Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-02-13
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

bNtFlv TOLD.
The festive burglar resumed operations
on the Maine circuit Thursday night,
wrrcking the safe In Iiooker's grist MILL
at Hath. About ei00 MAS the amount OF
the haul.
some Of our Bowdoln friends indulge
In the hope that Chief Justice Fuller
may Induce President Cleveland To at
tend the college centennial With him
next June.
Two thousand barrels Of potatoes
were cold on one Fort Fairfield street
Ast Friday. Il IL explained that the
farmers are rushing the tubers To market
before the Wilson bill gets through.
In January. 1854, man made deposit
of s5 In the Gardiner Savings Hank.
last month, Just 50 years aterwari, the
hank book MAS taken Into the bank and
the amount withdrawn. How much did
that ~ With Interest amount tor Just
sij9.G6.
A crazy quilt awarded by guess nj an
odd Fellows fair In winthrop, has got
into the courts. The possession ut u
depend. upon whether the guessing
scheme by which u VAS awarded Was
game of chance. IL has already caused
COZ. siderable expense.
several trsmps Who thought they
could run the town 81 Monroe "to their
liking" came In contact With sheriff
Twonlbly. when one tramp drew =
rssor on the sheriff the officer inter
mingled aid tramp, the surrounding at
mosphere and the dust of the hoor. IL
I. said the tramp resemblei q pin wheel
at Fourth Of July fireworks.
There were 80 many families 10 Maine
that gave freely of their beet to the
cause of the Union that some exrption-
nj instance of sacrifice aud bravery
seems required to excite comment. such
an Instance VAS afforded by the Greer
f,mily OF Belmont, waldo County. OF
ninc brothers, six served with honor In
the Union army. One Was Killed In
battle, one died ~ wounds nj the front,
and one died In the hospital from disease
contracted In the service.
Investigation IL being made ss Ia the
alleged brutal treatment Of Charlie.
Gcodridge, aged -, the demented .on Of
Hiram Gooirldge, contlned nj his home Ia
kennebankport. Deputy sheriff stack
pole, Who Ia making an Investigation
finds that the Young man has BEEN fss-
tened 20 bel With an on chain aud
.hsckle for year and = half. The bed.
room Ia small, damp, poorly ventilated
aud very flthy. An endsa,or IL being
made 10 have him sent Ia the Insane hos
plial.
Hiram \. Hacketi. belonging In Free
man, Maine, Ia. tren arrested In Winni.
reg, Manitoba, charged With stealing
81 ,DO worth ~ bonds. lie VAS q step
.on of the late Israel X. Bray. aud Was
one IL the executors % his estate. In
October last. IIackett left home Tor an
extended tour In the West. Previous to
hi. departure, he went Ia the safety de-
poslt vaults In Portland aud ~ithdr.~
the securities, taking them With him.
/ The lo.. II the securities VAS NO, dis
covered until quite recently. EStrsdi-
ton procee,ilng. have been begun.
The state pension department issued
/ l31 certificates Ia pensioner. last year,
requiring an expenditure 81 sIJ.ep.
| The appropriation MAS s'i,iSb, which
leaves slsvc To- lapse Into the treasury
Sine. the opening of the new year
Pension Agent Mllliken has reviewed l61
application. Tor pensions, % which III
were new ones, ala unusually large per
ccntagr. Tue state !. obliged Ia bar an
additional burden through the action 81
the United states Pension Department
In cuttlng of pensions. Many OF ho.s
~ho have been cut OF come to the state
department for aid. The oldest pension
81 90 N. state roll. I. Maria Wilson Of
West Gardiner. ~ years of age.
Cornish I. talking about the celebration
~ Il. one hundr-dth birthday, which
will come on the 10Th day ~ February.
Previous 20 Feb. ~, 1924, the place va.
called "l'umpkin Town," and later,
The Plantation % frsncisboro." The
flrst election Was held al the house 81
| Asahel Cole, near the c-ntrr ~ the town
In l.pi. There we're only i0p voter. la
Cornish when the frst tsx-list Vas made.
q. y. Eidlon, author of Early settler.
90 Harrison" aud other works. l. now
writing up the History 10 the Ssco
Valley settlements aud Families" liz
has been . year. la preparing this work
aud !. not through yet. IL 10 hoped that
he will be at unlou Hall. Cornish. Mon
day evening, Feb. 18th, aud tell What he
knows 81 Corni.h's Ion years.
The annual encampment ~ the de-
psrtment ~ Maine, u. \. H., Was held
IN bangor last Tuesday and Wednesday.
=. Wesley Gilman 81 Oaklsnd was elect
"a department commander for the en-
suing year. The reports show that the
number ~ members ~ the order In good
standing on the Jisi % December VA.
p,2.3, q loss % q few hundred from the
preccdlng year. Among the resolution.
adopted we're the following:
Resolved. That the dsIsr,meui % N.iss zoo
demh. The asticn % The Isnsioh buyag In can
csiihs 90 Withholding The tension ~ any .siiisf
/ ~ soliisr. widow ~lthOut das notios ani lust
and sunicisut causs. ~. q sfoat srvbs Aud
"R.solss.i. That .. msmtsr- ~ the q. \. ",
/ - ple.isv ogr.slVes b. .tsbi unit-i snsi vofA
pensioners, bsls'iHs that grateful sol Va
4 tft.tic T<opis vii never consent " 80 Tie lie
fsn,isrs ofths union wrOnsci 90 III, n wait"
Hon. Edward wiggin, master ~ the
state grange, has sent 10 the Patron. OF
Ilusbandry aud other farmers % Msins
the following announcement: "Desiring
Ia extend la all possible ways the educa.
tional influence 81 the Maine state
Grange, aud recognizing the grand work
the State College Il doing for Maine AZ.
rlcul,ure, the State Master IL pleased 10
announce 10 the Patrons aud % the
farmer. generally throughout the state
that he has been able "a make ar
rangcmeuts With the president aud fac
ul,y of the Maine state College whereby
the farmers 81 Maine, Who ~lsh Ia avail
themselves 81 the opportunity, may re-
cei,e Instruction In the science of agri-
riculture AZ triflng expense. The
plan IL briefly TIL. wherever class oi
Twelve or more farmers desire course
Of six lectures on the practical princi-
ples Of agricultural science, they can
secure the services Of one Of the pro-
fe.sors Of the college by simply paying
the expenses of his transportation and
Subsistence. The professor will bring
With him all necessary apparatus, aud
the members IL the class ~ill be expect
Ell Ia take note. ~ the lectures, and To
devote themselve. during the course
TO the study Of the principles taken up