Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-04-21
TIE WEEK IN MAINE.
rrI MOST IMPORTANT STATE news
BRIEFLY rOlD

Watrr,iilr Young ladt fy,-nily Won
= gold watch and chain FROM h.r father
by sucyvssfull, doing tho y,soking Tor
/ The family ons Nholr week una.sisie,i.
Apouiou Il the upper dam Al Water
yill, wcut out Va M. high water the first
~ la.i W~vk. AMI quite plot - ground
~as wA.h~i out ~ IA" river bank
\ rr-syu~ I.le man Who IA, i-.n
h"idiug Isu bushels - IotAtu-. Tor "a
fi.~ .old them la.t wv.k snd the Ilmo-
crat says that hi wallet lDuks liks =
cuncvTtiua.
IN. Executive council AZ u. meeting
tuesday confirmed IN the nomination..
made hy the governor eNcrpt that ~
col Cram az Judge ~ the Biddriori Mu.
nicipal Couri, which Sas tabled.
\ representative ~ the Pasam,qgoi.
az tribe - Indian. !. al Augusta demand
ing th- right 10 hl. tribe Ia shoot aud
hunt under the old trvaile. without ln.
tcrfcrrncv from the game ~aricn..
The county commissioner. 20 wash
ington County haV. decided a. call meet
ings 10 All the tosns Ia the county Ca
80. II they Nill vote a. AID the >horv
Line Railroad
Al winter the Maine Ccnir,l Ia. had
an agent travelling through the south
aud West doing nothing bat advertise
the bsautic. ~ the Maine aud New
Hampshire summer resorts.
\ story &. told 81 partially paralyIcd
woman Who Nas cur,sl hy riding la the
electric ears al Bangor. ths grntl~ cur
rent 90 electricity which run. through
the car being given IA. credit Tor the
curr.
Some 81 the asse.sor. In the state are
considering the question whether the
laN taxing dogs, which doe. no, take
effect till MAY 81, can be made Ia apply
a. thi. year. assessment. which !. made
April 1t.
Mr.. Eunicc brown. II North Arson
suicilel by jumping into we'll Ia the
ccliaT ~ her brothers house lEphraim
>pauldingl. with whom she had lived
for some year. The dccrascd VA. about
an year. 20 az ani had been an invalid
for number Of years.
cut of over lightweight thousand
Nolumes-a daily average IL Jls-CirCn-
lated by the Portland Public Library
last year Only four volumes were Loot
aud one ~ these Ma. paid fOr. The
total number of volume. LA the library
l. nov 500.
TNenty-onc hundred dollar. have al
ready bcen spent by the partie. Who are
drilling for coal al small Point. The
co.t per foot for drilling 1. nov .lx dol
lars, aud a depth ~ sUo feet Ia. been
reached. II l. saih the company will ~
down i've hundred feet farther.
Ia the case II u. u. Thatcher W. the
Maine Central Railroad, Tor property
destroyed by fire .et by the defendants
locomotive, verdict WAS returned for
plaintiff. This "a. practically q test
case, the other claims against the rail-
road for same cause aggrsgating a large
sum.
The Grand Lodge % Maine, I. q. q.
T., held it, annual session al Lewiston
last week. The following officers were
elected;
Gr.si chisf rswpl.r. cot As. Hang. Al
susts-
COaseiIlsr. FrsAk n. DEXTER, spriaras.
yios rssnplar. Lissie n weselioa, Bsnsor.
~erretsry. Georze " Brsckett, Belfast
TFss.4rer, frshk 4 .le-sa. >tst-ssa.
Marshal. 4. u. Call last L,ertasre.
suIyIinteh.isnt u JaSenis re@plss. kmily D..
Gala. WsteFyille.
4 man walked along the streets of
Bangor Wednesday, Who attracted more |
than the usual amount of attention BE- |
slowed upon visitors. This man Was
AN -. .H a. Il
height, be standing six feet, nine and |
one-half inches In his stocking feet. lie
claims 10 be ~ Irish descent and lineal !
descendent of Phil McCod, Who MAS
seven feet, nine inches In height, aud
whose son Con MAS the hero Of one
hundred battles.