Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-17
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE News
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Mrs. Robert Fletcher committed sul-
eide at West kennebunk by hanging.
The .-year-old son OF John Pendlcton
Of Rockland Was drowned In the harbor
Tuesday.
Otis Faikingham's house at Jonesport
Was broken Into sunday night and rob
bed of si;o. Chloroform was used.
yiuslhsyen has sis,O 90 worth of prop
erty In ANAL pleasure boats and at It,
last town meeting voted tn tai them.
The president has appointed u. T..
Boutelle of Maine \ member of the
hoard Of visitors 10 the naval academy.
Mayor Heal Of bangor IL taking great
interest In ,rautifying, Improving and
cleaning up the public parks In that
city.
The United states gunbost Castine,
now helng built at the Hath Iron Works.
va. launched Wednesday. Quite .
crowd was present.
The Lewiston election case, In which
the Republicans charge fraud, has been
postponed In the supreme Judicial
court at Auburn until June Let.
sebago has been left and has accepted
q legacy Of property valued at from
slG, OOD Ia elO,0 600 In Cincinnati by Dr.
Joseph Potter, tn establish an academy.
A Republican club Ia. been organized
at Bowdoln COLLEGE, with 100 members.
A delegate goes this week To the con-
,cution % college Republican club. at
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Auburn Loan and Building AZ.
ISOLATION has Assets ~ eiis, taJ.5i. anil
Il '.just booming" During the i've
year. of its Organization u has not lc.,
a dollar, nor has Il forcclo.ci upon any
property.
A biz animal was stranded on the lar
at Bar lIarbor AZ recent low tide. IL
"a. some over twelve feet long, and its
liver tried out barrel aud half 81 oil,
hut they can't decide whether II WAS
shark or q whale.
A petition IL being clrcula,edin Wash
lngton County for the pardon of Calvin
=. Graye.. Who IL In state prison Tor the /
murder of Game Warden I'LL. IL IL
probably unnecessary Ia say that there
|. a strong feeling against u.
III. annual muster 81 the state militia
will not begin this year until August :.
Roth regiments Will then 81 Into camp |
together. The reason Tor this delay !.
bccaasc General sprgue csnno, Get the
supplies from the general government |
hcfore that time.
Mi.. Mae Bailey 10 Dexter, Ia. quite
a collection ~ old dishes. Among them |
I. .et % cup. and saucers which are |
over rs years old, and half q dorm |
vine glas.e. that arr .ald Ia - over 80
year. old. They have an antique look |
aud are not much In style with dl.he. OF
to-day.
Rev. Harrison =. whitman ~ How |
dolnham Ia. been elected president, 81
we.tbrook Seminary. Mr.. whitman I. |
a graduate % Bowdoln College, and has !
had considerable experience In eiuea. |
tlonal work. lie IL at present tnlvcrsal- |
lat state missionary.
IN. extent Ia which Maine has bcrn |
caiching IRE this spring !. Indicated by /
ia. experience Of the Maine Central |
Railroad. Mr.. Drew. the veteran damage |
agent Of the company, .ays that over |
50 claim. for damage. by hrc have /
been fiIed reccntly against the road.
The price II log. In the BANGOR mar
Let has taken q sudden high jump. |
spruce ha. gone up ~ cent. a iOtD.
There are about l0,0bo.0O feet of log. |
In the boom., aud probably none 81 them |
ar, for sale. The prices are now as
follow. spruce. sli.so TO sl2.so per ". /; |
hcmlock, 600 Per " pine, sl2to so
per NJ.
Superintendent ~ school. stetson 81
Auburn had narrow escape Tuesday. |
While h. was visiting the rural schools,
q train struck HE carri,ge AZ q crossing /
near Danyillc Junction. The carriage /
was demolished, aud Professor stet-on i
VA. thrown violently Ia the ground aud
Vas picked up unconscious.
Bath Times: IN. Time. took q good
deal of grim satisfaction In learning IL
q bath lady Who wasted q good many
stamp. aud much stationery la sending
Ia BOSTON for drcs. goods samples, he
coming very much surprised at disco,-
ering che could hni better samples at
better prices among the advertisers la
the home paper. ratronlIe home indus
tries, ladies
Mis-. Ellen n. Morrow MAS killed at
the Maine Central crossing In Auburn At
n rs Monday by the out going passenger
train. She was driving . farm wagon
aud going out of town AZ the High street
extension crossing. Her horse became
frightened aud threw her out under the
wheels of the train. She Was Instantly
killed, her head being so crushed that
she could not BE- Identified by her feat
ur-s.
The Portland milk Inspector has been
making Investigations and announces
that large portion Of the milk deliver
I'll To Portland customers can't stand eN-
animation with credit. lie find. trace.
81 water, pulycri,ed dandellon blossom,
which |. used Ia restore the color that
the water has taken out, starch, aud
something that .eems like beef tallo~.
IL IL rumor.d that some Of the dealer.
will have Ia explain la court how the-s
substance. got into the milk.
III. Maine man who cannot turn hl.
hand Ia another source 81 profit when
one fall. him IL scarce article. An en-
grzyer aud carver 10 oldtime reputr. In
the palmy day. ~ Maine ship building,
nov a resident of klttery. tndlng hi
occupation gone az q sculptor of figure
had. for ye..el., l. engaged In making
Idols aud craven image. for the heather
lie has large order that will employ
most Of his time for over two years,
from q missionary just returned from
Central Asia Ia this country. This
missionary. by the way, Ia evidently
something Of a Yankee himself.
Rev. Mr.. Lovejoy. pastor Of the Con-
gregatioual church at buxton Lower
Corner IN ls.s, made an Investigation a.
Ia the sale of liquor In that little town.
lie found that there were sold In ls11,
1864 gallons of spirits, amounting Ia
eli 500. This Was an average of five
gallons for almost every man. woman
aud child. To-day almost no liquor l.
sold In Buxton--only q few gallons per
year and that surreptltiously. A similar
could be- made la nearly 100
of the ;IO towns and cities In Maine.
This IL the answer To the question, ''Does
prohibition prohibity'
II will doubtless be remembered that
last December Town Treasurer strout
Of Limington Was assaulted In his own
doc ryard by some unknown person, and
his pock,tbook aud some valuable pa
pers stolen. The affair has since been