Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-17
THE WEEK IN NAINR
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
DRieFtv TOLD.

over 90 indictments. ,nos,iy for liquor
selling.
Burrlars secured eis0 worth of rsrors,
shears and scissors from the hardware
store Of Kelley q Eastman ct Gardiner
Monday night.
About $50 acres Of land has been taken
M In Mousou for opening Of new slats
Quarrles. The slate industry IL big
one In that town.
Thirteen bushels OF corn year u what
Supt. Bennett of the Brsdgton railw.y
station deals out 10 his feathered friends,
an army Of pigeons that haunt the sta-
ton and they Are very regular to meals
Al Passport Wednesday, while =
schooner Was getting ready TO sail one
Of her lines got turned around the right
leg Of John Ward, and before he could
Rrt clear the Leo was drawn cl0sc up to
the check and the foot cut Oh.
There IL man In Greene Who has = palr
of foxes which follow him about like
dogs. They are just - playful and
tame. lie caught them when they were
about the sire nj kittens and they appear
to be thoroughly domestlcated.
william X. Clinton. Who assaulted
and dangerously Injured Charles ~.
Webster nj Rccklsnd. has been bound
over In the sum Of e30OO. lie vas un-
able 70 get ball aud had To 90 To jail.
Webster, who Vas assaulted, IL In . crit
ical condition.
The second trial Of George silver for
manslaughter, In czuslng the death of
Charles bleun nj Wet Gardiner last
summer, IL expected to commence Mon
day. At the hrst trial the Jury dis-
agreed. Edgar q. Wakefield wss con.
victed and sentenced to pay nne OF
eS0O for the same offence.
The proprietor Of Guilford's kindllng
wood factory IL totally blind, but he not
only has an "eye for business" but an
other for wood carving. Some Of his
handiwork with the Jackknifs IL sunh
that very many With tao good eyes
would think themselves smart " they
could do Il.
George n. Leighton, an smployc at
the Bath Iron Works, Vas crushed un'
der three heavy plcccs OF Amnen ram
armor weighing about . tons wednes-
dsy afternoon. Ilis less were badly
msugled and were both smputsted
above the knee. lie died just 40 they
finished the operation at 7:i5. liz
leaves Q widow and two children.
state Pension Clerk Millikep IL very
busy state Official Just st present. Ths
call for state pensions u much kreatei
than In past years. Up 10 the present
time he has received 800 applications. N
this time last year the number ut appli
cations vas only CJi. The number ol
certificates aircady Issued exceeds tboss
Issued last year At this time by aboa
30.
Denni. Hayes, Jr., Is years old, ws'
Killed on lIaymsrket Square, lewiston
saturday evening, the .th, while rsd'nl
a bicycle. lie MAS not fully accusiome,
10 riding, aud while going up the stree
met car aud Loot control Of his wheel
The driver swung his horses aside. an'
the boy vent under the car. Some par
! Of II struck his head and caus-d instsn
death.
Detective George Rosc % vancebor'
arrested two young men there Weines
day for passing counterfeit bills. ThelI
names are simpson and Esterbrook
Their scheme vas to rAise two dolls
bills 10 tens, and they passed several o
them. They had full outfit for chang
Ing the bills aud did . very neat Job
They will BE- bound over Ia the unitc'
State Court.
Auburn water board has closed con
: tract for three miles of water pipe Will
the bradford Pipe and Iron Company o
bradford, Virginia. This calls for W
tons Of water pipe. The price paid VA
about 81 per ton, which 10 81 less on
ton than Was paid by the city last fall
This four hundrrd tons 90 pipe 10 Ia b
laid the pre.ent summer, and In section
not nov provided With water pipes.
waldo County will not be good nel'
. for the Populists To work la this year
The record. At the registry of deeds 10
Waldo County show bat 80 mortgage
recorded daring the first three month
% thi. year. against ~ In the CORE
.pondlng month. Of is,p and q. for 1874
The Register says there have been NOR
discharges recorded this year than II
past year,.
Mr.. Charles Hayden Of Auburn me
met With q fearful accident Friday fore
; noon. while blasting stone In . field u
the south part of Auburn. A blast va
discharged while Mr.. Hayden WAS dl
rectly over IL. Tlbe man vas blown sew
enty or eighty feet aud he VAS terribl!
burned and Otherwise injured. Ills fac
and chest were horribly burned. III
died that afternoon.
Adoiphus Lyons, 90 years Of sge
supposed 90 belong In Meiwsy, va
killed at MattAwamkeag Tuesday morn
Ing. Lyons was walking between th
Canadian Pacific and Maine Centrs
tracks towards the station. while try
log 10 cross the latter be MAS struck b,
J the engine, breaking his Lex and receiv
Ing frightful scalp wounds. lie "a
picked up unconscious aud lived abou
i've minutes.
A raid has been made on some Of tn
Chinese laundrymen In Portland on tn
charge Of enticlng young girls Into ti'ei
shops for immoral purposes, and sotn'
Of them for running opium Joints. fou
OF them pleaded guilty 10 the charge %
Improper relations with the young
women, and received sentences OF sixty
days each I'm the county jail. One had {
tine Of go aud costs added for the Cpl
um business. The girls were released
Colby Moore, serving = twenty year,
l.. In n. Ia OFI mn ma
Ia stab himself . short time since, and
died last Wednesday from the wounds
inflicted. Moore sought revenge against
DR.. g. q. Hall Of Monson, whose neg
lect he asserted was the cause Of the
death Of Moore's child. To secure re.
veuge he blew up the doctors Office, Ia
August, lssC, aud received sentence OF
twenty years. lie had made an unsuc
cessful attempt To secure pardon, and
Was Respondent.
The Grand Lodge Of Maine Of Good
Templars held lie annual session In An
gusta last week. The report showed %
lodges In the state With q memberahlp
of 1890, and Gs temples. The follow.
Ing officers we're chosen;
G.C.T, Rev. y. W. Weber. Riehmesd.
Vice Grsni T.%plsf. Mr.. l.. i. wssssisa
Hanger,
Grssi secretary. George o. brackets, Hell
fa.t.
Trvasarvr, Georse W. Manter. sidney.
| ChapiAia. Nara Mclaughlin.
sapsrisEsdssi Ju,eniIs Temples. Mp. u. u
Cains.
Grasd Mar,AAi. A. G. Iiaaiises. Roetiaad. .
The grand jury 10 Rennebec County
has found an Indictment for murder
I s1ninsf Anna sefchell M SIDNEY abe b<,-