Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-03
THR WEEK IN MAINE.
rns MOST IMPORTANT srArs NEWS
eRlGFtv TOLD.


Tho shlpp,nG Of Ics has begun on the
kenncbec.
All thrve members Of nelfast's board
Of reGistratlou ars sx-coanty treasurer.
Attorney General y. A. Powers u COO.
dned 70 his house and threatened With
allow fever. n
rerdinaud Dodge of Damarlscotta,
aged about Is, committed suicide BY
hanging. lie leaves . wife and one
child.
The men Who assaulted City Marshal
Harmon Of Biddeford on election day
have been hound over tn appear ct the
supreme court.
The Saunders cottage nj Bridgtou
Highlands, an elegant residence, With all
the connecting buIldlngs, was burned
Tuesday morning. The loss u ovei
sto,OoO; Insured for eso,o0.
The town Of Pstteu has voted 1900
To assist In building . branch OF the
Hanger and Aroostook Railroad from
Crystal Ia that town. The new road ~
built IL within three or four miles OF Fat
ten.
There was narrow escape near veasis
last week which Was only averted by
the engineers seelng the opposite tralr
approaching before entering upon blind
curve. AZ it Was, there were but fe~
feet between the cowcatcherr when thu
trains came IN q standstill.
burglars undertook 10 enter the real
dence of Ilev. John O'Br,eu, pastor o
~. Mays church at bath, u h suppos
Ell after the Easter collection, which
WAS large. The priest Was awakcncs
by the noise. and called for help, fright
ening the burglars away.
A young fellow. who a. q tramp he.
been stealing q ride on = Grand Trunl
train the other night, when the weathe
Was blesk and bitter, fell on an the las
Deerlng bridge In an exhausted condi
ton. The draw tender subsequent.
found him insensibie from exhaustion
aud lying on the track.
A man Il bonnd over tn the Cumber
lani County court Who victlmiy~i
number of Portland merchants With
new form of swIndle. lie distributes
calendars, getting merchants wher
they ~erc left to Sign = receipt for them
These calendar receipts wer~ theI
changed To orders for advertising In
directory.
stIllmsn Iawry of Charleston. hs
been placed under si0Oo bonds Ia .ns~e
Ia the August term of court for enticipI
q Young girl from home upon the prs
tence of giving her employment In hi
/ family, carrying her to . lonely hous
aud conhnlng her there over night Will
him. Great indignation exists In th
community over the affair.
At Bansor sunday night Horace Pel
Nv, q Frcnchruan IS years of sgc, ~hos
home .. In iIo~isnd, attempted Ia shoo
/ Mr.. Delilsh i,lckers. the pistol sho
lust rssins her ear. lie then vent Q
HE room and cut his own throat With
r.sor, dying In few inmates. lie hA'
tried Ia make Mrs. Rlckers marry HIN
and her persistent refusal WAS Oh
cause ~ the trouble.
John A. Mckay IL under arrest ]
Portland charged with brutal Assaul
upoa Mrs. Catherine Kelley. Who ~as u
at the time. Mckay IL q big, well-buil
J fellow. about ~ years of age. iiis HON
1. In the provinces. lie ~as arrests
lsst November for breaking Into hous
aud stealing q Bible and other property
but nothing being known against hl
previous record sentence Was suspended
Lucy Melianson, = mlddle-aged ~oms
~ho belongs In Portland. claims To haS
bern ,lc,lml,ed by . man Who took he
to Boston under promise Of msrriag
and disappeared an hour before the tim
act for the ceremony, taking With hir
her two trunks which contained all be
worldly possessions. Her trunks wer
found Ia . pawn shop. A purse va
made up To enable her to return to ror'
land.
The outlook for the spring drive
along the Maine rivers Il not most hops
full. The ground Was very dry ln Oh
fall when the first SHOWS came and ther
Was very little frost In IL. When III
heavy SHOWS melted. As they did, yer
gradually, much Of the water Was take
up by the ground. This In Itself VAS
blessing otherwise much damage mus
have resulted from frrshets. Hut Oh
rive,s and other streams have bce
raised comparatively little. The sno'
too has gone to an almost unpr-cedente
extent In the Maine woods. II there 81
heavy rains this spring the drives vi
experience little difficulty. Otberwi'
| many iav. wiil hr held nm