Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-01-06
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rst MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRtflV TOLD.

4 former iswi.ion boy ~ss among
~. soldier. Killed during the rccrn,
n sht With Zig Foot. Indians.
Th@ rrror, 20 the management % ,hs
Industrial Schpol AZ lialiosell shos. 81
girl. nov Ia the school. the largest mum
i-r t-ing FROM Portland. which send.
n. seventeen we're committed Ia the
school the past year. About the same
numl.r Nerc provided With honr.. The
school l. la a fouh.hlng condition.
Al the fre In Weston a Brsinerd'. dry
house Al ~kow hogan the other day "a"
hrvmcn wsrr on the ground aud had
four stream. working within three min
ute. II the fret sound 10 the alarm.
When N 4. remembered that ~koshes an
has a ylllag. department and no electric
alarm Il will Dc sccn that thl. ]. Won
dcrful record.
Edward brown ~ Bsth has rcgsine,i
the world. championship for cniuraDc~
la club Swinging, held by him I've year.
and r.,rntly non by Homer Crawford,
by "a inging nine pound clubs, siN hour.
and forty-One minutes, ten minutes
longer than Crawford, Who used an
eight pound ten ounce club. brown aN-
eragcd slNty-hyc full swings To the min
ute.
Charles 4. Dana, the fsmou. editor ~
the New York sun. has brother Nho u
a farmer In the town ~ iabec. liz NOV
81 thsrr some YEAR. ago to take charge
of q mining scheme. Whsn the bottom
dropped oui of the mine b. married him
q wlfr, fought him a farm aud settled
aud Ia. h.-su there ever since. lie I. q
very Intelligent man aud keep. up With
the time. aud !. happy as clam.
Grsuite Hall, Augusta, was burned
Tue-day morning. The fir.t door of the
building va. occupied by stores, the
SECOND by the city government, sni the
third by the large hsll. The total lo..
l. estimated NJ $4,000, With a total ln-
.urance % $4,000. II San unfortunate
loo. coming Just az this time, az the hall
has alWays bcen used for IA. reccptions,
banquet. aud parties which session Of
the legislature bring. With IL.
The counsel for J. Wilbur bay In hi.
1 pardon ease noN before the Governor
aud Council. have . remarkable plea In
b.half II Dsy. Day !. serving a twelve
years ssntenc. Tor arson, Tor burning
frcd Mun.on'. house Va Washington
County. II Il asserted, and an immense
amount u documentary evidence IL in-
PRODUCED To prove IL, that there Was q
conspiracy Ia convict Day, and that one
81 the principal witne.se. against Day
fired the buIIding. himself.
The citi1rns IL Turner yillsge are agi-
iaiing the question of providing an sde-
qusie water supply for the village for
use In case 81 hr-. Mr.. Faulkner has In
his woolsn mill powerful rotary fore
pump 80 arranged that the whole fore
Of his powerful water wheel can BE- at
tasb-d to II In q moment aud q pipe at
tsshment convey. the water to the lower
part Of the village. This system hiss
been adopted AZ winthrop aud commit
tees we're appointed To confer With the
officer. al Winthrop 10 regard to u.
James Patterson, q ~. John hsh deal
" received rec~ntiy about i've tons Of
frozen cod from Csmpobello aud vicini-
4 ~, and In looking over them found .
number Of the hsh to BE- without the
small right hand belly IN nearest the
head. Mr.. Patterson In this connection
recalls az q singular fact that two years
ago the United ststes fishery commits
sioa deposited q large number Of cod In
Ipswich Hay. aud for purposes of hen-
tihcation cut OF belly IN. fishermen
down the Hay of Fun ~ report the catch
ing Of many of these fish all about . foot
aud half long.