Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-08-04
TALK OF ire STATE.

burglar. Ia bath secured slii In ca.h.
Ex.speaker Ihoma. u. Reed returned
from Europe last week.
The political pot Il bolling briskly In
the Third Congressional District.
The state College herd seems Ia be-
food for tuberculosis. rhrcc more case.
have hecn found In u.
The old Orchard .clectmen are raising
|, brccse by enforcing the sunday law.
against place. of amussment.
\ deer Wandered Into the street. 81
Bsngor on recent sunday. IL Was
fnilly captured aud placed la confine-
ment.
Mrs. Hattie Blbbcr wa. instantly Kill
cd at I.imolnc by falling from a load Of
hay aud breaking her neck. She leaves
two or three small children.
4 Young man In south l,obblnston i
reported "a having committed suicide
bccause al. father rcproyci him for
having got la hls hay too soon.
About all the R,ngcley Lake houses
aud camp. arr doing business thl. year.
\ new steamer, the largest aud beat on
the lakes, l. the greatest attraction.
An PASSPORT man who .old $3.50 worth
~ early potatoc. la the local market
last week Il ready Ia stand up aud an
.wer the question, "Doc. farming payf"
The Secretary 81 the Treasury has
awarded a silver life saving medal Ia Al.
bert owen, for the rescue IL three men
from drowning near PASSPORT, Me-, In
July, lss3.
After last Monday. hall storm, the
bows were aiding down hill and snow
balllng on Main Street Ia Wl.ca.set.
The hall did some damage Ia yariou.
parts % the state.
Judge Gould 81 the Portland Munich
pal Court decides that "tn0" beer u not
intoxicating. This, "a the Portland
Press remarks, must bc great disap-
pointmeni Ia those who have imagined
they were getting fuddled by IL.
The People. Prohibitory Enforcement
League, which was chartered by the
| Legislature last winter, u getting IN
| fighting trim, aud proposes Ia make a
bold stroke by beginning work In Ian
gor. II IL to be hoped they will have
good success.
A man Who was running a moving
machine at North IIoothbsy last week
thought he saw something In the gras.
lust ahead Of him. Being q careful man
he went Ia investigate and II was lucky
he did go, for he found four-year-old
boy fast asleep In the clover.
The reporters who have been nj liar
IIarbor reporting Mr.. Blalne's health
have got Into row among themselves,
and az a result one Miss lIamm threat
en-. 10 sue the Boston Herald for 49,
CO., for libel, charging that her reputa-
tian l. damaged to that amount.
II IL reported that the directors Of the
National shoe and Leather Bank of Au-
burn have discovered that one Of the
methods Of raising money employed by
Cashier Percival was The Issue of fraud
ulent certificates Of stock. Twenty such
shares were Issued, which the bank Will
buy, making loss Of $1,000 on that Item.
| Hon. T.. A. Gilbert, Secretary OF the
state board Of Agriculture, Will at an
early day take an extended trip IN the
interest Of the dairy industry of Maine,
going tn Europe, Ontario, the West and
New York, visiting the butter and
cheese factories Tor observation ne To the
latest and most approved methods OF
manufacture.
| A water works company has been or.
ganIsed In Pittsdeld and q petition will
be presented the selectmen tn call = spe.
clai town meeting, August sth, To see u
the town will assume the authority ol
the company and put In the system Of
water works. The company IL prepared
TO 20 ahead aud do the work " the towI
refuses to embark In the enterprise, and
the Advertiser thinks u probable thai
work viii b commenced this season.