Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-05
THE WEEK IN MAINE.
the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

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the MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The York MILL 81 Saco h about TO To-
crease its run from forty hours . week
TO my.
Burglars made three breaks In one
night at brooks. Little plumber was
secured.
The double turrrted monitor Man
tonomoh will be In Portland harbor on
the Fourth Of July.
George Gross Of Bucksport, 10 years
old, fell out Of the boat while pulling
lobster traps, and WAS drowned.
william Vaughan Of Coplln, while
hunting In the woods alone, Was killed
by the accidental discharge OF his own
gun.
Archie Bushee Of Skowhcgan, while
working on the logs In the river At that
place, fell Ia aud Was drowned. lie Was
~ years Of age and married.
Jo.eph Downe of salem was found In
the river AZ Lewiston Tuesday morning.
n seemed 10 BE q case Of suicide. The
man has been tramplug IL lately.
Richard Conlan fell overheard from !.
.mall boat while going from the wharf
at BANGOR Ia q schooner on which he
had Just shlppcd. lie Was drowned.
r. NJ. IIerrick Of vcs,le fell from hls
wagon while driving home from Bangor
Thursday. Tie heavily loaded team
passed over him, and he died some time
after.
Charlie. Chapel, while drilling out an
old blast which had failed tn 60, AT .
quarry At keunebunkport, Was 90 badly
injured by the explosion Of the charge
that be- cannot recover.
Fred Barstow,a Hath carpenter, while
.,lshtiy under the influence OF liquor al
BrunswIck, Tuesday, fell down stairs,
striking on his head. lie Was brough'
home, but died from conclusion OF the
brain AZ q result Of the fall.
One half interest In the lewiston
Daily sun has been sold 10 Mr.. y. L.
Cannon, for q number Of years connect
ed With the boston Traveller. aud that
gentleman Will he business manager oil
the paper, while Mr.. Wing continues a.
editor.
The liquor deputie. at Lewiston made
q big seizure short time since. a car
| OF -four barrels Gas raided, aud each
barrel wss found to contain ten-gsilor
keg % whi.key packed In hay. The Ia
tai haul Vas over 800 gallons OF hsru
liquor.
Monday night burglars entered th'
mill of ". II. A T.. l.. Kendall nj Bowdoln
hsm, and made an attempt Ia blow tn
safe, but failed. The explosion awaken
~i the neighbors, but the burglars got
out Of the way before anybody reaches
the scene.
A Portland boy Of 10 wears, Benn''
SAWYER. Was drow ned on Memorial Da,
Ia the Clark 4 Chaplin Ice pond. ~
and another boy went out on rat
which broke Ia pieces. The other BOY
could swim some, and kept himsei
shoat until help arrived.
A motion for q new trial has been die,
by the respondents counsel In th'
Getchell murder case st Augusta. Tbs
motion MAS oyerruled by Judge Wiswell
~ho tried the case. Exceptions wer'
taken 10 the ruling. aud the case Will h
argued before the May term OF the Law
court In i>ss.
col. Merrill, Of the Maine Division
sons 10 Veterans, Ia receiving votes o.
the members ~ the division council OF
the question where Ia hold the annus
meeting this year. All votes were 10
Br,dgton, except one for Gorham. u !
practically -ettled that the meeting vii
ie held In the former place.
A young woman In Portland fell Tues
dAy evening from window II feet high
In her descent she struck and broke
clothe. line, also q 2xt joist which sup
ported II. Til. probably saved her; q
suy rate, though .ome~hs bruised b.
IN. fall, No bone. were broken, and tn
next day she seemed to BE- about AZ vel
a. usual.
Their. VAS q bad accident at the Gull
ford Lumber Co.'S sawmill recently
Leonard Page, one of the employees
caught his right hand In the knives
completely se,ering II from the wrist
Accompanied by two men be walked u
his home, a distance ~ nearly third o
a mile. Physician. dressed the arm am
he l. as comfortable as could lie expect
ed.
A man looking over the rail- Of Fac
tory Island bridge at Saco the other day
spied q glittering object In the rve
which, on closer examination, proved u
be q watch. The city marshal was sun
moned and at one time there Was
proposition "a get out the ilre depart
ment for the recovery OF that watch
After much ado the watch Was raises
and proved Ia b. . brass AFFAIR no
worth two cents.
The conditions Of \ match betweei
the Carson Guard. Of NeyAds, wh'
claim 10 be- the champions Of the lnite'
states lu military shooting, and Com
psny f., % Bangor, have been made o.
Col. harrington and sent Ia the CarsoI
Guards. This'company has been for som'
time DESTROYS Of shooting q match Will
some company OF Maine guards. sn'
they will now be- accommodated IL the!
accept the terms Of the match.
A Mr.. Rouse Of Bath asks the cit!
soOOo for land taken To widen . stree
some seventeen years ago, and upoi
which the damages were originally flxe'
at 500. This claim IL based upoi
profits which DE figures would have nc
crued from q building he contemplate
erecting at the time the land was tskei
II he had been permitted To 20 ahea'
with his plans. This Will strike TN
average citizen az q somewhat unusuA
method of reasoning, and We very muci
doubt II the claim Of Mr.. Rouse !. al
lowed.
Another probable murder. this time a
Bowdoinham. Mrs. Louise Bessey 10 tn
victim, 40 badly injured that she vii
probably die, and her husband, Melvit
Bessey, IL the Asssilsnt. On Sunday
the 9th ult., Bessey and another man hat
made an excursion Into the country, snt
had drunk freely Of old cider or some
thing even stronger. They were badly
Into Xicsted when they returned, and
Bessey, Who IL almost insanely Jealous
of his wife, attacked her With knife,
stabbing her number Of times. lie u
held for the grand jury which meets Al
the August term Of court. lie u about
10 years Of age, and his wife little
older.
A gang Of local burglars has been cap
tured at Oakland. a few night,
since store there WAS entered
and . small amount Of plumber. taken