Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-06-16
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


Another shot was nr~d at q Maine
Central train In eastern Maine. whcth-
er Il Il the work of desperadoes or
drunken roughs, the train men are get
ting tired of "sich doln's."
There IL chance that the Hath iron
Work. may not build the nc~ cruiser
Tor which their BID has been aceptci,
az the tlme Il .o limited that u might IT,
Impossible tn finish Il.
ills ..h that 10 iOi men who left
skowhegsn for the war In Company y,
Third Maine Infantry, only two are left
Ia the town io greet the old Third at It,
reunion Ia skowheean next August.
III. Main. Press Association will make
an excursion to Montreal aud Quebec the
second w-ck In July. The Itinerary In
cluie. a day In the White Mountains,
two days at Montreal and Two at Quebec.
\ very large railroad meeting In Cam
den yotsl to r,l.s 900 to extend the
Rad from I.ockland. The vote resulted (:
N.as, 40: nays, ~. There WAS great
enthusiasm over the result, bell. ringing
sni whistles blowing.
Tuesday was ''ycllow day" all over
Maine. the smoke from forest lire. In
northern Maine and Canada probably
lsrlng the cause. some peopl. were
.carr,i, aud la some placc. Il was so DARK
they had 10 put on the electric lights.
Dca. I.,,c \. jenkins ~ walc-, An
ldro.coggln Co., va. born In lslj anil
has AWAY. lived on the same farm, aud
| In IN. course 20 all these year. h. has
lived In two states, thrrc countlc. sad
two towns. This !. quite a vm'rkablc
rccorl.
The Home wooden mill AZ Lewiston
ownsSl hy the suy Wooiman Shoe Com
lany, has bccn soll Ia Thomas nelly a
90. ~ Hostou. Who will start u on
aullts. The mill has bc.n shut down
since the failure IL "a. Home Manuiac-
turing Company last fall.
The work on the Cabo, mill In Bruns-
wick l. progressing hncly. III" foam
dsiIon L. almosi laid snd brick la,ing
will D. commenced thl. week. They
have PLACED contract for 50 hor-s
rover horizontal water wheel "a furnish
the power ior tie new mills.
The girl. 81 Thom,sion have distln-
gulsh-d thcm.ely-. by giving negro
minstrel show that almost eIualel that
of the Bosdoln students. They had
four lend msn" aud the usual variety II
lc,al gag" They played To good
crowd under the apt name Of the "smok
cl rcarls."
IN. hath Times s,y. that III. 'iSO tou
4. :. cruiser a. b. built II the Bsih Iron
Work. "a cost ~ =, ,Sn.up, '. big
gvr instituilon than the whole fe.t that
,l.lici ih- kcuncbcc lat summer; th'
baltimore. Istrrl, kear.srgc aoj Dol
phin. combined, being ~ les than -
Too. ,lispiac,msnt. she l. = fs-t, 2 u
lnch.s beam ani ~ f~-t, ! - inchc'
deep la the water ani will have gusrsn
tel .pc-,l ~ ~ knot. Ia b. mainiaine
four cons-cuil," hours.
At the coming reunion ~ the Arm,
10 IN. Potomac AZ buffalo an effort wll
- made 81 ,lndicsts ~. Tenth Corp. u
Il. conduct at Chtnccllotsyille. II hsi
,.c-n charged that ihl. corps did NO, IL
its duty When >tonewsll Jackson''
fimou. tr,op. came down upon thcm
Dt. g. llsmlin ~ Hanger, Who AZ on'
time wss attached a. ,hi. body II troop.
has bc.n delegated % appear In thei
iuirrr.t. IT, Z. nov preparing . clrculsi
to clear az their record At ihl. engage
nsnt.
\ stAbhing affair between two boys Ia
The town ~ Som~r,llle la. made con
siderable excitement. While the hoy,
W,rr fishlng thcy got into n hlspuic, ant
one ~ them. l'elug angry, threw an opci
knife AZ IA. either. The knife struck II
the boys thigh. scNefing the frmori
artery, aud h. di-l In few minute.
The nsme ~ the hoy. was lIlsler, th'
victim being hilt.unclc Ia the one Wis
dii the dc,sl. one was hiiecn year. nj
age. the other fourteen. The hoy wh'
threw the knife has been committed Il
liil on a charge % mtn.laughier.
Mr.. Augu.tu. ilray, % the hrm n
lIrsy 4 Son, millcr.. at Mechanic Fall.
4. missing. lie Il about ~ years old an,
live. With hls wife ani two chlldr-n a
POLAND. The hm lo.t considerably
money In busincs. aud were also robtr,
by dishonest employee. Last satur,ia,
attachment. were put on IN" ptopert,
II the frm. Mr.. lIny babe hi. ~lf'
guSI.by., loaded q ride aud left, as h
aid, "a IA at crows. Monday the Gut
was found standing In q corner Ia a Held
that lei to the conclusion that suicide
Was attempted but failed. u Il fcarcS
that Mr.. Bay la. drowned himself.