Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-15
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rnG MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
eRiGFLv TOLD.

Governor Burlslgh has rcnomInsted
Col. samuel n. Allen Of Thomsston tn
be warden Of the Maine state prison.
| Isldorr IAvaliIerr, Sgd -. shIl-
searching for driftw ood In the river nj
Biddeford, VAS drowned Monday night.
Ills body WAS recovered "Wednesday
morning.
The Maine Central Railroad has 300
miles Of eide tracking. All ut these are
crowded with freight, 90 the depot mas
tiers say.
burglars broke Into the Portland and
Rochester Railroad station at East LIB
anon early Tuesday morning, forced
open the the money drawer and stole the
contents.
One Of the grratest travellers In Maine
IL q I,ockland dog. lie has been to Aus
traiia twice. round the world once,
round Cape Horn twice. aud across the
continent once.
A lady In vlnalha,rn gave birth Ia
twin daughters on Columbus day. They
would have been named after the great
explorer. but .ex prevented. They will
be known a. Isabel and Christabel.
Hon. W. w. Thomss of Portland celc-
brated his s9th birthday Monday. lie
Was q merchsnt In Portland before he
Was of age. aud IL the oldest business
man In Portland. Ills health IL good.
aud be IL seen on the streets almost
every day.
Mrs. Caroline Dana Howe, the we'll
known poetess % Portland, has lately
received q memento of the late John
Greenl-af whittier which she prizes
very highly. 10 IL the penstock which |
be used the most and wa. III. favorite,
and she prizes Il very highly.
Mrs. Thompson Dunton. % bangor,
Was burned Ia death early Friday morn. |
Ing by her clothe. taking fire from q
lamp. She Was alone 90 the time aud u |
IL not known how the accident occurred. |
She lived about two hour. after being
found by her sou. she MAS about 90 |
year. old and lived with her sou.
Charles, son Of Isaac starblrd Of Lisbon
Falls, aged u years, va. killed Monday
morning. lie was hauling . load OF
gravel with yoke ~ oxen, and, In at
tempting 10 get on the load, fell under
the cart, the wheel passing over his
chest, crushing Il In. lie lived about
two hours.
some Idea 90 the growth of IIouiton.
says the Aroostook Times, may be- oh
tsinei from the fact that where the rife
club had \ shooting range four year.
ago, In Tenney's pasture, there are nov
a. III nj
more than twenty houses, some 81 them
costing several thousand dollar. each.
There have been some di.sgreeable
hou.. breaking operations on one street
In Blddeforl 81 late, aud one man has
for several nights left q sign on hl.
front door knob, which read, "Door un-
locked, walk in." lie said d. dii not
want Ia put q burglar To the trouble and
hi. folk. To the expense of breaking q
windos.
=. 4. keycs of Rocklsnd Ia. q gun
which va. made In England In l'!9. II
formerly belonged Ia Mr. keye.' great
gr.aigrsndf,thcr. whose uncle carried "
through the Revolutionary war. Mr..
krye.' grandfather bore u with honor IN
the war % lsil. IN isis the stock was
broken nv Mr.. keye.' father, who va.
then but u years old, In clubblnga bear.
I, company ~ wealthy Portland an
iIO.ton capitalist. are to establish BIZ /
Industry at kennehunk. Some u year.
$50 Alfred ~. iIsll 90 lIo-ton commenc
III "a experiment upon waste f,x. IIr
hi. discovered . secret process whereof,
the fibr. m,y 10 reduced a. TOW. W..
Hall Ia. organized q company known
.. the United state. Linen COMPANY.
with q capital stock Of sJDo,0D.
VIZ. Russell u. Dyer, for the past
eighteen years the accomplished AMI
hard working city editor ~ the l,epubll
can journal, Belfast, has just Resigned
that position Ia assume charge of th"
advertising department Of the Dana
Ssr.apsrills Company, place Tor
which he IL admirably lifted. Mr.. Dyer
has contributed . great deal of hard
work toward m,king the Journal q
model weekly. IL ID Ia be hoped that
hi. mantle will fall upon worthy should
ers.
The Auburn shoe manufacturing flrm,
known q. the John y. Cobb Company. /
has made an assignment Ia Ara Cu.h-
man aud Elton &. Briggs for the benefit
10 it, creditors. The liabilities % the
company are about s;O,OpD, and the
personal liabilltie. ~ the members oi
the flrm are large, but the Assets arr
con siderable aud II !. thought that, with
the present excellent business on hand, /
careful handling will insure bat little
loo. 10 the creditors. The creditors are
firms In Boston and New York anil the
local bank.
A very good story !. told Of two Lew.
i.ton .potsmen, who went hundred
mile. up toward Canada to hunt for deer
aud other large game. They started out
In the morning aud hunted all day with |
no success. The deer seemed To bc hid.
Ing away from them. a. night came on 1
they saw q shadow running down the
side ~ field aud fired. The deer fell
and with q triumphant yell the hunts
men ran up aud found a calf. They |
went % q farm house near by and paid /
the housewife eight dollars for IL. Then
they we're going to take Il away when the
farmer refused Ia let them. They In
sisted and he paid them 81 back To lei II
stay. They took the money and went
~ thankful that their deer had cost only
three dollar.