Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-26
THR WEEK IN NAINR.
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John looney Of Calais fell from the
how Of . yacht In NJ. Andrews Bay aud
MAS drowned.
senator Frye IL 10 address ths Fort
land Club ct lie Island club house on
wednesday afternoon, the 10Th OF
August.
wilber A. Deverraux, Of the Ameri-
can Exprcss, Boston, agr<i ~. Was
drowned In Orland Tuesday. lie WAS
Spending his vacation In orland.
Emms Dunbar of Richmond, sgesi =,
Was missed from her home. Afterwards
her hat VA. found near the river. and u
IL supposed that che MAS drowned.
Mrs. Henry Oaks % Bangor attempted
suicide by taking morphine, but heroic
treatment saved her. shc was the wife
of q teamster and had been drinking
heavily.
Governor Burleigh has nominated
BENJAMIN y. Chadbourne OF Blddefor'l
for railroad commissioner To I'LL the va
cancy caused by the death Of iso-coe L.
Bowers.
Arthur W. and W. II. Warn Of I~vant,
twin brothers, aged \ years and
months, were drowned Friday, the 18th,
while swimming. The bodies were re-
covered.
Game Ia plenty and tame In Arcc.'
took. A newspaper story from there u
that two large moose were seen "con'
teniedly feeding with the COW. In the
pasture"
Hon. Grover Cleveland IL expected Ia
visit Sorrento, going there August ith,
aud remaining an Indefinite length ol
time. lie will be the guest of Hon
Prank Jones.
Mrs. Jennie King Morrison, Portlsnd''
popular contralto singer, has joined I
ladies quartet In Boston and received {
nattering Offer to sing In . fashionable
Washington church.
The building Of the bangor aud Arcos'
took Railway makes an opening for 9
large amount of skilled aud un.kille,
labor. II will add to the prosperity ol
Maine In many ways.
A little child In wstsr,ille,
wears old, wandered on the railroad
track near q curve, and the engineer al
an approaching train dbl not have time
to stop the train. The child was cut Ia
two and died At once.
The Argus says that . young pro
fe..ionai man Of Portland to whom
Virginia relative left an old-fA.hioues
de.k some years ago, accidentally dls
covered secret drawer In TIA short
time ago containing es,;o.
The material. for the electric search
light on Mount Washington have bret
earliest NJ the mountain, and work ha'
been begun. Due notice will bc gi,et
when the lIsh, IL rcsdy to shlne so tia
all ~ nine or ten states will know wheI
TO watch for u.
Hon. A. X. Bixby. one Of the bulldlns
committee IL the Maine Worlds fai
commission, has Revived letter frou
the architect stating that the work U
progressing finely. The foundations
are all In aud the walls are up 10 th'
second story.
George T.. VIII. % North Lebanon
while nj work on a mo~in. machin
Monday afternoon, fell on In front q
the knl,e. while the horses were going
Before they could be stopped his RICH
wris, got Into the cutters aud the ham
VA. nearly severed from the arm.
The Portland paper. report tia,
stranger recently tendercd . m.rehan
~ that city si0 Confederate bill, an
the merchant did not know u Was worth
lea. until h. referred Il toa nelghboi
Ing shopk-eper. when he returned Z
his own store be- found that the strange
had taken two q bills from the none
drawer aud skipped.
Thursday morning Onicer k.arin. q
lewiston shot a mad dog on Oxfor
street. since early morning the brindl
bull terrier had tren keeping Oh. sircs
vacant aud thoroughly scared e,.ryon
that made his appearance. Not Ie.
than q doten people we're chased by IN
dog which seemed 10 have reached tb
period when III. whole madness ran q
biting something.
k.nnebec journal; The dizziness !
building operations, caused by the gran
lie .trike., IA. seriously Affected thirty
Ing intlustrie. OF eastern Maine. III
: Bro~nyille slate business has been ms
terially decreased, =. men having bee
discharged at one quarry and IL at al
other. when this strike Ia over aud th
balance made showing its results th
state of Maine will BE- Astoundcd at he
losses, while Il IL hard Ia see how th
strikers can accomplish the slightr-
thing from their prccccding..
A Bansor boys literal tran.lation q
Instruction Vas the cause al consider
able amusement the other day. lie VA
, working for q day or two In gentle
. mans Office aud Was sent to tile pos
Office for the mall. On returning b
|, Was told 10 cut the leaves Of the Ccn,ur
magazine, which MAS among the maj
matter. "Cuiting the leaves" e,identl
suggested slaughter Ia the boy, Tor 10
abort time he rrAppesr-d with each lea
completely severed from the binding
cover. and all. The employer va
hardly satisfied with the work aud th
boy Was given some points which vii
DO him much good In the future.
Mr.. J. y. Randall Of Portland has cou
tracted for the rebuilding of Maine Hal
Bowdoin College. The hall will b
completely renodeled and furnished
The building will BE- provided With al
modern improvements, thorough,
piumted. ventilated and provided Will
steam heat. u will be finished through
out In hard woods, and be, when CON
pleted, az elegant college dormiiory =
any Ia New England. The trustees vii
also build two handsome modern dwell
ings of the most attractive type q
architecture for professors. Tho.
dwellings and the improvements u
Maine Hall will be from plans and .pecl
hcaiions furnished by Mr.. Francis u
Fas.ett, the well known architect.
An Auburn man spending his vacation
at Orr's Island, MAS out for = stroll an'
q constitutional smoke the other morn
Ing. when he found himself minus
match, aud seeing . msn q short de
i lance away, evidently out for the ssm'
purpose ~ himself, he accosi~i bin
With, ali there. Got q matchf Tn
gentleman addressed produced the ~
auired article aud the two had quite !
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