Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-23
THE WEEK In MAINE.
rns Most IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Alphonso rihhstts % orr. Island sas
fatally Injured tuesday night by being
run into by sled while ccss,ing.
Jeremiah White % Biddeford, l.
wears old. was critically injured Ihur.-
dAy night by being run into by a sled
While Coasiing.
They are weaving very pretty net
work ~ cirvumsiantial evidence about =
party suspected - burglarifing the last
Newport Posi Office.
\ Young man In Penobscot county
Wasted 49, In Que year on rum. lie =
nov without dollar. rhsre NAV D.
moral In this Incident.
william brown % Monmouth has
Trapped nearly 80 foxe- thi. season.
Rival hunters contend he's got some
secret % batting his traps.
The Maine fur dealer. say that skunk
skins have been unusually plenty this
SEASON.. Thsrv's q good demand Tor
them .. they arr iur aud fur Il warm.
Chandler Crawford. sgvd about 20,
sh0i snd killei himself al the Windsor
=
unhsppv Married life. Was desPouGcai
and had 10 money.
\ IRE inqu.st l. o. b. held q old
Orchard "a Investigate the cause ~ the
IRE which destroyed Hotel Belmont lat
month. The proprietor and citiSsn. he-
li.Ve the fre AS ~ inccndiary origin.
The dsfalcaiion 20 Charlie. Paine. the
Portland odd Fellows tr-asur,r,
amount. "a about sr.J. Il u probshle
that no legsl action will b. taken, but
that the organizations will stand tie
los..
The Lewiston Journal says that the
Auburn water works will earn upsafds
10 ten Ter cent 10 grOss aud ssN.n l'"r
CENT bet the frst Year, Nhi,h i better
than the lewiston water works dit Tor
the first year % tNo. Thi. l. certainly
agOOd showing
John Sullivan % Berlin fslls, em-
ployed len the pulp mill al liNsrmorr
falls. While attempting % boart a irsin
AZ Curtis Corner. Monday afternoon, frll
beneath the car and his leg ~. crushed
lie wAs TAKEN 20 the Central Maine hos
pital aud his lex smputated al the knee
joint.
A Thoma.ton man own. Eve pieves ~
hrst-cl.ss ships and four pleces % hrst-
class schoonsrs. from thsss nine Ne.-
.sl shares b. received In dishends dur
Ing the year lSg1 the sun 10 s!1j. lie
paid cot Ia Insurance on this property
sEtS, In taxes siSO. making total %
49,. This gives = net loss 20 sil9, not
taking into Account the depreciation In
value. hi. ID quite q contrast "a the
figures Of . well-known Bath built fo1r-
master. which since she ~as built seven
years ago, has netted her owners
sep,OD.
Augusta IL having a railroad Nar-not
rate war, bat . war between the city
authoritie. ana the electric railroad. The
railroad plOsed cut it, tracks. where
upon the mayer, Who regarded the
trough thus dug ss dangerous, had the
snow scrapcd back upon the tracks. and
hose Nas turned upon the snOw during
cold snap, turning Il into lee. The
company Immediately put On a
crew "a men aud picked the Ice OF. The
expense VAS large, aud the company
give. notice that Il propose. to sue the
city for the expense.
4 copy ~ thu Portland Daily Adver-
tlser ~ iSti. which ~ss recently read al
meeting CT the Natural History >ocieiy
at Portland. gives an account of q CON-
psny formed for the purposs of mining
coal az Cape Elizabeth. II relates that
the company had sacceeied In selling all
Of the stock az one hundred per cent
above par, aud had bought q number OF
farms that were supposed 90 Oyerlle the
coal veins which we're reported 10 be ex-
cellent. and the statement WAS made In
closing that q coal mine VAS often more
valuable than q gold mine.
The Republican Journal tells Of q
prank ola Belfast small boz that gave
some Of the good people Of that place a
decidedly hAlr-liitlng sensation. His
father, a retired sea captain, vas over
hauling his bunting and let the boy have
q few small signal hags To play With.
The youngsters first move was 20 take
the plain red signal letter ID Of the in-
ternailonal code and nail II On po.t on
the fence. The captain couldn't
imagine Why every body hurried by the
house 60, until somebody Asked him Who
bad the snallpox In his house.