,wmn,
fiht- Company, at shssmui, Somerset
County, Nas buruci "Wednesday moan.
Friction II the machinery u assigned a.
the probable cause ~ the nrr. Thc
huilding. and machinery we're valued ai
sasn.OD. In.urtnc, sl5I.Dp1. n u =
lquc.ii,n whether the mlll viii h" rebuilt
sni the sotkmcu slll very likely move
away.
The contract for building the Shor,
Line Railroad has b~en avarlcd Ia u.
u. A l.. II. Grrrne. The road " tO L.
hulli from Hancock, on the bsr iiarhoi
branch II the Maine Central io 'alai.
aud E,.iport. Work at both cnis vii
commence simultaneously; that u, L.
tNc-n Hancock aud Machlas and BE-
TWEEN Calais ani Ea.tport. The work
1. to D. completed by November, iN'd.
\ Young woman belonging In swan
Vile. Who taught school At Mason. MIL
during the past term, deserves credit foI
heing = hustler. Ou saturday last, aftsI
closing a sucvcssful term of school, shs
led iig rai.ing. dlf-ctcd a concert,
lprr.kici at a picnic supper for which
~. dhi most ~ the cooking, aud then
taking her twin babies, which sh- had
lcfi In the care ~ her boarding mistress
during the festivities, trudgcd home.
II l. reported that Bowdoln Collcg'
Ia. hal another wlndfall. The Mls.c'
Walker ~ Ncw York, IL l. stated, have
ofrrcl io Civ. an art ballding Ia the col
lcgr, and !, l. stated that plans ar- nov
In preparation Tor the proposed siruct'
urr which will D. 81 brick aud stone
aud IN every way worthy the splendid
art collection Owned by the college. u
l. suggc.ic,i that the bulldlng may b.
located near the college chapel, aud i
will co.i upward. ~ s'D,00.