Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-15
THR WEEK IN MAINR
me ,eosr IMPORTANT STAN NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Burglars blew q safe In Aiiibddgc
and secured 600.
Sous .terriblc hot weather. all over
Maine last week.
The Indications are that the Maine
apple crop win Be . small ooe this year.
Three prisoner escaped from jail at
Ellsworth about Ten days ago and are
stiii 1t large.
In his work at Rlgby Park last week
Nelson showed . second quarter In 30l@
seconds and q half In I % Ia.
The great Nelson reduced his record
to sos At Rigby Park Saturday. The
track was In rather poor coDdition-estt-
mated BY competent judges to DO ct least
two seconds slow.
Eibr,dee Chase Of North Chesterville,
aged 20, committed suicide by hanging
| Monday morning. lie WAS subject to
the blues and imagined that his family
would come to want.
Rev. w. II. French, ID. D., died at hls
home at Turner Monday night, aged ~.
lie has been III for some time. He spent
his long life ~ q preacher Of the Univer-
sslist denomination.
The large oilcloth manufactory OF
| Arden Sampson q Sons 10 Hsll0wcll Will
| shut down the middle Of August until
business Il better; they are suffering like
other firms from . lack OF orders.
Jonathan Scott Ellis celebrated his
one hundredth birthday ut his home ut
West Pennington Thursday. Many
townsmeu and friends were present.
His faculties are remarkably well pre-
served.
The United States gunboat Machias
was ut Machias Friday, where the officers
were rendered q banquet and reception.
The weasel was presented by the citizens
of Machias with = handsome solid silver
service.
The auction sale Of the Portland plush
mill Tuesday was not q success. The auc-
~tioneer could not get q bid Of $4,000 for
which ne asked. II Il thought that
when money gets q little easier and busl'
ness improves better success can be had.
Miss Louise, daughter Of VIM. ii. Fran
| els of Leeds, left her home with q team
to visit her brother. The horses Birdie
came OF and the animal ran away,
, throwing Miss Francis out. She was tax
en- up unconscious. She was badly cut
about the head and II Is feared suffered
internal injuries.
Eugene Sweeney Of Auburn was
drowned In q small brook near the new
school house In P~erryvllle, Auburn, be-
tween IL and II o'clock Monday. Mr..
Sweeney had \ ft and fell face downward
In the little brook. There was barely two
inches Of water where the unfortunate
man met his death.
A temporary injunction has been is-
sued against the Richmond Savings
Bank, restraining II from doing further
business. The trouble with the bank be.
gan q year ago, when In consequence OF
some troubles, the depositors were scaled
down 10 per cent. Il Il claimed the
banks securities are good and with time
their full value could be realized, but
constant withdrawal Of deposits has ex
hausted the available funds, and securi-
ties must be disposed Of at a sacrifice, .
proceeding Improbable to the bank and
Its patrons, hence the suspension.
An Italian named Domlnlco Mlnnicl,
at work on the Bangor and Aroostook
railroad, met with q most painful acci-
dent a few days ago. lie was IN q tent
with his two companions and 10 the
midst Of q scufiie, one of them pushed the
stem Of a long wooden pipe Into his ear.
Tie stem went In some three or four
inches and was broken of. The broken
piece wal taken out with some difficulty
and the man went To q physician and
WAS given some attention. but his wound
did not heal aud Saturday he went to
Bangor. Ills face was swollen terribly
aud an abscess has formed 10 q dangerous
position. Is IL thought that u the In
fammation can be reduced before II
reaches the brain, the man will recover.
The great reservoir on Munjoy Hill,
Portland, broke about o o'clock Sunday
morning, the 9Th, and the twenty MIL
lion gallons which II contained were
emptied In the space Of fifteen minutes.
Two houses were destroyed, and four
people lost their llves-Mrs. Dennis NJ.
Conley; Miss Agnes Conley, aged II;
Miss Mamie Conley. aged Is; and James
Moseley, aged 10. Young Moseley would
not have lost his life had he not gone
back Into the Conley house Ia an attempt
to save Its inmates. The damage to the
reservoir IL estimated at 81, 900, In add
ton to the damage done by the water on
It's way down to the sea. The reservoir
cost Sl25,0OO, and Was built In 1889.
The water company employed j. Herbert
Shedd Of Providence, II. l., to make
plans for the reservoir, and also EN-.
ployed him to take charge OF the con.
~struction OF It, giving him absolute au-
thorlty over the work, both rs to labor
and material to be used. An Inquest
was organized but Its proceedings have