Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-07-04
TIE WEEK IN HAllR


me MOST sHpo9rNsr STATE NEWS |
omEFLY TOLD.
Lao vcek was co00eooeDc1t Week
1t Maize Stste, Colby and Bsses-
The Nsise Divkioa, L. A. W., Win
have he faII med 1t Ssco on Labor Day.
Too prisooers escaped froa Jaii st
Bangor nsrsday, and are SIN st large.
Tbe Maine conference Of Cesgregs-
tiooal ebarcbes MT Il Brunswick last
week.
TIE Madison WOODEN Company b aid
20 Be coming out Of IL financial dim
eslties all hight.
The body Of IN unknown woman Vas
found in Q brook 1t East Uvermore
Monday morning.
Mrs.. Csrson Of Chelsea has been held
90 the charge Of poisoning the cattle Of
her beighbor. Mr.. Campbell.
The stoekboiders Of the Orooo N.-
tionai Bank have voted that the bank
shall 20 into liquidation July 18th.
DIR. X. J. Martin has been appointed
attending physician 1t the keuDebec
srssnal, In place Of DR.. George y. Brick
EFT.
Mr.. Gustsvus Hunt Of Unity died
Wednesday morning from Injuries tn-
iictsd few days before BY the kick OF .
bOrse.
II. &. sborey Of Montreal dicd Ut
Ferry Beach Friday morning Of neural
gia about the bezn. lie was found dead
In his led.
While fixing belt In the pulp MILL at
Madison, T.. r. Knapp, foreman OF the
wood room, MAS caught by pulley and
fatally injured.
John Prsught Of Lincoln, aged IL,
vas in.ts ntiy killed Thursday afternoon
by derrick falling on him 1t . granite
quarry In Lincoln.
Mrs.. Abbie ". Smiley Of wstsrville
committed suicide BY hanging in the
attic Of her residence Monday afternoon.
No cause IL assigned.
Mrs. Mercy woodworth Of West Gar
diner committed suicide BY drowning In
wormweli's Brook, East Lvermore,
Tuesday. Dependency.
John II. Hammond Of Maine has been
appointed by Secretary OF Agriculture
Morton state statistical agent for Maine
In place Of 3. l.. Boardmsn.
The state convention OF the woman's
Relief Corp. Was held at Gardiner last
week. The reports show the total mem
bership Ia the state to be 1904.
Three prisoners escaped from Belfast
IsiI about ten days age by saving OF the
hinge. Of the back door. They were
traced TO stockton Springs. but have not
been captured.
The citizens OF Augusts, irrespective
Of party. rendered a reception 20 Hon.
John l.. Stevens. ex.minister IN Hawaii,
Thursday evening. Mr.. Stevens made
an address on Hawaii.
Mi.. Abby GRAHAM OF Auburn, aged
20, fell asleep In her chair one evening.
By some movement the lamp Was over
turned and her clothing act fire, burning
her TO death. She was dying when
found.
A Belfast sea captain was seen the
other day placing egg shells on the top
Of bean roles In bis garden. On being
asked Why he did II he replied. "Oh, !
like TO see the birds light on them and
slip or"
Thomas Waters, aged 90, employed 10
Brsd.treets' mill, South Gardiner, while
walking on the railroad track Was struck
by a train and instantly killed. lie was
very deaf, and probably did not hear
the train.
| A Western real estate Spectator ex-
plain. the way In which be caught the
Maine Yankees. .'Sell them q farm"
said he, ''aDd you are sure OF selling
them more land, for q Yankee can't bear
to have anyone's land adjoln his"
The south mill In the New England
C0mpsny's shlpyard at Bath was burned
Saturday. the 9th. The aggregate loss
will be not far from $1,000. The
ground and roofs being wet prevented q
disastrous conhagration which must
have resulted had they been dry.
| ,ockland's patriotic enthusiasm that
was to result 10 a celebration Of the
glorious Fourth Of July, having lost Its
sparkle, the poet Of the Courier-Gazette
lsments the fact In rhyme:
| "Roekiand cell. lime, and fsh. and bait,
hut Rockiabd viii not celebrate"
4 special commission appointed by
the Canadian government To investigate
the workings Of prohibltory liquor laws.
after having visited several other states
which have prohibitory laws, have been
spending short time In investigation In
the Maine cities.
One farmer In the state writing OF
country roads says, let each county keep
Its roads In repair and each town keep Its
highways In order and he thinks II
would be fair that cities which are bene-
flied should help bear the expense Of
county roads leading to them.
An ASSAY Of a barrel OF ore from the
Knowlt0n ledge In Strong yielded 8l.CJ
In gold. q small amount Of silver and
none Of the lead expected. In other
words, a mine wouldn't pay and the
local gold fever has been suddenly cured.
Keene Brothers have removed their
shoe factory business from Skowhegan,
but the people OF that town hope to zee
Il running again In q few weeks. Super
intendent Stafford Il In Massachusetts,
trying to Induce manufacturers TO form
q corporation to run the factory.
Kennebec Journal: The Western brag-
gart IL "noOred." Eastern Maine farm
ers are using immense quantities OF
alewives for fertilizers. A western
farmer may 20 cunning for rain but he
can't take an afternoon or and catch
enough alewives to ensure q successful
corn crop.
The Bar IIarbor Record has been pur-
chased by syndicate OF prominent
cottagers, among whom are DE Grssse