Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-20
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Ink Wkkk In AlNk
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
eRIrFtv TOLD.
Two burglars broke out Of Alfred Jail
Saturday night, but were recapturcd BY
the sheriff. sou slnele handed.
Some Of the ambitious citizens of Dex-
ter want q city charter. 10 probably
won't be long before they get u.
The proprietor Of Poland spring arc
expecting the blegcst season this sum
mer In the history Of that famoas resort.
The l.eslster complains that the Law
against the sale Of clgarettcs to boys
under 10 ysnrs Of sge n not being en-
forced 10 lIallowell.
The grocery store Of Mr.. A. r. Conant
on Lisbon street, lewiston, was broken
Into Thursday morning and the safe
blown open. The burglars got about
60.
The Madison woolen Company, whose
mllls have been shut down slncc last
July, started mp three sets at machinery
last week. A reduction In wages of -
To ID per cent has been made and accept
cd.
On the iWh Inst, . construction train
at Ellsworth, which VAS backing, ran
over q horse aud was deraIled. Four of
the crew were Injured, but not danger
ously. The rcst of the crew had time Ia
\ l..s a. al 80. s...l nj sVaA
A belfast man ordered several hundred
dollars worth of liquors from ltoston
frm, which we're duly scnt him. Then
he tried to get out of paying for them on
the ground that the contract vas Illegal.
but the tIostoa court has de.ided against
him aud he pays not only for the liquor
but the coats of trial 40 we'll.
The proposed road from I,ockiand To
Augusta 10 exceedingly popular In all
the iowns along the contemplated route.
During the recent town meeting ~
Liberty. an Informal vote Was taken
! upon the matter. showing sll but two
heartily In favor of the project. IL is
one Of ibose things that IL "in the air,
aud sure Ia come"
The Uockiand Daily Sun, = morning
paper, issued In the Interest of the re-
publi,an party, hegan publicstiou from,
the ofilce of the Courier-Gssette and
Tribune saturday. The publishers are
John n. Porter, Arnold n. Jones, Her
bert ". Lord aud W. -. Fuller. Jr.
Mc.srs. fuiler aud Lord ~ilt the paper.
lt has telegrsphic news service.
A special meeting Of the Monsou Slate
Company rrccntiy voted 10 authorize the
purchase of the entire Merrill slate quar-
nv property nc Brownville. The amount
90 BE- paid IL about e5oo,ooo. This con-
solIdstion IL expected 10 result In better
priccs and an enlargement OF the market.
IL I. said the syndisAie ~ili eventually
own the entire slate property Ut Monsoo
and Browusille.
The coroner's Inquest on the death of
John Patrrauin at south berwick has
not ~ vet Developed any evidence that
shows satisfactorily what the move
ments ~ the deceased we're on the night
providing his death. A mysterious
stranger IL hinied at as belng the Que
With whom PstrrquIn Was last sccn, but
nothing gives any suggestion as tn the
Identity of this stranger. u h evident
that rstrequln had BEEN drinking.
The call for the Peoples Party State
| Convention has been issued. II Will h,
held In Augusta st Golden Cross Hall,
on Thursdsy. March I'D. nj 10 A. n.
Every to~n where oDe ar more votes
we're thrown for that party In sepiem-
her. is9t. IL entitled Ia one delegate at
large aud to Que additional delegate for
every ~ votes 81 csst or . majority
fraction thereof. The state COMMITTEES
will meet At the Cony House the evening
before the convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Potter of Bath had
. playful little "scrap" which resulted
/ disastrously. IL secms from their state
ment that Mrs. Potter playfuliy struck
her husband with . yard stick. She &C
cidentally struck him In the eye, aud
then seeing his suffering and hearing
him cry Out In palm, seized his revolver
from the shelf near by aud shot herself,
indlctiug Q flesh wound. Mrs.. Potter IL
not seriously hurt. Her husband may
lose the sight % hiseye.
John Coleman, an old widower, sup
posed 90 b. pennlless, Who lived In
squalor, died recently In BANGOR 1t the
home of nephew, Who took care of him
while he wss sick. On HE death hed he
told hls nephew of hidden treasure In =
cellar wber. be- had lived. The nephew
folio vel the directions, and has dug up
an iron KEITH. In which we're thousand
dollars In gold. lie Aiso found $500 In =
hank. Coleman's son died In poor
house. The nephew gets all the money.
/ A Machlas lady relates an Instance of
astonishing Intelligence on the part OF
pet cat. The baby while creeping on
the floor In attempting O. stand uP to q
chair In which kitty vas lying Loot her
balance and would have fallen heavily
had not kitty reached out and took hold
10 the sierve of her tire, thus letting her
down easy. Ou again rising mp kitty
got on 10 the floor aud standing on her
hind legs put both Of her fore legs
against the child's hack, ~ much ~ to
gay, III you fall, I'LL let you down easy"
With the first 10 April, IL Ia snpounc-
Ell, the I.ocklsnd Daily star, . new
morning paper. viii appear ln Rocklsnd.
II will be q straight Republican paper,
pubii.h-d by the Star Publishing Com
psny. Il IL Aiso suggested that the
lsockiand Tribune and Courier-tisrettr,
which are publlsbcd by the same com
pany, may merge their two papers 10 q
daily. RocklAnd has wanted daily pc
per, but the ~eeklIes of the city have
been so we'll conducted and covered the
field go well, that there has never SEEM.