Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-09
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMpoaTANr STATE NEWS
oRiUFlv TOLD.

Ths annual meetings Of the B.ptist
organizations Of the state were held In
Portland last week.
The state conventions Of unlversalist
Sunday schools and Young Peoples
Christisn Union were held at Lewiston
last week.
The latest achcme II . railroad from
Princeton 20 Danforth. and u 10 said that
the work Of Building the road Will begin
next spring.
AZ result of the numerous burelsrics
In Maine the past year, Portland In
surance arm now sdvertises To Issue
policies tn cover loss by burglary from
safes.
Ernest Baston Of York vas killed
Tuesday night by being struck by an
overhead bridge near Conway Junction.
lie Was riding on top nj the car at the
time Of the accident.
Mr.. Forest Goodwin Of SkowhegAn,
Who defended the recently convicted
Detroit train wreckers, ssys that he u
convinced of their Innocence aud shall
do all In hls power to obtain q new trial.
Lawrence Fisherty. on trial at Rock.
land for manslaughter, Was found guilty
of assault and battery only. rhis
leaves the cause of Powers death unde-
cided, though it IL certain that u Was
the result Of drunken row.
Miss Mary Barrett Potter. . well.
known Augusta lady, aged 20 years,
Was found dead In the river nsts near
iritt's gully Wednesday morning ut
about o o'clock. II was q case OF suicide.
She Was Last seen at home Tuesday
evening at \ o'clock.
Joseph Ganeau and Joseph jacket
have been arrested charged With breaking
and entering Q store and house In Angus
II, also breaking open two letter boxes.
The houses of both men we're searched,
and In one of them Was found quite =
quantity Of tobacco, cigars aud groceries.
The ave-.tory brick building used ~ q
dormliory at the Gofhsm Normal school
Was burned Monday forenoon. Ioss
estimated at e., COO. With no Insurance
on the building. Principal Corthell aud
one of the other teachers had some In
surance on their furnishings.
Members of the woman's Literary
Union ~ Portland petitioued the city
government to elect woman Ia hll
Vacancy on the school board, but when
Il came to vote the ~oman's husband
was run a. an opposition candidate. The
husband reviewed IL votes, the wife 4.
Am,n named Richardson. who WAS
complainant assint t~o men for assault,
has been kept In ill In York County
for sixteen weeks, held a. q witness.
The delicat. humor of the situation aP-
pear. In the fact that one of the men who
assaulted him hs. been made Kind of =
keeper over him In the jail, and vas
shackled To him when brought Into
court.
Dr. Vim. webber of Lebanon will be-
tried for arson st Alfred within the
next few days. The Lebanon town farm
buildings were burned sunday night,
Aug. ~, at about 10 o'clock. Dr.
webber was very active In assisting the
detective employed on the case, and bis
activity finally awakened the suspicious
Of the detective, aud the result was the
uotof arrest.
The trials and troubles ~ q lumber
man Who IL getting acrcw ready Ia send
/ 10 the woods are many. They are very
often obliged Ia advance money Ia the
men 10 procure clothing, etc, aud are
then compelled Ia keep strict watch on
them, otherwise they may be- minus men
aud money. II IL a common trick With
the men Ia get money from one lumber
man and then hire with some one else.
A bath citizen Who had some choice
flowers Ia his front yard covered them
up with q sheet one night recently. to
protect them from q possible frost. The
next morning his pet dog got up before
he aid and decided the sheet would make
q good bed and Was snooting comfort
ably when his master appeared. IL,
has now decided that of the two, the
frost would have done the less damage
John Mahoney, = laborcr. aged about
IS, Was found dead on the bank Of the riv-
er under the q. r. u. bridge at Lewiston
Wednesday morning. The man evident
iy fell or was dropped between the ties.
A suspicious circumstance attending
the case WAS the fact that there was con-
siderable blood on the ties on the bridge.
Coroner McDopough took charge Of the
body aud impanelled = jury. The YER
diet Was that death resulted from an
accident.
President u. l.. whitman NJ Colby
University has recently been rendered
the position Of president 81 the Colum.
II a. - -.
Columbian University IL q baptist insti-
tuition, the presidency of which has re-
Gently been made vacant by death. Mr..
whitman has considered the matter and
decided Ia decline the invitation. lie
has also lstely declined call Ia the pres
idency Of Colgate University at Ham
llton, MY.
The Finns working here on granite
have considerable Yankee shrewdness
In their makeup, writes the vinalhsven
correspondent Of the ls0ckland Star, ~
the following will show; The manage
ment Of the Crown Iiill granite works
recently concluded To reduce the force
Of men at work on the hill, aud With
this object In view about one-half the
crew Was discharged. The amusement
Of the boss can better BE- Imagined than
described when upon going the rounds
the following morning be- found q full
force still at work, the discharged men
hiring out 10 those that were retained
on the work.
A few years since the town Of BALD
ain was the scene of series Of crows"
between two local factions known "a the
"Tuts" aud the "whsngdoodles". just
what these rows were and how they
originated. IL would perhaps be hard To
tell, but thsy achieved q notoricty a.
Vide NJ the state. and wound up In the
courts, where several Of the parties
ged received sentence In jail to
pay Tor their belligcrent acts. A shoot
log affair which has just occurred In that
town IL probably an outcome OF the old
troubles, aud has caused much excite
ment aud may make more trouble In the
end. Trial Justice bowers was riding
by place where some men were gather
Ing apples. A falling apple struck one
Of the men on the head and be uttered
an exclamation. In the time of the old
troubles Il had been the custom tn boot
at the justice, and he thought the mans
exclamation was renewal of the prac.
tiec. lie pulled his revolver and fired
at the man, and Il said to have pre-
pared for q second shot when he was
checked. lie will appear In court TO
answer to q complaint agsInst him.
This may be true account OF the affair,
and It may be one aide OF the story.
The morning express on the d. & A.
from lIoulton had race with moose
the other daY. letWeen lAlind falla