Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-19
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
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SWIFTLY TOLD.
william n. Libby, respected Citizen
of Bridgton, hanged hlmself In hls barn
Thursday morning. The cause of the
suicide u unknown.
MIss Annie Surles of Esstpot was In
stantly Killed By the accidental discharge
of rife which John Murphy VAS load
Ing. The authorities exonerAte the boy
from all blame.
AZ one large boarding house In Port
land during the epidemic of Influenza
last week ~ere Ave nurses In attendance
on sick people, and seven different doc
tors made daily calls.
Meidybesnps enjoys the notable dis
tlnction of being the hcslihlest town In
the stateJust nov. The Esstport sentinel
reports NIT one person In town on the
sick list, so far ~ heard from.
Bsngor Commerci,l; There arr 100
female school teachers In this state to
BOO of the male per.ussion; next Ia
Methodist ministers they are the poor
est paid Of all public servants.
Eight Of the senior class % twenty In
the Calais High SCHOOL, arr fiiting for
cpllege-an unusually large perentage,
ss high schools 20. The youth Of the ~.
Croix city evidently have high deas.
The Aroo.took Times has Joined the
proces.ion, and With lie hrst Issue In
January Was enlarged by the addition
of four columns aud the l~ngth of the
columns was Increased. Glad to zee this
INDIGESTION Of prosperity.
At the annual meeting % the IIoulton
Hoard of Trade = vote ~ss passed. ~
auc.ting our senator's aud Representatives
In Congress to urge the passage of blu
fcr the FREE delivery 90 mall matter by
carriers within village limits.
VIM. O'Briou, formerly night A..o.
cisted Pres. operator Ia Augusta, bot
~ho for the last t~o year. Ia. hcen run
ming q '.tock broker" oiiice In Glouces-
ter, Mass. has disappeared, sud t 10
.sii left debts amountin. "a sis,"p OF
sso,0o.
william Webster and George Reed
started from Northeast Carry at the
head 81 Moo.ebcad lake, on Monday,
January II, for klueo. They dill not
reach kineo and u ha. becn r-ported
that they probably broke through the
lcr aud were drowned.
The Portland Pres. reports that III.
registration 10 voters In that city has
disclosed the fact that there were on the
old voting list. q great many names of
person. ~ho we're not legal voters.
These person. belonged Ia no particular
party or class, cnccpt that they srr
forign horn.
sanford reports IN. number of new
bailding. erected during the year ls,l,
exclusive 10 the operations ~ ib. man
uf.eturiug corporations, 80 III, aud the
amount % money expen isi In thesc
buililng. I. estimated az $4,000. Th'
greater number ~ the buililnss ~er'
cottage house,.
step. have been taken IN Bangor To-
the erection 81 q monument Ia the late
Ex.Nicr President Hannibal Ilsmlln. \
,nmmlits-, con.i.ting 90 Ms..rs. DAME
10. Davis, i.le~-liyn =. morse, 4. \
Ilou,slle aud ~. l.. Mitchell, has beet
ap,oint.d Ia receive any contribution
that may b. made.
The annual meeting % the Maine rres
Association will ~ held AZ Portland
Feb. iOth and ilth. The dat. Was ssi u
IN. middle ~ "town rrI,ort time" 10
ID. bsusfit of the ,s,nnify pfinicr-pub
fishers, Who are so ba., that they eau
get away from their oiilccs la the miidl
% February.
. Mr.. Cumming. ~ New York has In
troduccd In congr-s. q bill Ia make lex,
the naturalization paper. Issued by th
J municipal cour, of lllidsford. II vii
be remembered that u sss d-cidci tn.
J TIL. court "a. net competent Ia natural
Ire, after several hundred certificate
! had been Issued by IL.
Tho cas-. 90 william J. Robert. W. tn
BOSTON aud Maine Railroad, for injurie
received Will. .hsckllng ear. In lss'
Ia. lu.t had iis second trial al s.co. 4
! the fir.t trial IN. plslntln got q verde
of e;ssl. The railroad company appeal
ell, sni q new trial VAS oriersl. NJ thl
TRIAL the plaintiff ~, . verdict OF 81
s6s..s.
SECRETARY Gllberi, 81 the Maine Stat
} Board 90 Agriculture, went to Vernon
! last week to attend the meeting of tn
state D,irymen'. Association, deyotinl
. hi. entir, tim. tn q study of all th. inl
, proyci method. ~ operation, sni "a Al
Acquaintance With the lcadlng dslr!
, maker. q, TIL. country aud Canada VIII
: are to b. prc.en,.
A Buck.port man, Who has bern mis.
log, IA. b-eu foani In Bangor, after hi
, frI.nd. we're considerably Al.rm.,i. ~
came there and drew pcn.lou and bscl
pay amounting To seven hundred aus
slxty.fi,r dollars. lie has bc~n la on
81 the liquor saloons on q princlpa
street nearly all the tim. bslpl-ss. III
gang stole hl. cs.h little at q time.
. The Dexter CARTE .sys Mr.. ". u
Berry of West Dover !. the chsmp'ol
. trspper of Pi.cst,qui. county. lie Ia
caught the pr-.ent fall ~ foxes, ],
.kunks, I raccoon., I otter. These anl
mails ~rrr all caught Ia stc-l trap an,
! all taken in.hle 10 tao months. Mr.
berry va. living ca hi. farm az the tim
aud did hi. trapping st odd jobs whei
be- had nothing ,l.e to do.
worsmcn on Rogue Island, near Ma
chi.., recently di.lntrrr~l what the,
c.li-i the bone. 10 an Indian. The,
were covered with rock. anil were yer,
much decompo.e,l, vet ia. lower js~
with teeth, Ma. nearly whole, s wef'
.ome of the larger bones ~ the i.gs. !
part % law with the teeth of = doI
Indicated th,t dog VA. sl.o burie,
with him. Several arrow heads AMI
pI-ce. 81 filnt stone were found near the
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