Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-24
THR WEEK IN MAINE.
TIE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS

rnE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEws
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The annual meetings Of the state
grand bodies OF Odd Fellows ware held
Ia Portland last week.
Capitalists at bridgeport, Conn.,, have
decided to offer inducements to the Bath
Iron Works to locate there.
The recently adjourned term OF court
In Androscoggin County enriched the
treasury by fines to the amount OF over
$4,000.
Mrs. l.. NJ. ". Stevens Of Stroudwater
was chosen recording secretary OF the
national w. G. T. u. vt its meeting ~
Chicago last week.
Clifford Randall Of Portland pulled :
gun out Of carriage by the mux.ie. II
happened to point toward his len arm
instead Of any Vital part, % the wound
IL painful but not dangerous.
J.G. Copenhaven Of Baltimore, was
instantly killed at Grand Lake on the
Penobscot Monday. He was using
riie for cane when II discharged, the
bullet passing through his head.
The Bath Iron Works failed to secure
the contract for the three new gunboats.
There were seven bids, the lowest from
the Newport News Shipbuilding. and
Dry Dock Company Of Newport News
Va.
A l2-year-old boy In Rocklsnd COM
mitted suicide by hanging Monday. NO
explanation Of the singular occurrence
IL given, except that the boy was prob
ably a monomaniac on the subject OF
suicide. lie had once before attempted
II.
A Houlton citizen recently awoke one
morning to find fine, fat partridge
roostiug on his front door step. IL 10
evident that region where game Is 90
abundant and obllging will eventually
become the sportsman's paradise OF
Maine.
VIM. Ackles, unmarried, walked on
the ferry slip at Brewer Thursday and
was drowned. The body was recovered
that night. II was probably q dellber-
ate suicide, as he left his shoes, hat, coat
and vest In the ferry house. His age
was about 90.
The Lewiston Daily Sun Publishing
Company has been organized In Lewis
ton with q capital stock Of on, 900, for
the purpose OF publishing the Lewiston
Sun. The policy OF the paper will not
be changed, but II Il understood that .
Sunday edition Is contemplated.
Andrew j. Staples, aged 81 years, q
shoemaker, shot himself Wednesday
morning at his home In Auburn. lie
placed a 32-callbre revolver to his right
ear and pulled the trigger, living only
Is minutes thereafter. Dependency
over the shoe troubles WAS the cause.
He leaves wife and one son.
w. C. Rogers Of Brooklyn, N. Y,
was bound over ut Augusta wednesday
for the forgery Of $50 check on New
York bank, which he got cashed at the
Cony House last winter. The officers
say he has passed forged checks to the
amount of $50, 900, running from sl5 to
$50 each, and swlndled his uncle out OF
$1,000.
At Ellsworth Falls, Sunday afternoon,
Edward Gray was accidentally shot by
sou of Frank Carter. Carter was car
rying gun over his shoulder, pointing
forward. A branch probably pulled the
trigger, sending q dozen buckshot Into
and shattering Gray's thigh. At last
reports Gray was In dangerous condi-
ton.
E.E. Smith, w. ii. Butler, K. K.
Sabine, George Kendall and A. Kitten
hiel of Boston, who were arrested by
Game Warden Corllss for DIGGING deer
around NicatOus lake, were each fined
$40 and costs In the Bangor Municipal
court. Their guide, A. ii. McPheters
of Oldtown, was fined 800 for keeping
and using dogs. 1t cost each man about
elOO.
A new process of making wood pulp
IL now being tested ut Great Works.
The process Ia one invented by Mrs. j.
s. Palmer Of Portland, rs the result OF a
revelation made to her through some
mystic psychic agency. IL Is claimed
for the pulp that II is unexcelled In quail
ity, and that the cost Of production IL
only about one-half the cost BY the old
process.
There Il no end of conjecture as to the
unexpected changes In the directorate
of the BOston and Maine Railroad.
Maine people are naturally anxious to
know what changes, II any, will come
to the Maine Central a. q result OF the
radical turning over In the management
Of the Boston and Maine. Further de-
velopments will be awaited with much
interest.
The action of Judge Mitchell OF the
Auburn Municipal Court In the case OF
Fred A. Chubb has created some excite
ment. Chubb was tried on the charge
of assault with intent to kill on the
evening Of Sept. 3Oth, the night OF the
riot at the Maine Hotel. Judge Mitch
ell orders that he be discharged. The
strikers seem to feel that the decision 10
a blow to their cause.
Even the bears are getting soclable
this fall. A large one was recently seen
near the residence OF Mr.. Ainsley Gard
ner In the town Of Charlotte. He am
bled leisurely across the highway and
disappeared In the woods beyond. As
IL usually the case when game Ia pres
ent, nobody had q gun. IL he should
ever come that way again he will be
sure Of warm reception.
The Rlgby Park directors have voted
to hold grand horse fair at the Park
the third week In August, 1894, ut
which every known breed OF horse,
from the smallest pony to the great
Clydesdale and Norman Percheron
stock shall be exhibited, liberal premiums
to be offered. II Ii also proposed to make
Q circuit next year OF the Mystic, Saugus,
Old Orchard and Rigby tracks, with
monthly meetings at each track.
A Houlton man was out cunning re-
Gently when he started flock Of par
tridges. He fired and killed one, and
laying down his gun was about to pick
II up when fox dashed In front Of him,
seized the bird and was out of sight In q
twinkllng. The sportsman FASTENED to
get his gun, but the rest Of the other
partridges had disappeared, and he was
left all round. He went home about