Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-28
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
rns MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
eRIGeLY TOLD.

rNG MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
eRIGFLv TOLD.
York mills at Saco win resume opera
lions Sept. 10, and run on two-thlrds
time.
A Monroe man, q; years Of aec and
married, has been arrested on the charge
OF rape on girl Of II years.
The outlook for pulp manufacturing
at Madison II Improving, and Just now
the wooden mill has orders ahead.
psnobscot hay IL reported tn b fairly
swarmlng With msckrrcl. That's good
news. The macksrel of late years arc .
little too fond Of going out on strike.
A number of cottages at Grand Beach
were entered In one night recently, but
nothing Of value secured. There Was .
Waterman on duty, but he saw no one.
TIE convlcts at Aroostook County
I,ii INV wear striI,c,l suits, an Innovation
recently introduced since the Inmates
were pat Ia breaking stone Tor the high
way.
The Kennelec Democrat says the
potato crop of Aroostook this year II
figured at eight millions Of bushels,
which will bring four million dollars
Into that county.
Charles r.. Fierce Of tile General
Electric Company, Iioston, was In Han
Ror recently tn confer With Chris Toole
In rcysri Ia the construction of en- elec-
trio railroad between Bangor and Push
aw.
since the ir.t nj June Monroe has
bccn visited by four nres, q larger num-
her than hiss occurred there for twenty
years previous. One strange feature Ia
rpysri 10 these fires IL that the cause of
their origin Ia each Instance IL = mys-
terry.
"Did you Know" said q member Of
the bangor sidewalk committee. shat .
loud clap Of thunder will cause lobster
10 drop hls claws, q crswh.h hls hns, q
woman In scresm, cat to become deaf,
a plg'. no.e Ia bleed and milk 10 turn
sourr
Tortisnd's opera house, which has
always been 90 badly needed aud several
times assured. I. so near realization
that Architect stevens IL actually At
work upon plans. This IL only Kind
of provisional assurance" but u Ia rc-
freshIns.
The esp-nse Of subsistence at the
state muster MAS not far from 5000.
The supplies were ot superior quality
aud abundant In quantity. Governor
Cieayes has always Unlisted that the
men should have plenty Of good food,
properly cooked.
Msiae's frst spplc tree now reposes In
Mr.. Edward u. Young's barn In the
ancient town of York. u IA supposed
In have b~en brought from England In q
tub In iGg9 aud Get In the soll OF this
historical borough, where u bore fruit
for over 80 years.
Prominent merchants of Orono are dis
cus.Ing the formation 20 = trust com
psny 10 fill the wants % the people. A.
two banks have been closed there, the
people have 10 suffer much inconSeo.
lence. and IL IL generally predicted that
the discussions, viii bear fruit.
John y. Deyine died at the jail In Port
land Friday as the result of fracture
Of the skull sustained while In drunken
scuii,e . fcN days before. lie wa'
thrown heavily and hi. head struck the
curling. An Inquest was considered
unnecessary, o.. Il WAS evident that the
Injury Was accidental.
John wymsn, of Canaan, Vas sinking
large rock In y. T.. Purington's back
neid Tuesday, when the rock caved and
c,usht both hls legs. lie tore on hl'
ingrr nails In the effort tn get free
| After two hours his cries brought help,
and when taken out both bones OF hl'
right leg were badly fractured.
An old gentleman of Monticello and
hls wife drove Into lIoulton "a see the
circus. The old gentleman left hl'
spectscles at home, and trottei hls horse
scro.s the bridge, not being able In read
the notices there. Tie WAS pulled up
and fined, and the fine took all hi'
money, 80 that the couple Lost the show
The I,isbv rark track record was re-
ducrd last Tuesdsy TO ?;l0 IL nv the
PAGER Jack, who di.tanced the Held ol
ak other horses. Ilis driver drove HIN
In under the impression that " he die
tanced the field be would be entitled "a
the whole pure, whereas under the
rules he Was entitled to first money only
rrsnkT. Wells, Of Mercer, stood Ia
front of HE bull to adjust = piece 81
harness, when all At once the bull msde
lunse at him aud pinned him agslns'
the barn with his horns. when Mr..
Mcrcer's father rescued hls son Mr.. Mer'
Ger was found Ia he unlDJurrd. the
horns Of the bull not penetrating hi'
fiesh.
| A man passing through What had
i,ecn q pasture In Ellsworth, but IL now
covered with q growth Of elder and
birch, came across What looked Ike Z
pair Of ancient shackles. They became
town talk when brought To Ellswortf
until q man explained they were nothing
hut q psir of letters used tn keep horse
from jumping fences.
Bert Collins, ten yesrs old. was stand
Ing near the Aroostook River at Caribou,
when q f.hhswk dsrtcd Into the wster
and dug his talous Into q salmon. The
bird couldn't rsise the hsh, but managed
"a tow Il To bar In the shadows. The
boy took n canoe. went In tho bar, drove
on the hawk aud secured the salmon,
which weighed seven pounds.
Late Friday night stephen ksvansush
90 I.ockiand was found lying lnsen.lble
on the fioor of hls stable. Sen.ibllity
was restored after thirty-slx hours' work
bv physicians. lie had been struck back
Of the neck by some blunt instrument,
and Il still In q critical condition. No
arrests have bcen made, hut suspicion
attaches to q young man an bad terms
with kavanaugh. Il IL said there IL q
woman In the case.
The B,ngor Commercial says foreign
er speaking broken English went Into
Dr. Sangrr's ofiiee In that city anil ssld
he must have swallowed . piece Of bona
In some soup, for the entrance tn hls
stomach WAS stopped and neither food
nor water would pass through. The
doctor managed TO get an Instrument
down and a.hed out . legged piece OF
bone, one by one and hslf Inches, that
blocked the entrance To the stomach.
IIsrrison Springer, one Of lilchmond's
Oldest citizens, Was run over and killed
by a Maine Central train alta Richmond
crossing Thursday morning. The
crossing tender warned him, and after