Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-03-08
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

rivers.
The capital for the condensed mlli
i factory st winthrop has been raised and
q committee appointed 10 select site.
General q. q. Howard IL preparing "a
! write q life of President Zachary lay
I lor, aud has been nc work for nearly q
. year gathering material therefor.
Among q list of nomination. by Gov.
ernor Bnrlelgh are the following;
state Assessor, Iisn q. Barlsish, ys.saIlsoro.
Juise % The saJsr,cr Court fsr the Coun,y Of
Aros-taok, wm. N. ksbin.gn, IieahOn.
Trustee. state Istorm sshool, John y. Ferry.
Portland. Msft q. tmery, rer,aai
Judge 81 the iswi.toa hanlrtPsl s"at, Adel
bsr u. Cornish. Lewiston.
Engineer Allen Of the q. J.. Railway
was Killed at Megsntlc Saturday 9Th ul,.
by being caught, u il reported, under
his locomotive, which was started by
the fireman, who did not know b. was
there. II !. sih th,t he belonged In ~.
John.
The remain. ~ James johnson were
brought Saturday. 9Th ult., from
Moo.ehead lake, where be was killed by
being pinned between two logs. lie
was about u years oil. lie was indicted
by the grand Jury for highway robbery
l,st fall, bat the case was pat OF until
August.
The Franklin County grand jury re-
ported Thursday forenoon aud present
Ell Judge Emery with q pair 81 white
AID glove. a. an emblem ~ the purity ~
the moral. of Franklin County. No In
dictment was found aud the jury was
discharged.
workmcn In quarry at Rowland
placed some dynamite cartridge. near
fire Ia dry. The explosion which fol-
lowed tore q big hole In the earth, scat
tered the DIRE In all directions aud made
q big noise. Fortunately the workmen
were not near enough Ia be- hurt.
Postmaster Brosn .sy. that the Bel.
fa.t post Office !. now entitled Ia free de-
livery under existing laws. III. regula-
ton. are that any town ~ 10000 inhsb-
itants. or an office with $1,000 annual
revenue, Ia entitled a. frr. delivery. The
Office Ia. the required revenue, q. the
rrcelpts are nov nearly s,D,0O per year.
4 Iildiefori attorney I. working up
ease II libel aud conspiracy ca bc
brought against III. local branch ~ the
Merchants Retail Protective Agency ~
Chicago. The suit. will DO brought
against prominent mem,'-r. u the local
Organization AZ the In.tlgation 10 p,rtie-
u., issued by the agency.
A nye-yesr.old girl % Mr.. anil Mrs.
WIN. scott of deer Isle fell Into the we'll
last Friday sni came near being drown.
Ell. Mrs. scott, missing the chill, look
81 into the we'll and saw her struggling
IN the water. She, unaiied, dssccndei
the we'll, seven feet, on the rocks and
caught the child by the hair. "a she vas
shaking, and brought II safely out. The
usual r,m.ile. were administered. aud
ia. child seems none the wors. for u.
mliwintsr bath.
some ~ the lumb.rmen are beginning
"a return home from the woods, others
Will return between the tenth and NJ
tenth ~ March aud some others not un-
tll April first. Asa rule the men will
b. later getting home this year than
last. Til. !. due to the fact that there has
been much more yar,ilng done thi, year.
The quantity ~ lumber yaried Increases
every year a. the difficulty 10 get lnm-
Der increases.
The secret ~ the combination Ia IN.
Cumberland County treasury safe rest
ei alone With Mr.. James VI. Webb, coun-
" treasurer, lately deceased, AMI when
be died Il va. impossible to open u. AZ
ter waiting several weeks, and making
Idilligcnt sesrh In every book, die aud
drawer In the Office a. discover the key,
Il la. not been found ani on w.dne.-
day last II was necessary Ia drill through
N. door aud open the safe.
The case. 20 iucrctia Ilutchins aud
Charles 4. Trsk.bury for killing Mrs.
Mary IIutchlns In Atkinson last Ocio-
Der, were disposed ~ In the Piscatagul.
Supreme Judicial Court Tuesday. Judge
Whlt-house sentenced i.lcretla 10 seven
year. In the state prison for manslaugh-
ter. Tewksbury goes % the Insane Hos
pltal 81 Augusta. The mental condition
Of these person. has created great deal
of lnterr.t a. Ia what could or Won III be-
done With them. Mrs. iIutchlns VA.
taken 10 Thomaston "wednesday.
The other side 81 the Mount Chase
poisoning affair I. told by John Francis,
the Indian trappsr toward whom sus-
plclon pointed. fnnci. !. an Intelligent
Indian. lie utterly denies ever doing
snythlng "a harm the Jsrrett.. says
they were very poor, and he often gave
them such articles s- pork and mola..es.
lie hid no poison Ia BAL. camp, aud u..i
none In curing skins. lie explain. that
he declined 10 eat with the Jarrrtts he-
cause they wer, not clean. lie has
never occupied the Jarrett camp, and
.,ys be- would not. The officers 81
l'cnobscot County are investigating the
matter.
The cas-. of y. 4. Burrow.., the Fort
land screen manufacturer, who was ar
rr.te,i on the charg. ~ using the mail.
Tor fraudulent purposes, !. attracting
cousl ierable attention. When the hear
lng came on, the district attorney stated
that the respondent was arrested With
out hI. knovle,ige, sni that, having
looked Into the matter, he was satisfied
that Mr.. IIurrovcs could not be- held.
aud therefor. moved hl. discharge. Mr..
I,urTowes, through the Portland Herald,
make. a statement regarding the matter.
., I. In effect that the Portland screen
Company Ia. endesyored by unfair
mean. 10 secure trade which legitimate
" belonged Ia him. aud that he has met
their endea,or. by secret methods,
about whl,h there I. nothing criminal.
IT, doe. not deny writing letter. over an
assumed name, hut denies anything
wrong In connection with Il. Mr.. Bur-
rows IL a prominent Prohlbltionlst, aud
seem. inclined Ia charge that politics
IA. had something 10 do with the scrspe.
Some excitement was caused In Bel.
fact recently by the marriage ~ Her
iert q. Penny, aged -, and Ann French,
q widow. agei ~. The woman had lev.
crai thousand dollars ~ property, and
" vas asserted that u was for the prop
criy be- had married her. and hl. actions
give considerable color 20 the assertion.
iIl. bushes, ~ late h. been that ~ an
itcncrant essence peidler. lie u sald MT
a. De- held IN high esteem by those who
know him beat. Some Of the hot-blooi.
rd youth of Belfast were so excited
that a mob ~ them attacked the house
where the couple were, broke the WIN
dows with eggs, dl.ngured the house,
and took Penny out Of the house aud
started of with him. but did him no
seriou. violence. Penny. version of
the mttter IL that some people who
wanted Ia take care III the old lady dur
Ing the rest 81 her life for her money,
vcre jealous, aud bought rum for q lot
of rou0hs and then incitei them To