Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-05-29
THE WEEK IN MAINE
THE MOST IMPORTANT STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.


The I,icker.. proprietors Of Poland
Spring, have bargalncd for the Maine
worlds fair building, and Will remove Il
To Poland spring tn be used as library.
4 gang OF thieves have been commit.
ting series Of petty burglarie< In
brunswick. IA the proceeds Of three
different breaks, they secured about 90
worth Of plumber.
I.udgci Bisnchette, aged ~, employed
Ia q brickyari la Ssco, got foot caught
In u clay crusher. lie managed Ia ex-
tricste himself. but his foot Was torn OH
In doing 80. lie died the next morning.
One resident Of I.arone has q popular
well. Ills cider barrel leaked Into the
vein which supplies the well. There
Isn't any likelihood, however, that the
patrons of the well will become intoil-
Gated from lts waters.
There Ia q parrot In Eastport which
ought To be- In good demand As an adver-
tising medium or some charitable per
sou might present IL to jail. Its fuen-
CIV consists In continually saving. "iIsye
you taken the keeley curey'
The local editor Of the Biddefor,l
paper which stated that certain man
had been arrested, has had an embar-
Missing time In explaining to relstives.
The msn himself couldn't come around
aud Kick for he'd been dead for more
than two years.
The Ossipee Valley Canning Go. 81
Cornish filed its certificate May II. its
purposes are those OF general canning
business. The capital stock IL $1,000
paid Ia ss0co. Fred r. FLINT Of Cornish
Il president; aud Aaron II. Mari Of Cor.
nlsh u treasurer.
It.. surprising what the ordinary man
knows at this season about the habits
aud fayorit. haunts of the trout. One
of these men lives down In Belfast, and
be- came home the other day from q nsh-
Ing excursion with . string 90 perch
which a small boy had sold him for
trout.
Col. Albert W. bradbury of Portland
has been nominated by President Cle,e-
land as attorney of the United states TOT
the district Of Maine. Col. bradbury ID
a son IL the late Hon. Blon bradbury, q
graduate ~ nowdoln College, and an
officer Who served with distinction In the
war % the rebellion.
An Inmate Of the soldiers home At
rogus, who recently came from
Connecticut came down with q case Of
small pox soon after hl. arrival. lie
WAS Immediately Isolated, and thorough
disinfcction Was made. and the house
was put under strict quarantine. There
l. no spparent belief that the disease
will spread.
A man - years old, while riding q
bicycle ON Park Street la Portland the
other evening, Was run down by team,
knocked of his machine, aud his right
arm broken and about a. badly injured
a. possible by such an accident. The
men In the team did not atop, but they
were known, and Il Il proposed that they
shall pay for their carelessness or their
fun.
4 man In Dexter Will. blowing In .
ncighbor's field - years ago dropped
aud plowci under q silver watch. Search
Was made long and carefully but not un.
til thu other day when the owner Of the
field was hsrroxing did that watch dis
close itself. lts silver case. were quite
bright aud the former owner declares
that he will have new works put Ia
them.
some tramp. are very sensitive. A
Falmouth farmer the other day discoy-
cred i've bright, strong young fellows
camped around fire on his land. They
assured him that they would not start .
forest lire or disturb his property In any
wsv. and were allowed Ia remain. III
limited that they wer. able-bodici, and
might get work u they wanted IL, where.
upon the leader remarked, In an Injured
tone, We've treated YOU white, nov
what do you want to talk that way forF
when any one In Mitchell 4 Oates
grocery store at saco, gives their dog q
penny he promptly picks u up In his
mouth aud starts for the bake shop dowr
the street. There he stands upon hl'
hind legs, pulls down the latch Of the
door and enters. lie then places hl'
fore paws upon the inside Of the dcoI
and shuts Il behind him. After that u
l. an easy matter Ia disgorge the penny
FROM his mouth, eat the fAvorite cake
that the baker .millngly hands over and
depart.
The mayor and street commissioner OF
Bath, with crew Of eight men from the
street department and posse OF poles
for protection, enjoyed pleasant
matinee on q recent morning. They
took down the frame Of wooden build
Ing going up ON Front street. The re.
moyal was on the ground that II wA'
being erected In violation OF an ordi'
nance regulating the erection Of build.
lngs In the fire limit Of the city. II ],
said that the owner Of the building may
bring suit for damages, but the mayor
aud street commissioner have the sstis'
faction % knowing that they have done
their duty.
The body OF Augustus Sawyer, q
Monmouth farmer MAS found Mon
day In his barn covered with hay, with
a bullet wound In his head, which was
undoubtedly the cause of his death. lie
MAS q man who lived alone on q good
farm, with quite q stock Of cattle and
sheep, aud from his retiring disposition
had become known IA the hermit OF
Purgstory Mills. Everything about HE
person, even his jackknlfe, Was gone,
aud u thorough search falls TO reveal
any Of hi. papers about the house. IL
IL apparent that the object was robbery,
but beyond that the affair IL shrouded In
dense mystery. The selectmen OF Mon
mouth have offered q reward for the APP
prehension Of the preparation, and q
number Of detectives are investigating
the matter.