Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-07-07
TALK oF TIE STATE.

The season has opened early a, MAlpe''
summer resorts.
Tie BANGOR whig aud Courier shine.
In new dress oityTe.
the Poland Spring ilous. 40 Tar this sea-
.on.
The elshi-ycar-oli son 10 Richard
Mara ~ lewiston fell Into canal aud
drowned.
II l. likely that the bondsmcn 81 VI.
q. rcrciyal, Who Il I. understood wlll
resist paymcn, Of the bond, Will b. suc'i.
The lumt.r business on the i'enobscoi,
which has been exceedingly dull, shows
a little more activity, though " IL still
much dullcr than usual at this season.
Skowhegan, ai a town meeting held
Monday, voted o. rai.e $4,000 Ia AID 20
the proposed Skoshegan aud Noridgc-
wock Railroad. The vote Was all ye.
aud - ma.
The state fair trustees have located
new building. on the ground. AMI made
arrangements for the exhibition. \
large number of horse. are In training
for the great show.
Eighty years ago, according to the
l',maquid Messenger, psrtie. who owned
pine trccs used every fall Ia cart dress
ing into their woods, aud put II around
them, 40 "a % Increase their sire, and
claimed Il paid them good interest.
A Northport man received notice
few days ago that be hid Won q diamond
ring In a great r-bu. solving contest adj
,ertissd by a certain paper, bat a. b.
was required To send eleven cent. 10
cover postage he concluded Il would
not BE- worth while"
4 caye-in occurred CA Monday nj Mon
sou, Ia the Oakland slate quarry. a
workman named John Bergmann VA.
Killed, aud Victor Straun aud Charles
johnson we're badly Injured. The men
were buried beneath heavy rock aud
earth, bu, the other workmen extricatei
them.
Daisy Goldlng, a young lady az Perry.
who was the wonder 81 Eastern Maine
some year. ago because when only thir-
teen months ~ age she weighed seventy
five pounds, i now thirteen year. old
and weighs nlnety-tvo pounds. She Ia.
evidently not occupied very much time
In growing for the past twelve years.
The will 20 the late George stetson. 81
BANGOR, give. Hampdrn Academy $40
60; BANGOR Fuel society, $1,000; the
Home for Agci Women, $50; Children.
Home. ssno; Bangor Public Library.
5000: "a the city ~ Bangor trust fund
10 sls,ppl, for a city missionary to seek
oat the destitute of all classes aud assist
them.
Dr. NJ. A. Holmes II waieryille L.
nov In al. 18th year. and hl. grand
father Il .tlll living la England at the
great age of ia years. The latter l. a
surgeon by profession aud hls grandson
ssys that when q boy he assisted him to |
smputate q mans leg. The doctor In |
tends Ia 20 to England az soon as he |
gets some business affairs arranged, for
the purpose Of visiting hi. aged ancestor.
The Bowdoin scientific expedition To
Labrador left Rockland June s,th. IL |
consists 90 eighteen students and alumni, |
Ia charge of Professor l.. A. Lee Of
Ilowdoin. The object Of the trip L. ex-
the collection Of geological and |
geological specimens, photography, ETC.,
Ia say nothing of the fun Incident 90 the
Journey. The expedition will return |
about the middle Of September.
The q. A. II. comrades from Dover
and vicinity In Piscataquis County, will
20 to the National Encampment at De
troit In great style. They will have one
of the best palace cars Of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad Co., and as the party IL
To consist of Il persons, this will give
each double berth and leave the smok-
Ing room for general uses. The whole
expense Of thatrip exclusive OF meals)
will be only go each man, which IL
cheap enough.