Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-05

me MOST lMpo.rANr srArs NEWS
DRleFLY TOLD.

me- MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Ths Yarmipgton Normal School has
The largsst entering class the school has
ever had.
Tue Maine Historical Society win have
its annual field day ut Kittery Point
Sept. 7th and 9Th.
Two places at Cumberland were broken
Into Monday night, but nothing OF much
value Was secured.
The bank examiner ID finding plenty
OF money In tho Maine banks and Fort
land 10 10 have another national bank.
Names all right.
A. J. CARL, Biddeford stable keeper,
ID looking for man who hired . horse
Of him and afterwards disposed OF 10 70
Kennebunk parties.
A derrick fell at Brackett's stone
quarry IN Deering Tuesday, and Injured
two men. Mr.. Alpheus Pride it 10 fear
Cd 10 fatally injured.
The annual convention Of the Maine
Deaf Mute Mission Was held at Gardiner
RECENTLY. George w. Wakefield OF
Brownfield was reelected president.
The b. & A. r. r. officials are rushing
the work Of construction and say that
the rails will be laid night and day when
they reach the border Of Aroostook
County.
A breach of promise case among the
Hebrew population Of Portland 10 10
ported 70 have resulted In q personal en-
counter In the Middle Street synagogue
recently.
Seventeen men have recently been dis
charged from the Skowhegan factory OF
@. n. Bailey & Co., carpet manufactur-
ers, and wages have been reduced IN
per cent.
At q meeting Of the directors OF the
York Manufacturing Company Saturday
it was voted 10 continue the present
shut down OF the York mills Indefinite
iy until business improves.
The Eastern Forge Company OF Port
land has made cut In the wages OF its
workmen, preferring to do this rather
than to suspend. Some Of the men arc
dissatisfied and will leave.
The annual race meet Of the Skowhe-
gan Wheel Club with held at Skowhe-
gan, Sept. 18th. A number OF vAlu-
able prizes are offered 10 open races,
and Il Il likely that q number OF the
best wheelmen Of the state will enter.
Joseph Socklexis, an Indian, was run
over by Bangor and Aroostook train
In Oldtown Tuesday and killed Instant
II y. He was formerly prominent, having
represented the Penobscot tribe several
years In the Maine legislature.
The rife competition Of the National
Guard of the State Of Maine was held at
Augusta last week. Lieut.. Chas. q.
Morton, of the Sixth United States To-
fsntry, who was an official visitor, pro-
nounces the shooting remarkable.
Three young people were drowned by
the upsettlng Of sallbOat on the kenne-
bee near Bath, on Saturday, Aug. %.
The dead are Allen a. Haskell OF Au-
gusta, Miss Pauline b. Oliver OF Psrker's
Head, and Miss Beatrice Nichols OF
Bath.
Tuesday evening q young man, Wood
bury Love by name, employed as ma.
chine tender In the Umbagog pulp MILL
at Livermore Falls, caught his left arm
10 moving belt, aud 1t was twisted on
at the elbow. II was found necessary
to amputste It just below the shoulder.
John F.. Dewitt Of Portland, presi.
dent of the Union Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, was Instantly killed 10
the railroad accident on the Boston and
Albany near Chester, Mass, Thursday.
Mr.. Dewitt was prominent not only IN
the business circles OF Portland, but 10
social circles rs well, and his loss Will
be felt.
The ninth annual convention OF the
Maine Societies Of Christian Endeavor
was held In Portland last week, accord
Ing to notice previously given. The
report of the secretary OF the state union
shows that there are In Maine Az senior
societies, with membership OF 1884,
and 80 junior societies with member
ship of $500.
There will probably be new hotel at
new spring near the famous Poland
Spring House by next June. A new
spring has been discovered near the
Mansion House on property owned by
Philadelphia parties, owners also OF
springs In the South. They will build .
hotel there and propose to have 1t 10
readiness for summer travel next year.
There were 20 many good marksmen
In the national guard that Il was impos-
slble after the match last week 70
pick out Q team OF ffteen men Tor
state team. There were 90 many
ties among the leaders that the team has
to made up Of nlne'een men for the pres.
ent. In the spring shoot Will be had
which will determine the fifteen men
who shall comprise the state team.
A few weeks ago Mrs. George A. Gray
Of West Surry was struck BY lightning
and for several days she lay unconscious
with hardly any life perceptlble. This
week she Is able to speak and "a improv-
ing fast. Though she has been told
what hurt her, she will not believe the
story; but insists that she was on a
steamboat and that the boiler exploded.
In every other way she Is perfectly sane.
Commodore Daniel Ammen has recent
~ been 10 Bath inspecting the ram
which bears his name, which 10 now In
process of construction at the Bath Iron
Works. He says Gen. Hyde will get q
larger bonus on this vessel than on any
other he has built. He will get great
er excess Of speed than even on the
Machlas. The ram Is built for IL knots,
but he thinks she Is going to do consid-
erably better.
The resources Of Malne's forests are
vast but are not equal to the demand for
electric wire poles Of the requisite d.
-,o..lnn. pcla. ~ foaf tall and ai0ht