Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-04-18

The MOST lMposrANr STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

IUe WOot MrOUtSUV oVkIe NeWo
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The city Of Auburn IL now, after .
long struggle, In possession Of lie system
OF water works.
The plush mill, established At South
Portland mainly through the efforts OF
Isaac G. Atkinson, has made an assign
ment for the benefit Of creditors.
An alleged swindler. who stated that
he belonged In Bangor, Il wanted In
Belfast, where he operated Tuesday and
Wednesday. He scooped 600 In cash,
and nearly that amount In goods.
Sheriff Hill Of Androscoggin County
IL making himself unpopular with the
rumsellers by vigorous war upon
them. Sheriff Gray IL doing the same
thing for himself In Knox County.
The elegant painting Of Bar Harbor,
1.-THE Gem OF the Maine Coast" has been
sent to Chicago BY Geo. II. Haynes OF the
Moss Engraving Company. The picture
Il 4x5 feet with handsome silver frame
and occupies the central position In
this company's exhibit at the exposl-
tion.
Ten citizens of Camden undertook to
secure an injunction restraining the VII
lage corporation from building CSC, 900
town hall. on the ground that the town
has no right to expend money for other
than public purposes, and there are to
be stores to rent In the building. The In
junction was refused.
The trial Of q Young man for larceny
In the Biddef0rd Municipal Court had
for one of it, incidents O heated colloquy
between Judge Cram and Ex-fudge
Hamilton, which resulted In Judge
Cram fining his predecessor five dollars
for contempt of court. The fine was
paid and the trial proceeded.
The Portland Press thinks that VIM
ID. Little Il only the Oldest insurance
agent In Maine, and probably 10 the
country, but he 10 also undoubtedly the
only man In Maine who has used q quill
pen continuously and exclusively for
eighty years and who IL using them to-
day. lie has glass OF water on his
desk and In It are about two dozen
goose quilts.
The board OF state assessors have as
sessed the tax against the railroads OF
the state. IL amounts TO el5O, 4iO.si,
besides $4,000 for the railroad commits.
sioners. The increase over last year
amounts to 837, 209.95, which IL OCCASION
ed by the new law. The Atlantic and
st. Lawrence pays 8l3,25 the Portland
and llumford Falls a274.
Henry Stevens and Howard Dutton OF
Steuben started down the bay bird hunt
Ing and have not since been heard from.
Their boat was found adrlft, bottom up,
and there Il no doubt that both are
drowned. Stevens was 81 years old and
leaves widow and one child. DuttOr
was not married. buttons body has
been recovered.
There are about twenty-five cases OF
criminal insane now at the insane hos.
pital who under the new law will e
to Thomaston when arrangements can
be made for properly keeping then
there. Also, under the new law, II any.
one In the jails become Insane they will
be taken to ThOmastOn instead Of the
insane hospital as at present.
Major Dickey, the veteran Maine leg
islator, received q royal welcome upor
his return home Mt the close Of the late
session. He was met by the Fort Kent
brass band, and hundreds of citizens, II
carriages and on foot, who, regardless
of politics, met to pay their respects e
their hOnOred citizen, neighb0r and
friend. lie was received with cheers
music, the waving Of flags and hsndker
chiefs, and was escorted to his home.
The Auburn shoe strike Is settled
The Manufacturers Association me
Representatives Of the lnternati0na
Shoe workmen and Cutters Unior
Wednesday afternoon and effected al
agreement. The I.asters' Union sooI
after reached an amlcable arrangement
with the manufacturers. Unless new
complications arise, which Is not con
sidercd likely the present difficulties ar
ut an end. Arrangements were effected
whereby all differences between the
manufacturers and the wOrkmen will b,
referred to a committee OF arbitration.
The Bangor Commercial says that tn,
Ice market IL now absolutely fat tn,
dealers say, but there are few, II any
who do not expect to see the houses
cleared before another season. In 0rdel
to do this their contents will have to be
sold very cheaply, and the genera
opinion seems to be that so or GO cents
per ton will be the ruling figures, per
haps higher, II the Ice crop reports from
the south are found to have been exag
gerated. II 80 happened that last win
ter was particularly favorable here FOL
the cheap housing Ms the Ice early reach
ed great thickness and there was llttl,
scraplng. The margin ut the prices
named would be very slight, but the
dealers regard 1t as better than doing nc
business at all and keeping their ic'
over.