Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-14
TAX OF rnt srArt.
Muster this week.


Two-thirds % the money has bs~n &C.
cured 10 build a blanket factory at
Calais, and the remainder IL ASSURED.
william v. Eiieout, aged -, an sm-
ploy. In llsw kins' shoe factory al Fort
land. va. drowned while bathing, sun
day, the 9Th.
The freight Office at winslow Vas
broken into aud the money drawer de-
moli.h.i. II Was evidently the work of
iramps. They got twenty CENTS
Ata meeting % the state board 81
railroad Commissioners last ~csk re-
iort Vas rendered that the train wreck
| II West Outlet on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad on July ~, MAS caused by an
obstruction malicioasly plac~i on the
track.
There w,r, fourteen arrests At and
near watsrNIllc Monday for the burg
Iarire,l Maine Genital freight cars. one
"a. isilei under the loi,erers' act, Que
held for burglary aud t~o allied Tor
tramps, Que held for the grand jury aud
the others discharged.
The Portland Pre.s ssys that one OF
the most enthusiastic blcycll.ts In Maine
1. Mr.. John FLINT of Baldwin, Who IL
called the Apple Ming" of that town.
| Although "a year. 90 age, Mr.. FLINT the
either dsy made the n miles from Bald-
ain to Portland In four hours.
Thomas J. Holmes. 20 Holmes Broth
.r., fruit dealers % Ellsworth. Last Tues
dsy evening placed bottle OF soda In q
nail " It'll other bottles, ~hsn q bottle OF
/ ginger ale burst. A piecc of the lying
glass struck his left eve, cuttin. The
len. aud running the sight Of the eye
BrunswIck boasts % IL years old
boy Who would certainly be an addition
To Any circus side show. lie weighs LA
round. and he measures feet, IL
inches In height. lie ssys he has grown
1 Inches within the last year. lie "a b.
lle,sd to be the ,allest youth In New
England.
~omerSst County officers and the W.
LET. 1. are ON the War path after rum
/ sellers. Big seizures were made al
Madison, aud a double horse load Was
taken ~ Arson. Vim. Howard of An
sou and Hilton brothers OF Madison,
~rr. given hundred dollars and costs
and sixty days In jail.
The bridge spanning the river al Fox
croft village has been In constant use Tor
q. years aud Il Was thought Il needed re-
pairing. The bridge Was accordingly
/ tested when Il was found that not tim
Der was weak, defective or decayed. The
body 90 the structure had settled only
three niche. since Its erection.
/ The s.pit. fence has been figuring at
old Orchard, where the Boston and
Maine Railroad built high board fence
directly In front % a mans store. shut
ting Il OF from the street. The railroad
claim. the land, aud says the merchant
will not pay rent. The merchant ssys
ne gave the railroad the land, and there
I. a provision In the Conveyance which
Justihes him In refusing Ia pay rent.
The courts will settle IL.
The Rockland star reports an anus
/ ing incident AZ a recent ball game In that
city. one OF the special police saw
some bows upon q neighboring roof Gu
sowing the game. lie ordered them
down but the boy. refused To BE- called
down, so he got a ladder aud drove them
down. A. soon AZ they reached the
ground the boys removed the ladder aud
ordered him down. The officer occupied
al. lofty position until his friends
brought another ladder.
Tim" Nulkern, . Portland tough,
made a sensation In the Portland NUM-
clpal court Wednesday. lie had had .
scrimmage With the officers In the CORR
dor, but Vas landed In the court room
and placed In the dock. Here he sud
denly made = bolt for the window, ap-
parently intendin. Ia go through u and
make his escape. tie Was not conquered,
for he Isn't built that way, but he Was
overcome by force of numbers of the
officers Who jumped To his capture.
John johnson, who had just returned
10 I.lyermore Falls from ~ days In Al.
burn i.Il. Was arrested on suspicion ut
having caused the death Of Marie SuIll-
van, a woman living In his house, wbose
property he would Inherit Nc her death.
Ills wife, Who left him. made siiidavit
before going To Canada that he vent
| into her room aud beat and abused the
woman, aud the next day she died.
johnson procured casket and buried
her himself. At the trial he told con-
rictins stories about himself. lie MAS
sent to Auburn To await the full term OF
court.
The Somerset Reporter sAys that NJ
the evening train WAS entering that town
a few d.ys ago. a little child living In
one Of the houses beside the track, about
one-half mile out from town, had mir
aeulous escape from q horrible death.
The child. q tot 90 not more than three
or four years, had gained possession OF
a baby carriage, and In ts play had
reached the track With Il just as the train
came along. The engine struck the car.
risge demolishlng that, which In its fall
threw the child Oh rather than on the
track. "A 10 happened the little one &C.
capped unhsrmed.
An Auburn lady, Who WAS expecting
her husbs nd's cousin whom she hadn't
seen. gIoriously entertained Q travelling
book agent Wednesday. She invited the
agent In. and had him take % his linen
duster and pat dosn his luggage; Intro
dueed him To the children; asked him
about his folks and was - good - good
could be. Ths agent nnally broke the
charm by saving. ~ adam, ] have here
a little work which I would Ike TO
show you, etc." Ths Auburn lady Vas
90 '.fiustrated- that she suhscfibed, Just
To .show the fool" - shs sxpressed u,
that shs hadn't nads any nissAss''