Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-07-25
TIKI WEEK IN NAHlR
mn MOST ,sposrMsr STATE NCws
0uCFly told.

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Harry Burtoa OF Pittsasid, agsd -.
vss drewped while bathing. He vss
unnarTied.
n Boston and Maine DEPOT q XII
tery Juncsioa was entered By burglars,
Who Got eis for their time and trosoSe-
n exact amount Of the defAlcatioa
Of Cashier Kent Of Ellsworth b an
nossced BY Bank Examines Hatch -
sls, SO.
NIeh>el AnreIo resYLri has ben
boand over for fatally stabbtng an Italian
fellow-uorkman on the Georges Valley
Railroad.
Arthur Mock Of Auburn, sgcd - years,
vss drowned while swimming opposite
Boxers Island, In the AndroecogKtn
River, above the city. The body vas
not recovered.
Dsyid Cook Of Sullivan, while at work
In Narshneld quarry. Thursday, had bis
.kull fractured and bead badly damned
by q piece Of granite falling on him
from . derrick. His case IL critical.
A colored girl employed 10 the family
OF Capt. ID. Z. Reed Of West Dresden, put
Paris green In the coffee Monday and
polsoned three members OF the family.
All we're quite seriously Affected BY IL,
but are now out OF danger.
The following judges OF award. In the
fisheries depar ment Of the Worlds Fair
have been appointed by the committee
on awards and approved by the national
commission: ". q. Cram. Portland, Ne. |;
D. W. Hall. skowhegan, Ne.
Up. Gardner Of Riverside MAS struck
by falling hay fork, Tuesday, and the
\ femoral artery MAS severed. A fellow
workman compressed the artery and
.zyed GARDENERS life by holding the ar
terry two hours until doctor arrived.
The directors Of the Kingheld and
Dead River Railroad have voted 70 Close
the contracts at once for the construction
OF narrow gauge railroad from King
deld. the present terminus Of the Frank
lin and Negantic Railroad. TO Dre~'s
Mills, 10 Jerusalem township, distance
Of about ten miles.
Grs Woods, . notorious Togus rum
seller, wanted for breaking Auburn jail
and jumping bail In United states
liquor case and on . kennebec indict-
ment, MAS captured Friday night Ut
Newport Junction by Sheriff Norton.
After his arrest there was added 20 the
charges against him another OF robbing
an old man OF go.
Land Agent Oak has returned from .
"a trtt, m NnFfhePU
Aroostook for the purpose OF collecting
money due the state on the so-csiled
Nzdawaska claims. Five hundred OF
these settlers have already paid what
Was due from them. On his return MI.
Oak collected between 500 and SUD.
About Us settlers have failed to come to
time.
A visit to the town OF Machias IL In
the itinerary Of the cruise Of Secretary OF
the Navy Herbert on board the Dolphin.
He proposes visiting that port about
the 18th Of the month, when the
gunboat MacLias will make her maiden
cruise as Q commissioned vessel to
the historic town to receive the set OF
silver service presented by the patriotic
citizens 10 their national namesAke.
A man employed on the Bangor and
Aroo.took railroad at Island Falls ~.
saulted two Italians and severely injured
them. This enraged the whole Italian
crew employed there. amounting to
about Is men, and they made fierce
charge upon the crew where the assault
was made. driving the foreman aud his
men into the woods. Several shots were
fired by the Italians but no one Was hit
Lightning performed these freaks In q
stable which was struck by IL; ran down
the side OF the building and took small
strip. out of the doors within foot OF
where q man WAS sitting. There was
hoe hanging not over six inches from
another man and the lightning ran
down the handle and took a shaving the
entire length. The men were badly
shaken up and some OF them felt q.
though they had been struck hard
blow, otherwise they were unipjured.
The trial trip Of the cruiser Castine,
the sister ship Of the Machias, Is now
engaging the attention OF the people OF
Bath. Il IL expected to take. place about
Aug. 18th and OF this coast instead oil
Long Island Sound where the Machias
made her fast time. The Castine Will
not he quite as nearly completed st the
time Of her trial as Was the Mschiss, NJ
she will not have her spars In position
and 10 this she will follow the example
of the Detroit which Was without spars
when she made her remarkable record.
The Bangor Commercial Is little sar.
castle about that toad shower discovered
by the county commissioners over In
Penobscot County. The Commercial
saws IL II understood that scientists In
ali parts OF the country are sending for
samples Of the toads, with q request
that the greatest caution be used not "a
injure their wings In shipping them,
while orders are said TO have been placed
for umbrellas Of extraordinary strength
and shedding power for the use OF the
county commissioners on their future
trips up river.
With much solicitude for the public
welfare, the chairman OF the board oi
selectmen Of BuckspOrt has positively
forbidden the coming Hastings circus
from allowing their elephants to touch
BuckspOrt soil under penalty OF reyok-
Ing their license. The circus can come
and show, but the elephants must stay
In the car. The reason given for this
action IL the argument that last year an
elephant got away and terrorized the
town, doing lots OF damage, etc., and
precautionary measures must be taken
VI. Z. Markson, Jew, who believes 10
Jewish religion and the Jewish Sabbath,
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